2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Julian Sayin
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 208
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, Calif.
- Last School:
- Carlsbad / Alabama
- Year:
- Sophomore
So Far in 2025
• Approximately halfway through the season and Julian Sayin has emerged and established himself as a favorite for the Heisman Trophy as college football’s most outstanding player
• The RS freshman leads the nation by considerable margins in both completion percentage (80.7 pct.) and quarterback rating (197.11)
• Also enters this week’s game vs. Purdue ranked No. 2 nationally at 10.0 yards per attempt, No. 3 with 23 touchdown passes and 19th with 2,188 passing yards
• He is only the second quarterback in the last 30 years (West Virginia’s Geno Smith, in 2012) to have three games with at least 300 yards passing, three touchdowns, no interceptions and an 80.0 completion percentage (per research query on College Football Reference)
• Has completed at least 85 percent of his passes (min. 10 attempts) in four different games (vs. Grambling, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn State), an Ohio State record and something that had only been done at Ohio State 14 times entering the season
• His consecutive games vs. Wisconsin and Penn State with at least an 85.0 completion percentage is a first at Ohio State
• Has earned eight weekly honors so far, including the Shaun Alexander national freshman player of the week award after a career-high 393 yards and four touchdowns effort at Wisconsin
• His weekly honors include three Big Ten freshman of the week honors (after the Grambling, Minnesota and Wisconsin games), Big Ten offensive player of the week (Wisconsin) and three Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 honors (Grambling, Minnesota and Wisconsin)
• Completed a school record vs. Grambling by completing his first 16 passes of the game and finished 18 for 19
• Has been named to the Davey O’Brien Award QB Class and to the Manning Award watch list
Ohio State Overview
• Julian is a true sophomore with four years of eligibility
• He has competed through two spring drills at Ohio State and the 2024 football season
• He played in four games in 2024 and totaled 27 offensive snaps
• He completed 5-of-12 passes for 84 yards and one touchdown, a 55-yard score to tight end Bennett Christian vs. Western Michigan
• Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete honors last season and is majoring in sport industry
More on Julian
• Julian transferred to Ohio State from the portal in January of 2024
• He originally signed with Alabama in December 2023 and was on campus attending classes in Tuscaloosa, Ala. in January 2024
• He entered the transfer portal shortly after the start of classes and transferred to Ohio State
• A unanimous five-star prospect who was widely considered the nation’s top quarterback in the 2024 recruiting class
• Listed as ESPN's top-ranked dual-threat quarterback and the No. 1 player in the West Region and California
• The No. 1 quarterback and No. 1 player in California by both On3 and the 247Sports composite rankings
• Selected as the Most Valuable Player at the 2023 Elite 11 Finals in advance of his senior season at Carlsbad High School
• Finished his high school career with 7,824 yards passing, 85 touchdowns and 10 interceptions
• As a senior, accumulated 2,347 yards and 24 touchdowns compared to just one interception
• Threw for 2,769 yards and 34 touchdowns as a sophomore and 2,708 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior
• Selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game and the Polynesian Bowl
• Led Carlsbad to their fifth straight Avocado League title
• Is the son of Karen Bradenburg and Dan Sayin
• Older brother Aiden plays quarterback at the University of Pennsylvania and older sister Bailey played soccer at the University of Chicago
• Approximately halfway through the season and Julian Sayin has emerged and established himself as a favorite for the Heisman Trophy as college football’s most outstanding player
• The RS freshman leads the nation by considerable margins in both completion percentage (80.7 pct.) and quarterback rating (197.11)
• Also enters this week’s game vs. Purdue ranked No. 2 nationally at 10.0 yards per attempt, No. 3 with 23 touchdown passes and 19th with 2,188 passing yards
• He is only the second quarterback in the last 30 years (West Virginia’s Geno Smith, in 2012) to have three games with at least 300 yards passing, three touchdowns, no interceptions and an 80.0 completion percentage (per research query on College Football Reference)
• Has completed at least 85 percent of his passes (min. 10 attempts) in four different games (vs. Grambling, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn State), an Ohio State record and something that had only been done at Ohio State 14 times entering the season
• His consecutive games vs. Wisconsin and Penn State with at least an 85.0 completion percentage is a first at Ohio State
• Has earned eight weekly honors so far, including the Shaun Alexander national freshman player of the week award after a career-high 393 yards and four touchdowns effort at Wisconsin
• His weekly honors include three Big Ten freshman of the week honors (after the Grambling, Minnesota and Wisconsin games), Big Ten offensive player of the week (Wisconsin) and three Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 honors (Grambling, Minnesota and Wisconsin)
• Completed a school record vs. Grambling by completing his first 16 passes of the game and finished 18 for 19
• Has been named to the Davey O’Brien Award QB Class and to the Manning Award watch list
Ohio State Overview
• Julian is a true sophomore with four years of eligibility
• He has competed through two spring drills at Ohio State and the 2024 football season
• He played in four games in 2024 and totaled 27 offensive snaps
• He completed 5-of-12 passes for 84 yards and one touchdown, a 55-yard score to tight end Bennett Christian vs. Western Michigan
• Earned OSU Scholar-Athlete honors last season and is majoring in sport industry
More on Julian
• Julian transferred to Ohio State from the portal in January of 2024
• He originally signed with Alabama in December 2023 and was on campus attending classes in Tuscaloosa, Ala. in January 2024
• He entered the transfer portal shortly after the start of classes and transferred to Ohio State
• A unanimous five-star prospect who was widely considered the nation’s top quarterback in the 2024 recruiting class
• Listed as ESPN's top-ranked dual-threat quarterback and the No. 1 player in the West Region and California
• The No. 1 quarterback and No. 1 player in California by both On3 and the 247Sports composite rankings
• Selected as the Most Valuable Player at the 2023 Elite 11 Finals in advance of his senior season at Carlsbad High School
• Finished his high school career with 7,824 yards passing, 85 touchdowns and 10 interceptions
• As a senior, accumulated 2,347 yards and 24 touchdowns compared to just one interception
• Threw for 2,769 yards and 34 touchdowns as a sophomore and 2,708 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior
• Selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game and the Polynesian Bowl
• Led Carlsbad to their fifth straight Avocado League title
• Is the son of Karen Bradenburg and Dan Sayin
• Older brother Aiden plays quarterback at the University of Pennsylvania and older sister Bailey played soccer at the University of Chicago
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