CollegeFootballNews.com Preview 2017: All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 Players
Who are the best and brightest stars of the Big Ten going into the 2017 season? Welcome to the CFN All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 Players.
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2017 All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 Players
2017 CFN Preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
QB J.T. Barrett, Sr. Ohio State
Penn State RB Saquon Barkley might be the Big Ten’s main man if he can stay in one piece and do it for a whole season – he only ran for 100 yards twice in Big Ten play – but Barrett should finally be the one who starts to get credit for running yet another strong Ohio State attack.
While he had his problems at times, when the passing game wasn’t working, he carried the team on the ground – and he’ll do it again. He’ll have to deal with a slew of new receivers, and the numbers might not be there compared to the top bomber quarterbacks across the country, but for what he does, he’ll be as effective as any conductor of any O.
2017 CFN Preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
DE Tyquan Lewis, Sr. Ohio State
The star of a defensive front dominated by the best group of pass rushers in college football, the 6-4, 265-pound veteran should be the lead destroyer in the pack. He put off the NFL a year early and now should be a lock for double-digit sacks and live in opposing backfields. Best of all, he should stay fresh as part of the fantastic rotation.
2017 CFN All-Big Ten Offense
QB – J.T. Barrett, Sr. Ohio State
RB – Saquon Barkley, Jr. Penn State
RB – Mike Weber, Soph. Ohio State
WR – Janarion Grant, Sr. Rutgers
WR – WR Nick Westbrook, Jr. Indiana
TE – Troy Fumagalli, Sr. Wisconsin
OL – Brian Allen, Sr. Michigan State
OL – Beau Benzschawel, Jr. Wisconsin
OL – Mason Cole, Sr. Michigan
OL – Jamarco Jones, Sr. Ohio State
OL – Billy Price, Sr. Ohio State
2017 CFN All-Big Ten Defense
DE – Sam Hubbard, Jr. Ohio State
DT – Maurice Hurst, Sr. Michigan
DT – Conor Sheehy, Sr. Wisconsin
DE – Tyquan Lewis, Sr. Ohio State
LB – Jerome Baker, Jr. Ohio State
LB – T.J. Edwards, Jr. Wisconsin
LB – Tegray Scales, Sr. Indiana
CB – Richard Fant, Sr. Indiana
S – Marcus Allen, Sr. Penn State
S – Godwin Igwebuike, Sr. Northwestern
CB – Lamar Jackson, Soph. Nebraska
2017 CFN All-Big Ten Special Teams
PK – Emmit Carpenter, Jr. Minnesota
P – Hunter Niswander, Sr. Northwestern
KR – Parris Campbell, Jr. Ohio State
PR – De’Mornay Pierson-El, Sr. Nebraska
2017 CFN All-Big Ten Top 30 Players
1. DE Tyquan Lewis, Sr. Ohio State
2. QB J.T. Barrett, Sr. Ohio State
3. RB Saquon Barkley, Jr. Penn State
4. S Marcus Allen, Sr. Penn State
5. LB Jerome Baker, Jr. Ohio State
6. DT Maurice Hurst, Sr. Michigan
7. DE Sam Hubbard, Jr. Ohio State
8. LB Tegray Scales, Sr. Indiana
9. RB Mike Weber, Soph. Ohio State
10. TE Troy Fumagalli, Sr. Wisconsin
11. QB Trace McSorley, Jr. Penn State
12. LB Josey Jewell, Sr. Iowa
13. RB L.J. Scott, Jr. Michigan State
14. QB Clayton Thorson, Jr. Northwestern
15. TE Mike Gesicki, Sr. Penn State
16. LB T.J. Edwards, Jr. Wisconsin
17. RB Justin Jackson, Sr. Northwestern
18. S Godwin Igwebuike, Sr. Northwestern
19. NT Conor Sheehy, Sr. Wisconsin
20. QB Wilton Speight, Sr. Michigan
21. LB Jack Cichy, Sr. Wisconsin
22. S Joshua Kalu, Sr. Nebraska
23. OG Beau Benzschawel, Jr. Wisconsin
24. OT/C Mason Cole, Sr. Michigan
25. DE Nick Bosa, Soph. Ohio State
26. OG Brian Allen, Sr. Michigan State
27. WR Janarion Grant, Sr. Rutgers
28. OT Jamarco Jones, Sr. Ohio State
29. C Billy Price, Sr. Ohio State
30. LB Jason Cabinda, Sr. Penn State
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EAST: Indiana | Maryland | Michigan
Mich St | Ohio St | Penn St | Rutgers
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Nebraska | Nwestern | Purdue | Wisc