Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the ACC season with the College Football News All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 players.
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2020 Big Ten Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan
Michigan State | Ohio State | Penn State | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota
Nebraska | Northwestern | Purdue | Wisconsin
CFN in 60 Video: Ohio State Buckeyes Preview
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2020 Preseason CFN Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
QB Justin Fields, Jr. Ohio State
Was he really worth all the hype?
The guy who was right there with Trevor Lawrence as everyone’s No. 1A or 1B top recruit of 2018 played behind Jake Fromm at Georgia in his one year, and he was just off enough in the Ohio State spring game to raise a few doubts, and …
67% passing, 41 touchdown passes, three interceptions – with two in the CFP loss to Clemson – and with 484 rushing yards and ten scores. He was banged around a bit, but he always kept coming back and he always kept producing. And now there’s absolutely no questioning how good he is as the main man for another Buckeye team good enough to at least get to the playoff.
He’s going to be everyone’s No. 1A or 1B – along with Lawrence – on everyone’s 2021 NFL Draft list.
Speaking of top recruits in the 2018 class …
2020 Preseason CFN Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
LB Micah Parsons, Jr. Penn State
Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields – those were the two franchise quarterbacks everyone wanted.
But there was no doubt who the best linebacker recruit in the nation was.
Not every five-star super-recruit lives up to the unfair and unrealistic hype, but Parsons has been every bit as good as the expectations in his first two seasons. He finished third in the conference last season with 109 tackles to go along with five sacks, 14 tackles for loss, and doing it all while growing into a better factor in pass coverage.
This year, the 6-3, 245-pound junior will take over Chase Young’s role as the national superstar defender from the Big Ten.
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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Offense
QB – Justin Fields, Jr. Ohio State
RB – Elijah Collins, Soph. Michigan State
RB – Stevie Scott, Jr. Indiana
WR – Rashod Bateman, Jr. Minnesota
WR – Rondale Moore, Soph. Purdue
TE – Pat Freiermuth, Jr. Penn State
OT – Logan Bruss, Jr. Wisconsin
OG – Blaise Andries, Jr. Minnesota
C – Matt Allen, Sr. Michigan State
OG – Wyatt Davis, Jr. Ohio State
OT – Alaric Jackson, Sr. Iowa
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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Defense
DE – George Karlaftis, Soph. Purdue
DT – Carlo Kemp, Sr. Michigan
DT – Isaiahh Loudermilk, Sr. Wisconsin (DE)
DE – Shaka Toney, Sr. Penn State
LB – Micah Parsons, Jr. Penn State
LB – Jack Sanborn, Jr. Wisconsin
LB – Antjuan Simmons, Sr. Michigan State
CB – Tariq Castro-Fields, Sr. Penn State
S – Sydney Brown, Jr. Illinois
S – Xavier Henderson, Jr. Michigan State
CB – Shaun Wade, Jr. Ohio State
College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Special Teams
PK – Keith Duncan, Sr. Iowa
P – Blake Hayes, Sr. Illinois
KR – Ihimir Smith-Marsette, Sr. Iowa
PR – Jack Dunn, Sr. Wisconsin
2020 Big Ten Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan
Michigan State | Ohio State | Penn State | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota
Nebraska | Northwestern | Purdue | Wisconsin
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