Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, November 30, 2015
BTN Live announced the official 2015 All-Big Ten Defensive Team and select individual award winners Monday tonight.
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Tuesday night, at 6 p.m. ET, it will be the offense's turn.
Here are the 2015 trophy winners:
Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year: Carl Nassib, Penn State
Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year: Jabrill Peppers, Michigan
Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year: Joey Bosa, Ohio State
Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year: Joe Schobert, Wisconsin
Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year: Desmond King, Iowa
Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Griffin Oakes, Indiana
Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year: Sam Foltz, Nebraska
Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year: William Likely, Maryland
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View the full coaches and media defensive teams below:
2015 ALL-BIG TEN DEFENSIVE TEAM (COACHES) | ||
FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM |
THIRD TEAM |
DL: Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland | DL: Malik McDowell, Michigan State | DL: Nate Meier, Iowa |
DL: Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State | DL: Maliek Collins, Nebraska | DL: Chris Wormley, Michigan |
DL: Joey Bosa, Ohio State | DL: Dean Lowry, Northwestern | DL: Austin Johnson, Penn State |
DL: Carl Nassib, Penn State | DL: Adolphus Washington, Ohio State | DL: Anthony Zettel, Penn State |
LB: Anthony Walker Jr., Northwestern | LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa | LB: Riley Bullough, Michigan State |
LB: Joshua Perry, Ohio State | LB: Darron Lee, Ohio State | LB: Darien Harris, Michigan State |
LB: Joe Schobert, Wisconsin | LB: Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State | LB: Vince Biegel, Wisconsin |
DB: Desmond King, Iowa | DB: Nick VanHoose, Northwestern | DB: Jordan Lomax, Iowa |
DB: William Likely, Maryland | DB: Eli Apple, Ohio State | DB: Demetrious Cox, Michigan State |
DB: Jourdan Lewis, Michigan | DB: Vonn Bell, Ohio State | DB: Eric Murray, Minnesota |
DB: Jabrill Peppers, Michigan | DB: Michael Caputo, Wisconsin | DB: Matthew Harris, Northwestern |
K: Griffin Oakes, Indiana | K: Marshall Koehn, Iowa | K: Ryan Santoso, Minnesota |
P: Sam Foltz, Nebraska | P: Cameron Johnston, Ohio State | P: Peter Mortell, Minnesota |
RS: William Likely, Maryland | RS: Jabrill Peppers, Michigan | RS: Janarion Grant, Rutgers |
HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: Taylor Barton, V'Angelo Bentley (return specialist), Clayton Fejedelem, Mason Monheim, T.J. Neal, Dawuane Smoot, Jihad Ward; INDIANA: Darius Latham, Nick Mangieri, Zack Shaw; IOWA: Cole Fisher, Jaleel Johnson, Dillon Kidd, Desmond King (return specialist), Ben Niemann; MARYLAND: Jermaine Carter, Quinton Jefferson; MICHIGAN: Kenny Allen, Joe Bolden, Ryan Glasgow, Willie Henry, Desmond Morgan, Blake O'Neil, Jarrod Wilson; MICHIGAN STATE: Jon Reschke, Lawrence Thomas; MINNESOTA: Briean Boddy-Calhoun, De'Vondre Campbell, Theiren Cockran, Jalen Myrick, Steven Richardson; NEBRASKA: Drew Brown, Nate Gerry, Joshua Kalu; NORTHWESTERN: Deonte Gibson, Solomon Vault (return specialist); OHIO STATE: Tyquan Lewis, Jalin Marshall (return specialist), Tyvis Powell; PENN STATE: Marcus Allen, Jason Cabinda, Trevor Williams; PURDUE: Anthony Brown, Jake Replogle, Frankie Williams; RUTGERS: Steve Longa; WISCONSIN: T.J. Edwards, Darius Hillary, Tanner McEvoy. | ||
Unanimous selection in ALL CAPS; *Additional honorees due to ties |
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2015 ALL-BIG TEN DEFENSIVE TEAM (MEDIA) | ||
FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM |
THIRD TEAM |
DL: Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland | DL: Malik McDowell, Michigan State | DL: Nate Meier, Iowa |
DL: Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State | DL: Dean Lowry, Northwestern | DL: Maliek Collins, Nebraska |
DL: Joey Bosa, Ohio State | DL: Adolphus Washington, Ohio State | DL: Deonte Gibson, Northwestern |
DL: Carl Nassib, Penn State | DL: Austin Johnson, Penn State | DL: Anthony Zettel, Penn State |
LB: Anthony Walker Jr., Northwestern | LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa | LB: Darron Lee, Ohio State |
LB: Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State | LB: Riley Bullough, Michigan State | LB: Steve Longa, Rutgers |
LB: Joe Schobert, Wisconsin | LB: Joshua Perry, Ohio State | LB: Vince Biegel, Wisconsin |
DB: DESMOND KING, Iowa | DB: Clayton Fejedelem, Illinois | DB: Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota |
DB: Jourdan Lewis, Michigan | DB: William Likely, Maryland | DB: Eric Murray, Minnesota |
DB: Jabrill Peppers, Michigan | DB: Nick VanHoose, Northwestern | DB: Nate Gerry, Nebraska |
DB: Vonn Bell, Ohio State | DB: Michael Caputo, Wisconsin | DB: Matthew Harris, Northwestern |
K: Griffin Oakes, Indiana | K: Drew Brown, Nebraska | K: Kenny Allen, Michigan |
P: Sam Foltz, Nebraska | P: Cameron Johnston, Ohio State | P: Peter Mortell, Minnesota |
RS: William Likely, Maryland | RS: Janarion Grant, Rutgers | RS: Solomon Vault, Northwestern |
HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: Taylor Barton, V'Angelo Bentley (return specialist), Mason Monheim, T.J. Neal, Dawuane Smoot, Jihad Ward; INDIANA: Michael Cooper, Nick Mangieri, Marcus Oliver, Mitchell Paige (return specialist); IOWA: Cole Fisher, Jaleel Johnson, Dillon Kidd, Jordan Lomax, Desmond King (return specialist), Marshall Koehn; MARYLAND: Jermaine Carter, Sean Davis; MICHIGAN: Joe Bolden, Ryan Glasgow, Willie Henry, Royce Jenkins-Stone, Jourdan Lewis (return specialist), Desmond Morgan, Blake O'Neill, Jabrill Peppers (return specialist), Chris Wormley; MICHIGAN STATE: Demetrious Cox, Darien Harris, Joel Heath, Jon Reschke; MINNESOTA: De'Vondre Campbell, Theiren Cockran, Jack Lynn, Cody Poock, Steven Richardson, Ryan Santoso; NEBRASKA: None; OHIO STATE: Eli Apple, Gareon Conley, Tyquan Lewis, Jalin Marshall (wide receiver/return specialist), Tyvis Powell: PENN STATE: Marcus Allen, Jason Cabinda, Grant Haley; PURDUE: Anthony Brown, Jake Replogle, Frankie Williams; RUTGERS: Quentin Gause; WISCONSIN: Tanner McEvoy, Chikwe Obasih, Sojourn Shelton. | ||
Unanimous selection in ALL CAPS; *Additional honorees due to ties |