Ohio State is about to rent Invoice O’Brien as its subsequent offensive coordinator, based on 247Sports’ Dave Biddle. The transfer marks a significant shift for coach Ryan Day, who will quit play calling as he continues to accumulate expertise — each on his roster and training workers — in an effort to get the Buckeyes again to the highest of the Large Ten. 

O’Brien, 54, served as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots final season after spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons in the identical place at Alabama. He additionally has Large Ten expertise having been head coach at Penn State from 2012-13, a place he left to steer the Houston Texans from 2014-20.

Touchdown O’Brien is merely the newest eyebrow-raising maneuver for Day within the weeks since Ohio State’s season ended on Dec. 29 with a 14-3 loss to Missouri within the Cotton Bowl. That disastrous offensive efficiency underscored the necessity for a brand new id coming into the 2024 marketing campaign.

Given the roster that the Buckeyes are growing, O’Brien ought to be capable to assemble an elite dashing squad. With TreVeyon Henderson returning for his senior season and former Ole Miss star working again Quinshon Judkins becoming a member of out of the switch portal, Ohio State can have one of many nation’s high backfields.

Kansas State switch Will Howard seems to be the possible successor to Kyle McCord at quarterback after the Buckeyes’ usually prolific passing assault took a step again in 2023. Whereas Howard has a confirmed monitor file of success, he’s largely thought-about a middling thrower. 

O’Brien boasts and elite monitor file working with quarterbacks. His most outstanding success tales have been Tom Brady with the Patriots and Bryce Younger at Alabama. Younger received a Heisman Trophy beneath O’Brien’s tutelage in 2021.