Ohio State football: Picking a new quarterback hard with Ewers looming

Choosing a new quarterback for the Ohio State program is not as easy as it seems with Quinn Ewers looming in 2022.

The Ohio State football team will have a new quarterback in 2021. With Justin Fields officially declaring for the draft, they need someone new to run the ship. While we’ve already run through the candidates, it won’t be an easy task to select the new guy to run the offense.

The reason why is because of 2022 commit Quinn Ewers. Ewers is the number one prospect in the country in that class and has the highest grade on a QB since Trevor Lawrence. He is a generational quarterback prospect and is a huge get for Ryan Day and his team.

With that being said, how do you handle the QB situation for the next couple of years? Do you start C.J. Stroud for a year and then sit him when Ewers comes? Same with Jack Miller or Kyle McCord, who is an incoming freshman? Or do those guys get to keep the job in 2022 and make Ewers wait?

It’s not an easy decision for Day and his coaching staff. It could be a really sticky situation once 2022 rolls around. Of course, it’s up to whoever is the starter next season to play so well that Day couldn’t possibly take him out of that spot no matter what. If that risks Ewers going somewhere else, so be it.

This is the single most fascinating thing with this program for the next two years. Ewers has the chance to be a three-year starter before heading off to the NFL and lighting it up at the next level. In order to do that though, he has to get that starting job as a freshman.

A lot can happen between now and the start of the 2022 season. I would expect Ewers to stay committed to the program all throughout, but you can’t be 100% sure. How Day handles this situation may define the Ohio State football program’s ceiling for the next four seasons.