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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
- 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
Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.