The Big Ten announced Academic All-Big Ten honors on Friday, and 39 members of the Ohio State football team were Honored for their performance in the classroom.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten honors, student-athletes must be on a varsity team, have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 months and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Kicker Noah Ruggles was one of 56 student-athletes in the conference with a 4.0 GPA, and it was the fifth time being honored for tight end Mitch Rossi and long snapper Bradley Robinson.
Here are the full list of honorees, including their position, class year and major:
- LS Mason Arnold, Sophomore – Finance (1st award)
- WR Kamryn Babb, Graduate – Kinesiology (4th)
- WR Jayden Ballard, Sophomore – Sport coaching, recreation and physical education (1st)
- DL Quinton Burke, Junior – Zoology (1st)
- LB Reid Carrico, Sophomore – Construction systems management (1st)
- WR Emeka Egbuka, Sophomore – Marketing (1st)
- OL Jack Forsman, Junior – Accounting (2nd)
- TE Patrick Gurd, Junior – Health sciences (2nd)
- DT Ty Hamilton, Junior – Consumer and family financial services (2nd)
- CB Jordan Hancock, Sophomore – Human development and family science (1st)
- WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Sophomore – Finance (1st)
- TE Sam Hart, Sophomore – Marketing (1st)
- RB TreVeyon Henderson, Sophomore – Sport industry (1st)
- OL Donovan Jackson, Sophomore – Sport industry (1st)
- OT Paris Johnson, Jr., Junior – Journalism (2nd)
- DB Camron Kittle, Junior – Construction systems management (2nd)
- OL Trey Leroux, Junior – Finance (2nd)
- LS Max Lomonico, Sophomore – Human development and family science (1st)
- QB Kyle McCord, Sophomore – Communication (1st)
- DL Jaden McKenzie, Senior – Human development and family science (2nd)
- OL Zen Michalski, Sophomore – Sport industry (1st)
- P Jesse Mirco, Sophomore – Sport industry (1st)
- LB Teradja Mitchell, 5th Year – Sport Industry (4th)
- WR Joop Mitchell, Sophomore – Finance (1st)
- DB Andrew Moore, Junior – Consumer and family financial services (2nd)
- LB Elias Myers, Junior – Sport industry (1st)
- DL Bryce Prater, Sophomore – Construction systems management (1st)
- DL Zach Prater, Sophomore – Construction systems management (1st)
- QB Chad Ray, Junior – Health sciences (1st)
- LS Bradley Robinson, Graduate – Kinesiology (5th)
- TE Mitch Rossi, Graduate – Human resources management (5th)
- K Noah Ruggles, Graduate – Sports coaching (1st)
- K/CB Jake Seibert, Junior – Finance (2nd)
- LB Cody Simon, Junior – Finance (2nd)
- OL Ryan Smith, Senior – Sport industry (3rd)
- SAF Kourt Williams, Junior – Communication (2nd)
- RB Miyan Williams, Junior – Human development and family science (2nd)
- OL Toby Wilson, Sophomore – Sport industry (1st)
- OC Luke Wypler, Junior – Sport industry (2nd)
In total, 124 student-athletes from Ohio State were given Academic All-Big Ten honors among 1,619 conference-wide. It’s the second-most for Ohio State all-time behind 140 selections last season.
Along with Ruggles, sophomore cross country runner Lindsay Still also finished with a 4.0 GPA.
