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USA TODAY Sports Network All-Big Ten football team 2024, player, coach, newcomer of year
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Oregon and Penn State will meet in the Big Ten Championship game Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but it was Iowa who put the most players on the USA TODAY Sports Network’s postseason All-Big Ten team.
Five Hawkeyes earned top honors, with two (Kaleb Johnson and Jay Higgins) earning unanimous consideration.
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel was named Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti was unanimous choice for Coach of the Year.
Here’s how the rest of All-Big Ten honors look:
* unanimous selection
Player of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Coach of the Year: Curt Cignetti, Indiana*
Newcomer of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
OFFENSE
- Quarterback: Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
- Running back: Kaleb Johnson, Iowa*
- Running back: Kyle Monangai, Rutgers
- Wide receiver: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
- Wide receiver: Tai Felton, Maryland
- Tight end: Tyler Warren, Penn State
- Offensive line: Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota*
- Offensive line: Josh Conerly Jr., Oregon
- Offensive line: Connor Colby, Iowa
- Offensive line: Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
- Offensive line: Logan Jones, Iowa
DEFENSE
- Defensive line: Abdul Carter, Penn State
- Defensive line: Mikail Kamara, Indiana
- Defensive line: Mason Graham, Michigan
- Defensive line: Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon
- Linebacker: Jay Higgins, Iowa*
- Linebacker: Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
- Linebacker: Aiden Fisher, Indiana
- Defensive back: Caleb Downs, Ohio State*
- Defensive back: D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana
- Defensive back: Xavier Scott, Illinois
- Defensive back: Koi Perich, Minnesota
SPECIAL TEAMS
- Punter: Eddie Czaplicki, USC
- Kicker: Dominic Zvada, Michigan
- All-Purpose: Kaden Wetjen, Iowa
Also receiving votes: QB: Kurtis Rourke, Indiana; Will Howard, Ohio State; RB: Jonah Coleman, Washington, Woody Marks, USC, Jordan James, Oregon; WR: Pat Bryant, Illinois; Tez Johnson, Oregon; TE: Colston Loveland, Michigan; OL: Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State; Gennings Dunker, Iowa; Ajani Cornelius, Oregon; Hollin Pierce, Rutgers; Emmanuel Pregnon, USC; Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State; Caleb Tiernan, Northwestern;
DL: Kenneth Grant, Michigan; Josaiah Stewart, Michigan; Jordan Burch, Oregon; Derrick Harmon, Oregon; JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State; LB: Jailin Walker, Indiana; Carson Bruener, Washington; Cody Simon, Ohio State; Kobe King, Penn State; DB: Dillon Thieneman, Purdue; Jaylen Reed, Penn State; Thaddeus Dixon, Washington; Jermari Harris, Iowa; Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon; Lathan Ransom, Ohio State; Jaylen Smith, USC.
P: Rhys Dakin, Iowa; Ryan Eckley, Michigan State; K: Jonathan Kim, Michigan State; All-Purpose: Nicholas Singleton, Penn State.