Mr. Football Award (Ohio) Annual high school football award
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]
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 .
Mitch Trubisky was 2012's Mr. Football from Mentor .
Joe Burrow was 2014's Mr. Football from Athens .
Year
Player
Position
High School
College
NFL Draft
Ref.
1987
Buster Howe
RB-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
1991
Derek Kidwell
QB-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
2000
Jeff Backes
RB-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
2003
Ray Williams
RB
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
2008
Erick Howard
RB
Hoover
None
[ 3]
2009
2010
Akise Teague
RB-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]
2013
Dante 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]
2015
Keishaun Sims
RB-DB
Perry
Ashland
[ 9]
2016
Michael Warren II
RB
Toledo Central Catholic
Cincinnati
[ 10]
2017
Joey Baughman
QB
Wadsworth
Elon
[ 11]
2018
Cade Stover
SS-RB
Lexington
Ohio State
2024 NFL draft : 4th round, 123rd overall by the Houston Texans
[ 12]
2019
Evan Prater
QB
Wyoming
Cincinnati
[ 13]
2020
Corey Kiner
RB
Roger Bacon
LSU Cincinnati
[ 14]
2021
Drew Allar
QB
Medina
Penn State
[ 15]
2022
Lamar Sperling
RB
Hoban
Buffalo
[ 16]
2023
Jordan Marshall
RB
Moeller
Michigan
[ 17]
2024
Matt Ponatoski
QB
Moeller
Uncommitted
[ 18]
Schools with multiple winners
Colleges with multiple winners
College
Number of Awards
Years
Ohio State
12
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018
Cincinnati
5
2002, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020
Penn State
2
1993, 2021
LSU
2
2014, 2020
Bowling Green
2
1991, 2007
Michigan
2
1994, 2023
Northwestern
2
2000, 2004
Notre Dame
2
1992, 1997
References
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^ "North Canton Hoover's Erick Howard repeats as Mr. Football winner" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 2 Dec 2009. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Mr. Football award goes to Youngstown Ursuline's Akise Teague" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 1 Dec 2010. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "FOOTBALL: Mauk named Mr. Football" . wapakdailynews.com . Wapakoneta Daily News. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Mentor's Mitch Trubisky wins Ohio Mr. Football award for 2012 before heading to North Carolina" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 28 Nov 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Dante Booker Jr. of St. Vincent-St. Mary wins Mr. Football award for Ohio 2013" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 4 Dec 2013. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ Birmingham, Jeremy (3 Dec 2014). "Joe Burrow Wins Mr. Football in Ohio" . elevenwarriors.com . Eleven Warriors. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Keishaun Sims of Massillon Perry wins Ohio Mr. Football 2015" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 2 Dec 2015. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Michael Warren of Toledo Central Catholic wins Ohio Mr. Football 2016" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 1 Dec 2016. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ "Wadsworth QB Joey Baughman is the 2017 Ohio Mr. Football" . cleveland.com . The Plain Dealer . 29 Nov 2017. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ Furr, Jake (28 Nov 2018). "Lexington's Cade Stover named Ohio's Mr. Football" . mansfieldnewsjournal.com . Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ Springer, Scott (4 Dec 2019). "Evan Prater, UC commit and Wyoming QB, becomes Cincinnati's 1st Mr. Football since 1992" . cincinnati.com . Cincinnati Enquirer . Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ Springer, Scott (4 Dec 2019). "Corey Kiner, LSU commit and Roger Bacon RB, becomes Cincinnati's 2nd consecutive Mr. Football" . cincinnati.com . Cincinnati Enquirer . Retrieved 26 Apr 2020 .
^ Noland, Rick (9 Dec 2021). "Medina's Drew Allar is team player —- but stands out as Mr. Football" . medina-gazette.com . Medina Gazette. Retrieved 9 Dec 2021 .
^ "Hoban's Lamar Sperling is Ohio Mr. Football" . OHSAA . Retrieved 2022-12-04 .
^ "Moeller's Jordan Marshall is Ohio Mr. Football" .
^ "Archbishop Moeller's Matt Ponatoski named Ohio's 38th Mr. Football" .