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Revision as of 19:12, 30 March 2024

Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award the following individual honors at the end of each football season. In addition, the Chicago Tribune awards the Chicago Tribune Silver Football to the most valuable football player of the conference.

General

Player of the Year

Sanctioned by Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI); replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 1990.

Season Player Pos. Team
1982 Anthony Carter WR Michigan
1983 Don Thorp DT Illinois
1984 Keith Byars RB Ohio State
1985 Chuck Long QB Iowa
Lorenzo White RB Michigan State
1986 Jim Harbaugh QB Michigan
1987 Lorenzo White (2) RB Michigan State
Ernie Jones WR Indiana
1988 Anthony Thompson RB Indiana
1989 Anthony Thompson (2) RB Indiana

Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year Award in honor of Northwestern's Otto Graham and Ohio State's Eddie George.

Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
1990 Nick Bell[a] RB Iowa
Matt Rodgers[a] QB
Jon Vaughn[a] RB Michigan
Tico Duckett[b] RB Michigan State
1991 Desmond Howard WR Michigan
1992 Tyrone Wheatley RB Michigan
1993 Brent Moss RB Wisconsin
1994 Kerry Collins QB Penn State
1995 Eddie George RB Ohio State
1996 Orlando Pace OT Ohio State
1997 Curtis Enis[a] RB Penn State
Tavian Banks[b] RB Iowa
1998 Joe Germaine[a] QB Ohio State
Drew Brees[b] QB Purdue
1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin
2000 Drew Brees (2) QB Purdue [1][2]
2001 Antwaan Randle El QB Indiana [3]
2002 Brad Banks QB Iowa [4]
2003 Chris Perry RB Michigan [5]
2004 Braylon Edwards WR Michigan [6]
2005 Michael Robinson[a] QB Penn State [7]
Brett Basanez[b] QB Northwestern
2006 Troy Smith QB Ohio State [8]
2007 Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois [9]
2008 Shonn Greene RB Iowa [10]
2009 John Clay RB Wisconsin [11]
2010 Denard Robinson QB Michigan [12][13]
Award renamed
2011 Montee Ball RB Wisconsin [14]
2012 Braxton Miller QB Ohio State [15]
2013 Braxton Miller (2) QB Ohio State [16]
2014 Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin [17]
2015 Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State [18]
2016 Saquon Barkley RB Penn State [19]
2017 Saquon Barkley (2) RB Penn State [20]
2018 Dwayne Haskins QB Ohio State [21]
2019 Justin Fields QB Ohio State [22]
2020 Justin Fields (2) QB Ohio State [23]
2021 C. J. Stroud QB Ohio State [24]
2022 C. J. Stroud (2) QB Ohio State [25]
2023 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio State [26]

Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Nagurski–Woodson Award in honor of Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski and Michigan's Charles Woodson.

Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
1990 Moe Gardner[a] NT Illinois
Darrick Brownlow[b] LB
1991 Leroy Smith[a] DE Iowa
Troy Vincent[b] CB Wisconsin
1992 Steve Tovar[a] LB Ohio State
Jeff Zgonina[b] DT Purdue
1993 Dana Howard[a] LB Illinois
Dan Wilkinson[b] DT Ohio State
1994 Dana Howard (2) LB Illinois
1995 Pat Fitzgerald LB Northwestern
1996 Shawn Springs[a] CB Ohio State
Pat Fitzgerald[b] (2) LB Northwestern
1997 Charles Woodson CB Michigan
1998 LaVar Arrington[a] LB Penn State
Tom Burke[b] DE Wisconsin
1999 Courtney Brown DE Penn State
2000 Jamar Fletcher CB Wisconsin [2]
2001 Larry Foote LB Michigan [3]
2002 Mike Doss[a] S Ohio State [4]
Michael Haynes[b] DE Penn State
2003 Will Smith DE Ohio State [5]
2004 Erasmus James DE Wisconsin [6]
2005 A. J. Hawk LB Ohio State [7]
2006 LaMarr Woodley DE Michigan [8]
2007 James Laurinaitis LB Ohio State [9]
2008 James Laurinaitis (2) LB Ohio State [10]
2009 Jared Odrick[a] DT Penn State [11]
Greg Jones[b] LB Michigan State
2010 Ryan Kerrigan DE Purdue [12]
Award renamed
2011 Devon Still DT Penn State [14]
2012 John Simon DE Ohio State [15]
2013 Chris Borland LB Wisconsin [16]
2014 Joey Bosa DE Ohio State [17]
2015 Carl Nassib DE Penn State [27]
2016 Jabrill Peppers LB Michigan [28]
2017 Josey Jewell LB Iowa [20]
2018 Devin Bush Jr. LB Michigan [29]
2019 Chase Young DE Ohio State [30]
2020 Daviyon Nixon DT Iowa [23]
2021 Aidan Hutchinson DE Michigan [31]
2022 Jack Campbell LB Iowa [32]
2023 Jer'Zhan Newton DT Illinois [33]

Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year Award in honor of Minnesota's Darrell Thompson and Indiana's Antwaan Randle El.

