# Jeff Logan

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}
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'''Jeff Logan'''  starred as a [running back](/source/running_back) at [Hoover High School](/source/Hoover_High_School_(North_Canton%2C_Ohio)) in [North Canton, Ohio](/source/North_Canton%2C_Ohio), establishing numerous scoring records. Logan went to [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University)<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.--> in 1974 and played<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S1MaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eikEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7111,195788&dq=jeff-logan&hl=en|title=Buckeyes Win in Dull Opener|date=11 September 2007|work=[Milwaukee Journal](/source/Milwaukee_Journal)|accessdate=5 March 2011|archive-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506030812/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S1MaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eikEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7111,195788&dq=jeff-logan&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> on two [Big Ten Conference](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) Championship football teams. Logan backed up two-time [Heisman Trophy](/source/Heisman_Trophy) winner [Archie Griffin](/source/Archie_Griffin) for two seasons and then [started](/source/Starting_lineup) in 1976 and 1977, Co-Captain of the 1977 team.  He was awarded All Big 10 first team and Academic [All-American](/source/All-American) honors.

Logan was the color analyst for the Ohio State Football radio network from 1992 to 1998 working with Terry Smith, currently the voice of the [Los Angeles Angels](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels).  He is the color analyst on the CW Columbus "Friday Night Rivals" high school football telecasts.  He is a broadcast team member on the Best Buckeye Coverage" 610WTVN pre and post game for all Ohio State Football broadcasts. He is an accomplished amateur golfer.

Logan was recognized in 2016 by the Ohio State Alumni Association with the Mershon Award for service to Ohio State. He was honored with the Ohio Gold award by the Columbus Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. In 2024, Logan was named to the Ohio State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Logan was one of the founding members of the "Logan Family Foundation" which holds a charity golf tournament every year, with proceeds being used for a variety of charitable organizations and causes that benefits children and families in Stark County, Columbus and Ashland, Ohio.

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Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from North Canton, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Stark County, Ohio
Category:American football running backs
Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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