Major: Sustainable Plant Systems (2014-15), Agricultural Systems Management (2013)

Weight: 285 (2014-15), 287 (2013), 283 (2012)

2015 Media Guide: Jacoby Boren is an extremely intelligent young man of high character who has played in 31 games and started 15 times … he is one tough and physical football player on the practice and playing fields … he enters his senior season on the “watch list” for the 2015 Rimington Trophy.

2014 Media Guide: Jacoby Boren is a tough football player, an outstanding student and a young man of high character who is vying to be the team’s starting center in 2014 … he has been the first person taken during in each of the past two winter conditioning team “drafts” … the winter workouts competition emphasize accountability, toughness, leadership and competitive drive and Boren was the overall No. 1 pick for a team captained by C.J. Barnett and Carlos Hyde in 2013 and by Michael Bennett in 2014 … he is a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, an Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree and a three-time OSU Scholar-Athlete who is majoring in sustainable plant systems … Jacoby is the third Boren brother to earn an Ohio State Varsity O letter (the trio has earned seven, so far), after Zach, a three-year starter between 2009-12 who graduated in 2013, and Justin, a two-year starter (2009-10).

2013: Boren played in six games as the backup center to first-team all-Big Ten center NFL Draft pick Corey Linsley … he played a career-high 57 plays in the season opener vs. Buffalo and added stints of 49 plays (vs. Florida A&M) and 34 vs. San Diego State and Purdue, respectively … his total vs. Purdue is his high in a Big Ten game … for the season, he took part in 198 offensive plays from scrimmage and played in six games while earning his first Varsity O letter.

2013 Media Guide: Jacoby Boren is a young man of impeccable character and he is already becoming a leader despite only being in his second year with the program … he was the first person taken during the 2013 winter workouts team draft … the winter workouts competition emphasize accountability, toughness, leadership and competitive drive and Boren was the overall No. 1 pick for a team captained by C.J. Barnett and Carlos Hyde … Boren enrolled at Ohio State in January 2012 and went through part of spring drills before having shoulder surgery … he came back in the fall and played well enough to back up Corey Linsley at the center position … he played in two games: 14 plays from scrimmage vs. Miami and a career-high 23 vs. Illinois.

High School: Jacoby, playing mostly at offensive guard, was a first-team Division I Ohio all-state selection by the Associated Press as a senior … he helped lead Central, coached by Jay Sharrett,
to the first Division I state championship game in school history and an 11-3 record in 2011 … Boren
was a two-way player on a team that lost its first two games of the season, but then won 11 consecutive games before losing in the state championship game to Cleveland St. Ignatius … rated the No. 37 offensive guard in the country by Rivals.com and No. 41 by ESPNU … also rated as the No. 37 player in the six-state Midwest region by SuperPrep … a four-year letterwinner, a three-time all-Ohio Capital Conference first-team performer, an all-central district honoree and a member of the Columbus Dispatch 2011 all-Metro team.

Personal: Jacoby is the third Boren brother to play for the Buckeyes after Zach, a senior fullback for the Buckeyes, and Justin, a two-year starter (2009-10) who plays for the Baltimore Ravens … the Boren brothers (and sister Kallie) are the children of Mike and Hope Boren, both of whom were student-athletes at Michigan … Mike finished his football career at Michigan in 1983 as the second-leading  tackler in school history with 332 tackles, a total that still ranks sixth all-time in school history … Hope competed in track and fi eld … Jacoby enrolled at Ohio State in January 2012.