A former Football Bowl Subdivision quarterback has joined Ohio State's coaching staff as a graduate assistant.
Chandler Whitmer, who was the starting quarterback at Connecticut from 2012-14, is now an offensive graduate assistant for the Buckeyes working with the wide receivers, according to his Twitter account.
Buckeye Nation... Go follow my guy @chandlerwhitmer ; next up in the long line of elite young coaches around here.. welcome to the crew! Now let's get to work..#BuckeyeBoomin
— Keenan Bailey (@CoachKeeOSU) January 22, 2019
Whitmer also attended rookie minicamp with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015 – when new Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was the Eagles' quarterbacks coach – and spent last season working as a quality control coach at Yale.