Brutus Buckeye Wins National Mascot of the Year Honors

Everyone’s favorite Buckeye is coming back to Columbus with some hardware.

Brutus Buckeye emerged as the D1A Mascot National Champion at the UCA & UDA National Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

National Mascot of the year and here is the performance So proud to take this award home to Buckeye Nation #GoBuckspic.twitter.com/zcKz0B6Ziu

— Brutus Buckeye (@Brutus_Buckeye) January 18, 2026

Brutus’ performance garnered him a 95.2 event score, pushing him ahead of Minnesota’s Goldy Gopher (95.06) and Tennessee’s Smokey (94.86), for the national championship…

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