Athlon Sports released its 2022 Preseason All-American team on Monday evening. There were plenty of B1G products that made the team per Steve Lassan of athlonsports.com.

This list is different from Phil Steele’s in a few ways. Athlon Sports has 4 teams for offense, defense, and specialists (K,P, KR, PR). A total of 26 B1G football players made the list. The 2022 B1G football season kicks off  on Aug. 27 with Nebraska vs Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland at 12:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

Here are the players from the B1G that made the team:

1st Team Offense

  • Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Ohio State
  • John Michael-Schmitz, C, Minnesota
  • Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern
  • Dawand Jones, OL, Ohio State

1st Team Defense 

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  • Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa
  • Riley Moss, CB, Iowa

1st Team Specialists 

  • Adam Korsak, P, Rutgers

2nd Team Offense 

  • C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
  • Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin
  • TreVeyon Henderson, RB, Ohio State
  • Paris Johnson Jr., OL, Ohio State

2nd Team Defense

  • Zach Harrison, DL Ohio State

2nd Team Specialists

  • Jake Moody, K, Michigan
  • Tory Taylor, P, Iowa
  • Jayden Reed, PR, Michigan State

3rd Team Offense

  • Olusegun Oluwatimi, C, Michigan

3rd Team Defense 

  • Nick Herbig, LB, Wisconsin
  • Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
  • Ji’Ayir Brown, S, Penn State

4th Team Offense 

  • Blake Corum, All-Purpose, Michigan
  • Jayden Reed, WR, Michigan State
  • Sam LaPorta, TE, Iowa

4th Team Defense

  • Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State
  • Ronnie Hickman, S, Ohio State

4th Team Specialists 

  • Noah Ruggles, K, Ohio State
  • Charlie Jones, PR, Purdue