Will Howard has just finished one of the most successful seasons that a quarter-rear has ever had Ohio State.
Make 16 departures and finally lead the Buckeyes to their first national championship since 2014, Howard launched for 4,010 yards, 35 affected and 10 interceptions.
Although he is only on campus for a season, Howard’s mandate at the OSU will always be considered with fans in the years to come.
In recent months, Howard trained for the draft of the NFL, and it is possible that he can go as high as the end of the second round, according to the needs of the teams and the assessment of the Buckeye signal.
Howard continues to make the media rounds leading to the NFL draft on April 24 and sat with the former NFL head coach Jon Gruden, during a 44-minute interview published on Monday. In the video, Gruden and Howard broke the film, road concepts and highlighted the key moments of the 2024 buckey championship season.
We have highlighted some of Howard’s best quotes from the interview below (but as a downstream, there is a lot of colorful language in certain responses).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW5-TP1PXP8
On his decision to leave the state of Kansas and to transfer
“For the way I used (the transfer portal), I think it was the best thing that ever happened to me, went to Ohio State and used my last year of eligibility elsewhere.”
How was his style of leadership translated by Columbus
“The first thing I said when I got to Ohio State was:” I want to get to know these guys. First of all, I want to have relationships, because they don’t care about what you know until they know how much you care.
“I was not going to walk on the toes of anyone. I said to myself, you know what, I want to win their respect and their confidence first, then I was going to enter this position of direction. So I felt like I had a good job to come in winter and to grind myself. ”
Why his percentage of completion went north of 70% in 2024
“This year, coach Chip Kelly has focused on the ends. I tried to make things happen instead of letting things happen. He literally sent me a text a few days ago, like “let him occur” with quotes. ”
What happened during the final game in regulation during the regular season of Oregon season
“In my mind, before this room, they tell me that we need 15 meters for the botter. They fell into the blanket. The only thing I could have taken was probably this flat route, and it would have been about six meters.
“But I’m like, I can’t do that. I have to have more yards. But looking back, what I learned from that, guy, is at the end of the day, I have to give my team a chance.
“Every Wednesday from there, we did the same exact exercise situation of two minutes. As hard as it was right now, guy, I think I’m coming back and beat them in this pink Bowl, all the more gentle.”
Will Howard traveled to me the last game of the defeat of the Ohio States against Oregon and how it was one of the decisive moments of their national title.
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On the place where he was wrong on the pic-six against Penn State which put Osu in a hole of 10-0 at the time
“They brought me a little on this one, so they ran this kind of cone coverage. It’s like a cloud, you know, a kind of cone cover. And, as, I remember that I came back to the touchline, and no one told me a word because they knew I would be. You know, our offense, we did not play very well. Favorite party of this game was our four-thousand game. ”
Howard admits that throwing Jelani Thurman on the 4th and 1 converted from the Ohio State against Psu was completely involuntary
“We had never launched this path on this concept. The triple of Jeremiah has teamed up and our apartment was doubled. (Gruden then asked for clarification that had never launched this path before). No, never.”
On the loss of Michigan and how the team responded
“The fact is that it was what we hung on was that we still had shit to play. And right now, guy, it didn’t want to.
“It was difficult, and we had a meeting reserved for players this next week, and we essentially said, as, we still have the national championship. Obviously, it did not finish the way we wanted, and it was just a fucking brutal. As much as this game hurt, the only thing we could do was staying together, and that played this.”
On Tennessee players who come out of Columbus tunnels without their shirts in cold weather
“Well, what is funny is that they came out with their shirts, or their shirts, and they ran to the opposite goal area and immediately put them back.
“I said to myself, what are these clowns, guy? At that time, I knew we had them.”
On the mindset of Ohio State for the Revenge match of Oregon
“We were going to go out. We do not retry back, and I loved it. This first game of the game, we ran a small pump smoke road, then Gee Scott ran the Little Wheel road, and I thought we were probably going to smoke to install it, and it came out.
“It was like, no, we are running this first game of the game. We set the tone, and I said to myself, fuck yeah, let’s go. I love it …
“I knew we were going to this match, we were going to set up a ton of points.”
On if his touch to Emeka Egbuka in Rose Bowl was the best throw he did at the Ohio State
“It’s up there. I think it could be, honestly. This is one of my favorites for sure. ”
On the Ohio State match plan against Texas
“It was going to be more a methodical affair. It would not be like Oregon where we were able to hit gunshots, two games, a game, a touch.”
On If Texas tried to defend OSU the same style as Michigan
“They did it. They wanted to play in a simulated blanket two. … We knew that we were going to have to decide them in certain areas, to be able to take our checks. The checks were a great accent.”
An indoor baseball secret concerning the Treveyon Henderson touch on a wallpaper in the Cotton Bowl
“We have practiced this fucking screen game so many times and I have never run it. Never. Like, this is the first time that we have executed it. ”
What was the preparation for Notre Dame
“The most important thing was that we knew that it was a team of man at the base, but we had a ton of integrated alerts for the area.”
Ryan Day told Will Howard to use his legs more in the national championship
“In this match, it was a big day of the coach like, you should go win the game with your legs.”
Break the third game and Jéric’s game and what is the real name of the play
“So, it’s back Left 73 Grill. And Grill simply says that we made bullets outside and Emeka executed a reading in the middle inside. And then put the ball at 42 meters on the red line, the man, and leave the n ° 4 n ° 4.”
On what Ryan Day explained to him why he should be transferred to Ohio State
“When coach Day, when he came and met me, he said,” I think you can be the guy who can lead us to a national title. “And I said,” I’m not going to drop you.
“I love being the oppressed and a little when people do not expect me to get out and do things, I do it. And I think it’s a bit of the story in the project this year. You know, I would not be in another place than where I am.
