COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State football’s nation-best five selections for the Football Writers Association of America All-America team included a unique honor for two Buckeyes.
Defensive end Chase Young and cornerback Jeff Okudah were both named first team on all five major All-America lists, making then unanimous All-Americans.
Running back J.K. Dobbins was also named first team All-America by the FWAA as an all-purpose player. Quarterback Justin Fields and guard Wyatt Davis were second-team selections.
Davis and Dobbins fell one first-team selection short of being a consensus All-America.
Young and Okudah were also first-team selections by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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Billy Price was the Buckeyes’ last unanimous All-American, in 2017. Pat Elflein and Malik Hooker earned the distinction the previous year.
Coming into 2019, Ohio State’s 33 unanimous All-Americans ranked fourth all-time behind Oklahoma (35) and Alabama and Notre Dame (34).
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