Three Ohio Legends Getting the Hall of Fame Treatment in 2026
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is about to honor some serious football royalty. Dublin Coffman's Brady Quinn, Ohio State offensive lineman Paris Johnson Jr., and Sandusky's Orlando Pace are among five inductees heading into the OHSAA Circle of Champions this year. These guys are getting recognized March 21 at University of Dayton Arena during the Division VII boys basketball state final, and honestly, it's well deserved.
Quinn Put on a Show at Coffman
Let's start with Brady Quinn. The guy was an absolute machine at Dublin Coffman, throwing for more than 4,300 yards and 46 touchdowns during his junior and senior years. But here's the thing: Quinn didn't just dominate on the football field. He also helped the Shamrocks baseball team reach the Division I state championship in 2001. That's the kind of two-sport dominance that sticks with you.
Quinn then took his talents to Notre Dame, where he was a four-year starting quarterback and a two-time All-American. The Cleveland Browns drafted him in 2007, and he carved out a seven-year pro career across multiple organizations. Now he's breaking down the game as an analyst for Fox Sports.
Johnson and Pace: Offensive Line Legends
Paris Johnson Jr. started his college career at Cincinnati Princeton before heading to Ohio State, where he started as a freshman in the Buckeyes' 2020 national championship game loss to Alabama. He then started every game the next two seasons. In 2022, Johnson was a unanimous All-American at left tackle and got picked sixth overall in the 2023 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
Orlando Pace? This guy is a different animal entirely. The Sandusky product was a two-time unanimous All-American and two-time Lombardi Award winner between 1993 and 1996. He was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 1996 when Ohio State made the Rose Bowl. The St. Louis Rams took him first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, and Pace played 13 years in the league as a seven-time Pro Bowl and five-time All-Pro selection. He was part of the Super Bowl XXXIV championship team after the 1999 season and got inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
Two More Legends Rounding Out the Class
The Circle of Champions class also includes Frani Washington, who starred in basketball, track and field, and volleyball at Toledo Woodward. Washington was the Ohio State women's basketball program's first All-American in 1979. And longtime high school basketball and college football official Denny Morris completes the group of five inductees being honored this March.
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