CFN Preseason All-Big Ten Football Team, Top 30 Players: Preview 2022

Who are the best players in the Big Ten going into the 2022 college football season? They’re highlighted in the CFN 2022 Preseason All-Big Ten team,  and top 30 players.

Who are the best players in the Big Ten going into the 2022 college football season? They’re highlighted in the CFN 2022 Preseason All-Big Ten team and top 30 players.


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2022 Preseason CFN Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year

QB CJ Stroud, Soph. Ohio State

Try not to compare the 2022 Stroud to the 2021 version that put up astronomical numbers and would’ve won the Heisman in a walk if Ohio State got past Michigan and if Auburn’s Tank Bigsby had stayed in bounds late against Alabama.

Stroud rolled up over 4,400 yards with 44 touchdowns and six picks last year, hitting 72% of his passes along the way. He’s probably not going to do that again for one simple reason – he won’t have to. He had to keep bombing away at times with the Buckeye defense struggling to be its normal self.

As long as he keeps the completion percentage to around 70%, keeps the interceptions at a bare minimum, and hits his third down throws, he’ll be fine.

Of course, he’ll be better than fine, though.

2022 Preseason CFN Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year

LB Jack Campbell, Sr. Iowa

The Iowa linebackers know how to tackle and tackle and tackle some more. Campbell and running mate Seth Benson should combine for over 250 tackles if everything goes right in what should be another big year for the Hawkeye D.

Campbell won’t be as disruptive as Wisconsin’s Nate Herbig, and he might not bring the value like several of the top linemen, but he’ll eat up everything again after leading the nation with 143 tackles with a fumble return for a score, two interceptions – taking one for a touchdown – and with 3.5 tackles for loss.

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Offense

QB CJ Stroud, Soph. Ohio State

RB Braelon Allen, Soph. Wisconsin

RB TreVeyon Henderson, Soph. Ohio State

WR Jayden Reed, Sr. Michigan State

WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Jr. Ohio State

TE Sam LaPorta, Sr. Iowa

OT Ryan Hayes, Sr. Michigan

OG Tyler Beach, Sr. Wisconsin

C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Sr. Michigan

OG Zak Zinter, Jr. Michigan

OT Peter Skoronski, Jr. Northwestern

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Defense

DE Zach Harrison, Sr. Ohio State

DT Keeanu Benton, Sr. Wisconsin

DT PJ Mustipher, Sr. Penn State

DE Isaiah Mullens, Sr. Wisconsin

LB Jack Campbell, Sr. Iowa

LB Nick Herbig, Jr. Wisconsin

LB Luke Reimer, Jr. Nebraska

CB Denzel Burke, Soph. Ohio State

S Cam Allen, Sr. Purdue

S Sydney Brown, Sr. Illinois

CB Riley Moss, Sr. Iowa

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Big Ten Team: Special Teams

PK Noah Ruggles, Sr. Ohio State

P Tory Taylor, Jr. Iowa

KR Emeka Egbuga, RFr. Ohio State

PR AJ Henning, Jr. Michigan

CFN 2022 Team Previews
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan 
Michigan St
Ohio St | Penn St | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota | Nebraska
Northwestern |
Purdue | Wisconsin
Big Ten Predictions For Every Game | CFN Preview 2022
Bowl Projections | Preseason Rankings

College Football News 2022 Preseason Top 30 Big Ten Players

30. Tiawan Mullen, CB Jr. Indiana

29. Taulia Tagovailoa, QB Sr. Maryland

28. Aidan O’Connell, QB Sr. Purdue

27. Jaelyn Duncan, OT Sr. Maryland

26. John Michael Schmitz, C Sr. Minnesota

25. Christian Izien, S Sr. Rutgers

24. Seth Benson, LB Sr. Iowa

23. Luke Reimer, LB Jr. Nebraska

22. Zak Zinter, OG Jr. Michigan

21. Cam Allen, S Sr. Purdue

20. Olusegun Oluwatimi, C Sr. Michigan

19. Zach Harrison, DE Sr. Ohio State

18. Sydney Brown, S Sr. Illinois

17. Dontay Demus, WR Sr. Maryland

16. Keeanu Benton, DT Sr. Wisconsin

15. Jayden Reed, WR Sr. Michigan State

14. Paris Johnson, OT Jr. Ohio State

13. Joey Porter, CB Jr. Penn State

12. Jack Nelson, OT Soph. Wisconsin

11. Ryan Hayes, OT Sr. Michigan

10. Denzel Burke, CB Soph. Ohio State

9. Riley Moss, CB Sr. Iowa

8. Peter Skoronski, OT Jr. Northwestern

7. Mohamed Ibrahim, RB Sr. Minnesota

6. Nick Herbig, LB Jr. Wisconsin

5. Braelon Allen, RB Soph. Wisconsin

4. Jack Campbell, LB Sr. Iowa

3. TreVeyon Henderson, RB Soph. Ohio State

2. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR Jr. Ohio State

1. CJ Stroud, QB Soph. Ohio State

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CFN 2022 Team Previews
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan 
Michigan St
Ohio St | Penn St | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota | Nebraska
Northwestern |
Purdue | Wisconsin
Big Ten Predictions For Every Game | CFN Preview 2022
Bowl Projections | Preseason Rankings

College Football News Preseason All-Big Ten Football Team: Preview 2021

Preview 2021: Previewing and looking ahead to the Big Ten season with the College Football News Preseason All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 players.

Preview 2021: Previewing and looking ahead to the Big Ten season with the College Football News Preseason All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 players. 


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2021 Big Ten Team Previews
East Indiana | Maryland | Michigan
Mich St | Ohio St | Penn St | Rutgers
West Illinois | Iowa | Minnesota
Nebraska | NWestern | Purdue | Wisconsin
2021 CFN Preseason All-Big Ten Team
2021 CFN Big Ten Top 30 Players


2021 Preseason CFN Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year

RB Mohamed Ibrahim, Sr. Minnesota

There isn’t a ton of flash, and he might not be at the hype level of a star quarterback, but Ibrahim is a tough, steady producer going into his fourth season as one of the nation’s best running backs.

Minnesota didn’t have the passing game of the 2019 team, and there wasn’t the running back rotation of the 2018 version, but Ibrahim still battled with 20 or more carries in every game. He ran the ball over 200 times in the seven game season for 1,076 yards and 15 scores. He’ll once again be a 100-yard machine.

Keeping with the theme of steady-over-sensational for the Big Ten preseason top players …

2021 Preseason CFN Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year

LB Olakunie Fatukasi, Sr. Rutgers

Who’s Olakunie Fatukasi? No, he’s not an elite NFL prospect like some of the other Big Ten defensive talents, and he doesn’t play for Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin or Penn State. Also, Tyshon Fogg might be the longtime main man for the Rutgers defense, but the 6-1, 234-pound senior is a tough all-around defender. All he did was lead the Big Ten in tackles in 2020.

He wasn’t new to the mix. A bit smaller but still tough, he came up with 85 tackles as a junior, but under the new coaching staff he followed it up by doing just about everything with 101 stops with three sacks and 11 tackles for loss.

2021 CFN Preseason All-Big Ten Team
2021 CFN Big Ten 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


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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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