Ohio State's Will Howard vows to continue to 'trust in the Lord' even in the midst of life's highs and lows

Ohio State has looked ascendant passim the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. 

After knocking Tennessee retired successful the archetypal round, the Buckeyes blew retired the top-seeded Oregon Ducks successful the quarterfinals. Ohio State past defeated the Texas Longhorns successful the semifinal to beforehand to Monday's title game. 

Quarterback Will Howard volition beryllium nether halfway erstwhile Ohio State meets Notre Dame successful the highly-anticipated rubric game. 

Howard spent 4 seasons astatine Kansas State. However, helium entered the transportation portal successful 2023. In Jan. 2024, helium revealed his intentions to marque the determination to Ohio State. Howard went connected to person the champion regular play of his assemblage vocation successful Columbus, Ohio.

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The 23-year-old has thrown for a career-high 3,779 yards and 33 touchdowns against 10 interceptions during his archetypal twelvemonth astatine Ohio State. Howard has besides utilized his legs this season, rushing for 7 scores.

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This year's Buckeyes roster features aggregate players, including Howard, who are outspoken astir their idiosyncratic faith. Howard's on-field interrogation aft Ohio State's aforementioned commanding win implicit Oregon astatine the Rose Bowl connected New Year's Day was 1 of galore moments successful which the backmost enactment his beliefs connected afloat display.

"First and foremost, I gotta convey my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for giving maine this accidental to beryllium connected this signifier successful the Rose Bowl," Howard said. "Younger maine would beryllium successful awe close now."

Shortly aft the Buckeyes were upset by their apical rival Michigan successful precocious November, Howard referenced his religion arsenic helium was asked to stock his absorption to the defeat.

"I sat backmost and thought the accidental that I person present and what I’ve gone done this year, the ups and the downs, everything has been for my ain good," helium said via Columbus news presumption WCMH, earlier reaffirming his unwavering faith. "I cognize that God is putting those obstacles successful beforehand of america to turn america and there’s a crushed for it. I’m going to conscionable spot the plan."

He added that having an unshakable "trust successful the Lord" has proven to beryllium beneficial successful his life.

"We got to spot successful the Lord and thin connected Him nary substance what, done the ups and the downs," helium told NBC4. "I tried to conscionable get into my Bible and commune a small bit. Just travel backmost to the Lord and say, ‘I request You.’"

"When you travel to Him successful a humble way, it changes your perspective. I laic it down for Him and say, ‘God, I spot You. I don’t cognize wherefore this happened but it happened for a reason. I’m going to spot it.'"

Howard and respective of his Buckeyes teammates arrived astatine preseason workouts wearing "Jesus Won" T-shirts.

The College Football Playoff National Championship crippled kicks disconnected astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta connected Jan. 20 astatine 7:30 p.m. ET.

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