14	Joe Bauserman
	Class: RS Senior Hometown: Strasburg, Va. High School: Lincoln Height / Weight: 6-1 / 230 Position: QB

Buckeye Bits: backup quarterback who regained his football prowess after three seasons in minor league baseball ... active arm and ability to make a variety of throws ... provides experience and leadership to the signalcaller corps

2010 (Junior): served as the backup quarterback ... saw late action against Marshall ... 4-7 passing for 46 yards vs. Ohio ... 5-6 vs. Eastern Michigan for 59 yards and a 17-yard TD pass to Jordan Hall ... 14-yard completion to Philly Brown in Indiana win ... 23-yard TD pass to Spencer Smith in Purdue victory ... 22 yards passing in Minnesota win ... second-year letterman

2009 (Sophomore): No. 2 quarterback ... 3-5 passing for 36 yards in late action against Navy ... also played against Toledo, Indiana, Minnesota and Penn State ... passed for 75 yards in the second half against New Mexico State ... long reception was 40 yards to Duron Carter

2008 (Freshman): was the Buckeyes' No. 3 quarterback ... saw most recent action at end of Michigan game ... scout team workhorse: Minnesota, Penn State, Illinois ... first-year letterman

2007 (Redshirt): joined the Ohio State football program as a walk-on ... did not see varsity action for the Big Ten champions... scout team workhorse: Youngstown State

High School: played his sophomore through senior seasons at Lincoln High in Tallahassee, Fla. ... all-state in both Virginia and Florida in football and baseball ... captain of the football team ... threw for 3,000 yards and 28 TD as a junior and 2,000 yards and 27 TD as a senior ... all-Big Bend conference ... made a verbal commitment to Ohio State before choosing baseball

Personal: son of John and Joy Bauserman ... has one brother, J.D. ... a fisheries and wildlife management major at Ohio State ... an avid outdoorsman ... signed a baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a 2004 fourth-round draft pick and played three seasons (Gulf Coast, Williamsport, Hickory) for that organization ... Baseball America rated him as having the best changeup in the Pirates' farm system