Ohio State Buckeyes football

The Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State University's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes" , and participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports....

 football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports

Varsity team

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 team of The Ohio State University

Ohio State University

Ohio State University is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the largest single-campus university in the United States. Ohio State is currently ranked by U.S...

. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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, playing at the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. The team nickname is derived from the state tree

Floral emblem

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 of Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...

. The Buckeyes have played their home games in Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium , is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States...

 since 1922.

Ohio State has one the most prestigious and tradition-rich football programs of all time. Following the 2008 season, the Buckeyes ranked #3 in ESPN's

ESPN

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 Prestige Rankings, dating back to 1936, trailing only the Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma Sooners football

The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The Oklahoma Sooners are a perennial powerhouse. As of 2008, ESPN ranked the Oklahoma Sooners as the most prestigious college football program since 1936...

 and the USC Trojans. In their 118-year history, the Buckeyes have been consensus Division IA National Champions five times, and claim a total of 7 national championships. On September 6, 2008, the Buckeyes defeated Ohio University

Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on an 1,800 acre campus...

 26–14 for their 800th win, becoming the fifth FBS-team to reach the mark. Jim Tressel

Jim Tressel

James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...

 has been the Buckeyes head coach since 2001.

Home venues

• Recreation Park (Columbus)
  Recreation Park (Columbus)
  Recreation Park is a former Baseball ground located in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The ground was home to the Columbus Buckeyes of the American Association for the 1883 and 1884 seasons as well as the Columbus Solons from 1889 to 1891....
  
   (1890–1897)
• Ohio Field
  Ohio Field
  Ohio Field, home to the football team at The Ohio State University before Ohio Stadium, was built in 1898 and dedicated ten years later. Seating capacity was approximately 5,000 until 1907, when a grandstand and bleachers were added. Another renovation in 1910 saw a second grandstand added, with...
  
   (1898–1921)
• Ohio Stadium
  Ohio Stadium
  Ohio Stadium , is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States...
  
   (1922–present)

National championships

Year Coach Selector Record Big Ten Record Bowl 1942 Paul Brown Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of the greatest of football coaches in...   AP AP Poll The Associated Press Poll typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...   9-1 6-1 - 1954 Woody Hayes Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...   FWAA Football Writers Association of America The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA... , UPI United Press International United Press International is a news agency headquartered in the United States with roots dating back to 1907. Once a mainstay in the newswire service along with Associated Press and Reuters, it began to decline as afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fail with the rising... , AP 10-0 7-0 Won Rose Bowl 1955 Rose Bowl The 1955 Rose Bowl was a college football game played between the University of Southern California and the Ohio State University. Ohio State won the game, the final score of the game being Ohio State 20; USC 7.... 1957 Woody Hayes FWAA, UPI, AP 9-1 6-1 Won Rose Bowl 1958 Rose Bowl The 1958 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1958. In the game, the 44th Rose Bowl, the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks by a score of 10-7... 1961 Woody Hayes NFF National Football Foundation The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Black Knights football coach Earl "Red" Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice... , FWAA 8-0-1 6-0 - 1968 Woody Hayes AP, UPI FWAA 10-0 7-0 Won Rose Bowl 1969 Rose Bowl The 1969 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1969. It was the 55th Rose Bowl Game. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the USC Trojans 27-16. Rex Kern, the Ohio State quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game.... 1970 Woody Hayes NFF 9-1 7-0 Lost Rose Bowl 1971 Rose Bowl The 1971 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1971. It was the 57th Rose Bowl Game. The Stanford Indians defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 27-17... 2002 Jim Tressel Jim Tressel James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...   BCS Bowl Championship Series The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"... , AP, USA Today/ESPN 14-0 8-0 Won Fiesta Bowl 2003 Fiesta Bowl The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl took place on January 3, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium, with the Ohio State Buckeyes defeating the Miami Hurricanes by a score of 31–24 in double overtime. It was the 2002 BCS National Championship Game, as part of the Bowl Championship Series,... National Championships 7

Ohio State also has also been awarded titles unrecognized by both the NCAA and the University in:

• 1933
• 1944
• 1969
• 1973
• 1974
• 1975
• 1998

Undefeated seasons

Year Record Big Ten Record Coach 1899 9-0-1 -- John B. Eckstorm John B. Eckstorm John B. Eckstorm was the head coach at Ohio State from 1899-1901. Eckstorm was the first coach to have any success. In 1899 his first season the Buckeyes went 9-0-1 giving OSU their first undefeated season in school history. He also gave Ohio their closet thing to a victory over Michigan until 1919... 1916 7-0 4-0 John Wilce John Wilce John Woodworth Wilce was a coach of American football at the Ohio State University, a physician, and a university professor.... 1917 8-0-1 4-0 John Wilce 1944 9-0 6-0 Carroll Widdoes Carroll Widdoes Carroll C. Widdoes , the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes, Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916. The Widdoes had been missionaries to the Philippines for the United Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of The United Methodist Church, and Carroll was... 1954 10-0 7-0 Woody Hayes Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University... 1961 8-0-1 6-0 Woody Hayes 1968 10-0 7-0 Woody Hayes 1973 10-0-1 7-0 Woody Hayes 2002 14-0 8-0 Jim Tressel Undefeated Seasons 9

Conference championships

Ohio State joined the Big Ten in 1912; before that they were a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference

Ohio Athletic Conference

The Ohio Athletic Conference was formed in 1902 and is one of only three conferences formed more than 100 years ago. It is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Through the years 31 schools have been members of the OAC. The enrollments of the current 10 member...

 and won two OAC titles. Ohio State has won a championship in the Big Ten 33 times, second most in the conference and third most conference titles of any school in any conference.

Year Conference Coach Record Conference Record 1906 OAC OAC OAC or OAc may refer to:* Object Action Complex* Acetoxy group , a chemical functional group* Ohio Arts Council* Ohio Athletic Conference* On Approved Credit* One America Committee* One arm Chinup* Online Archive of California...   Albert E. Herrnstein Albert E. Herrnstein Albert E. Herrnstein was an American football player and coach. He played for the University of Michigan football team as a halfback and end from 1899-1902 and was the head football coach at the Haskell Indian School , Purdue University in 1905 and Ohio State University from 1906-1909.-University...   8-1 4-0 1912 OAC John Richards John Richards John Richards may refer to:*John Richards , one of the judges of the Salem witch trials*John Richards , Radio disc jockey at KEXP in Seattle*John Richards , Film editor...   6-3 4-3 1916 Big Ten John Wilce John Wilce John Woodworth Wilce was a coach of American football at the Ohio State University, a physician, and a university professor....   7-0 4-0 1917 Big Ten John Wilce 8-0-1 4-0 1920 Big Ten John Wilce 7-1 5-0 1935 Big Ten Francis Schmidt Francis Schmidt Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football coach and is an inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame. Schmidt served as head coach at Tulsa, Arkansas, Texas Christian, Ohio State, and Idaho. His career record was 158-57-11...   7-1 5-0 1939 Big Ten Francis Schmidt 6-2 5-1 1942 Big Ten Paul Brown Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of the greatest of football coaches in...   9-1 5-1 1944 Big Ten Carroll Widdoes Carroll Widdoes Carroll C. Widdoes , the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes, Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916. The Widdoes had been missionaries to the Philippines for the United Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of The United Methodist Church, and Carroll was...   9-0 6-0 1949 Big Ten Wes Fesler Wes Fesler Wesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football...   7-1-2 4-1 1954 Big Ten Woody Hayes Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...   10-0 7-0 1955 Big Ten Woody Hayes 7-2 6-0 1957 Big Ten Woody Hayes 9-1 7-0 1961 Big Ten Woody Hayes 8-0-1 6-0 1968 Big Ten Woody Hayes 10-0 7-0 1969 Big Ten Woody Hayes 8-1 6-1 1970 Big Ten Woody Hayes 9-1 7-0 1972 Big Ten Woody Hayes 9-2 7-1 1973 Big Ten Woody Hayes 10-0-1 7-0 1974 Big Ten Woody Hayes 10-2 7-1 1975 Big Ten Woody Hayes 11-1 8-0 1976 Big Ten Woody Hayes 9-2-1 7-1 1977 Big Ten Woody Hayes 9-3 6-2 1979 Big Ten Earle Bruce Earle Bruce Earle Bruce is a former college football and arena football coach from Cumberland, Maryland. Bruce was the successor to legendary Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes. In 2002, Earle Bruce was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame....   11-1 8-0 1981 Big Ten Earle Bruce 9-3 6-2 1984 Big Ten Earle Bruce 9-3 7-2 1986 Big Ten Earle Bruce 10-3 7-1 1993 Big Ten John Cooper  10-1-1 6-1-1 1996 Big Ten John Cooper 11-1 7-1 1998 Big Ten John Cooper 11-1 7-1 2002 Big Ten Jim Tressel Jim Tressel James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...   14-0 8-0 2005 Big Ten Jim Tressel 10-2 7-1 2006 Big Ten Jim Tressel 12-1 8-0 2007 Big Ten Jim Tressel 11-2 7-1 2008 Big Ten Jim Tressel 10-3 7-1 Conference Champions 35

1890–1933: beginnings

In the spring of 1890 George Cole, an undergraduate, persuaded Alexander S. Lilley to coach a football team at the Ohio State University. The Buckeyes first game, played on May 3, 1890, at Delaware, Ohio

Delaware, Ohio

The City of Delaware is in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Delaware County. The municipality is located near the center of the state of Ohio, about 20 miles north of Columbus, Ohio. Delaware was founded in 1808, incorporated in 1816. It is part of the Columbus Metropolitan Area....

, against Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five — a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges...

, was a victory.

In the fall, life for many in Columbus revolves around Ohio State University football, from the first kickoff in September to the last play in November. OSU's first home game took place at 2:30 p.m. on November 1, 1890. The Ohio State University played the University of Wooster

The College of Wooster

The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its "Independent Study" program. It has roughly 1,800 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as Wooster University, it was from its creation a co-educational...

 on this site, which was then called Recreation Park. Just east of historic German Village, the park occupied the north side of Schiller (now Whittier) between Ebner and Jaeger in what is now Schumacher Place. The weather was perfect, and the crowd cheered loudly. Nonetheless, OSU lost to Wooster, 64–0. Wooster, physically fit for the game, showed OSU that training is critical to winning. Thus, the tradition of training continues.

Over the next eight years, under a number of coaches, the team played to a cumulative record of 31 wins, 39 losses, and 2 ties. The first game against the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public research university located in the state of Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university, the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, and one of the top public universities in the world...

, in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students...

, was a 34-0 loss in 1897, a year that saw the low point in Buckeye football history with a 1–7–1 record.

In 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm to bring professional coaching skills to the program and immediately went undefeated. In 1901, however, center

Center (American football)

Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

 John Segrist was fatally injured in a game and the continuation of football at Ohio State was in serious question. Although the school's athletic board let the team decide its future, Eckstorm resigned. In 1912 football underwent a number of developments that included joining the Western Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

, making football as part of a new Department of Athletics, and hiring Lynn W. St. John

Lynn St. John

Lynn Wilbur St. John was a college men's basketball coach. The Union City, Pennsylvania native was the head coach of the Ohio State University from 1911 to 1919, and served as the school's second athletic director, a position he held for 33 years. He also served on the NCAA Rules Committee along...

 to be athletic director

Athletic director

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.

Chic Harley

Chic Harley

Chic Harley

Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...

 attended East High in Columbus and was one of the greatest players to attend an Ohio high school. Chic did everything at Ohio; He passed, ran, received, punted, kicked and played defense. Harley came to Ohio State in 1916 and Columbus fans instantly fell in love with the Chic. Harley and the Buckeyes won the very first Big Ten championship in school history in 1916 when the Buckeyes finished 7–0. He would repeat in 1917 finshing 8–0–1, giving the Buckeyes a second outright title. In 1918, he left to be a pilot in the air force for World War I

World War I

World War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...

. With Harley's return in 1919, the Buckeyes would only lose one game -- to Illinois. Chic Harley left OSU with a career record of 22–1–1. At the time, OSU played at the small Ohio Field

Ohio Field

Ohio Field, home to the football team at The Ohio State University before Ohio Stadium, was built in 1898 and dedicated ten years later. Seating capacity was approximately 5,000 until 1907, when a grandstand and bleachers were added. Another renovation in 1910 saw a second grandstand added, with...

 and Harley brought such record crowds it became necessary to open Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium , is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States...

 in 1922. The stadium was built entirely on fan donations and several stadium drives around the city where Harley would often appear. In 1951, when the College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. It is situated in the renovated downtown district, near convention centers and not far from the campus of Notre Dame...

 opened, Harley was inducted as an inaugural member.

OSU's first rival

Ohio State's very first rival was Kenyon College

Kenyon College

Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private institution of higher education in Ohio. The campus is noted for its Collegiate Gothic...

. The Buckeyes first played them in their first season in 1890 on Nov. 27, Kenyon won the first two meetings; however, Ohio State won 15 in a row and the rivalry diminished. Kenyon made it their season goal to defeat OSU. After the Bucks joined the Big Ten they stopped playing Kenyon. The all time record stands at 18-6, OSU.

1934–1978: big-time football

In hiring Francis Schmidt

Francis Schmidt

Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football coach and is an inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame. Schmidt served as head coach at Tulsa, Arkansas, Texas Christian, Ohio State, and Idaho. His career record was 158-57-11...

 in March 1934 to coach its football team, Ohio State moved its program to a "big-time" level of competition. Schmidt was a well-established coach and an acknowledged offensive innovator. His offensive schemes were a "wide-open" style called "razzle-dazzle" and led him to be the first Buckeye football coach granted a multi-year contract. Schmidt's first four seasons saw victories over archrival Michigan, all by shut-out. The 1935 squad went 7-1, its sole loss was to Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....

, 18-13, in the first contest between the programs. However Schmidt's remaining seasons were less successful, except in 1939 when the Buckeyes won the Big Ten championship, and his popularity faded for a number of reasons. On December 17, 1940, he resigned.

Ohio State hired the coach of Massillon Washington High School

Massillon Washington High School

Massillon Washington High School, is a secondary school located in Massillon, Ohio. It serves students ranging from grades 9-12. The principal is Mike Babics. The school colors are orange and black and the school's athletic teams are known as the Tigers....

 football team, Paul Brown

Paul Brown

Paul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of the greatest of football coaches in...

