Since July 1, notifications that some Ohio State football player has been named to the watch list for a postseason award have been landing in my email inbox almost daily.
Sometimes it has been several times a day.
What this means is (a.) Ohio State is very good; (b.) as national champion, the Buckeyes are getting a lot of attention and maybe the benefit of the doubt; (c.) there are a whole lot of postseason awards and a really long list of players nominated for those awards.
OSU players appear 17 times on 14 award watch lists, including some who are on more than one list.
Junior defensive end Joey Bosa leads the way with four nominations. He’s up for the Walter Camp Award for college football’s best player, for the Lombardi Award for the best lineman, for the Nagurski Award and for the Bednarik Award, both given to the best defensive player in college.
Linebacker Joshua Perry, running back Ezekiel Elliott, defensive lineman Adolphus Washington and quarterback Cardale Jones are all on three watch lists. Quarterback Braxton Miller and offensive linemen Taylor Decker and Pat Elflein are on two and six other Buckeyes are mentioned on one list.
Continue Reading: OSU scores well on award watches, proof comes later
