Ohio State Buckeyes: Justin Fields named Big Ten MVP

Fields was already named the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Year and Quarterback of the Year.

He led the conference in passing efficiency and enters the College Football Playoff National Championship Game having completed 141 of 192 passes for 1,906 yards and 21 touchdowns.

An Ohio State player has won the Silver Football 22 times, including seven of the last eight years.

That string started with Wayne High School graduate and Springfield native Braxton Miller winning it in 2012 and ’13. Ezekiel Elliott won it two years later followed by J.T. Barrett, Dwayne Haskins and Chase Young.

Wes Fesler won Ohio State’s first Silver Football in 1930.

Miller and Archie Griffin are Ohio State’s two-time winners.

In just two seasons, Fields has won five major Big Ten awards. That ties him with Orlando Pace for second in school history.

Miller is the leader with seven. He was the two-time offensive player of the year, quarterback of the year and MVP while also being named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2011.

Pace won the 1996 Silver Football and was also named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year that season. He was the Offensive Lineman of the Year in ‘95 and ‘96 and Freshman of the Year in ‘94.