We're counting down the days to kickoff with “99 Warriors,” the greatest Ohio State Buckeyes by jersey number, as voted by the staff of Eleven Warriors.
No. 40 Howard "Hopalong" Cassady
More than 60 years since he played his final game for the Ohio State football team, Howard "Hopalong" Cassady's name still stands among the Buckeyes' all-time greats.
- National Champion (1954)
- Heisman Trophy (1955)
- AP Male Athlete Of The Year (1955)
- Maxwell Award (1955)
- First-Team All-American (1954, 1955)
- First-Team All-Big Ten (1954, 1955)
- Team MVP (1954, 1955)
- Ohio State Athletics Hall Of Fame (1977)
- College Football Hall Of Fame (1979)
Cassady cemented his place in Buckeye immortality in 1955, when he became the third Ohio State player to win the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first player to ever exceed 2,000 points in Heisman voting – receiving more than three times as many votes as any other player.