Ohio State center Jacoby Boren today was named one of 12 finalists for the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete award, which means he will be going to New York in December for the NFF’s awards banquet.
A senior from Pickerington (Central), Boren is the first Ohio State player to make the finals list since receiver Brian Robiskie in 2008. Boren is the 21st OSU player overall, second only to Nebraska’s 22. He is the only finalist from the Big Ten this year and is considered to be a member of the 2015 NFF scholar-athlete class.
Boren is on track to graduate in May with a degree in major sustainable plant systems and is carrying a 3.