Well, clearly recruiting in all areas is getting better each year, and QB is no exception to that. The QB recruiting issues started before Solich got to Ohio, and, as some have suggested, may be related to Ohio's reputation for the option.
If you include JUCOs from a standpoint of "stars", actually QB is probably the strongest position for recruiting Ohio has had. Boo Jackson was a 4-star recruit from Scout, for example. Jones, Windham, and Scott all got at least one 3-star rating, I believe.
Getting back on track, let's hope they land a good QB in this class.
While I'm not sure I see QB as a position of strength in our recruiting, you mention the 'stars' of our recruits. Duckworth, Windham, Jones, and Scott were 3 stars. That then begs a larger question, are our coaches unable to help a QB in their development? Our WRs seem to truly develop greatly over their tenure at OHIO. I'd say our secondary and our linebackers are similar. But at QB, there doesn't seem to be a significant trajectory in development of our QBs.
ESPN uses their QBR, a rating out of 100. In Tyler's three years as a starter, he went down, from 68.3 to 67.3 to 63.3 in his three years as a starter. In 2008, Boo Jackson was our main QB. He had a QBR of 58.1. In 2010 (injured most of 2009), Boo's QBR was 50.3. In 2009, Theo Scott's third year with the school, he had a QBR of 44.0. In Brad Bower's third year with OHIO, his QBR was 35.0.
It's hard to show improvement by any of our QBs during their time at OHIO. I've thoroughly enjoyed the Frank era, but this is a significant mark on his tenure. The most important position on the football field has either been overlooked, under-coached, or poorly staffed.
**Interesting note...the QB with this best single-year QBR according to ESPN stats: Derrius Vick, 2014, with a QBR of 68.8. I can only hope that is one we see improving for the first time. Interestingly, that's inflated by the Kent State (95.6) and Idaho (99.4) games. The rest of the games, his QBR is as up-and-down as it gets (7.3, 40.8, 43.9, 58.5, 67.9, 42.5).