Greatest Buckeye Players To Ever Wear The Numbers 71-80

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#71 DT Pete Cusick (1971-1974)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1974)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1973-74)
- Captain (1974)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
T Dick Himes (1964-1967)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1966-67)
- 2 Time Academic All Big 10 (1966-67)
C Bob Maggs (1983-1986)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1985-86)
OT Shane Olivea (2000-2003)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team

#72 DT Dan Wilkinson (1991-1993)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1993)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1992-93)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- 13.0 Tackles for a Loss in 1993 (Tied for 15th All Time)
- 83.0 Tackles for a Loss Yards in 1992 (9th All Time)
- 3.0 Sacks vs. Illinois in 1992 (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 27 Sack Yards vs. Illinois (1992) (Tied for 3rd All Time)
- 64 Sack Yards in 1992 (11th All Time)
Honorable Mention:
OG Joe Lukens (1979-1982)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1980-82)
- 1 Time Academic All Big 10 (1980)
- Captain (1982)
T Charles Hutchinson (1966-1969)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1969)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
OG T.J. Downing (2002-2006)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team

#73 T Jim Davidson (1961-1964)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1964)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1964)
- Member of the 1961 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
OT Rufus Mayes (1965-1968)
- 1 Time All American (1968)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1968)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
T George Jacoby (1950-1953)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1952-53)
- Captain (1953)
T Robert Momsen (1947-1950)
- 1 Time All American (1950)
OT Mark Krerowicz (1981-1984)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1984)
- Captain (1984)
T Rick Simon (1968-1971)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1971)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team
OT Scott Dannelley (1972-1975)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1975)

#74 OT John Hicks (1970-1973)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1972-73)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1972-73)
- Outland Trophy Winner (1973)
- Lombardi Trophy Winner (1973)
- College Football Hall of Fame
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
DT Paul Schmidlin (1966-1969)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1969)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team

#75 OT Orlando Pace (1994-1996)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1995-96)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1995-96)
- Big 10 MVP (1996)
- Outland Trophy Winner (1996)
- 2 Time Lombardi Trophy Winner (1995-96)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- Immortalized the Pancake Block
Honorable Mention:
DE Simon Fraser (2001-2004)
- 3 Time Academic All Big 10 (2002-04)
- Captain (2004)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team
DT Nick Buonamici (1973-1976)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1975-76)
- 280 Career Tackles (16th All Time)
- 4.0 Tackles for a Loss @ Michigan State (1974) (Tied for 2nd All Time)
- 41 Tackles for a Loss Yards @ Michigan State (1974) (3rd All Time)
- 95 Yard Interception Return @ Indiana (1976) (Lateral to Ray Griffin) (2nd All Time)
OT Dave Cheney (1967-1970)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1970)
- 2 Time Academic All Big 10 (1969-70)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team
OT Rory Graves (1982-1985)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1985)

#76 T Jim Marshall (1957-1958)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1958)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1958)
- Member of the 1957 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
T Bill Trautwein (1947-1950)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1950)
- Captain (1950)
OG/C Alex Stepanovich (2000-2003)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (2003)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team

#77 T Jim Tyrer (1957-1960)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1960)
- Captain (1960)
- Member of the 1957 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
OT Tyson Walter (1998-2001)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (2001)
- 3 Time Academic All Big 10 (1999-2001)
OT/OG Rob Sims (2002-2005)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (2005)
- Captain (2005)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team
TE Doug France (1971-1974)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1974)

#78 OT Korey Stringer (1991-1994)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1993-94)
- 2 Time All Big 10 (1993-94)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
G Dan Poretta (1961-1964)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1964)
- Member of the 1961 National Championship Team
OG Bryce Bishop (2000-2003)
- Member of the 2002 National Championship Team

#79 OT Chris Ward (1974-1977)
Accolades:
- 2 Time All American (1976-77)
- 3 Time All Big 10 (1975-77)
- Captain (1977)
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
OT Joe Staysniak (1986-1989)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1989)
- 4 Time Academic All Big 10 (1986-89)
- Captain (1989)
T Francis Machinsky (1952-1955)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1954)
- Captain (1955)
- Member of the 1954 National Championship Team

#80 TE Jan White (1967-1970)
Accolades:
- 1 Time All American (1970)
- Captain (1970)
- Member of the 1968 National Championship Team
- Member of the 1970 National Championship Team
Records Held:
- ?
Other Notable Accomplishments:
- ?
Honorable Mention:
TE Rickey Dudley (1992-1995)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1995)
- 106 Yards Receiving vs. Tennessee (1996) (Tied for 60th All Time)
E Cecil “Cy” Souders (1942-1944, 1946)
- 1 Time All American (1946)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1946)
- Big 10 MVP (1946)
- Member of the 1942 National Championship Team
TE Ed Taggart (1983-1986)
- 1 Time All Big 10 (1986)

 

[BB73]

An awful lot of great tackles on that list. Most of them are fairly obvious choices, also, except for #73 and #80.

Rufus Mayes deserves a mention at #73, though. He was an All-American OT on the NC team in 1968.

 

[msj2487]

Rufus Mayes deserves a mention at #73, though. He was an All-American OT on the NC team in 1968.

Woops, I screwed up, I didn't look close enough when researching Mr. Mayes. I actually had him as the best #82, but your right he wore #73 to end his fantastic buckeye career in 1968. #82 was worn in 67. I'll make the changes right away, and in doing so, BB73 where would you put Mayes on the list of #73, which is just loaded! Ahead of Davidson, or just behind him and above Jacoby?

 

[BB73]

Woops, I screwed up, I didn't look close enough when researching Mr. Mayes. I actually had him as the best #82, but your right he wore #73 to end his fantastic buckeye career in 1968. #82 was worn in 67. I'll make the changes right away, and in doing so, BB73 where would you put Mayes on the list of #73, which is just loaded! Ahead of Davidson, or just behind him and above Jacoby?

I think he'd be near the top of the honorable mentions.

 

[msj2487]

I think he'd be near the top of the honorable mentions.

Well, I decided to go with Mayes at the top of the honorable mentions, even though, I'm a huge fan of Jacoby's. Let me know if you disagree with that high of a ranking for Mayes, but he seemed to be a pretty dominant tackle from what I've heard and read about him.

Thanks again for the help and the catch on the mistake as usual!

 

[BB73]

The #73 order looks fine to me.