Ohio State quarterback Air Nolanda former top-60 prospect, has entered the transfer portal, On3 has learned.

The four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class enrolled at Ohio State in January and completed spring training with the Buckeyes. With the addition of Alabama short-term signatory Julian Sayin During the winter transfer portal window in the quarterback room, Ohio State had five scholarship quarterbacks during spring practice.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly did not name a starting quarterback after the spring game. Kansas State transfer Will Howard is the presumed starter, but was challenged Devin Brown. Sayin has received rave reviews from Day in recent weeks and has emerged as a real threat in the quarterback competition.

Noland committed to the Buckeyes at the start of the process in April 2023. To Elite 11 As a finalist last summer, he impressed as one of the group’s more accurate passers. Despite the addition of Sayin in January, Noland remained committed to Ohio State.

“You always want to do it sooner,” Kelly said UCLA head coach said after the spring game. “But I also believe that every time I’m involved in it, it happens somehow organically and authentically because the players know it. … The players understand who they think the guy is. And most of the time the decision is very obvious.”

Noland was 5 of 7 in the spring game and threw for 47 yards with one interception. The talented southpaw chose the Buckeyes over Alabama. Miami And Texas A&M. As a senior, he completed 66.5 percent of his passes for 2,140 yards and 22 touchdown passes along with 9 interceptions Langston Hughes High School in Georgia. However, during his junior year, Noland threw for 4,095 yards and 55 touchdown passes, winning a state championship.

One of the top quarterbacks of the 2024 class is now back on the market and looking for a new home.