Experience matters: Here are the youngest and most experienced teams in the B1G
Which teams have the most success in college football?
Is it the teams with the most amount of good players that are older veterans? Or is it the teams with just the most talent — regardless of how old they are?
Coaches of course want a mix of both. Having experience does matter and help in a variety of ways. However, you still need talent, and if some of a team’s most talented players are younger, it is what it is. They will get older.
On Thursday, 247Sports released an article showcasing each of the Big Ten teams and how their rosters are made up in terms of experience. From youngest to oldest, here are the B1G teams:
Purdue
Freshmen — 48 percent
Sophomores — 24 percent
Juniors — 15 percent
Seniors — 13 percent
Iowa
Freshmen — 52 percent
Sophomores — 15 percent
Juniors — 17 percent
Seniors — 16 percent
Indiana
Freshmen — 44 percent
Sophomores — 28 percent
Juniors — 15 percent
Seniors — 13 percent
Minnesota
Freshmen — 40 percent
Sophomores — 29 percent
Juniors — 16 percent
Seniors — 15 percent
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Nebraska
Freshmen — 50 percent
Sophomores — 16 percent
Juniors — 18 percent
Seniors — 16 percent
Wisconsin
Freshmen — 39 percent
Sophomores — 25 percent
Juniors — 25 percent
Seniors– 11 percent
Northwestern
Freshmen — 43 percent
Sophomores — 19 percent
Juniors — 28 percent
Seniors — 10 percent
Rutgers
Freshmen — 36 percent
Sophomores — 25 percent
Juniors — 29 percent
Seniors — 10 percent
Michigan State
Freshmen — 39 percent
Sophomores — 22 percent
Juniors — 25 percent
Seniors — 14 percent
Maryland
Freshmen — 31 percent
Sophomores — 31 percent
Juniors — 18 percent
Seniors — 20 percent
Illinois
Freshmen — 34 percent
Sophomores — 20 percent
Juniors — 34 percent
Seniors — 12 percent
Ohio State
Freshmen — 31 percent
Sophomores — 23 percent
Juniors — 23 percent
Seniors — 23 percent
Penn State
Freshmen — 21 percent
Sophomores — 25 percent
Juniors — 30 percent
Seniors — 24 percent
Michigan
Freshmen — 21 percent
Sophomores — 25 percent
Juniors — 27 percent
Seniors — 27 percent