Tim May The Columbus Dispatch @TIM_MAYsports On the eve of playing in the East-West Shrine game Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida, outgoing Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett was named the winner of the game’s Pat Tillman award. Join the conversation at Facebook.com/BuckeyeXtra and connect with us on Twitter @BuckeyeXtra It goes annually to the player who best exemplifies intelligence, sportsmanship and service, and it takes into account his achievements and conduct on and off the field, celebrating the qualities brought by Tillman, a former Arizona State and NFL player who was killed in 2004 while serving his country in Afghanistan. “It is an honor to receive this award that holds Pat Tillman’s name,” Barrett said in a news release announcing the honor. “The people that he impacted during his career and the sacrifice he made says a lot about the kind of man he was.” Barrett set multiple Big Ten and…
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