Joe Burrow says the three and half years he spent with Ohio State were 'definitely tough'

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It wasn’t always smooth sailing for Joe Burrow. 

Prior to last season, the Cincinnati Bengals gave Burrow a five-year, $275 million contract extension, which at the time made him the highest paid player in football. 

The 27-year-old was the first overall pick in the 2020 draft by the Bengals after leading the 2019 LSU Tigers to a national championship. 

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Joe Burrow of the Buckeyes warms up before a game against the Maryland Terrapins at Ohio Stadium on Oct. 7, 2017, in Columbus. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

Before Burrow would go on to throw for 60 touchdowns and over 5,600 yards on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy for LSU, he started his college career at Ohio State.

The quarterback made it look easy on the field at times with LSU, but at Ohio State he rarely saw the field.

Over the course of two seasons with the Buckeyes, Burrow only appeared in 11 games and completed 29 of 39 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns. He began to doubt himself.

"Yeah, I mean at Ohio State I was definitely questioning myself, because I thought, ‘I’m working so hard in the weight room, I’m playing really well in practice’ and I felt like nobody was really taking notice of that or seeing the improvement or how I was playing in practice." Burrow said in a recent appearance on "The Pivot."

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Quarterback Joe Burrow of the Ohio State Buckeyes calls out signals during the Rutgers Scarlet Knights game on Sept. 30, 2017, at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Hunter Martin/Getty Images)

"I was like,