, to succeed Schmidt. Brown's Tigers had just won their sixth straight state championship. Brown immediately changed Ohio State's style of offense, planned and organized his program in great detail, and delegated to his assistant coaches using highly structured practices. In 1942, Ohio State lost 22 veteran players to military service as the United States joined World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and with a team of mostly sophomores went on to lose only once in winning its first national championship. Brown accepted a commission in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 in 1944 and directed his assistant Carroll Widdoes to head the team in his absence. The 1944 team fielded 31 freshmen

First year

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 but went undefeated and untied, including a victory over Paul Brown's Great Lakes Navy team. Ohio State finished second in the national rankings behind Army and Les Horvath

Les Horvath

Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....

 became the first Buckeye to be awarded the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , named after the former college football coach John Heisman, is awarded annually by the Heisman Trophy Trust to the most outstanding player in collegiate football...

. Also prominent on the 1942–44 teams was the first Buckeye African American

African American

African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry...

 star, Bill Willis

Bill Willis

William Karnet Willis was one of the dominant American football players of the 1940s and 1950s, and is an inductee in the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame. Willis was one of the first African American football players to play professional football...

.

Brown chose not to return to Ohio State after the war, going into professional football instead. Widdoes, despite having the highest two-year winning percentage of any Buckeye coach, asked to return to an assistant's position. Paul Bixler

Paul Bixler

Paul O. Bixler was an American football coach who was head coach at Ohio State University for one year after serving as an assistant to Carroll Widdoes. He was then head coach at Colgate University...

, an assistant, replaced Widdoes and endured a mediocre 4–3–2 season. Bixler resigned and talk of Ohio State being a "graveyard of coaches" became commonplace, a reputation that lingered for decades.

Wes Fesler

Wes Fesler

Wesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football...

 became head coach in 1947 but finished last in the Big Ten for the only time in team history. Ohio State improved greatly in 1948, winning 6 and losing 3, then in 1949 enjoyed a successful season due to the play of sophomore Vic Janowicz

Vic Janowicz

Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...

. Ohio State received the Rose Bowl invitation, where they came from behind to defeat California

California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as California or Cal, the university competes in the NCAA's Division I primarily as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference, and for a...

. In 1950 Fesler, rumored to be resigning because of pressures associated with the position and abuse of his family by anonymous critics, returned to coach the Buckeyes, who won six games in a row to move into the top ranking in the AP poll. However the season fell apart as the Buckeyes lost to Michigan during a blizzard

Blizzard

A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow...

, a game that came to be known as the "Snow Bowl

Snow Bowl

The Snow Bowl is the nickname given to a game of American football played on November 25, 1950, between the college teams of the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 9-3, earning the Big Ten conference championship and a berth in...

". Two weeks later, citing concerns about his health and family, Fesler resigned.

Wayne Woodrow Hayes

Woody Hayes

Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...

 beat out Paul Brown, among others, to be named head coach on February 18, 1951. He instituted a demanding practice regimen and was both aggressive and vocal in enforcing it, alienating many players accustomed to Fesler's laid-back style. The 1951 Buckeyes won 4, lost 3, and tied 2, leaving many to question the ability of the new coach. In 1952 the team improved to 6-3, and recorded their first victory over Michigan in eight years, but after a 1953 loss to Michigan, critics called for the replacement of Hayes.

In 1954 the Buckeyes were picked to finish no higher than 10th in the Big Ten. Hayes, however, had the talents of Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, and a historic goal-line stand against Michigan propelled Ohio State to a perfect season. Hayes led the powerhouse Buckeyes to a shared national championship (his first and the team's second). In 1955 the team again won the Big Ten, set an attendance record, and won in Ann Arbor for the first time in 18 years, while Hopalong Cassady was securing the Heisman Trophy. Ohio State passed only three times against Michigan (the sole reception was the only completion in the final three games of the year), leading to characterization of Hayes' style of offensive play as "three yards and a cloud of dust".

In a 1955 article in Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States. It was the first magazine with circulation over one...

, Hayes admitted making small personal loans to financially needy players. The article resulted in a furor over possible violations of NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...

 rules, and the faculty council, followed by the Big Ten and NCAA, conducted lengthy investigations. Big Ten Commissioner Kenneth "Tug" Wilson found Hayes and the program guilty of violations and placed it on a year's probation in 1956. In 1957 Ohio State won all of its remaining games after an opening loss to claim the Big Ten championship, win the Rose Bowl over Oregon

University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a public, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of...

, and share a national championship title with Auburn

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, U.S. With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school...

, for which Hayes was named Coach of the Year.

In 1961 the team went undefeated to be named national champions by the FWAA

Football Writers Association of America

The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...

 but a growing conflict between academics and athletics over Ohio State's reputation as a "football school" resulted in a faculty council vote to decline an invitation to the Rose Bowl, resulting in much public protest and debate. Over the next 6 seasons Ohio State finished no higher than 2nd, and had a losing season in 1966, and public speculation that Hayes would be replaced as coach grew to its highest point since 1953.

In 1968 Ohio State defeated the number one-ranked Purdue Boilermakers

Purdue Boilermakers

Boilermakers is the official moniker for the intercollegiate athletic teams of Purdue University. As is common with athletic nicknames, it is also used as colloquial designation of Purdue's students and alumni at large....

 and continued to an undefeated season including a 50-14 rout of Michigan and a Rose Bowl victory over the USC Trojans

USC Trojans

The USC Trojans are the men's athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. The women's athletic teams are referred to as either the Trojans or "The Women of Troy"...

 that resulted in the national championship. The Class of 1970 became known as the "super sophomores" in 1968, and might have gone on to three consecutive national championships except for what may have been the bitterest loss in Buckeye history. The winning streak reached 22 games as Ohio State traveled to Michigan. The Buckeyes were 17-point favorites but directed by first-year coach Bo Schembechler

Bo Schembechler

Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. was an American college football coach best known as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he coached the Wolverines from 1969 through the 1989 season. Schembechler won a total of 234 games; only Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne have recorded 200...

, Michigan shocked the Buckeyes in a 24-12 upset.

The 1969 loss to Michigan initiated what came to be known as "The Ten Year War," in which the rivalry, which pitted some of OSU’s and UM’s strongest teams ever, rose to the uppermost level of all sports and the competition between Schembechler and Hayes became legendary. Four times between 1970 and 1975, Ohio State and Michigan were both ranked in the top five of the AP Poll before their matchup. Hayes had the upper hand during the first part of the war, in which Ohio State won the conference championship and went to the Rose Bowl four straight years, while Michigan won the final three.

Archie Griffin

Archie Griffin

Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...

 came to Ohio State in 1972, set a new Buckeye single-game rushing record and led the team in rushing for the season. The following season Hayes installed an I formation

I formation

The I formation is one of the most common offensive formations in American football. The I formation draws its name from the vertical alignment of quarterback, fullback, and running back, particularly when contrasted with the same players' alignments in the T formation.The formation begins with...

 attack with Griffin at tailback and the Buckeyes went undefeated with a powerful offense and equally impenetrable defense, the only blemish on their record a 10-10 tie with Michigan. The falloff in success of Hayes' last three years was not great but resulted in growing criticism of Hayes and his methods, particularly his on-the-field fits of temper. His downfall was sudden and shocking when at the 1978 Gator Bowl

Gator Bowl

The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the sixth oldest college bowl, held continuously since 1946. Its current full name is the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl after its present sponsor, Konica...

, Hayes took a swing at Clemson

Clemson Tigers

The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....

 nose guard

Nose guard

Nose guard is a defensive position in American football. In five-lineman situations, such as a goal-line formation, the nose guard is the innermost lineman, flanked on either side by a defensive tackle or defensive end. The nose guard lines up directly opposite the offensive center, or over the...

 Charlie Bauman in frustration after his 4th-quarter interception sealed a Buckeye loss. Hayes was fired after the game.

1979–2001: hard years

Hayes was replaced by a former protegé, Earle Bruce

Earle Bruce

Earle Bruce is a former college football and arena football coach from Cumberland, Maryland. Bruce was the successor to legendary Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes. In 2002, Earle Bruce was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame....

, who inherited a strong team led by sophomore quarterback Art Schlichter

Art Schlichter

Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it. His surname is pronounced "SHLEE-ster".-Early life:A native of Bloomingburg, Ohio, Schlichter was a star player at...

 and returned to the Rose Bowl with an opportunity once again to be national champions. The Buckeyes lost both by a single point, but Bruce was named Coach of the Year. His success was hailed by those in the media who saw it as a rebuke of Hayes and the start of a "new era".

1980, however, saw the start of a trend that eventually brought criticism to Bruce, when Ohio State finished with a 9–3 record. This was the first of six consecutive years at 9-3. While each of these seasons, and a 10–3 season that followed them, culminated in a bowl game, Ohio State did not appear to be any closer to a national championship than during the end of the Hayes era.

In 1986 Bruce received a 3-year contract, the first for the modern program, but the team opened with two losses for the first time in over 90 years. The Buckeyes then won nine in a row before losing to Michigan in a close game. After the season Bruce was offered the position of head coach at the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

 but was persuaded to stay at his alma mater

Alma mater

Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. In modern times it is ordinarily used to refer to the university or college a person attended...

 by Athletic Director Rick Bay. Hopes for a standout season in 1987 suffered a serious setback when All-American wide receiver Cris Carter

Cris Carter

Cristopher D. Carter is a former American football player in the National Football League. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins ....

 was dropped from the team for signing with an agent. Heading into the Michigan game at the end of the season Ohio State was in the midst of a three game conference losing streak.

On the Monday of Michigan week, after a weekend of rumors and speculation, Ohio State President Edward Jennings

Edward Jennings

Edward Jennings VC Born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:He was approximately 42 years old, and a Rough-Rider in...

 fired Bruce but tried to keep the dismissal secret until after the end of the season. Jennings aggravated the situation by refusing to provide a reason for the dismissal, but the Buckeyes enjoyed an emotional come-from-behind victory over Michigan after the entire team wore headband

Headband

A headband is a clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or metal...

s bearing the word "EARLE."

John Cooper was hired as head coach with a winning record at both Tulsa

University of Tulsa

The University of Tulsa is a private university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is currently ranked 88th among doctoral degree granting universities in the nation by US News and World Report and is listed as one of the "Best 366 Colleges" by the...

 and Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is the largest public research university in the United States under a single administration, with total student enrollment of 68,064 as of fall 2009...

 that stood out among his credentials, as did a victory over Michigan in the 1987 Rose Bowl. Cooper's thirteen years as the Buckeye's head coach are largely remembered for a litany of negative statistics associated with him: a notorious 2–10–1 record against Michigan, a 3–9 record in bowl games, a five year losing streak to Illinois, a 63–14 loss to Penn State, and a 28–24 loss to unranked Michigan State when the Buckeyes were the top-ranked team in the nation and en route to a national championship. However, his tenure also included many positives: back-to-back victories over Notre Dame, two second-ranked finishes in the polls, and three Big Ten championships (albeit shared). Cooper also recruited fifteen players who were first-round draft picks in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...

.

In January 2001, The Ohio State University dismissed Cooper for a "deteriorating climate." A loss in the 2000 Outback Bowl

Outback Bowl

The Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The bowl was first called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994. The name "Outback" comes from the game's title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse....

 was a factor in his subsequent firing, as was negative publicity regarding player behavior before and during the game. Other contributing factors included his record against Michigan (which was actually considered by most people to be the biggest reason for his firing), his perceived inability to win "big games", the lack of a national championship, the perception of him as an outsider by many alumni, the poor bowl game record, and finally a perceived lack of discipline on the team.

2002–present

Ohio State quickly sought a replacement for Cooper and after a nationwide search hired Jim Tressel. With four NCAA Division I-AA National Championships at Youngstown State

Youngstown State University

Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is a major, urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2009, there were 14,682 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. The fall 2009 enrollment figure is the highest since 1992, when the number of students on...

 Tressel, formerly an assistant coach for Earle Bruce, was an Ohioan who was considered to be appreciative of Buckeye football traditions. Although there were some doubts as to whether or not Tressel could repeat his earlier success at the Division 1A level, most fans and alumni met the coaching change with enthusiasm. On the day of his hiring, Jim Tressel, speaking to fans and students at a Buckeye basketball game, made a prophetic implication that he would lead the Buckeyes to beat Michigan in Ann Arbor the following November.

Tressel's first season was difficult as the Buckeyes finished 7-5, but he made good on his promise, beating Michigan in Ann Arbor. While its fans were optimistic about the chance for success of the 2002 team, most observers were surprised by Ohio State's National Championship

2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was the national champion of the 2002 college football season. The team was the second, and one of two, in Division 1-A college football history to win 14 games...

. Ohio State used strong defense, ball-control play-calling, and field position tactics to win numerous close games, a style of play characterized as "Tresselball", and disparaged by detractors as "the Luckeyes". One of the most notable examples occurred against Purdue on November 9, when quarterback Craig Krenzel

Craig Krenzel

Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.-High school career:...

 threw a 4th down touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins late in the game to win, on a play that has gone down in Buckeye lore as the "Holy Buckeye". The 2006 and 2007 regular seasons ended with just one combined loss and improbable back-to-back championship game appearances.

Buckeye football traditions

Ohio State football is rich in traditions, and Coach Tressel has since his hiring made upholding tradition a cornerstone of his program. The following are football traditions in chronogical order of longevity:

• Senior tackle

Begun in 1913 by head coach John Wilce

John Wilce

John Woodworth Wilce was a coach of American football at the Ohio State University, a physician, and a university professor....

, seniors on the team are recognized at the last practice of the season, either before the Michigan game or before departing Columbus to play in a bowl game

Bowl game

In the United States, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

, and hit the blocking sled a final time.

• Illibuck
  Illibuck
  Illy Illibuck is a wooden turtle trophy presented to the winner of the Ohio State-Illinois football game. Originally the "trophy" was a live turtle when the tradition began in 1925, picked for its long life expectancy as a symbol of the long life of the rivalry...
  
