Mr. Football Award (Ohio) Explained

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

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		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		RB-LB	Norwood	Notre Dame	1997 NFL draft 2nd round, 55th overall by the San Francisco 49ers
1993		RB-LB	Mississinawa Valley	Penn State	1998 NFL draft 1st round, 5th overall by the Chicago Bears
1994		DB-RB	Fremont Ross	Michigan	1998 NFL draft 1st round, 4th overall by the Oakland Raiders
1995		LB	Westerville South	Ohio State	1999 NFL draft 1st round, 28th overall by the New England Patriots
1996		RB-DB-KR	Grove City	Ohio State	2001 NFL draft 7th round, 228th overall by the Oakland Raiders
1997		RB	Euclid	Notre Dame
1998		RB	Troy	South Carolina
1999		DB-WR-KR	St. Peter Chanel	Ohio State
2000	Jeff Backes	RB-DB	Upper Arlington	Northwestern
2001		RB	Warren G. Harding	Ohio State	2005 NFL draft 3rd round, 101st overall by the Denver Broncos
2002		QB	Kenton	Wake Forest Cincinnati
2003	Ray Williams	RB	Cleveland Benedictine	Shaw		[2]
2004		RB	Archbishop Hoban
2005	Delone Carter	RB	Copley	Syracuse	2011 NFL draft 4th round, 119th overall by the Indianapolis Colts
2006		RB	Piqua	Ohio State
2007		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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ohio’s Mr. Football winners through the years . . 26 Nov 2008 . cantonrep.com . . 26 Apr 2020 .
2. Web site: Raymond Williams violates probation; sent to prison . Turner . Karl . 21 May 2007 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
3. Web site: North Canton Hoover's Erick Howard repeats as Mr. Football winner . . 2 Dec 2009 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
4. Web site: Mr. Football award goes to Youngstown Ursuline’s Akise Teague . . 1 Dec 2010 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
5. Web site: FOOTBALL: Mauk named Mr. Football . . wapakdailynews.com . Wapakoneta Daily News . 26 Apr 2020.
6. Web site: Mentor's Mitch Trubisky wins Ohio Mr. Football award for 2012 before heading to North Carolina . . 28 Nov 2012 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
7. Web site: Dante Booker Jr. of St. Vincent-St. Mary wins Mr. Football award for Ohio 2013 . . 4 Dec 2013 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
8. Web site: Joe Burrow Wins Mr. Football in Ohio . Birmingham . Jeremy . 3 Dec 2014 . elevenwarriors.com . Eleven Warriors . 26 Apr 2020.
9. Web site: Keishaun Sims of Massillon Perry wins Ohio Mr. Football 2015 . . 2 Dec 2015 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
10. Web site: Michael Warren of Toledo Central Catholic wins Ohio Mr. Football 2016 . . 1 Dec 2016 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
11. Web site: Wadsworth QB Joey Baughman is the 2017 Ohio Mr. Football . . 29 Nov 2017 . cleveland.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
12. Web site: Lexington's Cade Stover named Ohio's Mr. Football . Furr . Jake . 28 Nov 2018 . mansfieldnewsjournal.com . Mansfield News Journal . 26 Apr 2020.
13. Web site: Evan Prater, UC commit and Wyoming QB, becomes Cincinnati's 1st Mr. Football since 1992 . Springer . Scott . 4 Dec 2019 . cincinnati.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
14. Web site: Corey Kiner, LSU commit and Roger Bacon RB, becomes Cincinnati's 2nd consecutive Mr. Football . Springer . Scott . 4 Dec 2019 . cincinnati.com . . 26 Apr 2020.
15. Web site: Medina’s Drew Allar is team player —- but stands out as Mr. Football . Noland . Rick . 9 Dec 2021 . medina-gazette.com . Medina Gazette . 9 Dec 2021.
16. Web site: Hoban’s Lamar Sperling is Ohio Mr. Football. 2022-12-04. OHSAA. en-US.
17. Web site: Moeller’s Jordan Marshall is Ohio Mr. Football.