Big Ten Conference football individual awards explained

Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award the following individual honors at the end of each football season. In addition, the Chicago Tribune awards the Chicago Tribune Silver Football to the most valuable football player of the conference.

General

Player of the Year

Sanctioned by Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI); replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 1990.

Season	Player		Team
1982	Anthony Carter	WR	Michigan
1983	Don Thorp	DT	Illinois
1984	Keith Byars	RB	Ohio State
1985	Chuck Long	QB	Iowa
	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1986	Jim Harbaugh	QB	Michigan
1987	Lorenzo White (2)	RB	Michigan State
	Ernie Jones	WR	Indiana
1988	Anthony Thompson	RB	Indiana
1989	Anthony Thompson (2)	RB	Indiana

Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year Award in honor of Northwestern's Otto Graham and Ohio State's Eddie George.

Season	width=500px	Player		Team
1990	Nick Bell	RB	Iowa
	Matt Rodgers	QB
	Jon Vaughn	RB	Michigan
	Tico Duckett	RB	Michigan State
1991	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan
1992	Tyrone Wheatley	RB	Michigan
1993	Brent Moss	RB	Wisconsin
1994	Kerry Collins	QB	Penn State
1995	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State
1996	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1997	Curtis Enis	RB	Penn State
	Tavian Banks	RB	Iowa
1998	Joe Germaine	QB	Ohio State
	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees (2)	QB	Purdue	^[1]
2001	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana	^[2]
2002	Brad Banks	QB	Iowa	^[3]
2003	Chris Perry	RB	Michigan	^[4]
2004	Braylon Edwards	WR	Michigan	^[5]
2005	Michael Robinson	QB	Penn State	^[6]
	Brett Basanez	QB	Northwestern
2006	Troy Smith	QB	Ohio State	^[7]
2007	Rashard Mendenhall	RB	Illinois	^[8]
2008	Shonn Greene	RB	Iowa	^[9]
2009	John Clay	RB	Wisconsin	^[10]
2010	Denard Robinson	QB	Michigan	^[11] ^[12]
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2011	Montee Ball	RB	Wisconsin	^[13]
2012	Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State	^[14]
2013	Braxton Miller (2)	QB	Ohio State	^[15]
2014	Melvin Gordon	RB	Wisconsin	^[16]
2015	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Ohio State	^[17]
2016	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn State	^[18]
2017	Saquon Barkley (2)	RB	Penn State	^[19]
2018	Dwayne Haskins	QB	Ohio State	^[20]
2019	Justin Fields	QB	Ohio State	^[21]
2020	Justin Fields (2)	QB	Ohio State	^[22]
2021	C. J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State	^[23]
2022	C. J. Stroud (2)	QB	Ohio State	^[24]
2023	Marvin Harrison Jr.	WR	Ohio State	^[25]

Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Nagurski–Woodson Award in honor of Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski and Michigan's Charles Woodson.

Season	Player		Team
1990	Moe Gardner	NT	Illinois
	Darrick Brownlow	LB
1991	Leroy Smith	DE	Iowa
	Troy Vincent	CB	Wisconsin
1992	Steve Tovar	LB	Ohio State
	Jeff Zgonina	DT	Purdue
1993	Dana Howard	LB	Illinois
	Dan Wilkinson	DT	Ohio State
1994	Dana Howard (2)	LB	Illinois
1995	Pat Fitzgerald	LB	Northwestern
1996	Shawn Springs	CB	Ohio State
	Pat Fitzgerald (2)	LB	Northwestern
1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan
1998	LaVar Arrington	LB	Penn State
	Tom Burke	DE	Wisconsin
1999	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State
2000	Jamar Fletcher	CB	Wisconsin
2001	Larry Foote	LB	Michigan
2002	Mike Doss	S	Ohio State
	Michael Haynes	DE	Penn State
2003	Will Smith	DE	Ohio State
2004	Erasmus James	DE	Wisconsin
2005	A. J. Hawk	LB	Ohio State
2006	LaMarr Woodley	DE	Michigan
2007	James Laurinaitis	LB	Ohio State
2008	James Laurinaitis (2)	LB	Ohio State
2009	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State
	Greg Jones	LB	Michigan State
2010	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue
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2011	Devon Still	DT	Penn State
2012	John Simon	DE	Ohio State
2013	Chris Borland	LB	Wisconsin
2014	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State
2015	Carl Nassib	DE	Penn State	^[26]
2016	Jabrill Peppers	LB	Michigan	^[27]
2017	Josey Jewell	LB	Iowa
2018	Devin Bush Jr.	LB	Michigan	^[28]
2019	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State	^[29]
2020	Daviyon Nixon	DT	Iowa
2021	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	Michigan	^[30]
2022	Jack Campbell	LB	Iowa	^[31]
2023	Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	Illinois	^[32]

Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year Award in honor of Minnesota's Darrell Thompson and Indiana's Antwaan Randle El.