  

The winner of the Ohio State-Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini

The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports....

 game has been awarded the Illibuck

Illibuck

Illy Illibuck is a wooden turtle trophy presented to the winner of the Ohio State-Illinois football game. Originally the "trophy" was a live turtle when the tradition began in 1925, picked for its long life expectancy as a symbol of the long life of the rivalry...

 trophy since 1925.. Until 1927 the teams played for a live turtle, now it is made out of wood.

• Gold pants

A gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. It has been a highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts since the beginning of recorded history. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Gold is...

 miniature charm

Charm bracelet

A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal charms: decorative pendants or trinkets which are signifiers of important things in the wearer's life.- Charm Bracelet History :...

 depicting a pair of football pants is given to all players and coaches following a victory over the Michigan Wolverines. The tradition began as the result of a comment to reporters by newly hired head coach Francis Schmidt

Francis Schmidt

Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football coach and is an inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame. Schmidt served as head coach at Tulsa, Arkansas, Texas Christian, Ohio State, and Idaho. His career record was 158-57-11...

 on March 2, 1934: "How about Michigan? They put their pants on one leg at a time, the same as we do!" The first gold pants, which were a creation of Simon Lazarus (president of the Lazarus

Lazarus (department store)

F&R Lazarus & Company — commonly known as Lazarus — was a regional department store retail chain operating primarily in the U.S. Midwest, and based in Columbus, Ohio...

 chain of department stores) and Herbert Levy, were awarded that year for a 34-0 drubbing of the Wolverines.

• Captain's Breakfast

1934 also saw the first gathering of former team captains

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to the member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field....

 for breakfast on the Sunday following the Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back of former residents and alumni of an institution. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America. It usually includes activities for students and alumni, such as sports and culture events and a...

 game. The event began when local businessman Walter Jeffrey invited twenty former captains to the Scioto Country Club

Scioto Country Club

Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in Columbus, Ohio. The course, designed by Donald Ross, opened in 1916 and since then has hosted five PGA tournaments throughout its history, including two majors. Scioto is one of only four courses to host the U.S...

 to honor them, and continues to welcome new captains and award them mug

Mug

A mug is a sturdily built type of cup often used for drinking hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Mugs, by definition, have handles and often hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cup. Usually a mug holds approximately 12 fluid ounces of liquid, double a tea cup...

s bearing their names and season.

• Buckeye Grove

Begun in 1934, each player who wins "first-team All-America

All-America

An All-American "team" is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific All-America and typically referred to as All-American athletes, or simply...

" honors is recognized by the planting of a buckeye tree and installation of a plaque in Buckeye Grove, now located near the southwestern corner of Ohio Stadium next to Morrill Tower. Trees are planted in ceremonies held prior to the Spring Game. All 126 Buckeye All-Americans dating back to 1914 have been so honored.

• Michigan Week

Since 1935 the annual game against Michigan has been the final meeting of the regular season for both teams. The week prior to "The Game", known as Michigan Week, is characterized by scheduled school spirit and public service events, such as rallies, touch football

Touch football (American)

Touch football is a version of American football usually played by amateurs on a recreational basis in which the players "tackle" the individual carrying the ball only by touching him with one or two hands, based on whether one is playing the one-hand touch or two-hand touch variety, as opposed to...

 games, and blood drives

Blood donation

A blood donation occurs when a healthy person voluntarily has blood drawn. The blood is used for transfusions or made into medications by a process called fractionation....

; and by massive displays of school colors and banners in much of Ohio. In an unofficial culmination to Michigan Week, since 1990 on the Thursday night before "The Game" students have participated in the "Mirror Lake jump", an unofficial gathering at Mirror Lake, a pond between Pomerene Hall and The Oval, in which masses of students jump into the water.

• Block O
  Block O
  Block O is a student organization on the campus of The Ohio State University and also serves as the official student cheering section of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Founded in 1938, Block O has grown to become the largest student organization on the campus of The Ohio State University.-History:Block O...
  
  

Since 1938 the registered student organization Block O has been the "Official Cheering Section" of the Buckeyes. "Known for spreading spirit, starting cheers and performing card stunts, Block 'O' was founded...by Clancy Isaac

". They occupy Section 39A in the South grandstand

Grandstand

A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way...

 of Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium , is the home of the Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States...

, next to the band.

• Victory Bell

The Victory Bell is rung after every Ohio State victory by members of Alpha Phi Omega

Alpha Phi Omega

Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...

, a tradition that began after the Bucks beat California

California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as California or Cal, the university competes in the NCAA's Division I primarily as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference, and for a...

 October 2, 1954. Reputedly the ringing can be heard five miles away "on a calm day." Located 150 feet high in the southeast tower of Ohio Stadium, the bell was a gift of the classes of 1943, 1944 and 1945, and weighs 2,420 pounds.

• Brutus Buckeye
  Brutus Buckeye
  Brutus Buckeye is the athletics mascot of The Ohio State University. Brutus is a student dressed in Buckeye colors with a headpiece resembling an Ohio Buckeye nut. Brutus has appeared since 1965, with periodic updates to design and wardrobe...
  
  

Beginning in 1965, Brutus Buckeye has appeared at all Ohio State football games as the live mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 of the Buckeyes. In 2007 he was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame and is now one of the most recognized mascots in the United States.

• Hang on Sloopy

First played at the Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini football

The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Logos and uniforms:-All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record:*563-513-51*See: Illinois Fighting Illini football year-by-year record...

 game of October 9, 1965, the rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....

 song Hang on Sloopy

Hang on Sloopy

"Hang On Sloopy" is a song by the pop group The McCoys which was #1 in America in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University...

is now played by the marching band before the start of the fourth quarter, with fans performing an O-H-I-O chant in the intervals between the refrain

Refrain

A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...

s. The song is also played to encourage the team's defensive players when opponents are moving the ball on offense late in a game. This is also played at the end of the third quarter at Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals games.

• Buckeye leaves

Since 1967, the helmets of Ohio State players have been adorned with white decals approximately the size of a quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth ¼ of a United States dollar, or 25 cents. The quarter has been produced since 1796. The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing...

 depicting a buckeye leaf, awarded for making significant plays and for consistency of performance. In the 1970s, the decals were approimately the size of a Silver Dollar

Silver dollar

Silver dollar may refer to:* A United States dollar coin made of any white metal, especially one made of silver.* A Canadian Silver Dollar commemorative coin.* Silver trade dollars issued by a number of countries...

 until the 1979 Season. Most believe that this practice began in 1968 when The Buckeyes switched to their present Silver

Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

 Helmet design since the decals have become identified with that helmet.

• Tunnel of Pride

The Tunnel of Pride began with the 1994 Michigan game when all former players who were in attendance formed a tunnel through which the team ran to take the field, and Ohio State beat its rival that day, 22–6. Rex Kern

Rex Kern

Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...

, quarterback of the 1968 National Championship team, and then Director of Athletics Andy Geiger

Andy Geiger

Andy Geiger was the seventh athletics director at The Ohio State University. Geiger was named athletic director on April 29, 1994. He officially took over the job on May 16,1994 following his tenure at the University of Maryland, College Park...

 together used the concept as a means of connecting current Buckeyes with those who played before them. The Tunnel of Pride was next formed for the 1995 Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level. The current head coach is Charlie Weis....

 game, which the Buckeyes also won. In each home game against Michigan since, the tradition has been repeated.

• Carmen Ohio

Instituted by Coach Tressel in 2001, at the conclusion of all home games the coaches, players and cheerleaders gather in the south end zone

End zone

The end zone is a term used in both Canadian football and American football. The end zone is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field...

 next to the marching band to sing the university's alma mater, Carmen Ohio

Carmen Ohio

Carmen Ohio is the oldest school song still used by The Ohio State University. The song was composed by freshman Fred Cornell on the train ride home from Ann Arbor, Michigan, after Ohio State suffered an 86-0 loss to the University of Michigan Wolverines...

.

• The Hive and pre-game circle

Tressel brought to the Buckeye football program two pre-game traditions he developed at Youngstown State. Prior to its warmup routine before every football game, the team exits the locker room as a unit in a controlled manner, linked arm-in-arm in a group known as "The Hive". After warmups the team returns to the locker room, and when it next appears, runs onto the field and forms a circle of players around the strength coach, who exhorts the team into a frenzy in which they pummel each other with fists.

• Mirror Lake

Before the Ohio State/Michigan game at the end of the season, OSU students typically jump into Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake (Ohio)

Mirror Lake is a small lake on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Historically, the lake was spring-fed, but the spring dried up in the 1920s. The water source was subsequently provided by the city of Columbus municipal water supply. Visitors, students,...

, located on campus, the Thursday night before the game. The tradition is thought to bring good luck to the football team the following gameday.

Marching band

The Marching Band, known as "The Best Damn Band In The Land" or by the acronym TBDBITL is the most visible and possibly best-known tradition of Ohio State football. Home games are preceded by three much-anticipated traditions, and a fourth, "dotting the 'i'" of Script Ohio, enjoys a reputation all its own:

• Skull Session
• Ramp entrance
• The Back Bend
• Script Ohio

Rivalries

While its rivalry with the University of Michigan is its most renowned and intense, Ohio State has two other series marked by their longevity, both Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

 rivals, those of Indiana

Indiana Hoosiers football

The Indiana Hoosiers are a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference.-Notable Seasons:Big Ten Champions:*1945*1967...

 and Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini

The Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports....

. The series versus Indiana began as a non-conference matchup, with Indiana going undefeated at 4-0-1. In conference, however, the Buckeyes (despite losing the opening conference game) are 65-8-4 through the 2006 season, the most wins against any opponent. Illinois also began with non-conference games (0-1-1) but became the longest continuous series in 2002 when the schools played in their 89th consecutive year. (That record was tied by Michigan in 2007.) Through 2009 Ohio State's record against the Illini is 62-30-4. In 2007, Ohio State was given their only defeat of the regular season by the Illini.

When Penn State was added to the conference football play in 1993, every member was given two designated rivals, teams to be played every year, with the other conference teams rotated out of the schedule at regular intervals. For geographic convenience, the Big Ten named Penn State as Ohio State's new designated rival in addition to Michigan, and Illinois was set to be paired with in-state rival Northwestern

Northwestern Wildcats football

The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876...

 and neighboring Indiana, and in doing so undermined Ohio State's historical rivalry with Illinois.

All-time coaching records

All records per OSU Athletics.

Head Coach	Period	W-L-T Record	Win %	Conference Championships	National Championships	vs Michigan
Alexander S. Lilley Alexander S. Lilley Alexander S. Lilley was the first Head Coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1890-1891. Lilley had very little success in his two years with a combined record of 3-5. Lilley did, however, win his first ever game at OSU on the road against Wooster College.-References:...	1890-1891	3-5	37.5	n/a		n/a
Frederick B. "Jack" Ryder	1892-95/1898	22-22-2	50.0	n/a		n/a
Charles A. Hickey	1896	5-5-1	50.0	n/a		n/a
David F. Edwards	1897	1-7-1	16.7	n/a		0-1
John B. Eckstorm John B. Eckstorm John B. Eckstorm was the head coach at Ohio State from 1899-1901. Eckstorm was the first coach to have any success. In 1899 his first season the Buckeyes went 9-0-1 giving OSU their first undefeated season in school history. He also gave Ohio their closet thing to a victory over Michigan until 1919...	1899-1901	22-4-3	84.7	n/a		0-1-1
Perry Hale Perry Hale Perry Hale was an All-American college football back in 1900. He was also the sixth coach in Ohio State football history. He coached from 1902-1903. In his two years he had some what decent success going 14-5-2. Hale was 0-2 against Michigan.-See also:...	1902-1903	14-5-2	71.4	n/a		0-2
Edwin R. Sweetland Edwin Sweetland Edwin Regur Sweetland was a coach and athletic administrator at several universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and crew, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Even with mainly being known for football...	1904-1905	14-7-2	65.2	n/a		0-2
Albert E. Herrnstein Albert E. Herrnstein Albert E. Herrnstein was an American football player and coach. He played for the University of Michigan football team as a halfback and end from 1899-1902 and was the head football coach at the Haskell Indian School , Purdue University in 1905 and Ohio State University from 1906-1909.-University...	1906-1909	28-10-1	73.1	1		0-4
Howard H. Jones Howard Jones (football coach) Howard Harding Jones was an American college football coach at Syracuse , Yale , Ohio State , Iowa , Duke , and Southern California .-Background:...	1910	6-1-3	75.0	n/a		0-0-1
Harry Vaughn	1911	5-3-2	60.0	n/a		0-1
John R. Richards John Richards (coach) John R. Richards was a college football coach best known for his impressive 35-12-4 career record. He coached at Ohio State University in 1912, posting a 6-3 record. In 1911, and from 1917 to 1922, he coached at the University of Wisconsin–Madison posting a 29-9-4 record....	1912	6-3	66.7	1		0-1
John W. Wilce John Wilce John Woodworth Wilce was a coach of American football at the Ohio State University, a physician, and a university professor....	1913-1928	78-33-9	68.8	3		4-7
Sam Willaman Sam Willaman Samuel Stienneck Willaman was an American football player and coach. He was head coach for the Iowa State Cyclones, where he integrated the team by playing Jack Trice, and for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-Football playing career:In college, Willaman played for Ohio State at end, halfback, and fullback...	1929-1933	26-10-5	69.5			2-3
Francis A. Schmidt Francis Schmidt Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football coach and is an inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame. Schmidt served as head coach at Tulsa, Arkansas, Texas Christian, Ohio State, and Idaho. His career record was 158-57-11...	1934-1940	39-16-1	70.5	2		4-3
Paul E. Brown Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of the greatest of football coaches in...	1941-1943	18-8-1	68.5	1	1	1-1-1
Carroll C. Widdoes Carroll Widdoes Carroll C. Widdoes , the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes, Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916. The Widdoes had been missionaries to the Philippines for the United Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of The United Methodist Church, and Carroll was...	1944-1945	16-2	88.9	1		1-1
Paul Bixler Paul Bixler Paul O. Bixler was an American football coach who was head coach at Ohio State University for one year after serving as an assistant to Carroll Widdoes. He was then head coach at Colgate University...	1946	4-3-2	55.6			0-1
Wesley E. Fesler Wes Fesler Wesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football...	1947-1950	21-13-3	60.8	1		0-3-1
W.W. "Woody" Hayes Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...	1951-1978	205–61-10	76.1	13	5	16-11-1
Earle Bruce Earle Bruce Earle Bruce is a former college football and arena football coach from Cumberland, Maryland. Bruce was the successor to legendary Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes. In 2002, Earle Bruce was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame....	1979-1987	81-26-1	75.5	4		5-4
John Cooper	1988-2000	111-43-4	71.5	3		2-10-1
Jim Tressel Jim Tressel James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...	2001-Current	88-20	81.5	5	1	7-1
TOTALS	1890-Current	812-307-53	71.5	33	7	42-57-6

Hickey was hired part-way into the season and a student coached the team several games.

