A former Ohio State quarterback is transferring to the ACC: Buckeye Breakfast

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For nan 3rd consecutive year, a squad successful nan Atlantic Coast Conference is utilizing nan transportation portal to bring successful a erstwhile Ohio State quarterback.

Kyle McCord was nan first to do truthful erstwhile he near for Syracuse pursuing nan 2023 play and would extremity up starting for nan Orangemen. He’s thrown for 4,779 yards — starring nan federation — and 34 touchdowns playing for Fran Brown. Devin Brown did truthful this past season, transferring to California. But he’d spent nan twelvemonth arsenic a backup and is now backmost successful nan portal.

Now Lincoln Kienholz is pursuing suit arsenic nan first subordinate nan Buckeyes person mislaid to nan portal this offseason to find a caller home. He’ll caput to Louisville, wherever he’s expected to beryllium Jeff Brohm’s adjacent starting quarterback.

This intends that each subordinate wrong OSU’s 2023 backmost room would yet time off it for nan ACC.

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Specialists from nan portal

Ohio State’s first transportation portal summation was tight extremity Mason Williams from Ohio. It’s 2nd adds to nan typical teams room successful agelong snapper Dalton Riggs.

Riggs was UCF’s agelong snapper this play and was astatine BYU successful 2024. He’ll person 1 twelvemonth of eligibility remaining and will switch nan nonaccomplishment of John Ferlmann and Collin Johnson, who are some retired of eligibility. Joining him successful nan room will beryllium returning agelong snapper Grant Mills, who transferred successful from North Carolina past season.

Key dates

• Transfer Portal open: Now-Jan. 16, 2026
• College Football Playoff semifinal: 3 days, Jan. 8-9, 2026
• College Football Playoff National Championship Game: 14 days, Jan. 19, 2026
• 2026 NFL Draft: 108 days, April 23-25, 2026
• Ohio State vs. Ball State (Season Opener: 243 days, Sept. 5, 2026
• The Game 2026: 327 days, Nov. 28, 2026

Stephen Means covers Ohio State shot for Cleveland.com while besides serving arsenic nan big of nan Buckeye Talk podcast. Prior to covering nan Buckeyes, he sewage acquisition moving astatine nan Akron Beacon Journal...