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
YearPlayerPositionHigh schoolCollegeNFL draftRef. 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 ForestCincinnati 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 2010 Akise Teague RB-DB-KR Youngstown Ursuline Cincinnati 2011 Maty Mauk QB Kenton MissouriEastern 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 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 QBWadsworthElon 2018Cade StoverSS-RBLexington Ohio State 2024 NFL draft: 4th round, 123rd overall by the Houston Texans 2019Evan PraterQBWyomingCincinnati 2020Corey KinerRBRoger BaconLSUCincinnati 2021Drew AllarQBMedinaPenn State2026 NFL draft: 3rd round, 76th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers 2022Lamar SperlingRBHobanBuffalo2023Jordan MarshallRBMoellerMichigan2024Matt PonatoskiQBMoellerKentucky2025Grady KinseyRB Indian ValleyAir Force
Schools with multiple winners SchoolNumber of awardsYearsEuclid31988, 1989, 1997Mentor22007, 2012Kenton22002, 2011Hoover22008, 2009Hoban22004, 2022Moeller22023, 2024
Colleges with multiple winners CollegeNumber of AwardsYearsOhio State121987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018Cincinnati52002, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020Penn State21993, 2021LSU22014, 2020Bowling Green21991, 2007Michigan21994, 2023Northwestern22000, 2004Notre Dame21992, 1997
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