2015 Captains

[MD Buckeye]

 

[ScriptOhio]

Re: The players voted and chose six captains for the 2015 Ohio State football team: Jacoby Boren, J.T. Barrett, Taylor Decker, Joshua Perry, Braxton Miller and Tyvis Powell.

Barrett, a redshirt sophomore from Wichita Falls, Texas, started 12 games at quarterback for Ohio State in 2014. In his first year as a starter, Barrett broke nearly every Big Ten record on his way to 2,834 passing yards, 938 rushing yards and 45 total touchdowns. Barrett’s record-breaking season saw him finish fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

I wonder if that indicates who the players think the starting QB should be.

 

[MaxBuck]

Does anyone know of another Buckeye sophomore who was named captain?

I can't think of any.

 

[Dryden]

Right. JT makes captain as a sophomore and may not even be the starting QB. Also, Braxton is the ninth 2x captain in school history.

 

[Dryden]

 

[MD Buckeye]

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082815aac.html

Six chosen to captain 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes

Jacoby Boren, Taylor Decker, Braxton Miller, Joshua Perry, Tyvis Powell & J.T. Barrett named

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Six individuals have been selected by vote of their teammates to serve as captains for the 2015 Ohio State football team: senior center Jacoby Boren, senior left tackle Taylor Decker, fifth-year graduate QB/H-Back Braxton Miller, senior linebacker Joshua Perry, fourth-year graduate Tyvis Powell and third-year junior J.T. Barrett.

Team members voted for captains last week and head coach Urban Meyer introduced them to the team after practice on Friday.

"This was the most players I've seen receive votes for captains," Meyer said. "We had 14 players receive votes, but these six separated themselves. This is one of the great accomplishments these young men will experience, to be elected by their peers. And it is very well deserved."

Perry didn't seem surprised at the number of players who received captain votes.

"We have a lot of special guys in this locker room and a lot of guys who buy into the program," he said. "We have guys who care so much more about their teammates and this great school and this program than just themselves. And I think it's huge to have this amount of selfless guys ... older guys ... leaders and people who we count on viewed that way. It's huge."

Decker complimented his former offensive line teammates like Reid Fragel, Jack Mewhort, Corey Linsley, Andrew Norwell and Marcus Hall for helping set him up for this honor.

"Those were the guys who showed me the way," Decker said. "They are guys I had a lot of respect for ... guys I looked up to. I did things the way they showed, and the honor of being a captain is important. I'm excited my teammates have chosen me and the five others guys to represent this team as a whole."

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[ShowMeBuck]

So interesting to me to see what the players think about their teammates. Sorry to see a stud like Bell that will probably never get a chance to be a captain though.