Ohio State's Star QB Out for the Year with Shoulder Injury
Ohio State received some devastating news Tuesday when they found out their star quarterback Braxton Miller reinjured his shoulder at practice on Monday. An MRI Tuesday revealed that the damage is severe enough to keep him out for the entire 2014 season.
Miller's departure from the team leaves a huge question mark for Ohio State. He's a two-time Big Ten MVP and he's earned seven other Big Ten awards.
Miller was set to start his fourth year at Ohio State and was expected to contend for the Big Ten title. As of the Aug. 17 AP Top 25 Poll, Ohio State was ranked 4th.
First injuring the shoulder during the Orange Bowl, Miller underwent surgery in February. He was still sore during this year's preseason camp.
CBSsports and FoxSports both reported that Miller had the MRI Tuesday. ESPN later confirmed that he would be out for the entire season.
To fill Miller's shoes, Ohio State will have to look to two redshirt players. Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett is the team's second string quarterback and behind him is redshirt sophomore Cardale Jones.
Ohio State finished 12-2 and achieved a perfect 8-0 record in the Big Ten in 2013 thanks to Miller's arm and feet. He passed for 24 touchdowns and ran for 12 more. That led him to finish 9th in Heisman Trophy voting.
At 3 p.m. ET Tuesday Miller met with doctors to confirm the severeness of his injury. He sustained the injury during a no-contact drill in practice. That's just hours after he said he was fully healed from his February surgery.
Grantland expects Miller to take this season off as a redshirt and return in 2015 for his final year of eligibility at Ohio State.
If Miller is never able to play football again, he does have a $1 million total disability policy, sources told ESPN.
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