Braxton Miller Injury: Updates on Ohio St. Star's Shoulder and Recovery

Updates from Thursday, Oct. 23

Braxton Miller is rehabbing his shoulder injury, and teammate Brady Taylor snapped a picture to show fans:

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The Ohio State football team received some good news Wednesday, via star quarterback Braxton Miller’s Instagram account, where the player posted the accompanying message to his picture, "Finally out of the sling!"    

Miller reaggravated a shoulder injury that he suffered in last season’s Orange Bowl during preseason practice and will miss the entire season. Ohio State Athletics had originally released the news of the diagnosis in August:

Dr. James Andrews performed surgery on Miller, and it is clear from this latest update that the quarterback is recovering well. Head coach Urban Meyer shared the presumed recovery time, via Ozone Communications, in the immediate aftermath of the injury, so the removal of the sling appears to be the next step:

Miller’s injury was certainly a jarring one for an Ohio State team that had College Football Playoff aspirations, even after losing four starting offensive linemen and star running back Carlos Hyde.

Miller was a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate after throwing for 2,094 yards and 24 touchdowns and running for 1,068 yards and 12 more touchdowns in 2013.

It was clear that Ohio State missed its signal-caller in the early-season loss to Virginia Tech, but redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett has impressed in three straight dominating victories.

It will certainly be interesting to see if Barrett can lead Ohio State back into playoff consideration with so many upsets happening in college football, but Buckeyes fans are probably just relieved to see Miller on the road to recovery during a bye week for the team.