OSU’s Price named All-American

Center selected as All-American

Associated Press

The Ohio State football team has two All-Americans in Austintown Fitch graduate Billy Price and teammate Denzel Ward.

Price has been a captain for the last two years and has started a school-record 54 straight games. The senior has played both guard and center in his collegiate career.

Last Thursday, Price was honored with the Rimington Trophy which goes to the nation’s top center.

A guard for his first three seasons, Price took over at center after Pat Elflein was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in April.

No. 2 Oklahoma will bring three All-Americans to the College Football Playoff.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield, offensive tackle Orlando Brown and tight end Mark Andrews of Oklahoma were selected to the Associated Press All-America team, giving the Sooners more players on the first team than any school.

The All-America team, which dates to 1925 and was selected this season by a panel of 17 Top 25 voters, was released Monday.

Four of the top five vote-getters for the Heisman Trophy made the first team, including the runaway winner Mayfield. Stanford’s Bryce Love, the Heisman runner-up, and San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny, the nation’s leading rusher and fifth-place finisher for the Heisman, were the first-team running backs.

Penn State’s Saquon Barkley, who finished fourth in the Heisman voting, made the team as an all-purpose player.

Louisville’s Lamar Jackson, last year’s Heisman winner and All-America quarterback, was selected to the second team.

The other three playoff teams each have one player on the first team, all on the defensive side. No. 3 Georgia, which faces Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl semifinal on Jan. 1, is represented by linebacker Roquan Smith.

No. 1 Clemson placed defensive end Clelin Ferrell on the first team. Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick is the only player to make first-team All-America for the second straight season. The Tigers face the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl semifinal on Jan. 1.

Notre Dame (offensive linemen Mike McGlinchey and Quenton Nelson), Iowa (linebacker Josey Jewell and cornerback Josh Jackson) and Texas (safety DeShon Elliott and punter Michael Dickson) each have two players on the first team.

Clemson had the most players selected to all three teams with six. Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, linebacker Dorian O’Daniel and offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt made the second team. Defensive end Austin Bryant and guard Tyrone Crowder were third-team picks.

Wisconsin placed five players on the three teams, led by linebacker T.J. Edwards on the first team. Running back Jonathan Taylor and tight Troy Fumagalli made the second team and offensive linemen David Edwards and Beau Benzschawel made the third team.

Oklahoma had four picks overall with linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo making the second team.