With Braxton re-injuring his shoulder I wish there were 311 days left until the season. However, it is what it is and I wish Miller the a full and fast recovery.

In 11 days Ohio State will travel to Baltimore to play Navy in the 2014 season opener with J.T. Barrett as the man under center. 

Today's featured players are George Lynn, Antoine Winfield, Anthony Gonzalez and Jake Stoneburner.       

To see all of the players to wear No. 11 since 1933 and to get selected in the NFL Draft go here.

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George Lynn, QB (1941-1942)

Ohio State
The Buckeyes were 15-2-1 with Lynn on the team.
1942 National Champion.
1942 Big Ten Title.
Defeated That Team 21-7 in 1942.

Honors
1942 Captain.

George Lynn and the 1942 National Championship season per Wikipedia:

The 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was led by WB Les Horvath and QB/Captain George Lynn. They were the first national title team in Ohio State football history. They were coached by Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown.

Because the Big Ten Conference did not let its teams participate in any bowl game except for the Rose Bowl, the Buckeyes were given the title by the Associated Press. The Buckeyes outscored their opponents by an average score of 34-11 by scoring a total 337 and 114 for opponents.

The Buckeyes only loss was to the Wisconsin Badgers in what many now refer to as "The Bad Water Game" where half of the Buckeye players contracted an intestinal disorder after drinking from an unsanitary drinking fountain on the train to Madison.

The Buckeyes were defeated by the Badgers who were led by Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch. However, the Badgers had a loss and a tie giving Ohio State the Big Ten Championship.

Horvath then led the Bucks to three scores through the air to upset Michigan and win their first league championship in three years and their sixth in thirty years since joining the Western Conference in 1913.

Top ranked Boston College lost its season ending game, giving Ohio State their first consensus football National Championship.

Ohio State had been awarded a National Championship via the Dunkel System in 1933, with Michigan, Princeton and Southern California also being given titles by different ranking systems. 

Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide and Wikipedia

Antoine Winfield is Ohio State's first Thorpe Award Winner.

Antoine Winfield, CB (1995-1998)
Born: 1977 (Akron, Ohio)
High School: Akron Garfield

Ohio State
The Buckeyes were 43-7 with Winfield on the team.
1996 Big Ten Title.
1998 Big Ten Title.
1997 Defeated Arizona State 20-17 to win the Rose Bowl.
1999 Defeated Texas A&M 24-14 to win the Sugar Bowl.
Defeated That Team 31-16 in 1998.

Honors
1998 Captain.
1998 All-American.
1998 Jim Thorpe Award.
1998 Jack Tatum Trophy.
1998 All-Big Ten.
1997 Team MVP.
1997 All-American.
1997 All-Big Ten.
2014 Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.

Winfield played well enough for the Buckeyes to win this game.

Antoine Winfield is one of my favorite Ohio State players.

I loved the way he covered and especially the way he always came up and made the big tackle.

A big play and big hitter in a little body. One of the all-time greats.

Antoine Winfield's Ohio State career per The Ohio State Team Guide:

Antoine Winfield, a team captain as a senior, was one of the all-time great cornerbacks in Ohio State history. A two-time All-American, he was a consensus choice as a senior in
1998.

He was the first Buckeye to win the Thorpe Award as the nation’s outstanding defensive back; the first non-linebacker (and only the fifth player total) to record at least 200 solo tackles; the first defensive back in Ohio State history to be voted team MVP (following the 1997 season); and the first cornerback in recorded history to lead the team in tackles when he did so in 1997.

Winfield was a lock down corner who locked down many awards his senior season.

A two-time all-Big Ten Conference selection, he closed his career with 278 tackles, including 224 solo stops, 22 tackles-for-loss, 29 pass breakups and three interceptions.

He played in four bowl games, including the 1996 Citrus Bowl when he came in as a true freshman and recorded seven tackles. He played in 50 career games, starting 29 times.

As a senior in 1998, he was one of five finalists for the Football News Defensive Player of the Year Award. He was named first-team All-America by the Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp, the Football Writers and the Football News and was named the Buckeyes’ Bill Willis Defensive Player of the Year award winner and Jim Thorpe Award winner. He totaled 75 tackles, including nine solo tackles in a win over Michigan to close the season.

