Two more major awards for Bosa and Barrett – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 2, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State Buckeyes earned two more prestigious awards from the Big Ten Conference as sophomore defensive end Joey Bosa was named the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year and freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett was named the Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year. The Big Ten announced its major award winners this evening.
It is the second major award for each player from the Big Ten this season as Barrett was yesterday named the league’s Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year with Bosa picking up Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year accolades.
A total of 13 Big Ten Conference major individual awards have been awarded to Ohio State Buckeyes in the last three seasons.
Ohio State’s Big Ten Award Winners – 2012-14
QB J.T. Barrett
- 2014 Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year
- 2014 Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year
DE Joey Bosa
- 2014 Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year
- 2014 Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year
RB Carlos Hyde
- 2013 Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year
QB Braxton Miller
- 2013 Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 2013 Graham George Offensive Player of the Year
- 2013 Griese Brees Quarterback of the Year
- 2012 Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 2012 Graham George Offensive Player of the Year
- 2012 Griese Brees Quarterback of the Year
DL John Simon
- 2012 Defensive Player of the Year
- 2013 Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year
Barrett, became a Heisman Trophy candidate this year after throwing for 2,834 yards with a school-record 34 touchdowns. He had 938 rushing yards and 11 more touchdowns for a school-record total of 3,772 total offensive yards and a Big Ten-record 45 touchdowns responsible for.
Bosa, a finalist for the Lombardi Award and the Bednarik Award, leads the Big Ten in both quarterback sacks (13.5) and tackles-for-loss (20.0 for -114 yards) and is ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the nation in those categories. Bosa has also forced a Big Ten-best four fumbles which have directly led to 30 Ohio State points.
