Nearly every starter on Ohio State’s offense this season earned All-Big Ten honors.
A total of 10 players from Ohio State’s offense earned All-Big Ten honors this year, led by quarterback C.J. Stroud, wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. and left guard Donovan Jackson, who were all first-team selections. Harrison, Johnson and Stroud were all selected as first-teamers by both the conference’s coaches and the Big Ten’s panel of media voters while Jackson earned first-team honors from the media and a second-team selection from the coaches.
Wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, right guard Matt Jones and right tackle Dawand Jones all earned second-team honors, with Egbuka and Matt Jones making both the coaches’ and media's second teams while Jones made the media’s second team and the coaches’ third team.
Running back Miyan Williams earned third-team All-Big Ten recognition from both the coaches and media, while tight end Cade Stover and center Luke Wypler were third-team media selections and received honorable mention votes from the coaches.
TreVeyon Henderson, who started eight of Ohio State’s 12 regular-season games at running back, earned honorable mention votes from the media.
Stroud, who was also named the Big Ten’s offensive player of the year and quarterback of the year for the second season in a row, repeats as the first-team All-Big Ten quarterback after completing 66.2% of his passing attempts for 3,340 yards and 37 touchdowns with only six interceptions and a nation-best 176.2 passer rating during the regular season.
Harrison, who became Ohio State’s first-ever Big Ten receiver of the year, earns first-team All-Big Ten recognition after catching 72 passes for 1,157 yards and 12 touchdowns – all numbers that rank in the top two in the conference along with fellow first-team selection Charlie Jones of Purdue.
All five of Ohio State’s starting offensive linemen earn All-Big Ten honors of some degree after leading the way for the Buckeyes to allow only eight sacks during the regular season, tied for the fifth-fewest in the FBS, and run for 5.49 yards per carry (12th in the FBS).
Egbuka makes the second team at wide receiver after joining Harrison in the 1,000-yard club with 66 catches for 1,039 yards and nine touchdowns, all numbers that rank in the top five within the Big Ten.
Williams’ third-team selection comes after he ran for 817 yards and 13 touchdowns on just 125 carries, good for the second-best yards per carry in the Big Ten, during the regular season. Stover’s third-team selection comes after he caught 35 passes for 399 yards and five touchdowns, all numbers that rank as the best or tied for the best among Ohio State tight ends since 2014.
In total, 16 different Ohio State players earned first-, second- or third-team All-Big Ten honors as Tommy Eichenberg, Zach Harrison and JT Tuimoloau made the first team on defense, Mike Hall Jr. and Ronnie Hickman made the third team on defense and Noah Ruggles made the third team on special teams.
Wide receiver Kamryn Babb was also selected by the Big Ten as Ohio State’s sportsmanship award honoree.