Dave McClain / Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year

From 1986 through 2010, this award was dedicated in honor of Dave McClain, who served as the Wisconsin Badgers head coach from 1978 to 1985. Recipients were selected by the media. The coaches selected a separate award from 1982 to 1991. When the coaches resumed selecting a coach of the year in 2011, it was named for the first two recipients of the Big Ten Coach of the year, Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes, as the Hayes–Schembechler coach of the year.

Ford–Kinnick Leadership Award

The award is named in honor of Michigan's Gerald Ford and Iowa's Nile Kinnick.

Season Player Pos. Team Tenure Ref.
2011 Archie Griffin RB Ohio State 1972–1975 [34][35]
2012 Jon Runyan OT Michigan 1992–1995 [36]
2013 Gene Washington WR Michigan State 1964–1966 [37]
2014 Mike Hopkins S Illinois 1987–1991 [38]
2015 Brian Griese QB Michigan 1993–1997 [39]
2016 Reggie McKenzie G Michigan 1969–1971 [40]
2017 Troy Vincent CB Wisconsin 1988–1991 [41][42]
2018 Antwaan Randle El QB Indiana 1997–2001 [43][44]
2019 Doug Schlereth DE Indiana 1985–1988 [45]
2020 Napoleon Harris LB/DE Northwestern 1998–2001
2021 Pat Richter E Wisconsin 1960–1962 [46]
2022 Ron Guenther OL Illinois 1965–1966 [47][48]
2023 Richard Coachys QB/S Indiana 1965–1966 [49][50]

Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award

The award is named in honor of Minnesota's Tony Dungy and Indiana's Anthony Thompson.

Season Player Pos. Team Tenure Ref.
2011 George Taliaferro HB Indiana 1945, 1947–1948 [51][35]
2012 Chris Spielman LB Ohio State 1984–1987 [52]
2013 Drew Brees QB Purdue 1997–2000 [53]
2014 Brian Griese QB Michigan 1993–1997 [54]
2015 John Shinsky DT Michigan State 1970–1973 [55]
2016 Trent Green QB Indiana 1988–1992 [56]
2017 Chad Greenway LB Iowa 2001–2005 [57]
2018 Jake Wood OT Wisconsin 2001–2004 [44]
2019 J. J. Watt DE Wisconsin 2008–2010 [58]
2020 Vincent Smith RB Michigan 2009–2012 [59]
2021 Malcolm Jenkins S/NB Ohio State 2005–2008 [60][46][61]
2022 Nate Sudfeld QB Indiana 2012–2015 [62][48]
2023 Dick Butkus LB Illinois 1962–1964 [63][50]

All-Big Ten

Offensive

Griese–Brees Quarterback of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Purdue's Bob Griese and Drew Brees.

Ameche–Dayne Running Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Wisconsin's Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne.

Richter–Howard Receiver of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Wisconsin's Pat Richter and Michigan's Desmond Howard.

Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Penn State's Ted Kwalick and Iowa's Dallas Clark.

Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Award, in honor of Nebraska's Dave Rimington and Ohio State's Orlando Pace.

Gabe Carimi

Defensive

Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Award in honor of Michigan State's Bubba Smith and Penn State's Courtney Brown.

Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Illinois' Dick Butkus and Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald.

Tatum–Woodson Defensive Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Ohio State's Jack Tatum and Purdue's Rod Woodson.

Special teams

Bakken–Andersen Kicker of the Year

Named in honor of Wisconsin's Jim Bakken and Michigan State's Morten Andersen.

Eddleman–Fields Punter of the Year

Named in honor of Illinois' Dwight Eddleman and Michigan State's Brandon Fields.

Rodgers–Dwight Return Specialist of the Year

Named in honor of Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers and Iowa's Tim Dwight.[68]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Selected by coaches
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Selected by media
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