Season	Player		Team
1986	Darrell Thompson	RB	Minnesota
1987	Tony Lowery	QB	Wisconsin
1988	Brian Fox	QB	Purdue
	Ed Sutter	LB/P	Northwestern
1989	Eric Hunter	QB	Purdue
1990	Robert Smith	RB	Ohio State
1991	Corey Rogers	RB	Purdue
1992	Korey Stringer	OT	Ohio State
	Simeon Rice	DE	Illinois
1993	Reggie Garnett	LB	Michigan State
1994	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1995	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan
	Curtis Enis	RB	Penn State
1996	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
	Andy Katzenmoyer	LB	Ohio State
1997	Anthony Thomas	RB	Michigan
1998	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana
1999	Brooks Bollinger	QB	Wisconsin
2000	Stuart Schweigert	S	Purdue	^[33]
2001	Anthony Davis	RB	Wisconsin
2002	Maurice Clarett	RB	Ohio State
2003	Steve Breaston	WR	Michigan
	Laurence Maroney	RB	Minnesota
2004	Mike Hart	RB	Michigan
2005	Tyrell Sutton	RB	Northwestern
2006	P. J. Hill	RB	Wisconsin
2007	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois
2008	Terrelle Pryor	QB	Ohio State
2009	Chris Borland	LB	Wisconsin
2010	James White	RB	Wisconsin
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2011	Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State
2012	Deion Barnes	DE	Penn State
2013	Christian Hackenberg	QB	Penn State
2014	J. T. Barrett	QB	Ohio State
2015	Jabrill Peppers	S/RB	Michigan
2016	Mike Weber	RB	Ohio State
2017	Jonathan Taylor	RB	Wisconsin
2018	Rondale Moore	WR	Purdue
2019	David Bell	WR	Purdue
2020	Brandon Joseph	S	Northwestern
2021	C. J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State
2022	Nicholas Singleton	RB	Penn State
2023	Dillon Thieneman	S	Purdue

Dave McClain / Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year

From 1986 through 2010, this award was dedicated in honor of Dave McClain, who served as the Wisconsin Badgers head coach from 1978 to 1985. Recipients were selected by the media. The coaches selected a separate award from 1982 to 1991. When the coaches resumed selecting a coach of the year in 2011, it was named for the first two recipients of the Big Ten Coach of the year, Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes, as the Hayes–Schembechler coach of the year.

Season	Coach	Team
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1972	Bo Schembechler	Michigan
1973	Woody Hayes	Ohio State
1974	Denny Stolz	Michigan State
1975	Woody Hayes (2)	Ohio State
1976	Bo Schembechler (2)	Michigan
1977	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State
1978	Jim Young	Purdue
1979	Earle Bruce	Ohio State
1980	Bo Schembechler (3)	Michigan
1981	Hayden Fry	Iowa
1982	Bo Schembechler (4)	Michigan
	Dennis Green	Northwestern
1983	Mike White	Illinois
1984	Leon Burtnett	Purdue
1985	Bo Schembechler (5)	Michigan
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1986	Bill Mallory	Indiana
1987	George Perles	Michigan State
	Bill Mallory (2)	Indiana
1988	John Mackovic	Illinois
1989	Bo Schembechler (6)	Michigan
	John Mackovic (2)	Illinois
1990	Hayden Fry (2)	Iowa
1991	Hayden Fry (3)	Iowa
	Gary Moeller	Michigan
1992	Gary Moeller (2)	Michigan
1993	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin
1994	Joe Paterno	Penn State
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern
1996	Gary Barnett (2)	Northwestern
1997	Joe Tiller	Purdue
1998	Barry Alvarez (2)	Wisconsin
1999	Glen Mason	Minnesota
2000	Randy Walker	Northwestern
2001	Ron Turner	Illinois
2002	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa
2003	John L. Smith	Michigan State
2004	Kirk Ferentz (2)	Iowa
2005	Joe Paterno (2)	Penn State
2006	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin
2007	Ron Zook	Illinois
2008	Joe Paterno (3)	Penn State
2009	Kirk Ferentz (3)	Iowa
2010	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State
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2011	Brady Hoke	Michigan
2012	Bill O'Brien	Penn State
2013	Mark Dantonio (2)	Michigan State
2014	Jerry Kill	Minnesota
2015	Kirk Ferentz (4)	Iowa
2016	Paul Chryst	Wisconsin
	James Franklin	Penn State
2017	Paul Chryst (2)	Wisconsin
2018	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern
2019	P. J. Fleck	Minnesota
	Ryan Day	Ohio State
2020	Tom Allen	Indiana
2021	Mel Tucker	Michigan State
2022	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan
2023	David Braun	Northwestern

