Drew Basil

Honored to receive the Ohio Gold Award from the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (Columbus Chapter)!🙏🏽 Their highest recognition for contributions to college football. 14 years serving alongside Ohio State Buckeyes football has taught me this: Every day is a gift! Thank you @DrewDaKicker24, @loganjeff34, and the entire board. 
Thank you to Coach Ryan Day for your kind words and congrats to all of the scholar-athletes recognized & awarded scholarships, Jerry Emig on receiving the Distinguished Media Award (40+ yrs impact) and Coach Ed Terwilliger, the Larry Larson Coaches Award. Grateful. Still serving.

Football has done some amazing things in many of our lives. For all of us who came through Ohio State in different eras, with different experiences and different journeys, there was a shared pursuit in all of it. We wanted to compete. We wanted to grow. We wanted to maximize our gifts. For most of us, we wanted to see just how far the game could take us. But one of the greatest lessons football teaches you is that eventually the game ends, and when it does, you have to decide what kind of man you’re going to be beyond the uniform. That’s why I’m thankful for brothers like @BraxtonMiller5 @DPo8 & @DrewDaKicker24. Each of them is using his life, gifts, and platform in a meaningful way, through service, business, leadership, and impact. That matters. A lot. Football may have introduced us to the world, but real leadership is revealed in how you serve the world after the applause dies down. That’s one of the things I appreciate most about the @TeamTresselFC. It brings together former student-athletes from across generations, not just to reconnect, but to serve. More than 100 former student-athletes showing up, giving back, and pouring into the community is a reminder that brotherhood should never stop at memories. It should move into mission. Life is not supposed to be lived only for yourself. The goal is not just to be successful. The goal is to be significant. The goal is not just to build a name. The goal is to build impact. The goal is not just to talk about values. The goal is to live them in a way that helps somebody else. Proud of all my brothers who are still finding ways to make a difference. That’s the real win.