Saturday, August 21, 1999
Cincinnati products voted OSU captains
Keller named for offense, Plummer for defense
BY SCOTT MacGREGOR
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio State players elected their two football captains for the 1999 season Friday, and both are from Cincinnati.
Fullback Matt Keller, a fifth-year senior from Moeller High, was named offensive captain, while cornerback Ahmed Plummer, a fifth-year senior from Wyoming, earned defensive honors.
Both are entering their third year as starters.
“It hasn't hit me yet,” Keller said. “I think it's going to hit me when we go out for the coin toss at the Miami game (Aug.29 at the Meadowlands). It's a great reward.”
Keller and Plummer were chosen by vote of their teammates.
"'It's a great honor, especially being voted by the people on this team,” Plummer said. “You look at the senior class and see such great players. Really, a number of guys could have been named.”
Plummer, a preseason All-American and a candidate for the Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back, is also a two-time District IV Academic All-American. Keller has played in every game of his career and owns Ohio State's all-time record for receptions by a fullback with 52. He's the first fullback to be chosen captain since Scottie Graham in 1991.
“They have the qualities necessary to lead this team,” Buckeyes coach John Cooper said.
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