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Eight from B1G earn Academic All-American honors

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Eight B1G student-athletes were honored as Academic All-Americans on Monday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Four B1G players were named first-team Academic All-Americans and four more received second-team honors.

Minnesota led the way with three selections, two of which were first-team. Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue all had one representative.

To be eligible to receive Academic All-American honors, a student must be in his second year of athletic eligibility, be a starter or key performer and carry a minimum 3.30 GPA.

Here are the 2018 B1G Academic All-Americans:

First-Team

  • Payton Jordahl, Minnesota
  • Gary Moore, Minnesota
  • Jordan Fuller, Ohio State
  • Blake Gillikin, Penn State

Second-Team

  • Cole Chewins, Michigan State
  • Sam Renner, Minnesota
  • Anthony Nelson, Iowa
  • Joe Schopper, Purdue
Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB