Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett expecting to play despite sprained MCL
J.T. Barrett isn't anticipating missing Saturday's game against Illinois despite a sprained MCL in his left knee. While the knee is swollen, Barrett said Wednesday that he'll need a major setback before the game to not take the field.
"It would have to be something drastic to happen between now and Saturday," Barrett said after practice via BuckeyeGrove.com. "I plan on playing on Saturday."
Barrett said his knee was sore and there was some swelling, but wore a brace on it at practice. The injury happened before halftime of the Buckeyes' double-overtime win at Penn State.
Barrett tore the ACL in his right knee in high school, so this injury doesn't have any relation to the previous one. And while Ohio State fans may be wondering why Braxton Miller missed two games last year with a sprained MCL, it's worth remembering that sprains have differing severeties and that people respond different to injuries.
"I have talked to him about it and he was just saying that everybody is different and that is what the trainer is saying, Braxton said that (his) was much more stiff and sore and things like that and that is why he needed to miss two games and mine just wasn't the case," Barrett said.
Miller is out this year after an injury to his throwing shoulder. Following a slow start in his first serious action as Miller's replacement, Barrett has played well. The Penn State game was the first time in four games that he'd thrown an interception. He's thrown 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 2014.
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