Ford–Kinnick Leadership Award

The award is named in honor of Michigan's Gerald Ford and Iowa's Nile Kinnick.

Season	Player		Team	Tenure
2011	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State	1972–1975	^[34] ^[35]
2012	Jon Runyan	OT	Michigan	1992–1995	^[36]
2013	Gene Washington	WR	Michigan State	1964–1966	^[37]
2014	Mike Hopkins	S	Illinois	1987–1991	^[38]
2015	Brian Griese	QB	Michigan	1993–1997	^[39]
2016	Reggie McKenzie	G	Michigan	1969–1971	^[40]
2017	Troy Vincent	CB	Wisconsin	1988–1991	^[41] ^[42]
2018	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana	1997–2001	^[43] ^[44]
2019	Doug Schlereth	DE	Indiana	1985–1988	^[45] ^[46]
2020	Napoleon Harris	LB/DE	Northwestern	1998–2001
2021	Pat Richter	E	Wisconsin	1960–1962	^[47]
2022	Ron Guenther	OL	Illinois	1965–1966	^[48] ^[49]
2023	Richard Coachys	QB/S	Indiana	1965–1966	^[50] ^[51]

Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award

The award is named in honor of Minnesota's Tony Dungy and Indiana's Anthony Thompson.

Season	Player		Team	Tenure
2011	George Taliaferro	HB	Indiana	1945, 1947–1948	^[52]
2012	Chris Spielman	LB	Ohio State	1984–1987	^[53]
2013	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue	1997–2000	^[54]
2014	Brian Griese	QB	Michigan	1993–1997	^[55]
2015	John Shinsky	DT	Michigan State	1970–1973	^[56]
2016	Trent Green	QB	Indiana	1988–1992	^[57]
2017	Chad Greenway	LB	Iowa	2001–2005	^[58]
2018	Jake Wood	OT	Wisconsin	2001–2004
2019	J. J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin	2008–2010
2020	Vincent Smith	RB	Michigan	2009–2012	^[59]
2021	Malcolm Jenkins	S/NB	Ohio State	2005–2008	^[60] ^[61]
2022	Nate Sudfeld	QB	Indiana	2012–2015	^[62]
2023	Dick Butkus	LB	Illinois	1962–1964	^[63]

All-Big Ten

See main article: List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams.

Offensive

Griese–Brees Quarterback of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Purdue's Bob Griese and Drew Brees.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Russell Wilson	Wisconsin	^[64]
2012	Braxton Miller	Ohio State	^[65]
2013	Braxton Miller (2)	Ohio State	^[66]
2014	J. T. Barrett	Ohio State	^[67]
2015	Connor Cook	Michigan State
2016	J. T. Barrett (2)	Ohio State
2017	J. T. Barrett (3)	Ohio State
2018	Dwayne Haskins	Ohio State
2019	Justin Fields	Ohio State
2020	Justin Fields (2)	Ohio State
2021	C. J. Stroud	Ohio State
2022	C. J. Stroud (2)	Ohio State
2023	J. J. McCarthy	Michigan

Ameche–Dayne Running Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Wisconsin's Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Montee Ball	Wisconsin
2012	Montee Ball (2)	Wisconsin
2013	Carlos Hyde	Ohio State
2014	Melvin Gordon	Wisconsin
2015	Ezekiel Elliott	Ohio State
2016	Saquon Barkley	Penn State
2017	Saquon Barkley (2)	Penn State
2018	Jonathan Taylor	Wisconsin
2019	Jonathan Taylor (2)	Wisconsin
2020	Mohamed Ibrahim	Minnesota
2021	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State
2022	Blake Corum	Michigan
2023	Blake Corum (2)	Michigan

