# Mr. Football Award (Ohio)

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.
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 |
| 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 | Robert Smith | RB | Euclid | Ohio State | 1993 NFL draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Minnesota Vikings |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Erick Howard | RB | Hoover | None | |
| 2010 | Akise Teague | RB-DB-KR | Youngstown Ursuline | Cincinnati | |
| 2011 | Maty Mauk | QB | Kenton | Missouri Eastern Kentucky | |
| 2012 | Mitchell Trubisky | QB | Mentor | North Carolina | 2017 NFL draft: 1st round, 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears |
| 2013 | Dante Booker Jr. | LB | St. Vincent - St. Mary | Ohio State | |
| 2014 | Joe Burrow | QB | Athens | Ohio State LSU | 2020 NFL draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 2015 | Keishaun Sims | RB-DB | Perry | Ashland | |
| 2016 | Michael Warren II | RB | Toledo Central Catholic | Cincinnati | |
| 2017 | Joey Baughman | QB | Wadsworth | Elon | |
| 2018 | Cade Stover | SS-RB | Lexington | Ohio State | 2024 NFL draft: 4th round, 123rd overall by the Houston Texans |
| 2019 | Evan Prater | QB | Wyoming | Cincinnati | |
| 2020 | Corey Kiner | RB | Roger Bacon | LSU Cincinnati | |
| 2021 | Drew Allar | QB | Medina | Penn State | |
| 2022 | Lamar Sperling | RB | Hoban | Buffalo | |
| 2023 | Jordan Marshall | RB | Moeller | Michigan | |
| 2024 | Matt Ponatoski | QB | Moeller | Uncommitted | |

### 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 |
| Moeller | 2 | 2023, 2024 |

### 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 |