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Big Ten announces 2019 Preseason Honors
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The 2019 Big Ten Media Days are just about to start.
The two-day event in Chicago begins on Thursday, July 18 and concludes on Friday, July 19. Ahead of Big Ten Media Days officially beginning, the conference announced its 10-man 2019 preseason honors.
Five student-athletes come from the Big Ten West Division, while the other five were selected from the East. Ohio State and Michigan State were the only two schools — with two members apiece — to have multiple players selected from either division.
Here are the 10:
East Division
Joe Bachie, Sr., LB, MSU
Kenny Willekes, Sr., DE, MSU
J.K. Dobbins, Jr., RB, OSU
Chase Young, Jr., DE, OSU
Yetur Gross-Matos, Jr., DE, PSU
West Division
A.J. Epenesa, Jr., DE, IOWA
Adrian Martinez, So., QB, NEB
Paddy Fisher, Jr., LB, NU
Rondale Moore, So., WR, PUR
Jonathan Taylor, Jr., RB, WIS
Full list of 2019 Big Ten Football preseason honorees from the East and West Divisions. #B1GFootball https://t.co/A63fJzpZuw
— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) July 18, 2019
Of the 10 student-athletes selected, four are returning All-Americans and all are former All-Big Ten selections. Six of the 10 honorees — Bachie, Fisher, Martinez, Moore, Taylor and Willekes — will be attending Big Ten Media Days this week.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.