Richter–Howard Receiver of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Wisconsin's Pat Richter and Michigan's Desmond Howard.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Marvin McNutt	Iowa
2012	Allen Robinson	Penn State
2013	Allen Robinson (2)	Penn State
2014	Tony Lippett	Michigan State
2015	Aaron Burbridge	Michigan State
2016	Austin Carr	Northwestern
2017	D. J. Moore	Maryland
2018	Rondale Moore	Purdue
2019	Rashod Bateman	Minnesota
2020	Ty Fryfogle	Indiana
2021	David Bell	Purdue
2022	Marvin Harrison Jr.	Ohio State
2023	Marvin Harrison Jr. (2)	Ohio State

Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Penn State's Ted Kwalick and Iowa's Dallas Clark.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Drake Dunsmore	Northwestern
2012	Jacob Pedersen	Wisconsin
2013	Devin Funchess	Michigan
2014	Maxx Williams	Minnesota
2015	Jake Butt	Michigan
2016	Jake Butt (2)	Michigan
2017	Troy Fumagalli	Wisconsin
2018	T. J. Hockenson	Iowa
2019	Brycen Hopkins	Purdue
2020	Pat Freiermuth	Penn State
2021	Austin Allen	Nebraska
2022	Sam LaPorta	Iowa
2023	Cade Stover	Ohio State

Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Award, in honor of Nebraska's Dave Rimington and Ohio State's Orlando Pace.

Season	Player		Team
1984	Jeff Dellenbach	G	Wisconsin
1985	Mike Haight	OT	Iowa
1986	Dave Croston	G	Iowa
1987	Tony Mandarich	OT	Michigan State
1988	Tony Mandarich (2)	OT	Michigan State
1989	Bob Kula	OT	Michigan State
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1991	Greg Skrepenak	OT	Michigan
1992	Mike Devlin	C	Iowa
1993	Korey Stringer	OT	Ohio State
1994	Korey Stringer (2)	OT	Ohio State
1995	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1996	Orlando Pace (2)	OT	Ohio State
1997	Flozell Adams	OT	Michigan State
1998	Jon Jansen	OT	Michigan
1999	Chris McIntosh	OT	Wisconsin
2000	Steve Hutchinson	G	Michigan
2001	LeCharles Bentley	C	Ohio State
2002	Eric Steinbach	G	Iowa
2003	Robert Gallery	OT	Iowa
2004	David Baas	C	Michigan
2005	Greg Eslinger	C	Minnesota
2006	Jake Long	OT	Michigan
2007	Jake Long (2)	OT	Michigan
2008	A. Q. Shipley	C	Penn State
2009	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
2010	Gabe Carimi	OT	Wisconsin
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2011	David Molk	C	Michigan
2012	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan
2013	Taylor Lewan (2)	OT	Michigan
2014	Brandon Scherff	OT	Iowa
2015	Taylor Decker	OT	Ohio State
2016	Pat Elflein	C	Ohio State
2017	Billy Price	C	Ohio State
2018	Michael Deiter	G	Wisconsin
2019	Tristan Wirfs	OT	Iowa
2020	Wyatt Davis	G	Ohio State
2021	Tyler Linderbaum	C	Iowa
2022	Peter Skoronski	OT	Northwestern
2023	Olu Fashanu	OT	Penn State

Defensive

Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Award in honor of Michigan State's Bubba Smith and Penn State's Courtney Brown.

Season	Player		Team
1984	Paul Hufford	DT	Iowa
1985	Mike Hammerstein	DT	Michigan
1986	Eric Kumerow	DE	Ohio State
1987	Dave Haight	NT	Iowa
1988	Mark Messner	DT	Michigan
1989	Moe Gardner	NT	Illinois
1990	colspan="4"
1991	Leroy Smith	DE	Iowa
1992	Chris Hutchinson	DT	Michigan
1993	Dan Wilkinson	DT	Ohio State
1994	Simeon Rice	DE	Illinois
1995	Mike Vrabel	DE	Ohio State
1996	Mike Vrabel (2)	DE	Ohio State
1997	Jared DeVries	DE	Iowa
1998	Tom Burke	DE	Wisconsin
1999	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State
2000	Wendell Bryant	DT	Wisconsin
	Karon Riley	DE	Minnesota
2001	Wendell Bryant (2)	DT	Wisconsin
2002	Jimmy Kennedy	DT	Penn State
2003	Will Smith	DE	Ohio State
2004	Erasmus James	DE	Wisconsin
2005	Tamba Hali	DE	Penn State
2006	LaMarr Woodley	DE	Michigan
2007	Vernon Gholston	DE	Ohio State
2008	Mitch King	DT	Iowa
2009	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State
2010	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue
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2011	Devon Still	DT	Penn State
2012	John Simon	DE	Ohio State
2013	Shilique Calhoun	DE	Michigan State
2014	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State
2015	Joey Bosa (2)	DE	Ohio State
2016	Tyquan Lewis	DE	Ohio State
2017	Nick Bosa	DE	Ohio State
2018	Kenny Willekes	DE	Michigan State
2019	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State
2020	Daviyon Nixon	DT	Iowa
2021	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	Michigan
2022	Mike Morris	DE	Michigan
2023	Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	Illinois

Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Illinois' Dick Butkus and Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Lavonte David	Nebraska
2012	Michael Mauti	Penn State
2013	Chris Borland	Wisconsin
2014	Mike Hull	Penn State
2015	Joe Schobert	Wisconsin
2016	Jabrill Peppers	Michigan
2017	Josey Jewell	Iowa
2018	Devin Bush Jr.	Michigan
2019	Micah Parsons	Penn State
2020	Paddy Fisher	Northwestern
2021	Leo Chenal	Wisconsin
2022	Jack Campbell	Iowa
2023	Tommy Eichenberg	Ohio State

Tatum–Woodson Defensive Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Ohio State's Jack Tatum and Purdue's Rod Woodson.

Season	Player		Team
2011	Alfonzo Dennard	CB	Nebraska
2012	Micah Hyde	CB	Iowa
2013	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State
2014	Kurtis Drummond	S	Michigan State
2015	Desmond King	CB	Iowa
2016	Jourdan Lewis	CB	Michigan
2017	Josh Jackson	CB	Iowa
2018	Amani Hooker	S	Iowa
2019	Antoine Winfield Jr.	S	Minnesota
2020	Shaun Wade	CB	Ohio State
2021	Riley Moss	CB	Iowa
2022	Devon Witherspoon	CB	Illinois
2023	Cooper DeJean	CB	Iowa

Special teams

Bakken–Andersen Kicker of the Year

Named in honor of Wisconsin's Jim Bakken and Michigan State's Morten Andersen.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Brett Maher	Nebraska
2012	Brett Maher (2)	Nebraska
	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern
2013	Jeff Budzien (2)	Northwestern
2014	Brad Craddock	Maryland
2015	Griffin Oakes	Indiana
2016	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota
2017	Griffin Oakes (2)	Indiana
2018	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois
2019	Keith Duncan	Iowa
2020	Connor Culp	Nebraska
2021	Jake Moody	Michigan
2022	Jake Moody (2)	Michigan
2023	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota

Eddleman–Fields Punter of the Year

Named in honor of Illinois' Dwight Eddleman and Michigan State's Brandon Fields.

Season	Player	Team
2011	Brett Maher	Nebraska
2012	Will Hagerup	Michigan
2013	Cody Webster	Purdue
2014	Peter Mortell	Minnesota
2015	Sam Foltz	Nebraska
2016	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State
2017	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers
2018	Will Hart	Michigan
2019	Blake Hayes	Illinois
2020	Tory Taylor	Iowa
2021	Jordan Stout	Penn State
2022	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State
2023	Tory Taylor (2)	Iowa

Rodgers–Dwight Return Specialist of the Year

Named in honor of Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers and Iowa's Tim Dwight.^[68]

Season	Player	Team
2015	William Likely	Maryland
2016	Jabrill Peppers	Michigan
2017	Saquon Barkley	Penn State
2018	Ihmir Smith-Marsette	Iowa
2019	Javon Leake	Maryland
2020	Aron Cruickshank	Rutgers
2021	Charlie Jones	Iowa
2022	Jaylin Lucas	Indiana
2023	Cooper DeJean	Iowa

See also

• Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Four Wolverines Receive All-Big Ten First-Team Honors. mgoblue.com. November 26, 2002. December 22, 2019.
4. Web site: Perry Heads U-M Quintet of First Team All-Big Ten Picks. mgoblue.com. November 25, 2003. December 22, 2019 .
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6. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2005 Football All-Conference Teams And Individual Honors. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221172745/https://bigten.org/news/2005/11/22/Big_Ten_Announces_2005_Football_All_Conference_Teams_And_Individual_Honors.aspx. dead. December 21, 2019. Big Ten Conference. November 22, 2005. December 21, 2019.
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