This early in the season, we’re looking for “wow” factor and impact on team success.

There will be plenty of time to acknowledge CJ Stroud as one of — if not The — best players in the Big Ten. We already have him atop our QB rankings, and don’t expect the Ohio State redshirt sophomore will budge from the spot this year. But through 1+ weeks of play, no B1G quarterback has truly stood out.

Which is great, because it gives us a chance to go old-school.

Let’s celebrate Week 1’s throwback to classic Big Ten football, where running backs, offensive linemen, dominant defensive players and, yes, even punters and kickers become fan favorites. And to think, it hasn’t even gotten cold outside yet!

10. Charles Campbell, K, Indiana

Campbell went 3-for-3 on field goals in the Hoosiers’ 23-20 rally past Illinois. And none of them was a chip shots. He hit twice from 43 yards and the other was from 39.

9. Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern

Led by their 6-4, 315-pound junior left tackle, the Wildcats’ offensive line helped produce 528 yards, 25 first downs and 34:14 of possession time against Nebraska in Week 0 — while surrendering 0 sacks. The AP first-team preseason all-American dominated the Huskers from start to finish.

Check out big #77 pass blocking, then getting to the second level on a running play:

8. Tory Taylor, P, Iowa

Taylor set up Iowa’s defense for the 2 safeties that saved Iowa from disaster in its 7-3 win over FCS school South Dakota State.

As our own Alex Hickey pointed out in naming Taylor one of his Week 1 MVPs in his B1G Monday Morning column:

Taylor pinned 5 punts inside the South Dakota State 10-yard line, including 3 inside the 5. Had any of those punts been touchbacks, it’s entirely possible this game would have gone to overtime deadlocked at 3. Or maybe the Jackrabbits would have pulled the upset had they actually started a few drives with some breathing room.

All told, Taylor punted 10 times for a 47.9-yard average, with a long of 57, and placed 7 of them inside the 20.

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7. Charlie Jones, WR, Purdue

Having lost its top 3 receivers from 2021, Purdue needed someone to emerge as star quarterback Aidan O’Connell’s new go-to target.

Enter Iowa transfer Jones, who previously teamed up with O’Connell way back in youth football. They clicked in Thursday night’s opener as if no time had gone by, connecting 12 times for 153 yards and a TD.

Even in a painful loss to Penn State, the Boilermakers found some answers. And Jones is certainly one of them.

6. Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State

The standout cornerback made a game-high 8 tackles, all of them solo stops, recovered a fumble and helped Penn State’s secondary limit normally highly accurate Purdue quarter Aidan O’Connell to 50 percent passing.

Those tracking Porter’s potential as a first-round NFL pick took notice:

The Bednarik Award named Porter its national defensive player of the week.

5. Jacoby Windmon, LB, Michigan State

Here’s another transfer making an immediate impact in the B1G, not surprising for Michigan State. Mel Tucker knows where to find players, and he plucked Windmon from UNLV this year.

After 3 seasons and 19 starts for the Rebels, Windmon needed just 1 game to introduce himself to B1G/Spartans fans. It’s hard to ignore 4 sacks, double the totals of next closest players in the league. Four sacks and 7 tackles rates as a great debut against anybody, even overmatched Western Michigan.

Windmon had 5 sacks over his final 4 games at UNLV. Call him a linebacker, call him an Edge. Either way, call the 6-2, 230-pound senior an impact player for the Spartans. Tuck sure can pick ’em.

4. Cam Camper, WR, Indiana

Where did this kid come from? And how in the world is he leading the Big Ten in receiving yards?

First answer: Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas. After 50 catches for 858 yards over 2 junior college seasons, the 6-2, 202-pound junior made his presence felt immediately — and against a B1G opponent, no less.

Second answer: He’s meshed with Hoosiers’ QB and fellow transfer Connor Bazelak, hooking up for 156 yards on 11 receptions in a victory over Illinois.

The performance wasn’t a surprise to IU coach Tom Allen, so Camper may well keep this up all season. It’ll be fun to track, at the least.

3. Chase Brown, RB, Illinois

The 5-11, 205-pound junior has been Bret Bielema’s workhorse back through 2 games, and he’s averaging a B1G-best 175 rushing yards per game as a result. He carried 36 times for 199 yards in a tough loss to Indiana. The week before, he wasn’t needed quite as much in a blowout of Wyoming, getting 19 attempts and turning them into 151 yards and 2 TDs.

He seems poised to average better than 5 yards per carry for the 3rd straight year and more than 100 per game for the 2nd. One of the top NCAA players who hail from Canada, he’s also helping out in the pass game, with 4 receptions for 22 yards and a TD so far.

2. Mohamed Ibrahim, RB, Minnesota

Speaking of workhorse backs, Mo has returned from his injury looking as strong as ever.

After missing all but the opener in 2021, Ibrahim opened this season with his 10th straight 100-yard game, going for 132 on 21 carries as the Golden Gophers rolled New Mexico State. He scored 2 TDs, giving him 20 over those past 10 monster games.

PJ Fleck will take all that the 5-10, 210-pound 6th-year senior can give before he heads off to the NFL.

1. Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin

Continuing our love for workhorse backs, we humbly suggest that an 18-year-old averaging better than 10 yards per carry is worthy of holding this top spot, at least for this week. Granted, his 148 yards and 2 TDs on 14 carries came in a walkover vs. Illinois State. But this was Allen’s 8th 100-yard game in the past 9, and given the Badgers’ offensive M.O., he’ll be posting similar efforts week in and week out.

After posting 1,268 yards as a freshman, the 6-2, 235-pounder could make a run at 2,000 yards this season. Not bad for a guy who left high school a year early to commit to Wisconsin as a linebacker.