Football All Big Ten: Defense / Special Teams

[Richie O]

All-Big Ten Defense/Special Teams: Eight Scarlet Knights Honored - Rutgers University Athletics

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ALL-BIG TEN THIRD TEAM (MEDIA)
-- K Jai Patel

HONORABLE MENTION (MEDIA)
-- DL Mayan Ahanotu
-- LB Deion Jennings
-- DB Flip Dixon
-- DB Robert Longerbeam

HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES)
-- K Jai Patel

HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES & MEDIA)
-- DL Aaron Lewis
-- LB Mohamed Toure
-- DB Max Melton

 

[mdk01]

It would be nice to see the entire teams. Aaron Lewis not even making 3rd team seems like an RU getting screwed, but I'd love to see who's ahead of him.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

Guess the RU defense wasn’t as widely respected and recognized as we thought.

Tough competition when you consider the squads that Iowa Mich OSU and PSU have. Not many remaining spots for the rest of the other 10 teams in the league.

 

[Plum Street]

Pretty bad we didn’t put one defensive guy on one of the 3 teams

 

[AntiG]

Tyreem Powell deserved an honorable mention.

 

[AntiG]

USA Today named Monongai to their All Big Ten team

USA TODAY All-Big Ten football team 2023: OSU's Marvin Harrison Jr. is Player of the Year

Who makes up the all-Big Ten team for the 2023 college football season? Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa lead the way among the conference selections:

www.freep.com

 

[LeapinLou]

Keep in mind that other than Deion Jennings, all of our star defensive players still have eligibility. There are probably a bunch of NFL draft picks and seniors taking up most of the spots.

 

[AntiG]

It would be nice to see the entire teams. Aaron Lewis not even making 3rd team seems like an RU getting screwed, but I'd love to see who's ahead of him.

Big Ten all-conference football team: Defense, special teams selections for 2023 season

The Big Ten released its all-conference team for defense and special teams, as judged by coaches and media. Here is the team for the 2023 season:

www.freep.com

Big Ten all-conference football team 2023​

First-team defense​

Editor's note: all players listed are selected by coaches and media unless otherwise specified

• DL: Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois
• DL: JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
• DL: Chop Robinson, Penn State
• DL: Mason Graham, Michigan (coaches)
• DL: Adisa Isaac, Penn State (media)
• LB: Jay Higgins, Iowa
• LB: Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
• LB: Abdul Carter, Penn State (coaches)
• LB: Aaron Casey, Indiana (media)
• DB: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
• DB: Will Johnson, Michigan
• DB: Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
• DB: Denzel Burke, Ohio State (coaches)
• DB: Mike Sainristil, Michigan (media)

Second-team defense​

• DL: Kris Jenkins, Michigan
• DL: Nic Scourton, Purdue
• DL: Kenneth Grant, Michigan (coaches)
• DL: Tyleik Williams, Ohio State (media)
• DL: Jack Sawyer, Ohio State (media)
• LB: Junior Colson, Michigan
• LB: Bryce Gallagher, Northwestern
• DB: Kalen King, Penn State
• DB: Tarheeb Still, Maryland (coaches)
• DB: Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (coaches)
• DB: Sebastian Castro, Iowa (media)
• DB: Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin (media)

Third-team defense​

• DL: Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State (coaches)
• DL: Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State (coaches)
• DL: Keith Randolph Jr., Illinois (media)
• DL: Joe Evans, Iowa (media)
• LB: Ruben Hyppolite II, Maryland (coaches)
• LB: Mike Barrett, Michigan (coaches)
• LB: Luke Reimer, Nebraska (coaches)
• LB: Nick Jackson, Iowa (media)
• LB: Xander Mueller, Northwestern (media)
• LB: Steele Chambers, Ohio State (media)
• DB: Rod Moore, Michigan (coaches)
• DB: Johnny Dixon, Penn State (coaches)
• DB: Daequan Hardy, Penn State (coaches)
• DB: Josh Proctor, Ohio State (media)
• DB: Ricardo Hallman, Wisconsin (media)

First-team special teams​

• K: Dragan Kesich, Minnesota
• P: Tory Taylor, Iowa
• RS: Cooper DeJean, Iowa

Second-team special teams​

• K: James Turner, Michigan (coaches)
• K: Jayden Fielding, Ohio State (coaches)
• K: Alex Felkins, Penn State (media)
• P: Ryan Eckley, Michigan State
• RS: Daequan Hardy, Penn State

Third-team special teams​

• K: Drew Stevens, Iowa (coaches)
• K: Jai Patel, Rutgers (media)
• P: Tommy Doman, Michigan (coaches)
• P: James Evans, Indiana (media)
• RS: Tyrone Tracy Jr., Purdue (coaches)
• RS: Jaylin Lucas, Indiana (media)

Big Ten awards​

• Defensive Player of the Year: Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois
• Defensive Lineman of the Year: Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois
• Linebacker of the Year: Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
• Defensive Back of the Year: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
• Return Specialist of the Year: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
• Kicker of the Year: Dragan Kesich, Minnesota
• Punter of the Year: Tory Taylor, Iowa
• Coach of the Year: David Braun, Northwestern

 

[LeapinLou]

Patel greatly exceeded my expectations. Big congrats to him.

 

[AntiG]

Pretty bad we didn’t put one defensive guy on one of the 3 teams

Dixon should have been on it. Kid was a superstar all year.

 

[mdk01]

USA Today named Monongai to their All Big Ten team

USA TODAY All-Big Ten football team 2023: OSU's Marvin Harrison Jr. is Player of the Year

Who makes up the all-Big Ten team for the 2023 college football season? Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa lead the way among the conference selections:

www.freep.com

I guess that makes him a lock for HM in the B1G Media poll 😄

 

[RU#1fan]

Keep in mind that other than Deion Jennings, all of our star defensive players still have eligibility. There are probably a bunch of NFL draft picks and seniors taking up most of the spots.

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The Defense can be better if all the eligible players return.

 

[AM ClocksPF]

Tyreem Powell deserved an honorable mention.

Maybe he is not as good as some on this board think he is. I know he missed a couple of games but so did Cooper De Jean and he still made 1st team and was DB of the year. Notice Toure made the list

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Don’t think there is any reputational bias in those selections.

 

[shields]

If Powell was on Iowa I bet he made one of the teams.