All these hits lastly caught up with .
After absorbing one punishing blow after one other, the quarterback will miss Saturday’s sport at Ohio Stadium due to concussion signs associated to hits he sustained final weekend in opposition to Nebraska, an individual with information of the state of affairs not licensed to talk publicly stated.
Iamaleava was collaborating within the early portion of observe Tuesday, the final session noticed by reporters this week.
His absence in opposition to the Buckeyes presumably signifies that high backup , a redshirt sophomore who has by no means thrown a go on the school degree, will make his first profession begin.
Iamaleava’s means to take hits and carry on enjoying had been a serious matter of debate early this week between reporters and . The quarterback was simply his crew’s main rusher, his common of 52.7 yards per sport almost doubling the output of working again (30.8), the crew’s second-leading rusher.
Skipper had praised Iamaleava’s fearlessness, saying the 6-foot-6, 215-pound redshirt sophomore didn’t wish to slide or run out of bounds.
“Nico’s the primary like tall, skinny dude that I do know that can decrease the pads on you and isn’t afraid, he’s going to all the time be going ahead and getting yards and issues like that,” Skipper stated Monday. “He’s bought little legs and thin arms however has no concern in any respect.”
Skipper additionally acknowledged the necessity to protect Iamaleava’s availability by stopping him from taking extra hits than obligatory.
“Clearly, he’s your beginning quarterback,” Skipper stated. “You don’t need him taking large hits and issues like that, but when they’re going to present him working lanes, you would possibly as effectively take them. I child with him on a regular basis, ‘Hey once in a while, you would possibly wish to slide a bit bit.’ However you already know, when you might have a pure runner like he’s, you type of simply allow them to go do their factor.”
Instantly after , Iamaleava didn’t point out that every one the hits he had taken impacted his efficiency. He accomplished 17 of 25 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns with out an interception whereas additionally working 15 occasions for 86 yards.
“Yeah man, shoot, I’ve performed soccer a very long time and I’ve gotten hit plenty of occasions in lots of video games,” Iamaleava stated. “So, I don’t assume it affected me in that method. General, we simply gotta play higher as an entire and end video games.”
