Ohio State freshman quarterback Tavien St. Clair will have some hardware to place in his dorm room.
On Wednesday, the National High School Football Hall of Fame Board of Governors named St. Clair its Marcus Dupree National Player of the Year. The honor comes after the 6-foot-4, 225-pound quarterback threw for 2,536 yards and accounted for 38 total touchdowns as a senior at Bellefontaine (Ohio) High School this past fall.
St. Clair named National Player of the Year
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The National High School Football Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Governors has named Tavien St. Clair the 2025 Marcus Dupree National High School Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year.
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"Tavien St. Clair has proven himself to be one of the most dynamic quarterbacks to ever grace the high school football stage," said LaMont Robinson, a former professional basketball player and the Hall of Fame's current chairman. "His remarkable talent and leadership qualities embody the essence of what this award stands for."
St. Clair will receive his national player of the year award from Marcus Dupree at the 2025 National High School Football Hall of Fame's third annual induction ceremony, which will occur on June 14 in Canton. According to the Hall of Fame, the event will "celebrate the best of high school football, including players, coaches and other figures who made a lasting impact on the sport."
This spring, summer and fall, St. Clair will compete with Julian Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz to become Ohio State's starting quarterback in 2025.
“These guys are going to compete their tails off,” Ryan Day said on 97.1 The Fan last week. “We have some good quarterbacks in the system, and I shared with all of them that – and this was the week leading up to the national championship game – that they had an opportunity to watch (Will Howard face Notre Dame). That’s exactly what we’re looking for in a leader here at quarterback.
“I told them, ‘When you guys come back in about two weeks, you gotta look different, you gotta walk different, you gotta act different because now you’re fighting to become the starting quarterback at Ohio State.’ We have some really talented guys in that room, and I’m looking forward to seeing what the competition brings.”
