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ESPN reveals preseason All-B1G selections
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A day before the start of the B1G season, ESPN released the names of its All-B1G selections.
Penn State and Ohio State had several representatives make the team, having more star power than any other program, according to ESPN.
Here’s who ESPN selected as first-team selections on offense, defense and special teams prior to the start of the 2017 campaign:
Offense
QB: Trace Mcsorley, Penn State
RB: Saquon Barkley, Penn State
RB: Justin Jackson, Northwestern
WR: Nick Westbrook, Indiana
WR: Malik Turner, Illinois
TE: Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin
OT: Mason Cole, Michigan
OT: Nick Gates, Nebraska
OG: Sean Welsh, Iowa
OG: Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin
C: Billy Price, Ohio State
Defense
DE: Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State
DE: Sam Hubbard, Ohio State
DT: Maurice Hurst, Michigan
DT: Steven Richardson, Minnesota
LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa
LB: Tegray Scales, Indiana
LB: Jerome Baker, Ohio State
S: Marcus Allen, Penn State
S: Godwin Igwebuike, Northwestern
CB: Rashard Fant, Indiana
CB: Denzel Ward, Ohio State
Special teams
K: Emmit Carpenters, Minnesota
P: Blake Gillikin, Penn State
KR/PR: Janarion Grant, Rutgers
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