Joe Burger, Tyquan Lewis, Gareon Conley and Billy Price Join J.T. Barrett, Raekwon McMillan and Pat Elflein as Ohio State Football Captains

By Eric Seger on August 26, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Ohio State names seven captains for 2016.
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Ohio State named three captains of its football team in January: Quarterback J.T. Barrett, center Pat Elflein and middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan. Friday, Urban Meyer's 2016 team added four more names to its leadership panel.

Joe Burger, Gareon Conley, Billy Price and Tyquan Lewis are also captains for the season, as decided by a team vote and announced via a press release by the program Friday.

Burger is a fifth-year senior linebacker from LaSalle High School in Cincinnati, a former walk-on who earned a scholarship this winter and will remain on for the fall.

Conley is a redshirt junior cornerback from Massillon Washington High School, the lone returning starter in the team's secondary.

Lewis is a redshirt junior from Tarboro High School in North Carolina who led the 2015 Buckeyes with 8.0 sacks.

And Price, a redshirt junior from Austintown Fitch High School, is set to start at right guard for Ohio State this fall. It will be his third season as a starter.

Barrett served as a team captain last season. He joined Joshua Perry, Jacoby Boren, Braxton Miller, Tyvis Powell and Taylor Decker.

The seven captains for the 2016 team is the most ever under Meyer in his Ohio State tenure.

Ohio State Captains Under Urban Meyer
Season Team Captains
2012 John Simon, Zach Boren, Etienne Sabino, Garrett Goebel, Jordan Hall
2013 Jack Mewhort, C.J. Barnett, Kenny Guiton, Corey Linsley, Philly Brown
2014 Michael Bennett, Curtis Grant, Doran Grant, Jeff Heuerman, Braxton Miller
2015 Jacoby Boren, J.T. Barrett, Taylor Decker, Joshua Perry, Braxton Miller and Tyvis Powell
2016 J.T. Barrett, Pat Elflein, Raekwon McMillan, Joe Burger, Tyquan Lewis, Billy Price and Gareon Conley
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