All-time bowl games

2008/09 Fiesta— Texas 24, Ohio State 21

2007/08 BCS Championship— Louisiana State University 38, Ohio State 24

2006/07 BCS Championship— Florida 41, Ohio State 14 (final #2 ranking)

2005/06 Fiesta— Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20 (final #4 ranking)

2004/05 Alamo— Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7

2003/04 Fiesta— Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28 (final #4 ranking)

2002/03 Fiesta— Ohio State 31, Miami (FL) 24 (2OT) (National Champions)

2001/02 Outback— South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28

2000/01 Outback— South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7

1998/99 Sugar— Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14 (final #2 ranking)

1997/98 Sugar— Florida State 31, Ohio State 14

1996/97 Rose— Ohio State 20, Arizona State 17 (final #2 ranking)

1995/96 Citrus— Tennessee 20, Ohio State 14

1994/95 Citrus— Alabama 24, Ohio State 17

1993/94 Holiday— Ohio State 28, Brigham Young 21

1992/93 Citrus— Georgia 21, Ohio State 14

1991/92 Hall of Fame— Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17

1990/91 Liberty— Air Force 23, Ohio State 11

1989/90 Hall of Fame— Auburn 31, Ohio State 14

1986/87 Cotton— Ohio State 28, Texas A&M 12

1985/86 Citrus— Ohio State 10, Brigham Young 7

1984/85 Rose— Southern California 20, Ohio State 17

1983/84 Fiesta— Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23

1982/83 Holiday— Ohio State 47, Brigham Young 17

1981/82 Liberty— Ohio State 31, Navy 28

1980/81 Fiesta— Penn State 31, Ohio State 19

1979/80 Rose— Southern California 17, Ohio State 16

1978/79 Gator— Clemson 17, Ohio State 15

1977/78 Sugar— Alabama 35, Ohio State 6

1976/77 Orange— Ohio State 27, Colorado 10

1975/76 Rose— UCLA 23, Ohio State 10

1974/75 Rose— Southern California 18, Ohio State 17

1973/74 Rose— Ohio State 42, Southern California 21

1972/73 Rose— Southern California 42, Ohio State 17

1970/71 Rose— Stanford 27, Ohio State 17

1968/69 Rose— Ohio State 27, Southern California 16

1957/58 Rose— Ohio State 10, Oregon 7

1954/55 Rose— Ohio State 20, Southern California 7

1949/50 Rose— Ohio State 17, California 14

1920/21 Rose— California 28, Ohio State 0

All-time Big Ten records

Source: Ohio State Athletics football page

Over the years, Ohio State has either won outright or shared 33 Big Ten titles. The championship in 2008 was OSU's fifth under Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes also won the title in 2002, 2005, 2006,and 2007. The '06 and '07 titles were won outright.
As of 2008,Ohio State owns an all time 450-189-28 record against all Big Ten opponents past and present.

Chicago Maroons 10-2-2

Illinois Fighting Illini 62-30-4

Indiana Hoosiers 66-12-5

Iowa Hawkeyes 44-14-3

Michigan Wolverines 42-57-6

Michigan State Spartans 27-12

Minnesota Golden Gophers 41-7

Northwestern Wildcats 59-14-1

Penn State Nittany Lions 12-12

Purdue Boilermakers 37-12-2

Wisconsin Badgers 53-17-5

Individual awards and achievements

Retired football jerseys
Number	Player
45	Archie Griffin Archie Griffin Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
31	Vic Janowicz Vic Janowicz Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
40	Howard "Hopalong" Cassady
22	Les Horvath Les Horvath Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
27	Eddie George Eddie George Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
47	Charles "Chic" Harley Chic Harley Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...
99	Bill Willis Bill Willis William Karnet Willis was one of the dominant American football players of the 1940s and 1950s, and is an inductee in the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame. Willis was one of the first African American football players to play professional football...
WH	Woody Hayes Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...

Through the 2006 season Ohio State players have by a significant margin won more trophies than any other NCAA Division 1A program. Ohio State players have won 34 of the listed major awards, with the next closest being 26 (Oklahoma). Ohio State is the only university to have received each of the awards at least once. Of the five awards created prior to 1980 (Heisman, Lombardi, Maxwell, Outland, and Walter Camp), Ohio State has received the most with 25 (Notre Dame follows with 23).

Heisman Trophy winners

Ohio State players have won the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , named after the former college football coach John Heisman, is awarded annually by the Heisman Trophy Trust to the most outstanding player in collegiate football...

 seven times, which is tied with Notre Dame and USC for the most players from a school. Archie Griffin is the only two-time recipient in the history of the award.

• Les Horvath
  Les Horvath
  Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
  
   1944
• Vic Janowicz
  Vic Janowicz
  Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
  
   1950
• Howard "Hopalong" Cassady 1955
• Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   1974, 1975
• Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   1995
• Troy Smith
  Troy Smith
  Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...
  
   2006

Heisman Trophy voting

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Name	Year	Place	Pos.	Class	Points
Gene Fekete Gene Fekete Gene Fekete was a American football player that attended The Ohio State University from 1938-1942. In 1942 Gene Fecket was elected as an All-America and helped OSU to their very first national title going 9-1. Also in 1942 Fekete finished eight in the Heisman voting making him the first Ohio State...	1942	8	B	SR.	65
Les Horvath Les Horvath Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....	1944	1	QB/RB	SR.	412
Warren Amling Warren Amling Dr. Warren Amling was an American football and basketball player, playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1944 to 1946. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984....	1945	8	G.	SR.	48
Vic Janowicz Vic Janowicz Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...	1950	1	RB.	JR.	633
Howard Cassady	1954	3	RB.	JR.	885
Howard Cassady	1955	1	RB.	SR.	2219
Bob White Bob White Robert "Bob" White, OC is a prominent leader in the Canadian trade union and labour movement...	1958	4	RB.	SR.	?
Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson (American football) Robert E. "Bob" Ferguson was an American football running back and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is considered by many to be the greatest fullback in the history of the Ohio State University Buckeyes....	1961	2	FB.	SR.	771
Rex Kern Rex Kern Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...	1969	3	QB.	SO.	856
Jim Otis Jim Otis James Lloyd "Jim" Otis is a former college and professional American football running back.-College career:Otis was a fullback for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1967-69. He led the team in rushing every year of his college career...	1969	7	FB.	SR.	121
Jack Tatum Jack Tatum John David Tatum is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...	1969	10	DB.	SO.	105
Rex Kern Rex Kern Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...	1970	5	QB.	SR.	188
Jack Tatum Jack Tatum John David Tatum is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...	1970	7	DB.	SR.	173
John Hicks John Hicks Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model, which...	1973	2	OT.	SR.	524
Randy Gradishar Randy Gradishar Randy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...	1973	6	LB.	SR.	282
Archie Griffin Archie Griffin Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...	1974	1	TB.	JR.	1920
Archie Griffin Archie Griffin Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...	1975	1	TB.	SR.	1800
Keith Byars Keith Byars Keith Alan Byars is an American sports broadcaster and former American football player.-College career:Byars was a tailback with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1982 to 1985, under head coach Earle Bruce....	1984	2	TB.	JR.	1251
Chris Spielman Chris Spielman Charles Christopher Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...	1986	10	LB.	SR.	60
Eddie George Eddie George Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...	1995	1	RB.	SR.	1460
Bobby Hoying Bobby Hoying Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...	1995	10	QB.	SR.	28
Orlando Pace Orlando Pace Orlando Lamar Pace is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft...	1996	4	OT.	JR.	599
AJ Hawk	2005	6	LB.	SR.	29
Troy Smith Troy Smith Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...	2006	1	QB.	SR.	2540
Hesiman Trophy Winners			7

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Lombardi Award

Ohio State players have won the Lombardi Award

Lombardi Award

The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which...

 six times. Orlando Pace is the only two-time recipient in the history of the award.

• Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player....
  
   1970
• John Hicks
  John Hicks
  Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model, which...
  
   1973
• Chris Spielman
  Chris Spielman
  Charles Christopher Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...
  
   1987
• Orlando Pace
  Orlando Pace
  Orlando Lamar Pace is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft...
  
   1995, 1996
• A. J. Hawk
  A. J. Hawk
  Aaron James "A. J." Hawk is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-High school career:A.J. Hawk attended high school at Centerville High...
  
   2005

Maxwell Award

Four Ohio State players have won the Maxwell Award

Maxwell Award

The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named...

:

• Howard "Hopalong" Cassady 1955
• Bob Ferguson
  Bob Ferguson (American football)
  Robert E. "Bob" Ferguson was an American football running back and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is considered by many to be the greatest fullback in the history of the Ohio State University Buckeyes....
  
   1961
• Archie Griffin 1975
• Eddie George 1995

Outland Trophy

Four Ohio State players have won the Outland Trophy

Outland Trophy

The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland...

:

• Jim Parker
  Jim Parker (American football)
  James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...
  
   1956
• Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player....
  
   1970
• John Hicks
  John Hicks
  Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model, which...
  
   1973
• Orlando Pace 1996

Walter Camp Award

Three Ohio State players have won the Walter Camp Award

Walter Camp Award

The Walter Camp Award is given annually to the collegiate American football Player of the Year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football Foundation; the award is named...

:

• Archie Griffin 1974, 1975
• Eddie George 1995
• Troy Smith 2006

Other awards

• Eddie George received the Doak Walker Award
  Doak Walker Award
  Named after the SMU and Detroit Lions football player Doak Walker, the Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the nation's top college football running back...
  
  in 1995
• Terry Glenn
  Terry Glenn
  Terry Tyree Glenn is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
  
   received the Fred Biletnikoff Award
  Fred Biletnikoff Award
  The Fred Biletnikoff Award has been presented since 1994 to America's top college football receiver by the TQC Foundation, Inc. , an independent not-for-profit organization which created the award in 1994 and has sponsored it since...
  
  in 1995
• Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andrew Warren Katzenmoyer is a former professional American football player and the first Butkus Award-winning middle linebacker to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
  
   received the Dick Butkus Award
  Dick Butkus Award
  The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football...
  
  in 1997
• Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he has...
  
   received the Jim Thorpe Award
  Jim Thorpe Award
  The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986...
  
  in 1998
• LeCharles Bentley
  LeCharles Bentley
  LeCharles Vernon Bentley is a former American football center of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   received the Dave Rimington Trophy
  Dave Rimington Trophy
  The Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded to the player considered to be the best center in college football. Dave Rimington was a center who played at the University of Nebraska from 1979-1982....
  
  in 2001
• B. J. Sander received the Ray Guy Award
  Ray Guy Award
  The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's top punter by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, a former All-American at Southern Mississippi and an all-pro player for the Oakland Raiders.-Criteria:...
  
  in 2003
• Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   received the Lou Groza Award
  Lou Groza Award
  The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State University player Lou Groza.-Previous winners:-External links:*...
  
  in 2004
• James Laurinaitis received the Bronko Nagurski Trophy
  Bronko Nagurski Trophy
  The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America to be the best defensively in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; the award is presented by the Charlotte...
  
  in 2006
• Troy Smith received the Davey O'Brien Award
  Davey O'Brien Award
  The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks...
  
  in 2006
• James Laurinaitis received the Dick Butkus Award
  Dick Butkus Award
  The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football...
  
  in 2007
• Malcolm Jenkins
  Malcolm Jenkins
  Malcolm Jenkins is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints 14th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft...
  
   received the Jim Thorpe Award
  Jim Thorpe Award
  The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986...
  
  in 2008
• James Laurinaitis
  James Laurinaitis
  James Laurinaitis is an Greek-American American Football Linebacker for the St. Louis Rams. Laurinaitis was a three-year starting middle linebacker at Ohio State...
  
   received the Lott Trophy
  Lott Trophy
  The Lott Trophy is presented annually to the college football Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. IMPACT is an acronym for: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, and Tenacity. The award equally recognizes the personal character of the winning player as well as their athletic...
  
    in 2008

All-American and All-Conference honors

Through 2006 129 Buckeyes have been named first team All-Americans since 1914. Of those, have been consensus picks. 234 have been named to the All-Big Ten team, and 15 have won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Chicago Tribune Silver Football

The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...

, the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 award, including Troy Smith for 2006. The Athletic Directors

Athletic director

Athletic director is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs. At some colleges, the athletic director may...

 of the Big Ten Conference voted Eddie George Big Ten-Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 metres, the 200 metres, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay...

Athlete of the Year for 1996.

On November 22, 2006, ten Buckeyes were named to either the Coaches or Conference media All-Big Ten First Team selections for the 2006 season, and seven were named to both. Troy Smith

Troy Smith

Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...

 was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year. Four other Buckeyes received Second Team honors.

1910s

• 1914: Boyd Cherry (E)
• 1916: Chic Harley
  Chic Harley
  Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...
  
   (B), Robert Karch (T)
• 1917: Charles Bolen (E), Harold Courtney (E), Chic Harley (B), Kelley VanDyne (C)
• 1918: Clarence MacDonald (E)
• 1919: Chic Harley (B), Gaylord Stinchcomb
  Gaylord Stinchcomb
  Gaylord Roscoe "Pete" Stinchcomb was an American football player. He played quarterback and halfback at Ohio State University where he was selected as an All-American in 1920. He later played professional football for the Chicago Bears , Columbus Tigers , Cleveland Indians , and Louisville...
  
   (B)

1920s

• 1920: Iolas Huffman (G), Gaylord Stinchcomb (B)
• 1921: Iolas Huffman (G), Cyril Myers (E)
• 1923: Harry Workman (QB)
• 1924: Harold Cunningham
  Cookie Cunningham
  Harold Brewer "Cookie" Cunningham was an American professional football player, basketball player, and basketball coach....
  
