Braxton Miller will remain a member of the Ohio State team. (Trevor Ruszkowksi-USA TODAY Sports)
Quarterback Braxton Miller will remain at Ohio State for his final season and not leave for another school as a graduate transfer, according to a report Thursday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, The Columbus Dispatch indicated that Miller would announce his immediate plans next week, leading to speculation that he might be going elsewhere. But the newspaper updated its report to say Miller would meet with the media next week to discuss his rehabilitation and the 2015 season.
Miller missed the 2014 season after having shoulder surgery. He has been rehabbing the shoulder and on Wednesday tweeted that he had a successful visit with a physical therapist in Birmingham, Ala.
At a football camp in northeast Ohio, coach Urban Meyer said Miller is nearly full strength and ready to compete for the starting quarterback job he held at the beginning of Ohio State’s 2014 national championship season.
Miller, the 2012 and 2013 Big Ten Player of the Year, was a Heisman Trophy candidate last season but was slow to recover from shoulder surgery.
J.T. Barrett, who took over the No. 1 job for the Buckeyes, is “95 percent” with one month to go before the start of fall camp, according to coach Urban Meyer.
Meyer said Miller is healthy and prepared to compete for the right to start for the defending champions.
“Braxton is pretty close to full speed,” Meyer said Wednesday.
Cardale Jones, who won the Big Ten championship game, beat Alabama in the national semifinals and Oregon in the title game, is also back and in the thick of the Ohio State QB quandary.
The Buckeyes open preseason camp in early August and begin the 2015 season on Sept. 7 at Virginia Tech.
