Rashan Gary, 2X Academic All-American, 9 on the Wonderlic. Intelligence not needed for 3.0+ GPA.
No, not even close to the truth.
Gary twice made
Academic All Big Ten, quite a different thing. To make Academic All Big Ten, you need to be in your second year and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. Not exactly difficult, especially if you're a General Studies major (like Wonderlic Gary).
Academic All American IS a big deal, however, and it's very hard to make the team, especially because players are (literally) competing with Ivy Leaguers.
Ohio State has had 54 Academic All Americans in football, 31 on the first team, 23 on the second team.
The Harvard of the West has had only 35 Academic All Americans, 18 on the first team, 17 on the second team.
For Michigan, Aidan Hutchinson made first team in 2021, and David Ojabo made 2nd team. Prior to that, their last Academic All American was Zoltan Mesko (1st team) in 2009.
Since 2009, Ohio State has had four first teamers (Jordan Fuller in 2018; Sam Hubbard in 2016; and both Jacoby Boren and Jack Willoughby in 2015), and three second teamers. Kinda blows Michigan Man's academic arguments out of the water.