Buckeye leaves aren’t the only awards an Ohio State football player can receive.
Six Ohio State football players earned preseason All-American honors for the upcoming fall season, and four were placed on preseason player of the year lists.
Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Haskell Garrett and Zach Harrison are on the Maxwell Football Club watch list for the Maxwell Award and Bednarik Award, which honors the most outstanding offensive and defensive players in the nation. The four players, along with Thayer Munford and Sevyn Banks, were named preseason All-Americans by one or more national media outlets.
Buckeye Sports Bulletin collected all of the preseason honors for each of the six players:
WR Chris Olave
Maxwell Award watch list
First-Team Preseason All-American: Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, Phil Steele, Walter Camp Football Foundation
WR Garrett Wilson
Maxwell Award watch list
First Team Preseason All-American: Athlon Sports
Second-Team Preseason All-American: The Sporting News, Phil Steele
DT Haskell Garrett
Bednarik Award watch list
First-Team Preseason All-American: Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, Phil Steele, Walter Camp Football Foundation
DE Zach Harrison
Bednarik Award watch list
Third-Team Preseason All-American: Athlon Sports
OT Thayer Munford
First-Team Preseason All-American: Athlon Sports, Walter Camp Football Foundation
CB Sevyn Banks
Third-Team Preseason All-American
Ohio State’s training camp begins at the end of July and the team opens its season with a road contest against Minnesota at 8 p.m. on Sep. 2, 2021.