   (E)
• 1925: Edwin Hess (G)
• 1926: Edwin Hess (G), Marty Karow
  Marty Karow
  Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player....
  
   (HB), Leo Raskowski (T)
• 1927: Leo Raskowski (T)
• 1928: Wes Fesler
  Wes Fesler
  Wesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football...
  
   (E)
• 1929: Wes Fesler (E)

1930s

• 1930: Wes Fesler (E), Lew Hinchman (HB)
• 1931: Carl Cramer (QB), Lew Hinchman (HB)
• 1932: Joseph Gailus (G), Sid Gillman
  Sid Gillman
  Sidney "Sid" Gillman was an American football coach and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, made football into the modern game that it...
  
   (E), Lew Hinchman (HB), Ted Rosequist (T)
• 1933: Joseph Gailus (G)
• 1934: Regis Monahan (G), Merle Wendt (E)
• 1935: Gomer Jones
  Gomer Jones
  Gomer Thomas Jones was a football athlete and coach. He was a Hall of Fame center for the Ohio State University Buckeyes and a coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners for 19 years.-Playing career:...
  
   (C), Merle Wendt (E)
• 1936: Charles Hamrick (T), Inwood Smith (G), Merle Wendt (E)
• 1937: Carl Kaplanoff (T), Jim McDonald (QB), Ralph Wolf (C), Gust Zarnas
  Gust Zarnas
  Gustave Constantine Zarnas was a former college football All-American and professional football player....
  
   (G)
• 1939: Vic Marino (G), Esco Sarkkinen (E), Don Scott
  Don Scott (American football)
  Donald E. Scott was a star of American football. He was a two-time All-America quarterback at the Ohio State University. He died on Oct. 1, 1943 when his bomber crashed while he was training as a pilot in England during World War II.-High school star:...
  
   (HB)

1940s

• 1940: Don Scott (HB)
• 1942: Robert Shaw
  Robert Shaw
  -Arts and Humanities:*Bob Shaw , Irish science fiction writer*Bob Shaw , co-writer for Seinfeld, A Bugs Life and others*Robert Shaw , American actor...
  
   (E), Charles Csuri
  Charles Csuri
  Charles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital Art:...
  
   (T), Lin Houston
  Lin Houston
  Lindell Lee Houston was an American football guard who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference and in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He is the older brother of Jim Houston.Nicknamed "Mr...
  
   (G), Paul Sarringhaus (HB), Gene Fekete (E)
• 1943: Bill Willis
  Bill Willis
  William Karnet Willis was one of the dominant American football players of the 1940s and 1950s, and is an inductee in the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame. Willis was one of the first African American football players to play professional football...
  
   (T)
• 1944: Jack Dugger (E), Bill Willis (T), William Hackett (G), Les Horvath
  Les Horvath
  Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
  
   (QB/HB)
• 1945: Warren Amling
  Warren Amling
  Dr. Warren Amling was an American football and basketball player, playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1944 to 1946. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984....
  
   (G), Ollie Cline
  Ollie Cline
  Oliver M. "Ollie" Cline was a college and professional American football player in the 1940s and '50s. He was nicknamed the Blond Bomber.-College career:...
  
   (FB), Russell Thomas (T)
• 1946: Warren Amling (G), Cecil Souders (E)

1950s

• 1950: Robert Momsen (T), Robert McMullogh (C), Vic Janowicz
  Vic Janowicz
  Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
  
   (HB)
• 1952: Mike Takacs (G)
• 1954: Dean Dugger (E), Howard Cassady (HB), Jim Reichenbach (G)
• 1955: Jim Parker (G), Howard Cassady (HB)
• 1956: Jim Parker (G)
• 1957: Aurealius Thomas
  Aurealius Thomas
  Aurealius Thomas was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989....
  
   (G)
• 1958: Jim Houston
  Jim Houston
  James Edward "Jim" Houston is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006....
  
   (E), Jim Marshall
  Jim Marshall (American football)
  James "Jim" Lawrence Marshall played college football at Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Marshall played...
  
   (T), Bob White
  Bob White (American football)
  Loren "Bob" White played for Ohio State in the late 1950s. White played fullback and line on defense. In 1957 he and the Buckeyes won the Big Ten out right and lead Ohio State to a win in the 1958 Rose Bowl 10-7 over Oregon. In 1958 he led in scoring and rushing for the Buckeyes.-Achievements:In...
  
   (E)
• 1959: Jim Houston (E)

1960s

• 1960: Bob Ferguson
  Bob Ferguson (American football)
  Robert E. "Bob" Ferguson was an American football running back and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is considered by many to be the greatest fullback in the history of the Ohio State University Buckeyes....
  
   (FB)
• 1961: Bob Ferguson (FB)
• 1964: Jim Davis (T), Ike Kelley (LB), Arnie Chonko (DB)
• 1965: Doug Van Horn
  Doug Van Horn
  Douglas Claydon Van Horn is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football at Ohio State University and was named first team All-American in 1965. Van Horn was drafted in the fourth round of the...
  
   (G), Ike Kelley (LB)
• 1966: Ray Pryor (C)
• 1968: Dave Foley
  Dave Foley (American football)
  David Foley is a former college and professional offensive lineman of the 1960s and '70s.Foley was a three-year starter at offensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes under head coach Woody Hayes...
  
   (OT), Rufus Mayes
  Rufus Mayes
  Rufus Lee Mayes was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Ohio State University.Rufus died Jan. 1, 1990 at age 42 of bacterial meningitis....
  
   (OT)
• 1969: Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player....
  
   (G), Rex Kern
  Rex Kern
  Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...
  
   (QB), Jim Otis
  Jim Otis
  James Lloyd "Jim" Otis is a former college and professional American football running back.-College career:Otis was a fullback for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1967-69. He led the team in rushing every year of his college career...
  
   (FB), Ted Provost
  Ted Provost
  Ted R. Provost is a former star high school, university and professional football player.As a high school athlete at Fairless High School he lettered three seasons as a quarterback and defensive back. He was also outstanding in basketball and track...
  
   (CB), Jack Tatum
  Jack Tatum
  John David Tatum is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...
  
   (CB)

1970s

• 1970: Jan White (TE), Jim Stillwagon (MG), John Brockington
  John Brockington
  John Stanley Brockington is a former American football running back. He was the National Football League's Green Bay Packers' 1st round draft choice out of the Ohio State University, and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1971.-College career:Brockington played halfback and fullback for...
  
   (FB), Jack Tatum (CB), Mike Sensibaugh
  Mike Sensibaugh
  Mike Sensibaugh is a former NFL safety who played eight seasons in the NFL from 1971-1978. Sensibaugh played college football at The Ohio State University, where he still holds the school record for INT in a career with 22 and in a season with 9....
  
   (S), Tim Anderson (CB)
• 1971: Tom DeLeone
  Tom DeLeone
  Thomas Denning DeLeone is a former American football center who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, with the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1968, where he was on the football, basketball,...
  
   (C)
• 1972: John Hicks
  John Hicks (American football)
  John Charles Hicks Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is best remembered for being the last lineman to be runner-up in the vote for the Heisman Trophy....
  
   (OT), Randy Gradishar
  Randy Gradishar
  Randy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...
  
   (LB)
• 1973: John Hicks (OT), Randy Gradishar (LB), Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   (TB)
• 1974: Van Ness DeCree (DE), Kurt Schumacher (OT), Pete Cusick (DT), Archie Griffin (TB), Neal Colzie
  Neal Colzie
  Cornelius Connie Colzie, better known as Neal Colzie, was an American football defensive back for the Oakland Raiders , Miami Dolphins , and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
  
   (CB), Tom Skladany
  Tom Skladany
  Thomas Edward Skladany was an American football punter with a six-year career in the National Football League from 1978 to 1983. Skladany was a three-time All-American at the Ohio State University—. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1981 season....
  
   (P)
• 1975: Ted Smith (OG), Archie Griffin (TB), Tim Fox
  Tim Fox
  Timothy Richard Fox is a former American Football safety who played for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1986. He played college football at the Ohio State University and was selected in the 1st round in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Patriots. He was...
  
   (S), Tom Sklandany (P)
• 1976: Bob Brudzinski
  Bob Brudzinski
  Robert Louis Brudzinski is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League.-Ohio State:...
  
   (DE), Chris Ward
  Chris Ward (American football)
  Christopher Lamar James Ward is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Ohio State University....
  
   (OT), Giovanni Strassini (TE), Tom Sklandany (P)
• 1977: Chris Ward (OT), Aaron Brown (NG), Tom Cousineau
  Tom Cousineau
  Tom Cousineau is a former American Football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers from 1982 to 1987. Cousineau is best known for being the first overall pick of the 1979 NFL Draft.-Amateur career:Cousineau played...
  
   (LB), Ray Griffin (S)
• 1978: Tom Cousineau (LB)
• 1979: Ken Fritz (OG), Art Schlichter
  Art Schlichter
  Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it. His surname is pronounced "SHLEE-ster".-Early life:A native of Bloomingburg, Ohio, Schlichter was a star player at...
  
   (QB)

1980s

• 1982: Marcus Marek (LB)
• 1984: Jim Lachey
  Jim Lachey
  James Michael Lachey is a former American football offensive tackle who played for ten seasons in the National Football League with the San Diego Chargers, the Los Angeles Raiders and the Washington Redskins from 1985 to 1995, missing the 1993 season with a knee injury.Lachey graduated from St...
  
   (OG), Keith Byars
  Keith Byars
  Keith Alan Byars is an American sports broadcaster and former American football player.-College career:Byars was a tailback with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1982 to 1985, under head coach Earle Bruce....
  
   (TB)
• 1985: Pepper Johnson
  Pepper Johnson
  Thomas "Pepper" Johnson is a former college and professional American football linebacker, and the current defensive line coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.-College:...
  
   (LB)
• 1986: Cris Carter
  Cris Carter
  Cristopher D. Carter is a former American football player in the National Football League. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins ....
  
   (SE), Chris Spielman
  Chris Spielman
  Charles Christopher Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...
  
   (LB)
• 1987: Chris Spielman (LB), Tom Tupa
  Tom Tupa
  Thomas Joseph Tupa, Jr. is a former American football punter and quarterback in the National Football League.-Personal life and high school career:...
  
   (P)
• 1988: Jeff Uhlenhake
  Jeff Uhlenhake
  Jeffrey Alan Uhlenhake is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Redskins, and started 112 out of 119 games....
  
   (C)

1990s

• 1991: Steve Tovar
  Steve Tovar
  Steven Eric Tovar is a former college and professional American football linebacker and a former football coach at the University of Kansas.-College career:...
  
   (LB)
• 1992: Steve Tovar (LB)
• 1993: Korey Stringer
  Korey Stringer
  Korey Damont Stringer was an American football player who died from complications brought on by heat stroke, during training camp in Mankato, Minnesota while in training camp with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.-College career:Stringer was born in Warren, Ohio and attended...
  
   (OT), Dan Wilkinson
  Dan Wilkinson
  Daniel Raymon Wilkinson nicknamed "Big Daddy" is a former American football defensive tackle that played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Wilkinson played collegiately at Ohio State University...
  
   (DT)
• 1994: Korey Stringer (OT)
• 1995: Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (TB), Terry Glenn
  Terry Glenn
  Terry Tyree Glenn is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
  
   (FL), Orlando Pace
  Orlando Pace
  Orlando Lamar Pace is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft...
  
   (OT), Mike Vrabel
  Mike Vrabel
  Michael George Vrabel is an American football linebacker of Macedonian heritage, for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft...
  
   (DE)
• 1996: Orlando Pace (OT), Shawn Springs
  Shawn Springs
  Shawn Springs is an American football cornerback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks third overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   (CB), Mike Vrabel (DE)
• 1997: Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andy Katzenmoyer
  Andrew Warren Katzenmoyer is a former professional American football player and the first Butkus Award-winning middle linebacker to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
  
   (LB), Rob Murphy
  Rob Murphy (football player)
  Robert Donald Murphy is a professional gridiron football offensive lineman currently playing for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2000...
  
   (OG), Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he has...
  
   (CB)
• 1998: David Boston
  David Boston
  David Byron Boston is a former professional football wide receiver. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
   (SE), Damon Moore
  Damon Moore
  Damon Moore is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   (SS), Rob Murphy (OG), Antoine Winfield (CB)
• 1999: Na'il Diggs
  Na'il Diggs
  Na'il Diggs is an American football linebacker who currently plays in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers. He played college football at the Ohio State University.-College career:...
  
   (LB)

2000s

• 2000: Mike Doss
  Mike Doss
  Michael Allen Doss is an American football safety who is currently a free agent of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
  
   (SS)
• 2001: LeCharles Bentley
  LeCharles Bentley
  LeCharles Vernon Bentley is a former American football center of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   (C), Mike Doss (SS)
• 2002: Mike Doss (SS), Andy Groom
  Andy Groom
  Andy Charles Groom is a former American football punter who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins in 2005. He played college football at Ohio State University.-See also:...
  
   (P), Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   (PK), Matt Wilhelm
  Matt Wilhelm
  Matthew Wilhelm is an American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
  
   (LB)
• 2003: Will Allen
  Will Allen (safety)
  Will Allen is an American football player who currently plays safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL...
  
   (DB)
• 2004: Mike Nugent (PK), A. J. Hawk
  A. J. Hawk
  Aaron James "A. J." Hawk is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-High school career:A.J. Hawk attended high school at Centerville High...
  
   (LB)
• 2005: A. J. Hawk (LB)
• 2006: Troy Smith
  Troy Smith
  Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...
  
   (QB), James Laurinaitis
  James Laurinaitis
  James Laurinaitis is an Greek-American American Football Linebacker for the St. Louis Rams. Laurinaitis was a three-year starting middle linebacker at Ohio State...
  
   (LB), Quinn Pitcock
  Quinn Pitcock
  Quinn Michael Pitcock is a former American football defensive tackle of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   (DL)
• 2007: James Laurinaitis (LB), Chris Wells
  Chris Wells (American football)
  Chris "Beanie" Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Ohio State....
  
   (RB)
• 2008: James Laurinaitis (LB), Malcolm Jenkins (CB)

Team season MVPs

Voted by players at the end of the season.

• 1930: Wes Fesler
  Wes Fesler
  Wesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was a three-sport athlete at the Ohio State University, including three consecutive years as a consensus first-team All-America selection in American football...
  
