Listen: E.J. Liddell Jim Rome Show Interview 2/11/21
Listen: Liddell On ESPN Radio 1/27/21
Watch: Liddell Speaks Out Against Harassment 3/24/21
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
- Listed as a one of the 20 Breakout Players for the 20-21 Season by Jon Rothstein
- 2021 Naismith Trophy Midseason Team for Men’s Player of the Year
- Pronounced lih-DELL
- First Team All-Big Ten selection by the Big Ten coaches and second team honoree by the league media
- Made the 2021 All-Big Ten Tournament team … averaged 15.3 points and 5.5 rebounds and was 20-24 at the foul line
- Associated Press 2021 First Team All-Big Ten Selection
- Named to Naismith Trophy Midseason Team for Men’s Player of the Year (2/11/21)
- Added to the 2021 Wooden Award Ballot March 6, one of 15 players on the list
- Named to the 2020-21 NABC District 7 First Team as selected by the district coaches … also named by the USBWA to the 2021 All-District V Team
- Returned vs. UCLA (12/19/20) after missing two games
- Terrific sophomore campaign with 16.2 points per game and 6.7 rebounds
- Career-high 26 points in win at No. 15 Illinois (1/16/21)
- Scored 22 behind 10-10 effort at the FT line in 83-79 win vs. PSU Jan. 27, 2021
- Career high 14 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts (3/19/21)
- Led Buckeyes in both free throws attempted (169) and makes (126)
- Among Big Ten Players in 2020-21
- No. 8 in scoring 16.2 ppg.
- No. 9 in rebounding 6.7 rpg.
- No. 8 in FG% (158-333/.474)
- No. 7 in 20-point games (8-T)
AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20)
- Played in all 31 games off the bench, averaging 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while ranking second on the team with 29 blocks
- Totaled four points and five boards vs. UMass Lowell (11/10)
- Went for eight points, five rebounds and four blocks against Stetson (11/18)
- Totaled eight points and five boards against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/22)
- Went for six points and five rebounds vs. Kent State (11/25)
- Scored nine points against Morgan State (11/29)
- Went for 12 points and five rebounds at North Carolina (12/4)
- Scored a career-high 14 points and pulled down five boards at Minnesota (12/15)
- Totaled nine points and five rebounds against Southeast Missouri (12/17)
- Went for nine points and five boards vs. Kentucky (12/21)
- Scored 10 points against Nebraska (1/14)
- Went for eight points and five boards at Wisconsin (2/9)
- Totaled a career-high 17 points to go along with a career-best eight rebounds at Iowa (2/20)
- Went for eight points, five rebounds and a career-high five blocks at Nebraska (2/27)
- Posted first-career double-double, tying career-best 17 points while pulling down career-high 11 boards against Illinois (3/5)
PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
- Named St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro area high school player of the decade
- Averaged 20.2 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.8 blocks as a senior
- Two-time Illinois Mr. Basketball, helping Belleville West to Illinois state championship as a junior and a senior
- Averaged 20.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game as a junior
PERSONAL
- Son of Eric and Michelle Liddell
- Has three siblings, Myah, Myles and Erica