There are 23 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.
NO. 23 JIM STILLWAGON, DT (1968-70)
Born: 1949 (Mount Vernon, Ohio)
OHIO STATE CAREER
- The Buckeyes were 27-2 with Stillwagon on the team.
- 1968 won the National Championship.
- 1970 won the National Championship.
- Won 3 Big Ten Titles.
- Defeated USC 27-16 in the 1969 Rose Bowl.
- Went 2-1 against That Team.
HONORS
- 1970 Lombardi Award Winner.
- 1970 Outland Trophy Winner.
- 1970 Captain.
- 1970 All-American.
- 1970 All-Big Ten.
- 1969 All-American.
- 1969 All-Big Ten.
- 1979 Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.
- 1991 Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
- 2000 Named to the Ohio State All-Century Team.
NFL DRAFT
Round 5 to the Green Bay Packers with the 124th pick of the 1971 draft.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Was drafted by the Packers, but decided to play in the CFL for the Toronto Argonauts. In 2009 Stillwagon was named an All-Time Argonaut.
- Stillwagon's road rage case.
- Stillwagon sued the city of Delaware.
Jim Stillwagon's Ohio State career per The Ohio State Team Guide:
Jim Stillwagon made college football history in 1970 by becoming the first player to win the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in the same year.
Stillwagon, a three-year starter at middle guard for the Buckeyes between 1968 and 1970, was a unanimous All-American as a junior and senior.
During “Wagon’s” three seasons at Ohio State, the Buckeyes compiled a 27-2 record, won three Big Ten championships, played in two Rose Bowls and won a pair of national championships.
With Stillwagon clogging the middle, the Ohio State defense simply shut down opposing offenses. In 1969, the Buckeyes gave up just 93 total points. In 1970, only two opponents scored more than 13 points; five were held to under 10 points.
Tough, strong, aggressive, intelligent, relentless: all are adjectives that were used to describe Stillwagon. He was quite simply the best defensive lineman in college football in 1970. No one was surprised when he walked off with the Outland and Lombardi awards. The surprise would have come if someone else had been chosen.
After graduation, Stillwagon was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. He chose instead to play in the Canadian Football League and was one of the premier defensive linemen in that league before retiring.
Stillwagon, a member of the College Football (1991) and Ohio State Athletics (1979) halls of fame, is president of Stillwagon Enterprises in Columbus.
CATEGORY | POINTS |
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HEISMAN | |
NO. RETIRED / HONORED | |
BIG TEN MVP | |
TEAM MVP | 5 |
ALL-AMERICAN | 8 |
CAPTAIN | 4 |
1ST ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK | |
ALL-BIG TEN | 6 |
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN | |
NFL DRAFT PICK | 2 |
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN | |
LETTER | 0.75 |
TOTAL | 25.75 |
For more information on other players who wore No. 68 go here.
Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide and Wikipedia
CATEGORY | POINTS |
---|---|
HEISMAN | 8 |
NO. RETIRED / HONORED | 8 |
BIG TEN MVP | 6 |
TEAM MVP | 5 |
ALL-AMERICAN | 4 |
CAPTAIN | 4 |
NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK | 4 |
ALL-BIG TEN | 3 |
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN | 3 |
NFL DRAFT PICK | 2 |
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN | 1 |
LETTER | 0.25 PER YEAR |