   - end - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1931: Robert Haubrich - tackle
  Offensive tackle
  In American and Canadian football, offensive tackles are a part of the offensive line. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football....
  
  
• 1932: Lew Hinchman - halfback
  Halfback (American football)
  A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays.-Early offensive backfields:...
  
  
• 1933: Mickey Vuchinich - fullback
  Fullback (American football)
  In American football, a fullback is a position in the offensive backfield. Traditionally, the duties of a fullback are split between power running and blocking for the quarterback on passing plays, and the running back on running plays....
  
  
• 1934: Gomer Jones
  Gomer Jones
  Gomer Thomas Jones was a football athlete and coach. He was a Hall of Fame center for the Ohio State University Buckeyes and a coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners for 19 years.-Playing career:...
  
   - center
  Center (American football)
  Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
  
  
• 1935: Gomer Jones - center
• 1936: Ralph Wolf - center
• 1937: Ralph Wolf - center
• 1938: Jim Langhurst - fullback
• 1939: Steve Andrako
  Steve Andrako
  Steven Francis Andrako was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft....
  
   - center
• 1940: Claude White - center
• 1941: Jack Graf
  Jack Graf
  Jack Graf is a former two-sport athlete at the Ohio State University. In football he was named Big Ten MVP in 1941 and in basketball he served as team captain in 1942....
  
   - fullback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1942: Chuck Csuri
  Charles Csuri
  Charles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital Art:...
  
   - tackle
  Offensive tackle
  In American and Canadian football, offensive tackles are a part of the offensive line. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football....
  
  
• 1943: Gordon Appleby - center
• 1944: Les Horvath
  Les Horvath
  Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
  
   - quarterback
  Quarterback
  Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center, in the middle of the offensive line. Quarterbacks are the leaders of the offensive team, responsible for calling the play in the huddle...
  
   - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1945: Ollie Cline
  Ollie Cline
  Oliver M. "Ollie" Cline was a college and professional American football player in the 1940s and '50s. He was nicknamed the Blond Bomber.-College career:...
  
   - fullback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1946: Cecil Souders
  Cecil Souders
  Cecil B. Souders is a former American football player in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Ohio State University were he was a three time All-American. He also played in two East - West games and one All Star game...
  
   - end
• 1947: Dave Templeton - guard
  Guard (American football)
  In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
  
  
• 1948: Joe Whisler - fullback
• 1949: Jack Lininger - center
• 1950: Vic Janowicz
  Vic Janowicz
  Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
  
   - halfback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1951: Vic Janowicz
  Vic Janowicz
  Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
  
   - halfback
• 1952: Fred Bruney
  Fred Bruney
  Fred K. Bruney is a former college and professional American football defensive back.Bruney played halfback on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1950 to 1952. He scored six touchdowns for the Buckeyes in the 1952 season, but he was...
  
   - halfback
• 1953: George Jacoby - tackle
• 1954: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady - halfback
• 1955: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady - halfback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1956: Jim Parker
  Jim Parker (American football)
  James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...
  
   - guard
• 1957: Bill Jobko
  Bill Jobko
  William Kermit Jobko is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League...
  
   - guard
• 1958: Jim Houston
  Jim Houston
  James Edward "Jim" Houston is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006....
  
   - end
• 1959: Jim Houston - end
• 1960: Tom Matte
  Tom Matte
  Thomas Roland Matte was an American football player who played quarterback in college and running back in the NFL in the 1960s and 1970s and earned a Super Bowl Ring. He attended Shaw High School in East Cleveland and is an Eagle Scout...
  
   - quarterback
• 1961: Bob Ferguson
  Bob Ferguson (American football)
  Robert E. "Bob" Ferguson was an American football running back and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is considered by many to be the greatest fullback in the history of the Ohio State University Buckeyes....
  
   - fullback
• 1962: Billy Armstrong
  Billy Armstrong
  Billy Armstrong MLA is a Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.He was elected an Assembly Member for Mid Ulster in 1998 and 2003. He was a member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, the Committee for Enterprise, Trade & Industry and the Committee of the Environment...
  
   - center
• 1963: Matt Snell
  Matt Snell
  Matt Snell was the American Football League's New York Jets owner Sonny Werblin's first coup, prior to his 1965 acquisition of Joe Namath...
  
   - fullback
• 1964: Ed Orazen - defensive lineman
• 1965: Doug Van Horn
  Doug Van Horn
  Douglas Claydon Van Horn is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football at Ohio State University and was named first team All-American in 1965. Van Horn was drafted in the fourth round of the...
  
   - offensive guard
  Guard (American football)
  In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
  
  
• 1966: Ray Pryor - center
• 1967: Dirk Worden - linebacker
  Linebacker
  A Linebacker is a position in American and Canadian football that was invented by football coach Fielding Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
  
  
• 1968: Mark Stier - linebacker
• 1969: Jim Otis
  Jim Otis
  James Lloyd "Jim" Otis is a former college and professional American football running back.-College career:Otis was a fullback for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1967-69. He led the team in rushing every year of his college career...
  
   - fullback
• 1970: Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon
  Jim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player....
  
   - defensive lineman
• 1971: Tom DeLeone
  Tom DeLeone
  Thomas Denning DeLeone is a former American football center who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, with the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1968, where he was on the football, basketball,...
  
  - center
• 1972: George Hasenohrl - defensive lineman
• 1973: Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   - running back
  Running back
  A running back is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield...
  
   - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1974: Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   - tailback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1975: Cornelius Greene
  Cornelius Greene
  Cornelius Greene is a former American football quarterback who played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and professionally in the Canadian Football League. He played under legendary coach Woody Hayes. He was the first African American Quarterback to start at Ohio State, and received...
  
   - quarterback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1976: Bob Brudzinski
  Bob Brudzinski
  Robert Louis Brudzinski is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League.-Ohio State:...
  
   - defensive end
  Defensive end
  Defensive End is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
  
  
• 1977: Dave Adkins - linebacker
• 1978: Tom Cousineau
  Tom Cousineau
  Tom Cousineau is a former American Football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers from 1982 to 1987. Cousineau is best known for being the first overall pick of the 1979 NFL Draft.-Amateur career:Cousineau played...
  
   - linebacker
• 1979: Jim Laughlin
  Jim Laughlin
  Jim Laughlin is a former NFL and college football player.The eighth pick in the 4th round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, Laughlin, was one in a long line of standout Linebackers to have played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-Career Highlights/Notes:*As a team captain during his senior...
  
   - linebacker
• 1980: Calvin Murray
  Calvin Murray
  Calvin Murray , is a retired professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1999-2004 for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs. He is a 1989 graduate of Dallas' W. T. White High School and attended the University of Texas...
  
   - tailback
• 1981: Art Schlichter
  Art Schlichter
  Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it. His surname is pronounced "SHLEE-ster".-Early life:A native of Bloomingburg, Ohio, Schlichter was a star player at...
  
   - quarterback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1982: Tim Spencer
  Tim Spencer
  Timothy Spencer is a former professional American football running back who played in the USFL and NFL from 1983 to 1990.-College and Pro career:...
  
   - running back
  Running back
  A running back is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield...
  
  
• 1983: John Frank
  John Frank
  John E. Frank was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.-High school & college:He attended Mt...
  
   - tight end
  Tight end
  The tight end is a position in American football on the offensive team. The tight end is sometimes the last man on the offensive line, but has a slightly different build and, in some cases, a different role than other linemen...
  
  
• 1984: Keith Byars
  Keith Byars
  Keith Alan Byars is an American sports broadcaster and former American football player.-College career:Byars was a tailback with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1982 to 1985, under head coach Earle Bruce....
  
   - running back - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1985: Jim Karsatos
  Jim Karsatos
  Jim Karsatos is a former American football player, starting at quarterback for two years with the Ohio State Buckeyes.He is of Greek-American origin from the island of Kefalonia....
  
   - quarterback
• 1986: Cris Carter
  Cris Carter
  Cristopher D. Carter is a former American football player in the National Football League. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins ....
  
   - wide receiver
  Wide receiver
  A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
  
  
• 1987: Chris Spielman
  Chris Spielman
  Charles Christopher Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...
  
   - linebacker
• 1988: Jeff Uhlenhake
  Jeff Uhlenhake
  Jeffrey Alan Uhlenhake is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Redskins, and started 112 out of 119 games....
  
   - center
• 1989: Derek Isaman
  Derek Isaman
  Derek Warren Isaman is a former professional American boxer.-Amateur boxing career:Isaman was the 1988 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight champion. He also lost a points decision to Mike Tyson in an a prior National Golden Gloves semi-final...
  
   - linebacker
• 1990: Jeff Graham
  Jeff Graham
  Jeffery Todd Graham is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 206-lb...
  
   - wide receiver
• 1991: Carlos Snow
  Carlos Snow
  Carlos Snow is a former American football tailback, starting in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes.Snow was a 5-foot-8, 195-pound speedster who attended the now-defunct Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education...
  
   - tailback
• 1992: Kirk Herbstreit
  Kirk Herbstreit
  Kirk Herbstreit is an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football and a provider of color commentary during college football games on ESPN and ABC. He appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football. He was a quarterback on the Ohio State...
  
   - quarterback
• 1993: Raymont Harris
  Raymont Harris
  Raymont LaShawn Harris is a former college and professional American football running back. He played 6 seasons in the NFL from 1994 to 2000 for the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers, the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots.-College career:He starred at the Ohio State University, where...
  
   - tailback
• 1994: Korey Stringer
  Korey Stringer
  Korey Damont Stringer was an American football player who died from complications brought on by heat stroke, during training camp in Mankato, Minnesota while in training camp with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.-College career:Stringer was born in Warren, Ohio and attended...
  
   - offensive tackle
  Offensive tackle
  In American and Canadian football, offensive tackles are a part of the offensive line. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football....
  
  
• 1995: Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   - tailback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1996: Orlando Pace
  Orlando Pace
  Orlando Lamar Pace is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft...
  
   - offensive tackle - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1997: Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield
  Antoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he has...
  
   - defensive back
  Defensive back
  In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
  
  
• 1998: Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   - quarterback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 1999: Ahmed Plummer
  Ahmed Plummer
  Ahmed Kamil Plummer is a former NFL player who played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 2000-2005. A 5'11", 191 lb. cornerback from Ohio State University, Plummer was selected by the 49ers in the 1st round in the 2000 NFL Draft...
  
   - defensive back
• 2000: Derek Combs
  Derek Combs
  Derek Combs is a former American football player. Graduated from Grove City High School in Grove City, Ohio, where he was the star tailback. He is the greatest tailback in Grove City history...
  
   - tailback
• 2001: Jonathan Wells
  Jonathan Wells (American football)
  Jonathan Wells is a former running back who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-High School Career:Wells played high school football at John Curtis Christian High School in his native River Ridge, Louisiana...
  
   - tailback
• 2002: Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.-High school career:...
  
   - quarterback / Chris Gamble
  Chris Gamble
  Chris Gamble is an American football player with the Carolina Panthers. During his NFL career Gamble has only played cornerback, but was briefly a wide receiver at the Ohio State University. He was converted into a cornerback during his sophomore year...
  
   - wide receiver/defensive back
• 2003: Michael Jenkins - wide receiver
• 2004: Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent
  Mike Nugent is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
   - placekicker
  Placekicker
  Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points, and, in many cases, kickoffs....
  
  
• 2005: A. J. Hawk
  A. J. Hawk
  Aaron James "A. J." Hawk is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-High school career:A.J. Hawk attended high school at Centerville High...
  
   - linebacker
• 2006: Troy Smith
  Troy Smith
  Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...
  
  - quarterback - also Big Ten MVP
  Chicago Tribune Silver Football
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference...
  
  
• 2007: Chris "Beanie" Wells
  Chris Wells (American football)
  Chris "Beanie" Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Ohio State....
  
   - tailback
• 2008: Chris "Beanie" Wells
  Chris Wells (American football)
  Chris "Beanie" Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Ohio State....
  
   - tailback

Ohio State's All-Time Team

Chosen in 2001 by Athlon Sports. http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/4227/ohio-state-all-time-team
Offense

WR Paul Warfield

Paul Warfield

Paul Dryden Warfield was a professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability and hands.- Football career :...

 1961-63

WR Cris Carter

Cris Carter

Cristopher D. Carter is a former American football player in the National Football League. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins ....

 1984-86

WR Terry Glenn

Terry Glenn

Terry Tyree Glenn is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...

 1993-95

WR David Boston

David Boston

David Byron Boston is a former professional football wide receiver. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...

 1996-98

TE John Frank

John Frank

John E. Frank was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.-High school & college:He attended Mt...

 1980-83

OL Jim Parker

Jim Parker (American football)

James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...

 1954-56

OL Korey Stringer

Korey Stringer

Korey Damont Stringer was an American football player who died from complications brought on by heat stroke, during training camp in Mankato, Minnesota while in training camp with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.-College career:Stringer was born in Warren, Ohio and attended...

 1992-94

OL Gomer Jones

Gomer Jones

Gomer Thomas Jones was a football athlete and coach. He was a Hall of Fame center for the Ohio State University Buckeyes and a coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners for 19 years.-Playing career:...

 1934-35

OL John Hicks

John Hicks (American football)

John Charles Hicks Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is best remembered for being the last lineman to be runner-up in the vote for the Heisman Trophy....

 1970, 72-73

OL Orlando Pace 1994-96

QB Rex Kern

Rex Kern

Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...

 1967-1970

RB Howard "Hopalong" Cassady 1952-55

RB Archie Griffin 1972-75

RB Eddie George 1992-95

K Vlade Janakievski

Vlade Janakievski

Vlade Janakievski is a former American football placekicker for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was a walk-on player from the soccer team who handled the placekicking duties for the Buckeyes in the 1977-1980 seasons....

 1977-80


Defense

DL Wes Fesler 1928-30

DL Bill Willis 1942-44

DL Jim Stillwagon

Jim Stillwagon

Jim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player....

 1968-70

DL Dan Wilkinson

Dan Wilkinson

Daniel Raymon Wilkinson nicknamed "Big Daddy" is a former American football defensive tackle that played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Wilkinson played collegiately at Ohio State University...

