[!--quoteo--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Antonio Henton just finished a three-week apprenticeship at the feet of the master.
Ohio State players moved out of their campus-area hotel Friday, marking the end of preseason camp. It also meant the end of a golden opportunity for Henton, a freshman quarterback from Fort Valley, Ga.
Henton roomed with Buckeyes starter and Heisman Trophy candidate Troy Smith and certainly had plenty of chances to pick Smith’s brain.
"We did that by design," quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels said of the rooming arrangements. "They spend a lot of time together."
One reason the time may have been especially valuable for Henton is that his style is similar to Smith’s. Asked whether Henton reminded him of a young Smith, Daniels didn’t hesitate.
"I think an awful lot," he said. "When we watched him as a high school guy, we thought he reminded us a lot of Troy. We thought he threw the ball well, and we thought he was a heck of an athlete, and that’s true. It’s one of the few times in our lives we were right.
"He can do things athletically, and he can do things throwing the ball. Will he be another Troy? I don’t know, but I know from what I see of him right now mentally and physically, we’re very happy."
Henton almost certainly will redshirt this season. [/quote]
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