LSU's starting quarterback race has been decided.

On Monday, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron announced that junior Joe Burrow, who transferred into the program from Ohio State this summer, is the team's starting quarterback for the season opener against Miami on Sep. 2.

With game week now here for the opening week bout between the Tigers and Miami Hurricanes, the race won't play out any further.

"We made (the decision) this morning after the final grades were in," Orgeron said. "One quarterback had 428 (reps in camp) and the other had 427. We graded the things we wanted to see our quarterback do on a daily basis. Our players saw it and knew it. They received the grades each day, so they saw it and knew it.

"It was a very close decision. (LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger) saw it back-and-forth all last week. The grades were very close. Either quarterback could have won out. The winner came out on the sheet of paper with the grades. That was the deciding factor."

LSU will enter the 2018 season with sophomore Myles Brennan as the team's backup quarterback. With the new NCAA rules on redshirts, there's been speculation that Brennan could play in up to four games this season and still take a redshirt. But with McMillan and Narcisse gone from the team, time will tell if the Tigers are able to pull off the move.

Burrow's road to becoming the starter at LSU didn't come without waiting his turn elsewhere.

The junior decided this offseason to leave Ohio State after a tight quarterback race with Dwayne Haskins, with Burrow exiting the program following spring practice. Burrow immediately visited Cincinnati, then took a three-day trip to LSU, where he was able meet Orgeron and the staff for the first time. Within a week, he signed with the Tigers.

While he hasn't been in a starter role at the college level before, Burrow takes over the job in Baton Rouge with an impressive resume as a backup quarterback with the Buckeyes.

At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Burrow was 29-for-39 passing (74.4%) for 287 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions during his time on the field with Ohio State.

But some of his most head-turning moments came in Ohio State's spring games.

When he signed with the Buckeyes in 2015, he joined a roster that also had Cardale Jones, JT Barrett and Braxton Miller. Burrow took a redshirt, then made his debut in the 2016 Spring Game. He was the quarterback on the winning squad, going 14-for-23 passing for 196 yards and three touchdowns, taking the Gray squad to a 28-17 victory in front of a record spring game crowd of 100,189 at Ohio Stadium.

After playing the backup to Barrett the following season, Burrow stepped back into the spotlight again in the 2017 spring game, going 14-for-22 passing for 262 yards and three touchdowns. Once again, the offseason buzz surrounded the Ohio native.

Burrow and Haskins went to battle this spring for the starting job with the Buckeyes, and the showdown in the spring game saw Burrow go 15-for-22 passing for 247 yards and two touchdowns, while Haskins went 9-for-19 passing for 120 yards and two touchdowns.

Burrow was also one of the nation’s top recruits coming out of high school, winning Ohio’s Mr. Football Award in 2014 after leading The Plains (Athens, Ohio) to the D-III state title game. He left high school ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 8 dual-threat quarterback prospect in the country and the No. 280 overall prospect nationally.

Despite his limited time on the field at Ohio State, Burrow has still edged out LSU’s current roster when it comes to the stat sheet. Brennan, only a freshman last fall, had 14 completions on 24 attempts for 182 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions as a true freshman last fall.

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