2010 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

The 2010 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2010 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Dan Persa, Northwestern (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Denard Robinson, Michigan (Media-1)
Scott Tolzien, Wisconsin (Coaches-2)

Running backs

Mikel Leshoure, Illinois (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Dan Herron, Ohio State (Coaches-1)
Edwin Baker, Michigan State (Media-1)
Evan Royster, Penn State (Coaches-2)
John Clay, Wisconsin (Coaches-2; Media-2)
James White, Wisconsin (Media-2)

Receivers

Dane Sanzenbacher, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Tandon Doss, Indiana (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa (Coaches-1)
Jeremy Ebert, Northwestern (Media-1)
Marvin McNutt, Iowa (Coaches-2)
Roy Roundtree, Michigan (Media-2)

Centers

David Molk, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Mike Brewster, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Guards

John Moffitt, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Stefen Wisniewski, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Justin Boren, Michigan (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Julian Vandervelde, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Tackles

Mike Adams, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Riley Reiff, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-2)
D. J. Young, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
Jeff Allen, Illinois (Media-2)

Tight ends

Lance Kendricks, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Allen Reisner, Iowa (Coaches-2)
Charlie Gantt, Michigan State (Media-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen

Adrian Clayborn, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Cameron Heyward, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue (Coaches-1; Media-1)
J. J. Watt, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Corey Liuget, Illinois (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Karl Klug, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Mike Martin, Michigan (Coaches-2)
Ollie Ogbu, Penn State (Coaches-2)
Vince Browne, Northwestern (Media-2)
Kawann Short, Purdue (Media-2)

Linebackers

Greg Jones, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Brian Rolle, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Ross Homan, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Martez Wilson, Illinois (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Eric Gordon, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Jeremiha Hunter, Iowa (Coaches-2)
Jonas Mouton, Michigan (Media-2)

Defensive backs

Chimdi Chekwa, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Shaun Prater, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Tyler Sash, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jermale Hines, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Antonio Fenelus, Wisconsin (Media-1)
Brett Greenwood, Iowa (Coaches-2)
Johnny Adams, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
Trenton Robinson, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
Chris L. Rucker, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
Aaron Henry, Wisconsin (Coaches-2)
Marcus Hyde, Michigan State (Media-2)
Brian Peters, Northwestern (Media-2)
Ricardo Allen, Purdue (Media-2)

Special teams

Kickers

Dan Conroy, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Derek Dimke, Illinois (Coaches-2)
Devin Barclay, Ohio State (Media-2)

Punter

Anthony Santella, Illinois (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Aaron Bates, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Key

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media

Coaches = Selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches^[1]

Media = Selected by the conference media^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: Big Ten Announces 2010 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors. Big Ten Conference. March 5, 2015. November 29, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101222184331/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112910aae.html. December 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.