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Braxton Miller has been working out at wide receiver all summer

Ohio State's Braxton Miller has spent all summer watching film and working out as a wide receiver.
Braxton Miller has been working out at wide receiver all summer
Braxton Miller has been working out at wide receiver all summer

Ohio State's Braxton Miller has spent all summer watching film and working out as a wide receiver, reports SI's Pete Thamel.

Miller has been catching passes from quarterbacks Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett since the position switch become possible as a fallback plan. He told Thamel that he has spent four hours a day watching film and catching passes.

Thamel broke the news on Thursday that Miller is moving from quarterback to H-Back, a hybrid receiver position.

“At first it was an awkward feeling,” Miller told Thamel about his receiver workouts. “But for the past eight weeks I’ve been on top of things.”

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A two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year as a quarterback, Miller missed all of last season after sustaining a torn labrum during preseason camp. He had been expected to compete for the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback role this year along with Jones and Barrett, creating a logjam at the position. 

Earlier this month, Miller announced that he would return to Ohio State in 2015 amid an off-season that featured transfer rumors.

After Miller sustained his shoulder injury in 2014, Barrett took over as the starting quarterback. He led the Buckeyes to a 10–1 record before breaking his ankle against Michigan in the regular-season finale.

Jones then took over and made his first career start in the Big Ten Championship Game, winning three games in a row to help Ohio State win the national title.

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