Eli Brickhandler has barely unpacked his bags in Columbus, yet the new Buckeye quarterback is already turning heads. The former Houston Christian Husky (an FCS school) joined Ohio State in July 2025 in a CFB journey that began at North Carolina A&T. But as much as Ohio State fans are curious about what he’d do under center, the story that stole the weekend belonged to the person cheering loudest for him.

That would be Eli’s wife, Sean Kelly Brickhandler , who shared a deeply personal milestone on Instagram: her baptism. In the video, Sean Kelly steps into the water, surrounded by friends and family, before being submerged and lifted back up, beaming, wiping tears, and hugging Eli. For the Brickhandlers, the plunge was the latest chapter in a faith journey that has woven itself thr

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