 1992-93

DL Mike Vrabel

Mike Vrabel

Michael George Vrabel is an American football linebacker of Macedonian heritage, for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft...

 1993-96

LB Tom Cousineau

Tom Cousineau

Tom Cousineau is a former American Football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers from 1982 to 1987. Cousineau is best known for being the first overall pick of the 1979 NFL Draft.-Amateur career:Cousineau played...

 1975-78

LB Chris Spielman

Chris Spielman

Charles Christopher Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...

 1984-87

LB Andy Katzenmoyer

Andy Katzenmoyer

Andrew Warren Katzenmoyer is a former professional American football player and the first Butkus Award-winning middle linebacker to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes...

 1996-98

LB Marcus Marek 1979-82

LB Steve Tovar

Steve Tovar

Steven Eric Tovar is a former college and professional American football linebacker and a former football coach at the University of Kansas.-College career:...

 1989-92

DB Vic Janowicz 1949-51

DB Jack Tatum

Jack Tatum

John David Tatum is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...

 1968-70

DB Mike Sensibaugh

Mike Sensibaugh

Mike Sensibaugh is a former NFL safety who played eight seasons in the NFL from 1971-1978. Sensibaugh played college football at The Ohio State University, where he still holds the school record for INT in a career with 22 and in a season with 9....

 1968-70

DB Neal Colzie

Neal Colzie

Cornelius Connie Colzie, better known as Neal Colzie, was an American football defensive back for the Oakland Raiders , Miami Dolphins , and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

 1972-74

DB Antoine Winfield

Antoine Winfield

Antoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he has...

 1995-98

P Tom Tupa

Tom Tupa

Thomas Joseph Tupa, Jr. is a former American football punter and quarterback in the National Football League.-Personal life and high school career:...

 1984-87

NCAA Coach of the Year

Three Ohio State head coaches have received the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award as NCAA Coach of the Year a total of five times:

• Woody Hayes
  Woody Hayes
  Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes was a college football coach who won three national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University...
  
   1957, 1968, 1975
• Earle Bruce
  Earle Bruce
  Earle Bruce is a former college football and arena football coach from Cumberland, Maryland. Bruce was the successor to legendary Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes. In 2002, Earle Bruce was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame....
  
   1979
• Jim Tressel
  Jim Tressel
  James Patrick Tressel is the head football coach at The Ohio State University. He was hired in 2001 to replace John Cooper. Since becoming Ohio State's 22nd head football coach, his team has played for three National Championships , achieving the first 14–0 season record in major college football...
  
   2002

In addition, two coaches were voted "National Coach of the Year" before the inception of the Bryant Award. Carroll Widdoes

Carroll Widdoes

Carroll C. Widdoes , the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes, Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916. The Widdoes had been missionaries to the Philippines for the United Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of The United Methodist Church, and Carroll was...

, acting head coach after Paul Brown

Paul Brown

Paul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of the greatest of football coaches in...

 had entered the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. As of 31 December 2008, the U.S. Navy had about 331,682 personnel on active duty and 124,000 in the Navy Reserve. It operates 283 ships in active service and more than...

, was voted the honor in 1944. Brown himself was voted the honor in 1942 for winning the National Championship but declined in favor of Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly called Georgia Tech, Tech, and GT, is a public, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States...

's Bill Alexander.

Rhodes Scholarship

On December 6, 1985, Mike Lanese was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship

Rhodes Scholarship

The Rhodes Scholarship named after Cecil Rhodes is an international award for study at the University of Oxford and was the first large-scale programme of international scholarships...

 to the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...

.

College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American Hall of Fame

• Class of 1992 Randy Gradishar
  Randy Gradishar
  Randy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...
  
  

Academic All-Americans

Academic All-American Player of the Year

• 2003 Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.-High school career:...
  
  

Academic All-Americans

Year	Player	Position
1952	John Borton	Quarterback
1954	Dick Hilinski	Tackle
1958	Bob White Bob White (American football) Loren "Bob" White played for Ohio State in the late 1950s. White played fullback and line on defense. In 1957 he and the Buckeyes won the Big Ten out right and lead Ohio State to a win in the 1958 Rose Bowl 10-7 over Oregon. In 1958 he led in scoring and rushing for the Buckeyes.-Achievements:In...	Fullback
1961	Tom Perdue	End
1965	Bill Ridder	Middle guard
1966	Dave Foley Dave Foley (American football) David Foley is a former college and professional offensive lineman of the 1960s and '70s.Foley was a three-year starter at offensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes under head coach Woody Hayes...	Offensive tackle
1967	Dave Foley	Offensive tackle
1968	Dave Foley	Offensive tackle
1968	Mark Stier	Linebacker
1969	Bill Urbanik	Defensive tackle
1971	Rick Simon	Offensive tackle
1973	Randy Gradishar Randy Gradishar Randy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...	Linebacker
1974	Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel Brian Dale Baschnagel is a former American football player. He played wide receiver for the Chicago Bears....	Running back
1975	Brian Baschnagel	Running back
1976	Pete Johnson Pete Johnson (American football) Pete Johnson is a former college and professional American football running back. He spent 8 seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. Before his NFL career, Johnson played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-College career:Johnson played fullback for Ohio State from 1973 through 1976...	Fullback
1976	Bill Lukens	Offensive guard
1977	Jeff Logan Jeff Logan Jeff Logan starred as a running back at Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio establishing numerous scoring records. Logan went to Ohio State University in 1974 and played on four Big Ten Conference Championship football teams. Logan backed up two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin for...	Running back
1980	Marcus Marek	Linebacker
1980	John Weisensell¹	Offensive guard
1982	Joe Smith	Offensive tackle
1982	John Frank John Frank John E. Frank was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.-High school & college:He attended Mt...	Tight end
1983	John Frank	Tight end
1983	Dave Crecelius¹	Defensive tackle
1984	Dave Crecelius	Defensive tackle
1984	Mike Lanese	Wide receiver
1984	Anthony Tiuliani¹	Defensive tackle
1985	Mike Lanese	Wide receiver
1987	Joe Staysniak Joe Staysniak Joseph Andrew Staysniak is a former professional American football offensive lineman who played six seasons for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Arizona Cardinals.... ¹	Offensive tackle
1989	Joe Staysniak	Offensive tackle
1990	Greg Smith¹	Defensive line
1992	Len Hartman	Offensive guard
1992	Greg Smith	Defensive line
1995	Greg Bellisari	Linebacker
1996	Greg Bellisari	Linebacker
1998	Jerry Rudzinski¹	Linebacker
1999	Ahmed Plummer Ahmed Plummer Ahmed Kamil Plummer is a former NFL player who played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 2000-2005. A 5'11", 191 lb. cornerback from Ohio State University, Plummer was selected by the 49ers in the 1st round in the 2000 NFL Draft...	Cornerback
2002	Craig Krenzel Craig Krenzel Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.-High school career:... ¹	Quarterback
2003	Craig Krenzel	Quarterback
2006	Anthony Gonzalez Anthony Gonzalez Anthony E. Gonzalez is a Cuban-American football wide receiver who currently plays for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts.-Early years:...	Wide receiver
2006	Stan White, Jr	Fullback
2007	Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie is an American wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and the son of former Browns wide receivers coach and interim head coach Terry Robiskie, currently the wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons.Robiskie attended high school at Chagrin Falls...	Wide receiver
2008	Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie is an American wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and the son of former Browns wide receivers coach and interim head coach Terry Robiskie, currently the wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons.Robiskie attended high school at Chagrin Falls...	Wide receiver

¹2nd team award

National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame

Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy

Draddy Trophy

The William V. Campbell trophy, formerly the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy, is a trophy awarded by the National Football Foundation that is given to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance...

("Academic Heisman")

• 1995 Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
  
• 2003 Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel
  Craig Krenzel is a former college and professional American football quarterback. He is currently a radio commentator for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.-High school career:...
  
  

National Scholar-Athlete Awards

Ohio State's eighteen NFF Scholar-Athlete Awards rank second only to Nebraska

University of Nebraska system

The University of Nebraska is the public university system in the state of Nebraska, USA. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system now has four universities and an agricultural college....

's twenty among all college football programs.

• 1965 Willard Sander
• 1968 David Foley
  David Foley
  David John Foley is an English professional footballer who, as of 2007, plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in League One....
  
  
• 1970 Rex Kern
  Rex Kern
  Rex William Kern was an American football player. He played quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1968 to 1970, and played professional football in the National Football League at defensive back for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills.On May 9, 2007, Kern was voted into the College...
  
  
• 1973 Randy Gradishar
  Randy Gradishar
  Randy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...
  
  
• 1975 Brian Baschnagel
  Brian Baschnagel
  Brian Dale Baschnagel is a former American football player. He played wide receiver for the Chicago Bears....
  
  
• 1979 Jim Laughlin
  Jim Laughlin
  Jim Laughlin is a former NFL and college football player.The eighth pick in the 4th round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, Laughlin, was one in a long line of standout Linebackers to have played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-Career Highlights/Notes:*As a team captain during his senior...
  
  
• 1982 Joe Smith
• 1983 John Frank
  John Frank
  John E. Frank was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.-High school & college:He attended Mt...
  
  
• 1984 Dave Crecelius
• 1985 Mike Lanese
• 1989 Joe Staysniak
  Joe Staysniak
  Joseph Andrew Staysniak is a former professional American football offensive lineman who played six seasons for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Arizona Cardinals....
  
  
• 1990 Greg Frey
  Greg Frey
  Greg Frey is a former American football player, starting at quarterback for three years with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He is currently a high school football assistant coach. He is a 1986 graduate of St...
  
  
• 1992 Greg Smith
• 1994 Joey Galloway
  Joey Galloway
  Joseph Scott "Joey" Galloway is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks eighth overall in the 1995 NFL Draft...
  
  
• 1995 Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
  
• 1996 Greg Bellisari
• 1999 Ahmed Plummer
  Ahmed Plummer
  Ahmed Kamil Plummer is a former NFL player who played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 2000-2005. A 5'11", 191 lb. cornerback from Ohio State University, Plummer was selected by the 49ers in the 1st round in the 2000 NFL Draft...
  
  

Rushing records

• Most rushing attempts, career: 924, Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   (1972-75)
• Most rushing attempts, season: 336, Keith Byars
  Keith Byars
  Keith Alan Byars is an American sports broadcaster and former American football player.-College career:Byars was a tailback with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1982 to 1985, under head coach Earle Bruce....
  
   (1984)
• Most rushing attempts, game: 44, Champ Henson
  Champ Henson
  Harold R. "Champ" Henson, III is a former college and professional American football fullback.Henson attended the Ohio State University where he led the Buckeyes in scoring as a sophomore in 1972. In the second game of the 1973 season, however, Henson tore the cartilage his knee and was out for...
  
   (November 18, 1972 at Northwestern
  Northwestern Wildcats football
  The Northwestern Wildcats football team, representing Northwestern University, is a NCAA Division I team and member of the Big Ten Conference, with evidence of organization in 1876...
  
  )
• Most rushing yards, career: 5,589, Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   (1972-75)
• Most rushing yards, season: 1,927, Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (1995)
• Most rushing yards, game: 314, Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (November 11, 1995 vs. Illinois
  Illinois Fighting Illini football
  The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Logos and uniforms:-All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record:*563-513-51*See: Illinois Fighting Illini football year-by-year record...
  
  )
• Most rushing yards against Michigan, game: 222, Chris Wells
  Chris Wells (American football)
  Chris "Beanie" Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Ohio State....
  
   (November 17, 2007)
• Most rushing touchdowns, career: 56, Pete Johnson
  Pete Johnson (American football)
  Pete Johnson is a former college and professional American football running back. He spent 8 seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. Before his NFL career, Johnson played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-College career:Johnson played fullback for Ohio State from 1973 through 1976...
  
   (1973-76)
• Most rushing touchdowns, season: 25, Pete Johnson (1975)
• Most rushing touchdowns, game: 5, Pete Johnson (September 27, 1975 vs. North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels football
  The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level football. Over its nearly 120 years of existence, the program has won 631 games for a winning percentage of .566, and has appeared in 26 bowl games. The team's most recent bowl...
  
  ) and Keith Byars (October 13,1984 vs. Illinois)
• Longest run from scrimmage: 89 yards, Gene Fekete (November 7, 1942 vs. Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Panthers football
  The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the interscholastic football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt". Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt has played at highest level of american football competition, now classified as the NCAA Division I...
  
  )
• Most games with at least 100 rushing yards, career: 34, Archie Griffin
  Archie Griffin
  Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back, and is college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner...
  
   (1972-75)
• Most games with at least 100 rushing yards, season: 12, Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (1995)
• Most games with at least 200 rushing yards, career: 5 Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (1992-95)
• Most games with at least 200 rushing yards, season: 3, Eddie George
  Eddie George
  Edward Nathan George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
  
   (1995)

Passing records

• Most passing attempts, career: 934, Art Schlichter
  Art Schlichter
  Arthur Ernest Schlichter is a former college and professional American football quarterback, perhaps known more for his compulsive gambling and the legal problems that arose from it. His surname is pronounced "SHLEE-ster".-Early life:A native of Bloomingburg, Ohio, Schlichter was a star player at...
  
   (1978-81)
• Most passing attempts, season: 384, Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   (1998)
• Most passing attempts, game: 52, Art Schlichter (October 3, 1981 vs. Florida State
  Florida State Seminoles football
  The Florida State Seminoles football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Florida State has won two national championships and finished in the top five of the AP Poll for 14 straight years from 1987...
  
  )
• Most passing completions, career: 498, Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
   (1992-95)
• Most passing completions, season: 230, Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   (1998)
• Most passing completions, game: 31, Art Schlichter (October 3, 1981 vs. Florida State) and Joe Germaine (October 31, 1998 at Indiana
  Indiana Hoosiers football
  The Indiana Hoosiers are a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference.-Notable Seasons:Big Ten Champions:*1945*1967...
  
  )
• Most passing yards, career: 7,547, Art Schlichter (1978-81)
• Most passing yards, season: 3,330, Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   (1998)
• Most passing yards, game: 458, Art Schlichter (October 3, 1981 vs. Florida State)
• Most passing touchdowns, career: 57, Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
   (1992-95)
• Most passing touchdowns, season: 30, Troy Smith
  Troy Smith
  Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...
  
