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Four Ohio State Buckeyes on Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list

On Thursday, 247sports.com reported that the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list was announced. Four Ohio State Buckeye players were named on the list.

Defensive Ends Tyquan Lewis, Sam Hubbard and Nick Bosa were on the list and so was Buckeyes linebacker Jerome Baker.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the national defensive player of the year annually.

Tyquan Lewis is the reigning Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and will start his senior season with 92 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, and 16.5 sacks in his career so far.

Sam Hubbard is a redshirt junior. Hubbard last season recorded 46 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and was also named first team Academic All-American.

Nick Bosa will be a sophomore. Last year in his freshman season Bosa had 29 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and had 5 sacks (2nd on the team). Bosa was also named an All-American.

Jerome Baker will be entering his junior year. Baker took over for an injured Dante Booker in the first game of the year last season and earned the role of playing as one of the outside linebackers for the Buckeyes. Baker had 83 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions.

Baker had one interception returned for a touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners.

Lewis, Bosa, and Baker are also all listed on the Bednarik Award watch list for the 2017 season.

Payton Vince is either talking about sports or watching sports. He covers sports for Metro Networks and is also a writer for LastWordOnSports.com. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights,Ohio for most of his life then around senior year of high school moved to Cleveland. A fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cavaliers, and a Pittsburgh Steelers, he graduated from Cuyahoga Heights High School (Class of 2014) and also graduated from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting in 2015. He bowled and played baseball in high school, and is a huge fan of independent wrestling and WWE, and can almost always find him at an independent show. Lastly, Payton is a backstage interviewer for Mega Championship Wrestling in Elyria, and is one of the three on ‘That Sports Show’ which airs daily from 2-4pm on AllSportsCleveland.com.

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