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Ohio State defensive end Chase Young continues to rack up postseason awards, as he was named the 2019 recipient of the Ted Hendricks Award, which goes to the nation’s top player at his position.

Another one…🏅@OhioStateFB's Chase Young is the 2019 Ted Hendricks Award recipient. He is Ohio State's first-ever recipient of that award and just the 4⃣th from the B1G.#GoBucks https://t.co/Fdd9BZOPQC

— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) December 11, 2019

Young, who becomes the first player in program history to win the award, received more Read More

Former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell transferred to Miami (FL) with high expectations once Justin Fields joined the Buckeyes.

As a former five-star recruit, Martell was expected to beat out redshirt freshman Jarren Williams and redshirt sophomore N’Kosi Perry for the starting quarterback spot, but things didn’t go as planned. Read More

Ohio State’s entire offensive line on Tuesday afternoon was named a finalist for the Joe Moore Award alongside Alabama, LSU and Oregon.

The Joe Moore Award for the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit in College Football today revealed the selection of four finalists for this year’s national honor (alphabetical order) #13 @AlabamaFTBL, #1 @LSUfootball, #2 @OhioStateFB, #6 @oregonfootballhttps://t.co/XeoSkOYK6h

— The Joe Moore Award (@JoeMooreAward) December 10, 2019

The award, which honors college football’s best offensive line, is named after the long-time Notre Dame and Pittsburgh offensive line coach Joe Moore. It is the only Read More

With the final edition of the Amway Coaches Poll being released this past Sunday, Ohio State finished No. 2 behind LSU and receiving 14 of the 65 first place votes.

USA Today published each of the coaches individual ballots at the link here, and these are some of the Read More

In addition to being named a finalist for the 2019 Heisman Trophy on Monday night, Ohio State defensive end Chase Young won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is given annually to the nation’s top defensive player as voted on by the Football Writers Association of America.

.@NagurskiTrophy goes to….. pic.twitter.com/kyzKscX4Ez

— Football Writers Association of America (@TheFWAA) December 10, 2019

The 6-6, 285-pound Read More

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young on Monday evening were named finalists for the Heisman Trophy alongside LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts.

Congratulations to the 2019 Heisman Finalists! pic.twitter.com/X59a6OpbyF

— The Heisman Trophy (@HeismanTrophy) December 9, 2019

Fields, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, completed 208 of 308 passes for 2,953 yards and 40 Read More

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was one of six coaches named by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday afternoon as a finalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, joining Baylor’s Matt Rhule, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, LSU’s Ed Orgeron, Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck and Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley. Read More

Ohio State faced its toughest trial of the season, trailing Wisconsin 21-7 at halftime of the Big Ten Championship Game.

The unbeaten Buckeyes responded with 27 unanswered points to win the conference title, and redshirt sophomore center Josh Myers said the team’s confidence didn’t waver.

“We hadn’t really faced a Read More

There had yet to be a moment this season where Ohio State looked overpowered, or even equally matched with any team it was playing. The Buckeyes had started slow in the past and struggled at times with mistakes, as it did against Wisconsin on Oct. 26 and then again in Read More

Ohio State’s 34-21 victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game may have been enough to secure a playoff spot for the Buckeyes, but it wasn’t enough to launch them to No. 1 in either of the major polls. For the fifth straight week Ohio State sits at No. Read More