   (2006)
• Most passing touchdowns, game: 5, John Borton (October 18,1952 vs. Washington State
  Washington State Cougars football
  The Washington State Cougars football team is the interscholastic football team of the Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference....
  
  ) and twice by Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
   (October 22,1994 vs. Purdue
  Purdue Boilermakers football
  The Purdue Boilermakers are a United States college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Coaching staff:*Danny Hope - Head Coach*J.B...
  
   and September 23,1995 at Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Panthers football
  The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the interscholastic football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt". Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt has played at highest level of american football competition, now classified as the NCAA Division I...
  
  )
• Longest pass completion: 86 yards, Art Schlichter to Calvin Murray (September 22, 1979 vs. Washington State)
• Most games with at least 200 passing yards, career: 16, Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
   (1992-95)
• Most games with at least 200 passing yards, season: 11, Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying
  Bobby Hoying is a former college and professional American football quarterback.-High school career:...
  
   (1995) and Joe Germaine (1998)
• Most games with at least 300 passing yards, career: 8, Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   (1996-98)
• Most games with at least 300 passing yards, season: 7, Joe Germaine
  Joe Germaine
  Joseph Berton Germaine is an arena football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...
  
   (1998)

Receiving records

• Most receptions, career: 191, David Boston
  David Boston
  David Byron Boston is a former professional football wide receiver. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
   (1996-98)
• Most receptions, season: 85, David Boston (1998)
• Most receptions, game: 14, David Boston (October 11, 1997 at Penn State
  Penn State Nittany Lions football
  Penn State Nittany Lions football is a college football program from Penn State. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. It is one of the most tradition-rich and storied college football programs in the nation...
  
  )
• Most receiving yards, career: 2,898, Michael Jenkins (2000-03)
• Most receiving yards, season: 1,435, David Boston (1998)
• Most receiving yards, game: 253, Terry Glenn
  Terry Glenn
  Terry Tyree Glenn is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
  
   (September 23,1995 at Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Panthers football
  The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the interscholastic football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt". Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt has played at highest level of american football competition, now classified as the NCAA Division I...
  
  )
• Most touchdown receptions, career: 34, David Boston (1996-98)
• Most touchdown receptions, season: 17, Terry Glenn (1995)
• Most touchdown receptions, game: 4, Bob Grimes (October 18,1952 vs. Washington State
  Washington State Cougars football
  The Washington State Cougars football team is the interscholastic football team of the Washington State University. The team is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference....
  
  ) and Terry Glenn (September 23,1995 at Pittsburgh)
• Longest pass reception: 86 yards, Calvin Murray from Art Schlichter (September 22, 1979 vs. Washington State)
• Most games with at least 100 receiving yards, career: 14, David Boston (1996-98)
• Most games with at least 100 receiving yards, season: 9, David Boston (1998)
• Yards per Reception: 26.4, Jim Houston
  Jim Houston
  James Edward "Jim" Houston is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006....
  
   (1957-59)

Kickoff return records

• Most kickoff returns, career: 72, Maurice Hall (2001-04)
• Most kickoff returns, season: 31, Ken-Yon Rambo
  Ken-Yon Rambo
  Ken-Yon Rambo is a professional American and Canadian football wide receiver, currently with the Canadian Football League Calgary Stampeders.-Early life:...
  
   (1999)
• Most kickoff returns, game: 7, Vince Workman
  Vince Workman
  Vincent "Vince" Workman is a former professional American football running back who was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1989 NFL Draft. Workman played eight seasons in the NFL from 1989 to 1996 for the Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers and the...
  
   (November 7, 1987 at Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Badgers football
  The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
  
  )
• Most kickoff return yards, career: 1,642, Maurice Hall (2001-04)
• Most kickoff return yards, season: 653, Ken-Yon Rambo (1999)
• Most kickoff return yards, game: 213, Carlos Snow
  Carlos Snow
  Carlos Snow is a former American football tailback, starting in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes.Snow was a 5-foot-8, 195-pound speedster who attended the now-defunct Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education...
  
   (September 17, 1988 at Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh Panthers football
  The Pittsburgh Panthers football team is the interscholastic football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt". Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt has played at highest level of american football competition, now classified as the NCAA Division I...
  
  )
• Most kickoff return touchdowns, career: 2, Dean Sensanbaugher (1943-47) and Lenny Willis (1974)
• Longest kickoff return: 103 yards, Dean Sensanbaugher (October 9, 1943 at Great Lakes)

Punt return records

• Most punt returns, career: 98, David Boston
  David Boston
  David Byron Boston is a former professional football wide receiver. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
   (1996-98)
• Most punt returns, season: 47, David Boston (1997) (also a Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
   record)
• Most punt returns, game: 9, Tom Campana (October 16, 1971 at Indiana
  Indiana Hoosiers football
  The Indiana Hoosiers are a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference.-Notable Seasons:Big Ten Champions:*1945*1967...
  
  )
• Most punt return yards, career: 959, David Boston (1996-98)
• Most punt return yards, season: 679, Neal Colzie
  Neal Colzie
  Cornelius Connie Colzie, better known as Neal Colzie, was an American football defensive back for the Oakland Raiders , Miami Dolphins , and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
  
   (1973) (also a Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
   record)
• Most punt return yards, game: 170, Neal Colzie (November 10, 1973 vs. Michigan State
  Michigan State Spartans football
  The Michigan State Spartans football program competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State has won or shared a total of 6 national championships , two Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships , and 6 Big Ten championships...
  
  )
• Most punt return touchdowns, career: 6, Ted Ginn, Jr.
  Ted Ginn, Jr.
  Theodore "Ted" Ginn, Jr. is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins ninth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft...
  
   (2004-06) (also a Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
   record)
• Longest punt return: 90 yards, Brian Hartline (October 13, 2007 vs. Kent State
  Kent State Golden Flashes
  Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the NCAA's Division I...
  
  )

Team highs

• Most points scored, game, 128 v.s Oberlin 1916
• Most offensive yards, game, 714 v.s Mt. Union 1930
• Most team TD, game, 19 v.s Oberlin 1916

Buckeyes in the NFL

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Buckeyes in the NFL
NFL Draft selections
Total selected:	329
First picks in draft:	3
1st Round:	68
NFL achievements
Total Players:	308
In the Super Bowl Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the premier association of professional American football. In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and... :	54
Hall of Famers Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, United States, on September 7 1963 with 17 charter inductees... :	6

43 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League

National Football League

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 teams: Will Allen

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, Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson (defensive tackle)

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, Rodney Bailey

Rodney Bailey

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, LeCharles Bentley

LeCharles Bentley

LeCharles Vernon Bentley is a former American football center of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....

, Bobby Carpenter

Bobby Carpenter (American football)

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, Drew Carter

Drew Carter

Christopher Drew Carter is an American football wide receiver free agent of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...

, Nate Clements

Nate Clements

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, Na'il Diggs

Na'il Diggs

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, Mike Doss

Mike Doss

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, Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser (American football)

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, Joey Galloway

Joey Galloway

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, Chris Gamble

Chris Gamble

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,Ted Ginn, Jr.

Ted Ginn, Jr.

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, Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez

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,Roy Hall

Roy Hall

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, Ben Hartsock

Ben Hartsock

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, A. J. Hawk

A. J. Hawk

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, Santonio Holmes

Santonio Holmes

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, Kevin Houser

Kevin Houser

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, Josh Huston

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, Michael Jenkins, Nick Mangold

Nick Mangold

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, Donnie Nickey

Donnie Nickey

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, Mike Nugent

Mike Nugent

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, Orlando Pace

Orlando Pace

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, Kenny Peterson

Kenny Peterson

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, Ryan Pickett

Ryan Pickett

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, Antonio Pittman

Antonio Pittman

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, Nate Salley

Nate Salley

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, Rob Sims

Rob Sims

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, Will Smith, Troy Smith

Troy Smith

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, Shawn Springs

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, Alex Stepanovich

Alex Stepanovich

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, Mike Vrabel

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, Donte Whitner

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, Matt Wilhelm

Matt Wilhelm

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, Antoine Winfield

Antoine Winfield

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, Ashton Youboty

Ashton Youboty

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, Jay Richardson

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, Dustin Fox

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, Vernon Gholston

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, and Kirk Barton

Kirk Barton

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.

Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza

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, Dante Lavelli

Dante Lavelli

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, Jim Parker

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James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...

, Bill Willis

Bill Willis

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, Cris Carter

Cris Carter

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, Paul Warfield

Paul Warfield

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, Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall (American football)

James "Jim" Lawrence Marshall played college football at Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Marshall played...

, Jim Houston

Jim Houston

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, Jack Tatum

Jack Tatum

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, Randy Gradishar

Randy Gradishar

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, Dick Schafrath

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, Jim Lachey

Jim Lachey

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, Tom Tupa

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, Chris Spielman

Chris Spielman

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, Robert Smith, Korey Stringer

Korey Stringer

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, Raymont Harris

Raymont Harris

Raymont LaShawn Harris is a former college and professional American football running back. He played 6 seasons in the NFL from 1994 to 2000 for the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers, the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots.-College career:He starred at the Ohio State University, where...

, and Eddie George

Eddie George

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. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

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.

In the 2004 NFL Draft

2004 NFL Draft

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, 14 Buckeyes were drafted, a record number for any school in a single draft.

Players selected in NFL Drafts

With two first-round selections in 2007, the Buckeyes have the second most first-round selections all-time in the history of the NFL Draft

NFL Draft

The NFL Draft is an annual two-day event in which the 32 NFL teams select new players from the NCAA college system. It is the NFL's most common source of player recruitment.-Venue:...

, one less than USC (67). The Buckeyes had another first round selection in 2008, and two more in 2009.

2007 NFL Draft selections

Round	Pick #	Team	Player
1	9	Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern...	Ted Ginn, Jr. Ted Ginn, Jr. Theodore "Ted" Ginn, Jr. is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins ninth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft...	Wide receiver
1	32	Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....	Anthony Gonzalez Anthony Gonzalez Anthony E. Gonzalez is a Cuban-American football wide receiver who currently plays for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts.-Early years:...	Wide receiver
3	18	Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....	Quinn Pitcock Quinn Pitcock Quinn Michael Pitcock is a former American football defensive tackle of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....	Defensive end
4	107	New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....	Antonio Pittman Antonio Pittman Antonio Pittman is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....	Running Back
5	138	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team in the NFL based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	Jay Richardson Jay Richardson Jay Richardson is an American football Defensive end for the NFL's Oakland Raiders, where he was drafted in the 5th round in the 2007 NFL Draft...	Defensive tackle
5	169	Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....	Roy Hall Roy Hall Roy Hall is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. He was drafted by the Colts in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-Early years:...	Wide receiver
5	174	Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the AFC North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	Troy Smith Troy Smith Troy Smith is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League...	Quarterback
6	198	Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team...	Doug Datish Doug Datish Doug Datish is an American football center for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft...	Center

2008 NFL Draft selections

Round	Pick #	Team	Player
1	6	New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the Northeastern New Jersey part of the tri-state New York metropolitan area. They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays its home games in East...	Vernon Gholston Vernon Gholston Vernon Gholston is an American football linebacker for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted sixth overall by the Jets in the 2008 NFL Draft.-Early years:...	Defensive Line
7	214	San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team. The team plays its home games in San Francisco, California, while the club's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara...	Larry Grant Larry Grant (American football) Larry Grant is an American football linebacker for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the 49ers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.- Early years :...	Linebacker
7	247	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	Kirk Barton Kirk Barton Kirk Barton is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....	Offensive Tackle

2009 NFL Draft selections

Round	Pick #	Team	Player
1	14	New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....	Malcolm Jenkins Malcolm Jenkins Malcolm Jenkins is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints 14th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft...	Cornerback
1	31	Arizona Cardinals Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American Football team based in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional...	Chris Wells Chris Wells (American football) Chris "Beanie" Wells is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was selected in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Ohio State....	Running back
2	35	St. Louis Rams St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team has won three NFL Championships, including one Super Bowl.The Rams began...	James Laurinaitis James Laurinaitis James Laurinaitis is an Greek-American American Football Linebacker for the St. Louis Rams. Laurinaitis was a three-year starting middle linebacker at Ohio State...	Linebacker
2	36	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are an American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They play in the AFC North division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . The original Cleveland Browns began play in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...	Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie Brian Robiskie is an American wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and the son of former Browns wide receivers coach and interim head coach Terry Robiskie, currently the wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons.Robiskie attended high school at Chagrin Falls...	Wide receiver
4	102	Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...	Donald Washington Donald Washington Donald David Washington is an American football cornerback for the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Chiefs...	Defensive Back
4	108	Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern...	Brian Hartline Brian Hartline Brian Hartline is an American Football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He is the brother of Mike Hartline, the starting quarterback for the Kentucky Wildcats....	Wide receiver
5	154	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	Marcus Freeman Marcus Freeman (linebacker) Marcus Freeman is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....	Linebacker

2009 depth chart

Offensive

• QB - Terrelle Pryor
  Terrelle Pryor
  Terrelle Pryor is the current starting quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Considered the most recruited high school football-basketball athlete in southwestern Pennsylvania since Tom Clements, Pryor was widely regarded as the nation's top football prospect of 2008, and was named “Junior of...
  
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• TB - Dan Herron, So.
• WR - Duron Carter, Fr.
• WR - Dane Sanzenbacher, Jr.
• WR - DeVier Posey, So.
• TE - Jake Ballard, Sr.
• LT - Mike Adams, So.
• LG - Justin Boren, Jr.
• C - Michael Brewster, So.
• RG - Bryant Browning, Jr.
• RT - Jim Cordle, Sr.

Defense

• DE - Thad Gibson, Jr.
• DE - Doug Worthington, Sr.
• DT - Dexter Larimore, Jr.
• DT - Cameron Heyward, Jr.
• LB - Ross Homan, Jr.
• LB - Brian Rolle, Jr.
• LB - Austin Spitler, Sr.
• CB - Chimdi Chekwa, Jr.
• CB - Andre Amos, Sr.
• S - Kurt Coleman, Sr.
• S - Jermale Hines, Sr.

Special Teams

• LS - Jake McQuaide, Sr.

OSU Depth Chart

External links

• Ohio State Football - Official site
• Ohio State Football Traditions