There are 26 days that separate us from Ohio State's march to Blacksburg. To help pass the time until the Buckeyes put the Sandman to bed I will countdown Ohio State's top 100 players according to the rubric* listed at the bottom of this article.

Ahmed Plummer was the definition of a scholar and an athlete.

NO. 24 OHIO STATE AHMED PLUMMER, CB (1995-1999)
Born: 1976 (Wyoming, Ohio)

OHIO STATE CAREER

• The Buckeyes were 49-13 with Plummer on the team.
• 1996 Big Ten Title.
• 1998 Big Ten Title.
• 1996 Defeated No. 5 Notre Dame 29-16 at South Bend.
• 1997 Defeated Arizona State 20-17 to win the Rose Bowl.
• 1999 Defeated Texas A&M 24-14 to win the Sugar Bowl.

HONORS

• 1999 Team MVP.
• 1999 Captain.
• 1999 Bill Willis Award for Defensive Player of the Year.
• 1999 Bo Rein Most Inspirational Player Award.
• 1999 John Galbreath Award for outstanding scholar-athlete.
• 1999 Arnie Chonko Award for outstanding defensive back.
• 1999 All-Big Ten.
• 1999 Academic All-American.
• 1999 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholarship Winner.
• 1999 Academic All-Big Ten.
• 1998 Academic All-Big Ten.
• 1997 Academic All-Big Ten.
• 1996 Academic All-Big Ten.

NFL DRAFT
Round 1 to the San Francisco 49ers with the 24th pick of the 2000 draft.
 

Ahmed Plummer's night of awards and his senior season per ohiostatebuckeyes.com:

On a night at the Columbus Convention Center when the Ohio State Buckeyes were cheered by over 1,200 fans, senior cornerback Ahmed Plummer was named the 1999 Most Valuable Player and the Bo Rein Most Inspirational Player Award by a vote of his fellow teammates. Later in the evening, Plummer also was presented with the John Galbreath Award as the team's outstanding scholar-athlete, the Arnie Chonko Award as the team's outstanding defensive back and the Bill Willis Award as the Defensive Player of the Year.

Ohio State senior co-captain Ahmed Plummer is as good an example of the term great student-athlete as one will ever find. The 1999 Preseason All-American capped a senior season by being named first-team All-Big Ten Conference and then playing in the East-West Shrine Bowl all-star game. He was named a third-team All-American by the Football News and he was a semifinalist for the prestigious Thorpe Award.

Plummer finished the year leading all Buckeyes with five interceptions and nine pass break-ups, and he totaled 55 tackles. He also is the 24th Buckeye ever to earn Academic All-America honors. In October, Plummer became OSU's 18th recipient of the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame Postgraduate Scholarship.

For more information on other players who wore No. 19 go here.

Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide, ohiostatebuckeyes.com and Wikipedia

ALL PLAYERS COVERED TO DATE