Mr. Football Award (Ohio)

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The Mr. Football Award has been given out annually since 1987 to the player voted by the Associated Press to be the best high school football player in the state of Ohio. [1]

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Two players have won the award twice, Erick Howard and Robert Smith. Three schools have had two different award winners, Kenton High School, Euclid High School, and Mentor High School, (Euclid High School has three total awards), and Kenton High School has the only brother pair to win, Maty and Ben Mauk.

Award winners by year

Charles Woodson was 1994's Mr. Football from Fremont Ross. Charles Woodson 2014 2.JPG
Charles Woodson was 1994's Mr. Football from Fremont Ross.
Mitch Trubisky was 2012's Mr. Football from Mentor. Mitch Trubisky.jpg
Mitch Trubisky was 2012's Mr. Football from Mentor.
Joe Burrow was 2014's Mr. Football from Athens. Joe Burrow Bengals.jpg
Joe Burrow was 2014's Mr. Football from Athens.
YearPlayerPositionHigh SchoolCollegeNFL DraftRef.
1987Buster HoweRB-DB-K-P Zanesville Ohio State
1988 Robert Smith RB Euclid Ohio State 1993 NFL draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Minnesota Vikings
1989
1990 Bobby Hoying QB St. Henry Ohio State 1996 NFL draft: 3rd round, 85th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
1991Derek KidwellQB-DE Fostoria Bowling Green
1992 Marc Edwards RB-LB Norwood Notre Dame 1997 NFL draft: 2nd round, 55th overall by the San Francisco 49ers
1993 Curtis Enis RB-LB Mississinawa Valley Penn State 1998 NFL draft: 1st round, 5th overall by the Chicago Bears
1994 Charles Woodson DB-RB Fremont Ross Michigan 1998 NFL draft: 1st round, 4th overall by the Oakland Raiders
1995 Andy Katzenmoyer LB Westerville South Ohio State 1999 NFL draft: 1st round, 28th overall by the New England Patriots
1996 Derek Combs RB-DB-KR Grove City Ohio State 2001 NFL draft: 7th round, 228th overall by the Oakland Raiders
1997 Tony Fisher RB Euclid Notre Dame
1998 Ryan Brewer RB Troy South Carolina
1999 Bam Childress DB-WR-KR St. Peter Chanel Ohio State
2000Jeff BackesRB-DB Upper Arlington Northwestern
2001 Maurice Clarett RB Warren G. Harding Ohio State 2005 NFL draft: 3rd round, 101st overall by the Denver Broncos
2002 Ben Mauk QB Kenton Wake Forest
Cincinnati
2003Ray WilliamsRB Cleveland Benedictine Shaw [2]
2004 Tyrell Sutton RB Archbishop Hoban Northwestern
2005 Delone Carter RB Copley Syracuse 2011 NFL draft: 4th round, 119th overall by the Indianapolis Colts
2006 Brandon Saine RB Piqua Ohio State
2007 Bart Tanski QB Mentor Bowling Green
2008Erick HowardRB Hoover None [3]
2009
2010Akise TeagueRB-DB-KR Youngstown Ursuline Cincinnati [4]
2011 Maty Mauk QB Kenton Missouri
Eastern Kentucky
[5]
2012 Mitchell Trubisky QB Mentor North Carolina 2017 NFL draft: 1st round, 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears [6]
2013Dante Booker Jr.LB St. Vincent - St. Mary Ohio State [7]
2014 Joe Burrow QB Athens Ohio State
LSU
2020 NFL draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Cincinnati Bengals [8]
2015Keishaun SimsRB-DB Perry Ashland [9]
2016 Michael Warren II RB Toledo Central Catholic Cincinnati [10]
2017Joey BaughmanQB Wadsworth Elon [11]
2018 Cade Stover SS-RB Lexington Ohio State 2024 NFL draft: 4th round, 123rd overall by the Houston Texans [12]
2019Evan PraterQB Wyoming Cincinnati [13]
2020 Corey Kiner RB Roger Bacon LSU
Cincinnati
[14]
2021 Drew Allar QB Medina Penn State [15]
2022Lamar SperlingRB Hoban Buffalo [16]
2023 Jordan Marshall RB Moeller Michigan [17]
2024Matt PonatoskiQB Moeller

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Schools with multiple winners

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
Euclid 31988, 1989, 1997
Mentor 22007, 2012
Kenton 22002, 2011
Hoover 22008, 2009
Hoban 22004, 2022
Moeller 22023, 2024

Colleges with multiple winners

CollegeNumber of AwardsYears
Ohio State 121987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996,
1999, 2001, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018
Cincinnati 52002, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020
Penn State 21993, 2021
LSU 22014, 2020
Bowling Green 21991, 2007
Michigan 21994, 2023
Northwestern 22000, 2004
Notre Dame 21992, 1997

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