As a junior, Winfield as voted by his teammates as the 1997 MVP after a season in which he totaled 100 tackles, 12 pass break-ups and two interceptions. He had 82 solo tackles, the fifth-highest solo tackle total in school history, and made the Football Writers and Football News All-America teams.

 

Winfield was on the cover of the program for The Game in 1998.

He led the team in tackles five times, including a magnificent 10-tackle performance against Michigan and a career-high, 13-tackle effort against Missouri.

A first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1999, the hard-hitting Winfield was a member of the Minnesota Vikings from 2004-2012. He retired from professional football in 2013 after a 14-year career. He will enter the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide and Wikipedia

Gonzalez won 2 Big Ten Titles and went 3-1 against That Team.

Anthony Gonzalez, WR (2003-2006)
Born: 1984 (Cleveland)
High School: Cleveland Saint Ignatius

Ohio State
The Buckeyes were 41-9 with Gonzalez on the team.
2005 Big Ten Title.
2006 Big Ten Title.
2004 Defeated No. 8 Kansas State 35-28 to win the Fiesta Bowl.
2004 Defeated Oklahoma State 33-7 to win the Alamo Bowl.
2006 Defeated  No. 5 Notre Dame 34-20 to win the Fiesta Bowl.
2006 Defeated No. 2 Texas 24-7 in Austin.
2004 Defeated That Team 37-21.
2005 Defeated That Team 25-21.
2006 Defeated That Team 42-39.

Honors
2006 All-Big Ten.
2006 Academic All-American.
2006 Academic All-Big Ten.
2005 Academic All-Big Ten.
2004 Academic All-Big Ten.

Anthony Gonzalez's high school career per Wikipedia:

Gonzalez attended St. Joseph grade school in Avon Lake, OH and then moved on to Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a two sport standout in both football and track. In football, he was a two-way player.

As a senior, he was a first team All-State honoree as well as the Associated Press and The Plain Dealer Co-Defensive Player of the Year, catching 71 passes for 1,873 yards and 21 touchdowns. His 26.4 yards per catch set a school record. In track, he lettered for four years and qualified for the state finals as a junior and senior. Gonzalez also played basketball as a freshman. 

Anthony Gonzalez's Ohio State career per Wikipedia:

Gonzalez was a 3-year letterman at Ohio State University, playing with fellow future NFL wide receivers Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr and Roy Hall as well as Heisman Trophy Winner, quarterback Troy Smith." source

Gonzalez was named to the All-Big Ten team and selected as an Academic All-American in 2006. He made the Academic All-Big Ten Team in 2004, '05, and '06.

I will always remember Gonzalez as a killer of That Team.

2005 The Game, The Catch:

Stoneburner went 3-1 against That Team.

Jake Stoneburner TE (2009-2012)
Born: 1989 (Dublin, Ohio)
High School: Dublin Coffman

Ohio State
The Buckeyes were 41-10 with Stoneburner on the team.
2009 Big Ten Title.
2012 Big Ten Leaders Title.
2010 Defeated Oregon 26-17 to win the Rose Bowl.
2011 Defeated Arkansas 31-26 to win the Sugar Bowl.
2009 Defeated That Team 21-10.
2010 Defeated That Team 37-7.
2012 Defeated That Team 26-21.

Honors
2009 Academic All-Big Ten.

Jake Stoneburner's Ohio State career per The Ohio State Team Guide:

Jake Stoneburner was big, fast and strong with outstanding pass-catching abilities for Ohio State between 2009-12 ... he played tight end his first three seasons and before moving to an H-back/wide receiver role in coach Urban Meyer's spread offense in 2012 ...

Jake had 37 receptions for 445 yards and nine touchdowns as a tight end ... his touchdown total is second among Ohio State tight ends ... he added 16 receptions for 269 yards and four touchdowns in 2012 from the H-back position to close his career with fine totals of 53 receptions for 714 yards and 13 touchdowns ... included was a game-deciding, 72-yard touchdown catch and run in the fourth quarter of the 25-23 win at Penn State ...

Jake played in 48 games played and made 23 starts and lettered four times.

Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide and Wikipedia

101 days until The Game.