{"id":387036,"date":"2026-01-04T08:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387036\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:59:07","slug":"former-ohio-state-quarterback-lincoln-kienholz-transferring-to-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387036\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ohio State Quarterback Lincoln Kienholz Transferring to Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                   Lincoln Kienholz is transferring to Louisville.                <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe former Ohio State quarterback announced his commitment to the Cardinals on Saturday night, two days after entering the transfer portal.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">\n\t\tBREAKING: Ohio State transfer QB Lincoln Kienholz has Committed to Louisville, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@On3Sports<\/a> has learned<\/p>\n<p>Repped by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFamilie_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheFamilie_<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timvizzi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@timvizzi<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schmahula?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@schmahula<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bnm_nil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@bnm_nil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RlUbB6EMhS\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RlUbB6EMhS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgYh3d62Pr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wgYh3d62Pr<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/2007663159872491902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKienholz heads to Louisville after three years as a backup quarterback at Ohio State. He brings two years of eligibility to Louisville.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKienholz projects as the Cardinals\u2019 likely starting quarterback in 2026. Louisville\u2019s starting quarterback this past season, Miller Moss, is out of eligibility. The Cardinals\u2019 backup quarterback this past season, Deuce Adams, entered the transfer portal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKienholz was Ohio State\u2019s No. 2 quarterback behind Julian Sayin this past season, completing\u00a011 of 14 passes for 139 yards and one touchdown while running for 66 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith Sayin set to return for at least one more year as Ohio State\u2019s starting quarterback, Kienholz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elevenwarriors.com\/ohio-state-football\/2025\/12\/160701\/lincoln-kienholz-has-discussed-transfer-possibility-with-ohio-state-coaches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told\u00a0Eleven Warriors\u00a0before the Cotton Bowl<\/a> that he had discussed the possibility of transferring with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and quarterbacks coach Billy Fessler, seeking the opportunity to be a starting quarterback in 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cMy goal is to go to the NFL, and in order to do that, you gotta play. So I&#8217;ve had conversations with Coach Day and also with Coach Fessler a little bit about it,\u201d Kienholz said.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKienholz believes his development across three years at\u00a0Ohio State will set him up for success at Louisville.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt&#8217;s definitely helped me,\u201d Kienholz told Eleven Warriors of his time at Ohio State before the Cotton Bowl. \u201cIt&#8217;s helped me just learn a lot just about the position and the speed of the game and just everything that comes with being a quarterback at the highest level. So I think it&#8217;s gonna help me wherever I go.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKienholz is the first player from Ohio State\u2019s 2025 roster to transfer to a new school for the 2026 season.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lincoln Kienholz is transferring to Louisville. The former Ohio State quarterback announced his commitment to the Cardinals on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-387036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}