Justin Fields is the Big Ten's best offensive player of the second year in a row.
Just as he was after the 2019 regular season, Fields was named Tuesday as both the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and Quarterback of the Year for the 2020 season, repeating as the recipient of a pair of awards that everyone expected him to win since before the season even started.
What's poppin', @OhioStateFB?
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 15, 2020
Congrats to @justnfields on winning:
Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year
Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year #B1GAwards pic.twitter.com/uQuTavw14S
Even though Ohio State played just five regular-season games, Fields was the clear-cut choice for the awards after leading all Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks in completion percentage (78.1) and all Big Ten quarterbacks in passing yards per game (281.4), total yards per game (329.2), passer rating (196.1), passing yards per attempt (10.3), passing touchdowns (15) and total touchdowns (20).
Fields becomes just the fourth-ever two-time winner of the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award, joining former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees (1998, 2000), fellow Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (2012, 2013) and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley (2015, 2016).
Ohio State quarterbacks have now won the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award for three straight years, as Dwayne Haskins won the award in 2018. A Buckeye has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year after six of the last nine seasons, as Ezekiel Elliott also won the award in 2015.
An Ohio State quarterback has now won the Big Ten Quarterback of the Year award in five straight seasons and eight of the last nine, starting with Miller in 2012 and 2013 and J.T. Barrett in 2014, 2015 and 2017 before Haskins in 2018 and now, Fields in 2019 and 2020.
