Miller is this video says he plans on winning a national championship in Columbus.
Ohio State put all its eggs in Braxton Miller's basket and it worked. Ever since Terrelle Pryor arrived at Ohio State, the Buckeyes had run into some trouble in their quarterback recruiting, as some big-time recruits saw Pryor at that position and didn't want to sit for a couple years behind an established starter.
With Miller, three years behind Pryor in the quarterback cycle, the Buckeyes found the right timing to focus on the quarterback of the future, and they focused only on him. And that mattered.
"Lots of schools will just stack kids and they don't care about who they get," Kevin Miller, Braxton's father, said today. "It was kind of unique that at Ohio State they had only focused on Braxton. A lot of other schools had focused on many kids. That didn't deter us, because you're going to get competition anywhere you go. But it just showed a lot of love. They waited on Braxton and it paid off for them."
It seemed to matter to the player, too, and helped lead Miller to announce his choice now, on the last day of his junior year of high school.
"They only offered one quarterback and that was me," Miller said. "I was like, "That’s a blessed opportunity right there.'"
Here's where Miller ranks according to several major recruiting outlets.
* Rivals: No. 56 player, No. 2 QB
* Scout: No. 4 player, No. 1 QB
* ESPN: No. 16 player, No. 2 QB
* MaxPreps: No. 8 player, No. 1 QB
In this video, Miller talks more about what the Buckeyes' focus meant to him.