This will probably come as no surprise to anyone reading this, but Ohio State defensive end Chase Young was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodwon Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year for 2019.
Young finished what can only be considered as one of the most dominant defensive years of any player in the Big Ten ever. He set the all-time single-season sack record at Ohio State with 16.5 sacks. That leads the country, as does his tackles for loss (2.0 per game), and sack yards (117).
All of that by the way came while missing two complete games and sitting out some of the tail-end of other blowout ones.
Young adds to Ohio State’s conference leading total number of Defensive Players of the Year (1), and Defensive Linemen of the Year (12) awards.
Well-deserved by Young. He’ll next be in action this Saturday in the Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin.
