Buckeyes’ starting QB McCord in transfer portal

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  • Senior WriterDec 4, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close College football reporter.
  • Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
  • Graduate of Northwestern University.Ohio State quarterback

Kyle McCord, who started throughout the season for the Buckeyes, entered his name into the transfer website Monday morning.McCord, in his third year with the Buckeyes, won the starting task early in the season after taking on Devin Brown. Recruited by coach Ryan Day, he had actually waited two years behind C.J. Stroud, now the Houston Texans’ starting quarterback, after coming to Ohio State as ESPN’s No. 31 prospect in the 2021 class.Editor’s Picks

1 Associated The Philadelphia local had 3,170 passing yards with 24 goal passes and 6 interceptions, while finishing 65.8% of his passes. McCord eclipsed 300 passing backyards three times however likewise two times threw 2 interceptions, consisting of in the regular-season finale, a 30-24 loss to Michigan that ultimately cost Ohio State a College Football Playoff area for the 2nd time in three years.

“As time went on, Kyle got better as the season went on,” Day stated Sunday. “Had a little bit of those ankle injuries that he resolved; he showed durability there. Certainly the Notre Dame game, he played actually well down the stretch. So I believe there was growth there, for sure, and I believe he’s an excellent quarterback, I do. After every year, you assess everything, and try to determine what to do next. However I think there was a lot of development made this year.”

On Sunday, Ohio State was selected to play Missouri in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 29. Day was noncommittal about McCord’s status as the group’s starter when asked about it Sunday.

“When you come up short, the bottom line is you got to look at whatever, due to the fact that you didn’t get it done, and that’s the thing that is just sobering here,” Day said. “At 11-1, you come up short on the last belongings, it’s simply unsatisfactory. So you got to look at whatever, and we will take a look at everything.”

The transfer window opened Monday for the majority of college football players, and Ohio State had a number of other portal entries, consisting of running back Evan Pryor, ESPN’s No. 128 hire in 2021.