Phil Steele’s preseason 2015 All-Big Ten teams
Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott and defensive end Joey Bosa headline Phil Steele’s preseason 2015 All-Big Ten teams.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the kings of college football after winning the first College Football Playoff Championship Game and they have a roster that could be equipped to win it all again this year.
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Veteran college football analyst Phil Steele released his preseason All-Big Ten teams for the upcoming 2015 season and several Buckeyes are littered on the first four teams, but oddly enough none of the Ohio State quarterbacks cracked Steele’s first team.
Running back Ezekiel Elliott and defensive end Joey Bosa headline the first team offense and defense but Braxton Miller, Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett are absent as Urban Meyer has a good problem of having too many great quarterbacks, but at this time it’s unclear which one will be the guy.
Nevertheless, Ohio State has four on the first-team offense and the first-team defense but it’s Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook who is the first-team quarterback with Barrett the second-team signal-caller.
Check out Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten teams below and visit his website to see his preseason All-Conference teams for every league.
OFFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
QB | Connor Cook, Michigan St | JT Barrett, Ohio State | Christian Hackenberg, Penn St | Nate Sudfeld, Indiana |
RB | Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State | Jordan Howard, Indiana | Akeel Lynch, Penn St | Derek Watt, Wisconsin (FB) |
RB | Corey Clement, Wisconsin | Justin Jackson, Northwestern | Josh Ferguson, Illinois | Madre London, Michigan St |
WR | DaeSean Hamilton, Penn St | Jordan Westerkamp, Neb | Macgarrett Kings, Michigan St | Marcus Leak, Maryland |
WR | Leonte Carroo, Rutgers | Jalin Marshall, Ohio State | Alex Erickson, Wisconsin | Amara Darboh, Michigan |
WR | Michael Thomas, Ohio State | Geronimo Allison, Illinois | Tevaun Smith, Iowa | De’Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska |
TE | Josiah Price, Michigan St | Nick Vannett, Ohio State | Kyle Carter, Penn St | Jake Duzey, Iowa |
C | Jack Allen, Michigan St | Dan Voltz, Wisconsin | Robert Kugler, Purdue | Billy Price, Ohio State |
OL | Dan Feeney, Indiana | Ted Karras, Illinois | Kyle Kalis, Michigan | Geoff Mogus,. Northwestern |
OL | Pat Elflein, Ohio State | Austin Blythe (C), Iowa | Chris Muller, Rutgers | Angelo Mangiro (C), Penn St |
OL | Jack Conklin, Michigan St | Tyler Marz, Wisconsin | Alex Lewis, Nebraska | Josh Campion, Minnesota |
OL | Taylor Decker, Ohio State | Jason Spriggs, Indiana | Keith Lumpkin, Rutgers | Andrew Zeller, Maryland |
DEFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
DE | Joey Bosa, Ohio State | Theiren Cockran, Minnesota | Jihad Ward, Illinois | Dean Lowry, Northwestern |
DT | Anthony Zettel, Penn St | Austin Johnson, Penn St | Vincent Valentine, Nebraska | Malik McDowell, Michigan St |
DT | Adolphus Washington, Ohio St | Darius Hamilton, Rutgers | Maliek Collins, Nebraska | Lawrence Thomas, Michigan St |
DE | Shilique Calhoun, Michigan St | Drew Ott, Iowa | Kemoko Turay, Rutgers | Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland |
LB | Steve Longa, Rutgers | Ed Davis, Michigan St | Joe Schobert, Wisconsin | Riley Bullough, Michigan St |
LB | Darron Lee, Ohio State | Nyeem Wartman, Penn St | Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State | David Santos, Nebraska |
LB | Mason Monheim, Illinois | Joshua Perry, Ohio St | DeVondre Campbell, Minnesota | TJ Neal, Illinois |
LB | Vince Biegel, Wisconsin | Joe Bolden, Michigan | Desmond Morgan, Michigan | Quentin Gause, Rutgers |
DB | Nick VanHoose, Northwestern | Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota | Desmond King, Iowa | Jabrill Peppers, Michigan |
DB | Jordan Lucas, Penn St | Eric Murray, Minnesota | Eli Apple, Ohio State | Frankie Williams, Purdue |
DB | William Likely, Maryland | Sean Davis, Maryland | Nate Gerry, Nebraska | Jordan Lomax, Iowa |
DB | Vonn Bell, Ohio State | Michael Caputo, Wisconsin | RJ Williamson, Michigan St | Tyvis Powell, Ohio State |
SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
K | Brad Craddock, Maryland | Rafael Gaglianone, Wisconsin | Paul Griggs, Purdue | Griffin Oakes, Indiana |
P | Peter Mortell, Minnesota | Cameron Johnston, Ohio St | Sam Foltz, Nebraska | Blake O’Neill, Michigan |
KR | Janarion Grant, Rutgers | RJ Shelton, Michigan St | William Likely, Maryland | Jalen Myrick, Minnesota |
PR | De’Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska | Jalin Marshall, Ohio State | Frankie Williams, Purdue | William Likely, Maryland |
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