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Big Ten football Buckeyes Wire midseason conference awards

We’re handing out Big Ten football conference midseason awards and comparing things to what we believed would happen at the start of the season. #B1G

We’re moving along in the homestretch of the college football season, but the conference slate is just barely halfway over after last weekend’s games. Since we’ve gotten to the midway point, it feels like a great time to check in on where all of the Big Ten conference awards stand, and who we believe should take home all the virtual midseason hardware.

We did the same thing before the 2022 season began, so we’ll take this opportunity to look back and see how good we were at peering into the crystal ball compared to where things are now. Ohio State and Michigan have been good as expected, but there are always surprises, and it has been no different during this crazy and wacky Big Ten football season.

Here’s who we have highlighted as our Buckeyes Wire midseason Big Ten football award winners and what we thought would happen at the onset of another glorious college football slate.

Ohio State defensive end Chase Young wins Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award

Ohio State defensive end Chase Young has won the Chicago Tribune’s Silver Football Award that recognizes the best player in the Big Ten.

Ohio State defensive end Chase Young has been awarded the Chicago Tribune’s prestigious Silver Football Award that goes to the best football player in the Big Ten annually. It has been handed out annually since 1924 and is a result of a vote by all of the Big Ten head coaches.

Young is still up for a slew of national awards after already taking home the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman of the Year earlier this week. With 16.5 sacks on the season, and highlight after highlight of dominating moments so far in 2019, Young is still a finalist for the Walter Camp, Bronko Nagurski, Bednarik, Maxwell, and Ted Hendricks Awards.

By winning the 2019 Silver Football Award, Young adds to a run of six of the last eight awards going to Ohio State.

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Here’s a complete listing of all the Buckeye players that have taken home the Silver Football:

Ohio State Silver Football Award Winners

  • 2019 – DE Chase Young
  • 2018 – QB Dwayne Haskins
  • 2016 – QB J.T. Barrett
  • 2015 – RB Ezekiel Elliott
  • 2013 – QB Braxton Miller
  • 2012 – QB Braxton Miller
  • 2006 – QB Troy Smith
  • 1998 – QB Joe Germaine
  • 1996 – OT Orlando Pace
  • 1995 – RB Eddie George
  • 1984 – RB Keith Byars
  • 1981 – QB Art Schlichter
  • 1975 – QB Cornelius Greene
  • 1974 – RB Archie Griffin
  • 1973 – RB Archie Griffin
  • 1955 – HB Howard Cassady
  • 1950 – HB Vic Janowicz
  • 1945 – FB Ollie Cline
  • 1944 – HB Les Horvath
  • 1941 – FB Jack Graf
  • 1930 – E Wes Fesler

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Ohio State defensive end Chase Young takes home two Big Ten awards

Ohio State defensive end Chase Young took home two major Big Ten defensive player awards on Tuesday.

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone reading this, but Ohio State defensive end Chase Young was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodwon Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year for 2019.

Young finished what can only be considered as one of the most dominant defensive years of any player in the Big Ten ever. He set the all-time single-season sack record at Ohio State with 16.5 sacks. That leads the country, as does his tackles for loss (2.0 per game), and sack yards (117).

All of that by the way came while missing two complete games and sitting out some of the tail-end of other blowout ones.

Young adds to Ohio State’s conference leading total number of Defensive Players of the Year (1), and Defensive Linemen of the Year (12) awards.

Well-deserved by Young. He’ll next be in action this Saturday in the Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin.