The first game for any player brings nerves, jitters, and unwarranted pressure. Performing in such situations becomes a craft in itself. But when your last name is ‘Day’ and you are the son of an Ohio State head coach on the trajectory of ‘legend’ status, those nerves become just background noise.

That showed when Ryan Day’s son, RJ Day, threw a 31-yard bullet to his receiver in just his first high school game, for a touchdown. It was a clutch play with just 25 seconds remaining on the clock as RJ led his St. Francis DeSales High School to a 21-17 comeback win, earning his first Division One offer from Boston College. Ever since then, those clutch performances have become routine for the young QB prodigy.

In truth, that game wasn’t truly the first showing of RJ Day’s talent. We have seen

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