Ohio State’s Ryan Day Sends Eye-Opening Message About Julian Sayin

The Ohio State Buckeyes and head coach Ryan Day played their spring game today. All eyes were on the team’s trio of quarterbacks, who are all competing for the right to become the program’s starting quarterback to begin the 2025 season. Julian Sayin, Lincoln Kienholz, and Tavien St. Clair are all extremely talented quarterbacks. All of them could play a role this season should Ohio State call upon them.

Throughout the course of the game, all three quarterbacks showcased their skills. Day had to like what he saw, although there is clearly still work to be done. Since the end of the 2024 season, it has been widely expected that Sayin will be the team’s starter in 2025. He has struggled at times early this year, but the talent he possesses has been clear. After his spring game performance, Day took some time to speak out about Sayin and his current status. As shared by Chase Brown of Eleven Warriors, Day went into an in-depth explanation of where Sayin currently stands in the quarterback competition.

“He’s had some good days, he’s had some days he’s learning from,” Day said. “A big trait of great quarterbacks is they’re resilient, they keep coming back and they keep learning. If you keep making mistakes over and over again, not good. But I think all the guys have been that way this spring. But good to see him respond the way he did and rebound from a couple of practices early on.”

There is still a lot of time between now and when Day will announce his starting quarterback. No one has locked up the starting job yet.

Fans liked what they saw from Sayin, Kienholz, and St. Clair, but Day knows there’s still a lot of work to be done in order to be a national championship contender once again this year.