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B1G announces 10 players on preseason watch list
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CHICAGO — The B1G doesn’t churn out a list of preseason media predictions.
Still, 10 players received a little preseason love from the conference.
The B1G announced the 10 players that cracked the preseason watch list, five of which were from the West and five of which were from the East.
Here are the guys who made the cut:
EAST DIVISION
Tegray Scales, Sr., LB, IND
J.T. Barrett, Sr., QB, OSU
Tyquan Lewis, Sr., DE, OSU
Saquon Barkley, Jr., RB, PSU
Trace McSorley, Sr., QB, PSU
WEST DIVISION
Josey Jewell, Sr., LB, IOWA
Goodwin Igwebuike, Sr., S, NU
Justin Jackson, Sr., RB, NU
Jack Cichy, Sr., LB, WIS
Troy Fumagalli, Sr., TE, WIS
Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin all had two honorees apiece while Indiana and Iowa each had one.
The only non-senior that made the cut was Saquon Barkley, who is projected as a top-five pick in next year’s NFL draft.
B1G Media Days will begin on Monday and conclude on Tuesday in Chicago.
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.