COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Billy Price has often pointed to the photos on the wall on the indoor practice field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, the ones for the Buckeyes recognized for individual national awards.

He hasn't quite earned a photo there yet. But he's getting closer with the conference award he earned Thursday.

Ohio State's senior center was named the Big Ten's Offensive Lineman of the Year, the third straight Buckeye to win the award, following Taylor Decker in 2015 and Pat Elflein last year.

That may bode well for Price's chances at the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the nation's best center. That will be handed out on Jan. 13. Elflein won the Rimington after winning this Big Ten award last year.

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Price could have turned pro after last season, but had a list of things he wanted to accomplish by staying at Ohio State for a fifth-year senior season. He'll head to the NFL after this season as a potential first-round draft pick with his business degree in hand and a lengthy list of college accomplishments.

"For me, it's to continue to add value to my resume," Price said. "Four-year starter, hopefully an All-American at two different positions. It's a lost of accolades to prove everybody wrong, and it ends up benefitting the team."

Price did that this year, rallying the Buckeyes with a postgame speech after the Iowa loss, then blowing holes in the middle of the line as the offense got back in gear by dedicating itself to the run.

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His career honors:

* First-team All-Big Ten choice as a junior and senior. He made third team as a sophomore.

* First-team All-American last year by the American Football Coaches Association. He's a strong candidate to make multiple All-American teams this year.

* Two-time captain as a junior and senior.

* Now this, the Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year, so named for former Nebraska center Dave Rimington and former Ohio State offensive tackle Orlando Pace.

The league's lineman of the year has been given out since 1984, and Ohio State now has the second-most awards, behind only Michigan. Five schools have won 31 of the 33 awards.

* Michigan 9

* Ohio State 8

* Iowa 7

* Michigan State 4

* Wisconsin 3

* Minnesota 1

* Penn State 1

Previous Ohio State winners of the Big Ten's best offensive lineman award, which has been handed out since 1984

* 1993: Korey Stringer, tackle

* 1994: Korey Stringer, tackle

* 1995: Orlando Pace, tackle

* 1996: Orlando Pace, tackle

* 2001: LeCharles Bentley, center

* 2015: Taylor Decker, tackle

* 2016: Pat Elflein, center

* 2017: Billy Price, center