COLUMBUS, Ohio -Six individuals have been selected by vote of their teammates to serve as captains for the 2015 Ohio State football team: senior center Jacoby Boren, senior left tackle Taylor Decker, fifth-year graduate QB/H-Back Braxton Miller, senior linebacker Joshua Perry, fourth-year graduate Tyvis Powell and third-year junior J.T. Barrett. Team members voted for captains last week and head coach Urban Meyer introduced them to the team after practice on Friday. “This was the most players I’ve seen receive votes for captains,” Meyer said. “We had 14 players receive votes, but these six separated themselves. This is one of the great accomplishments these young men will experience, to be elected by their peers. And it is very well deserved.” Perry didn’t seem surprised at the number of players who received captain votes. “We have a lot of special guys in this locker room and a lot of guys who buy into the program,” he said. “We have guys who care so much more about their teammates and this great school and this program than just themselves. And I think it’s huge to have this amount of selfless guys … older guys … leaders and people who we count on viewed that way. It’s huge.” Decker complimented his former offensive line teammates like Reid Fragel, Jack Mewhort, Corey Linsley, Andrew Norwell and Marcus Hall for helping set him up for this honor. “Those were the guys who showed me the way,” Decker said. …
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