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Ohio State Shares Why Sonny Styles Was the Perfect Choice for Its Block O Award

Accountability. Toughness. Fight.

Those three qualities are what it means to be a Buckeye.

Those three qualities, among many others, are where Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles stands out the most.

The Ohio State veteran was named the program's Block O recipient on Saturday. Styles became the sixth Buckeye to be awarded the No. 0 jersey following former players Jonathon Cooper (2020), Thayer Munford (2021), Kamryn Babb (2022), Xavier Johnson (2023) and Cody Simon (2024).

The Block O award was created in memory of Bill Willis, a College and Pro Football Hall of Famer whose No.