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WR Braxton Miller (B1G POY, National Champion)

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Miller has offers from Ohio State, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin and several others. The 6-foot-2 185-pounder was named the outstanding quarterback at the Score 6 camp, winning the long-ball competition with a throw that reportedly went 73 yards. He also won the fastest man award with a 40-yard dash time of 4.47.

Miller hasn't been offered a scholarship by Kentucky yet, but he told the Danville Advocate-Messenger that he plans to attend a UK home game this fall.
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http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/821892.html
 
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So I haven't really followed this thread very close so this might have been said a million times but...

A buddy of mine is a Wayne alum and his nephew is one of Braxton's best friends. He told me last night that Braxton talks about going to Ohio State all the time wears OSU clothes and what not. He said as far as he knows the kid is not really interested in any other school. Also says he's gone in three years no matter what. Apparently he's a really cocky kid too, but I like that in a QB.
 
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Kevin Miller believes him.

"My experience with coach Tressel is he's genuine, he's straight up and he's going to let you know what it's all about," Miller said. "They run a heck of a program up there."

Miller's opinion counts more than most because he is the father of Braxton Miller, who is preparing for his junior season at Wayne High School in Huber Heights and perhaps is the next great quarterback to rise from Ohio.

Since the beginning of his sophomore season, Braxton Miller, nephew of former OSU receiver Dee Miller, has been harvesting informal scholarship offers, including some from OSU, Cincinnati and the University of Miami.

He doesn't look like Pryor or Graham, being 6-2, 192 pounds. Even though last month he ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash at Michigan's summer camp, he's considered a passer who can dabble with the run.

"We're not looking for a program where they're going to run him all the time," Kevin Miller said. "It's always good to be able to use your feet as far as getting away from pressure, but not mainly to just run the option or things like that. He's a thrower first."

When Tressel goes looking for a QB, there is only a faint physical blueprint in his mind.

"I think first of all you are looking for a presence," Tressel said. "Certainly you have to be able to deliver the football; there are certain fundamental things you have to be able to do, like get away from the center, get rid of the football, have a concept of what's going on out there.

"Usually between the combination of film -- though you don't know what they were taught -- and getting to see them live a little bit in your own camp, which is why camps are a neat thing, you can get a pretty judge of what they might be able to do for you."

And vice versa.

"We're not a systemic group," Tressel said of his coaching staff. "Like some teams might say, for example, 'We're a wing-T team, and you if you can't run the wing-T, you can't play here.' We're not that way.

"We want to get the best person who is the best athlete who shows us the things they can do, and we're going to build the team around those things."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : OSU football: For quarterbacks, there is no mold
 
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What r some of the best comparisons for this kid, sorry if they've been mentioned. Does he remind anyone of Devin Gardner at all(I hate to compare him to a scUM recruit but he reminded me of him a little)?
 
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pnuts34;1497630; said:
What r some of the best comparisons for this kid, sorry if they've been mentioned. Does he remind anyone of Devin Gardner at all(I hate to compare him to a scUM recruit but he reminded me of him a little)?
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I think he is a Russell Sheppard clone personally...great athlete who has developed into a better passer. The measurables are nearly identical and the style of play is as well imo. Gardner isn't a bad comparison but I think Braxton is a better athlete and has more arm strength.
 
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pnuts34;1497630; said:
What r some of the best comparisons for this kid, sorry if they've been mentioned. Does he remind anyone of Devin Gardner at all(I hate to compare him to a scUM recruit but he reminded me of him a little)?
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I'll think about it for a while, but he is nothing like Devin Gardner...
 
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