By now, you’ve seen a million All-B1G teams. For the most part, they’re the same thing. After 12 games — and 13 for some — we should have a pretty solid idea of who the best players are.

But what about the guys that exceeded our expectations? In case you didn’t notice, there were a ton of guys that weren’t slotted on preseason All-B1G teams that had breakout seasons. Some, like Aaron Burbridge, were unanimous All-B1G selections by any metric. But there were also guys like Clayton Fejedelem and Josey Jewell, that were nothing more than rotation players before 2015.

These teams are comprised of the best B1G seasons by guys that were NOT preseason first or second all-conference teams.

Call it the All-B1G Breakout Team, if you will:

OFFENSE

QB — Nate Sudfeld, Indiana

RB — Jordan Canzeri, Iowa

RB — Saquon Barkley, Penn State

WR — Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State

WR — Jehu Chesson, Michigan

TE — George Kittle, Iowa

C — Austin Blythe, Iowa

OG — Jordan Walsh, Iowa

OG — Brian Allen, Michigan State

OT — Erik Magnuson, Michigan

OT — Austin Schmidt, Illinois

AP — Jabrill Peppers, Michigan

Why — OK, I get that Sudfeld was expected to do big things in 2015, if he could stay healthy. But this was actually his first full season in which — with the exception of missing one game — he did that. He easily could’ve been a first-team All-B1G selection. At very different points in their careers, Canzeri and Barkley took off in feature roles. There wasn’t much debate about either of the receiver positions. The first-team All-B1G group of offensive linemen was mostly dominated by preseason All-B1G selections. Blythe and Walsh were obvious first-team choices, while Allen emerged with the midseason absence of the Spartans’ top offensive linemen. Schmidt got the edge for keeping one of the conference’s most injury-prone quarterbacks healthy and well protected on his blindside in 2015.

DEFENSE

DE — Carl Nassib, Penn State

DE — Dean Lowry, Northwestern

DT — Malik McDowell, Michigan State

DT — Austin Johnson, Penn State

LB — Joe Schobert, Wisconsin

LB — Anthony Walker, Northwestern

LB — Josey Jewell, Iowa

CB — Jourdan Lewis, Michigan

CB — Desmond King, Iowa

S — Tanner McEvoy, Wisconsin

S — Clayton Fejedelem, Illinois

SPECIAL TEAMS

KR — Solomon Vault, Northwestern

PR — Mitchell Paige, Indiana

K — Griffin Oakes, Indiana

P — Sam Foltz, Nebraska

Naturally, Nassib found his way on to another awards list. Arguably the breakout player of the year in college football highlighted a list that easily could’ve all been first-team All-B1G selections. The amazing thing about a lot of the guys on this list was the fact that many exploded in their final seasons. McEvoy was brilliant as a full-time safety in what felt like his 20th year. Fejedelem had one career start before 2015 but finished the season with 140 tackles, which was good for third in the country. Schobert went from unsung hero in 2014 to a household name as a senior. But there will still be plenty of All-American talent back next year. Guys like King and Lewis are expected to return, and along with McDowell, they could easily all be preseason All-Americans. The only downside of that? They won’t make this list again next year. I’d say that’s a worthy tradeoff.