Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett was named Thursday as the Big Ten’s Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year, making him the first quarterback ever to win the award three times. Barrett wins the award after a regular season in which he led the Buckeyes to a 10-2 record, a Big Ten East title and a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game while completing throwing for 2,728 yards and 33 touchdowns and running for 672 yards and an additional nine touchdowns. Ohio State’s fifth-year senior quarterback from Wichita Falls, Texas, previously won the award as a redshirt freshman in 2014 and again in 2016. Since the Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year award started in 2011, Ohio State has won the award five of seven times, with Braxton Miller winning the award in back-to-back years in 2012 and 2013. Barrett led all Big Ten quarterbacks during the regular season in completion percentage (66.2), passer…
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