BIG TEN ALL-LEAGUE SELECTIONS 2020

 

 

The end of the college football season is a sad time, because it means that we are almost finished withfootball, and have a long cold winter (and spring) ahead of us.

But it's also a time for passing out hardware, in the form of all-league teams. 

Plenty of players had the spotlight shining on them, so it was admittedly tricky trying to find the best of the best in each league. But through careful research, and all night film sessions, our committee of three came up with what we thought were the best choices in each conference. 

These selections may not match the ones unveiled by the conferences, but that's because much of that is name recognition more than stellar play. Digging deep behind the numbers is what's needed, and that's precisely what we have done here.

There were questions from the state about whether the Big Ten would even be viable, given its late start and lack of scheduling flexibility. Alas, it ended up postponing the most games of any Power 5 conference, and ended up voting to waive the six-game minimum to allow Ohio State -- which was the best team all season -- to represent the East in the league title game. The Buckeyes were led by quarterback Justin Fields, the best offensive player in the conference, and he led a contingent of OSU players on the two all-league units. Iowa defensive bulwark Daviyon Nixon was a terror inside, while surprising Northwestern dominated defensively, including the best freshman in the conference in Brandon Joseph. Indiana put together its best season in ages, thanks in large part to excitable coach Tom Allen.

1^ST TEAM OFFENSE                                                                               2^ND TEAM OFFENSE

QB Justin Fields/Ohio State                                                               QB Jack Plummer/Purdue

RB Mo Ibrahim/Minnesota                                                                 RB Trey Sermon/Ohio State

RB Tyler Goodson/Iowa                                                                      RB Jake Funk/Maryland

WR David Bell/Purdue                                                                         WR Chris Olave/Ohio State

WR Jahan Dotson/Penn State                                                           WR Ty Fryfogle/Indiana

WR Garrett Wilson/Ohio State                                                           WR Bo Melton/Rutgers

TE Jake Ferguson/Wisconsin                                                           TE Pat Freiermuth/Penn State

OT Alaric Jackson/Iowa                                                                     OT Peter Skoronski/Northwestern

OT Cole Van Lanen/Wisconsin                                                         OT Nicholas Petit-Frere/Ohio State

OG Kendrick Green/Illinois                                                               OG Cole Banwart/Iowa

OG Wyatt Davis/Ohio State                                                                 OG Mike Miranda/Penn State

 C Tyler Linderbaum/Iowa                                                                   C John Michael Schmitz/Minnesota                                 

1^ST TEAM DEFENSE                                                                              2^ND TEAM DEFENSE

DE Kwity Paye/Michigan                                                                     DE Jonathon Cooper/Ohio State

DT Daviyon Nixon/Iowa                                                                       DT Ben Stille/Nebraska

DT Haskell Garrett/Ohio State                                                           DT Jack Heflin/Iowa

DE Chauncey Golston/Iowa                                                               DE Shaka Toney/Penn State

LB Micah McFadden/Indiana                                                             LB Blake Gallagher/Northwestern

LB Pete Werner/Ohio State                                                               LB Antjuan Simmons/Michigan State

LB Jack Sanborn/Wisconsin                                                             LB Olakunle Fatukasi/Rutgers

LB Paddy Fisher/Northwestern                                                       LB JoJo Domann/Nebraska

CB Shakur Brown/Michigan State                                                   CB Tiawan Mullen/Indiana

CB Greg Newsome II/Northwestern                                               CB Shaun Wade/Ohio State

 S Jaquan Brisker/Penn State                                                             S Jamar Johnson/Indiana

 S Brandon Joseph/Northwestern                                                    S Nick Cross/Maryland

1^ST TEAM SPECIALISTS                                                                       2^ND TEAM SPECIALISTS

 K Charles Campbell/Indiana                                                             K Connor Culp/Nebraska

 P Adam Korsak/Rutgers                                                                   P Brad Robbins/Michigan

RS Aron Cruickshank/Rutgers                                                       RS Giles Jackson/Michigan

 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Justin Fields/Ohio State                     

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Daviyon Nixon/Iowa                                

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Brandon Joseph/Northwestern

COACH OF THE YEAR: Tom Allen/Indiana