re: A question about Joe Burrow

I’ve been a Buckeyes fan for years. Now that Burrow is at LSU, I’m a Tigers fan as well. Once Burrow committed to Ohio State 4 years ago, I followed him during his senior year of high school. Here’s a link to his senior year highlights.

LINK Burrow HS Highlights

Any plays you see at Ohio Stadium are during the Ohio high school championship game for his division. Admittedly, high school is nowhere near the same as playing against elite college defenses, but he was high (over 70%) accuracy in high school, and maintained that accuracy at OSU.

Sure Burrow saw limited action at Ohio State, but he could easily have come into many more games if Meyer hadn’t kept Barrett in until very late in games. Meyer likes QBs who are explosive runners, so even though then QB coach and OC Tom Herman liked Burrow and recruited him, he was never a great fit in Meyer’s offense, because even though he is a decent runner, he’s not an explosive one.

I understand that there are a lot of doubters right now, but he was an elite high school QB, and there’s a decent chance he can be one at the college level as well. Wait till fall camp when he actually can show you his stuff wearing purple and gold before deciding.
I’m betting it’s going to be a race between Joe Burrow and Shea Patterson as to who will be the most successful transfer QB this year.