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CBS Sports picks 12 B1G players for Preseason All-America Teams
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Eight different B1G teams were represented on CBS Sports’ preseason All-America teams.
More than half the conference had some sort of All-American honoree on one of their preseason teams, which were released on Tuesday. And while it was most of the usual suspects, there were a couple minor surprises within the B1G.
Here were the B1G players who made the cut:
CBS Sports First Team
- TE — Jake Butt, Michigan
- C — Pat Elflein, Ohio State
- OL — Dan Feeney, Indiana
- DT — Malik McDowell, Michigan State
- LB — Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State
- CB — Desmond King, Iowa
Second Team
- C — Brian Allen, Michigan State
- OL — Dan Voltz, Wisconsin
- LB — Anthony Walker, Northwestern
- LB — Jabrill Peppers, Michigan
- CB — Jourdan Lewis, Michigan
- PR — William Likely, Maryland
There weren’t any surprises among the six players who made the first team, but there were a couple surprising omissions. Both Jourdan Lewis and Jabrill Peppers were second-team honorees.
Lewis, of course, earned All-America honors last year and is considered by many as one of the top two cornerbacks in the country. Peppers, on the other hand, is technically playing a new position but is still generating plenty of hype as a preseason All-American.
Also, Michigan State’s Brian Allen was listed as a second-team center, but he isn’t playing center this year. He’s actually the starting left guard.
But hey, it’s their list.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.