Pro Football Focus includes 20 B1G stars on preseason All-America teams

As the calendar rolls to August, preseason accolades continue to roll in for the 2022 college football season. On Monday, Pro Football Focus joined the preseason chatter with their comprehensive list of preseason All-America nominations.

PFF included 3 teams and a list of honorable mentions with 20 B1G stars selected throughout. However, the first-team unit featured just 3 players from the conference all on the offensive side of the ball. The second-team unit did not fare much better with just 1 defensive player selected.

Here is the full list of B1G players on PFF’s All-America team:

First-team Offense

• WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
• OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
• OT Dawand Jones, Ohio State

Second-team Offense

• RB Blake Corum, Michigan
• RB TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
• C John Michael Schmitz

Second-team Defense

• Edge Nick Herbig, Wisconsin

Second-team Special Teams

• K Jake Moody, Michigan
• PR Jayden Reed, Michigan State

Third-team Offense

• OT Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
• C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan

Third-team Defense

• DL Jacob Slade, Michigan State
• CB DJ Turner, Michigan

Third-team Special Teams

• PR Charlie Jones, Purdue

Honorable Mentions

• QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State
• RB Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
• C Luke Wypler, Ohio State
• Edge Zach Harrison, Ohio State
• Flex D Tiawan Mullen, Indiana
• K Noah Ruggles, Ohio State

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.