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 [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]

Schools with multiple winners

School Number of Awards Years
Euclid 3 1988, 1989, 1997
Mentor 2 2007, 2012
Kenton 2 2002, 2011
Hoover 2 2008, 2009
Hoban 2 2004, 2022

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

  1. ^ "Ohio's Mr. Football winners through the years". cantonrep.com. The Repository. 26 Nov 2008. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  2. ^ Turner, Karl (21 May 2007). "Raymond Williams violates probation; sent to prison". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  3. ^ "North Canton Hoover's Erick Howard repeats as Mr. Football winner". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. 2 Dec 2009. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr. Football award goes to Youngstown Ursuline's Akise Teague". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. 1 Dec 2010. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL: Mauk named Mr. Football". wapakdailynews.com. Wapakoneta Daily News. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Birmingham, Jeremy (3 Dec 2014). "Joe Burrow Wins Mr. Football in Ohio". elevenwarriors.com. Eleven Warriors. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  9. ^ "Keishaun Sims of Massillon Perry wins Ohio Mr. Football 2015". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. 2 Dec 2015. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  10. ^ "Michael Warren of Toledo Central Catholic wins Ohio Mr. Football 2016". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. 1 Dec 2016. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  11. ^ "Wadsworth QB Joey Baughman is the 2017 Ohio Mr. Football". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. 29 Nov 2017. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  12. ^ Furr, Jake (28 Nov 2018). "Lexington's Cade Stover named Ohio's Mr. Football". mansfieldnewsjournal.com. Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved 26 Apr 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Hoban's Lamar Sperling is Ohio Mr. Football". OHSAA. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  17. ^ "Moeller's Jordan Marshall is Ohio Mr. Football".


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