Ohio State senior safety Jordan Fuller was named one of 12 finalists for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy on Wednesday. The award, which is presented by Mazda, annually recognizes college football’s best scholar-athlete, and bases the decision on combined academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership.
Ohio State redshirt junior Keita Bates-Diop has been named Big Ten Player of the Year by conference coaches and media, the conference office announced Monday. The forward becomes the Buckeyes’ seventh Big Ten Player of the Year and the first since Evan Turner in 2010. Bates-Diop leads the 24-7 Buckeyes and ranks…
When Chris Holtmann signed on to become Ohio State’s 14th head coach in the history of the program in June, he inherited a team that finished 11th in the Big Ten in 2017 and a roster of five players returning from a 17-15 campaign. After a 24-7 overall record, which included a 15-3 record in the Big Ten regular season, Holtmann…
Ohio State fourth-year junior forward Keita Bates-Diop has been added to the Wooden Award’s Late Season Top 20 list. The announcement was made on ESPNU Monday. The Wooden Award, which began for men’s basketball in 1977, goes to college basketball’s player of the year. The only Buckeye to ever win the award…
One year ago Billy Price was an All-American right guard. Today he is the best center in the nation. At Thursday night’s college football awards show, Price was awarded the Rimington Trophy, which is awarded annually to college football’s top center. Price was named the Rimington-Pace Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year last…
Ohio State graduate senior center Billy Price was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year on Thursday. It was the third year in a row a Buckeye has won the award, as Price joined Pat Elflein (2016) and Taylor Decker (2015) as recent recipients. Price, who was a First-Team All-American as a right guard last season, moved to…
It is now time to start taking J.T. Barrett’s Heisman candidacy seriously. Up until this past weekend, any serious thoughts about Barrett hoisting college football’s most prestigious trophy weren’t actually all that serious. Yes, the numbers over the prior five games were impressive, but there were still doubters out there.
The Maxwell Football Club out of Philadelphia has named Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett as a semifinalist for its Maxwell Award and sophomore defensive end Nick Bosa as a semifinalist for its Bednarik award. Barrett, already twice named this season as a national quarterback of the week by several organizations, now moves on as…
