We might as well keep it in the Buckeye family.
After Chase Young took home the Bednarik Award last season, there’s now another Ohio State player that’s been named to the preseason watch list for 2020. Rising fourth-year junior cornerback Shaun Wade is one of several names that were announced on Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.
Wade flirted with leaving early for the NFL draft but decided to come back to Ohio State for one more year. He is expected to be a leader on the defense and the clear No. 1 lockdown corner in the secondary.
The Bednarik Award has been handed out annually to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995 and is named in honor of Chuck Bednarik, a former standout at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced November 3, 2020, while the three finalists for the Bednarik Award will be unveiled November 23, 2020. The winner of the 2020 Bednarik Awards will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 10, 2020. At least that’s the plan.
Young’s recognition as the winner of the award last year is the only time an Ohio State player has taken home the honor.
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