Ohio State football captain recognized with Big Ten Medal of Honor award

The accolades just keeps coming for Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon. After helping the team to the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff national championship as a team captain, leading tackler, and First Team All-Big Ten selection, and declaring for the NFL draft, Simon has now been selected as the OSU male recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Simon also wore the "Block-O" for the Buckeyes during the memorable 2024 season.

The award, which has been handed out since 1915, honors one male and one female athlete from each Big Ten institution who demonstrated excellence on and off the field throughout their college career. Two sport star athlete Makena Webster from the OSU field hockey and women's ice hockey team was the female recipient for Ohio State. She is a three-time First-Team All Big Ten honoree in field hockey and one of the top forwards on the ice hockey team who has appeared in the national championship game three of the four times in a row for the program.

All told, there were a total of 36 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients this year for the first time with the additions of West Coast teams Oregon, Washington, UCLA, and USC.

This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State football star one of 36 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients