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Four from B1G named as preseason All-Americans by Sports Illustrated
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Being named a preseason All-American is one of the highest individual honors for a player in the offseason. A few from the B1G have garnished some national attention as the start of the season is only a few weeks away.
Sports Illustrated released its preseason All-Americans for the 2017 season. Four B1G names made the list, with two of those coming from Ohio State. Here were the four players tabbed as first-team All-Americans entering the year:
- RB: Saquon Barkley, Penn State
- TE: Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin
- C: Billy Price, Ohio State
- LB: Jerome Baker, Ohio State
All of those names belong on that list. Was anyone left out, though?
Sports Illustrated also dug into second-team All-Americans, where five more B1G names were mentioned:
- TE: Mike Gesicki, Penn State
- G: Sean Welsh, Iowa
- DL: Rashan Gary, Michigan
- LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa
- LB: Tegray Scales, Indiana
In total, nine from the conference were mentioned as either first-team or second-team preseason All-Americans. Penn State, Iowa and Ohio State all had two players, while Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin each had one.
You can view all of Sports Illustrated’s selections here.
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