Projecting the 2022 Big Ten All-Conference Team selections

With a few months until opening kickoff of the college football season, awards predictions, watchlists and all-conference projections are starting to make the rounds. The folks over at Athlon Sports recently released their all-conference predictions for the Big Ten. Take a look at who they believe will be the best at each position in the conference in 2022. 

The projected first-team and second-team All-Big Ten selections are as follows:

All-Big Ten First-Team

First-Team Offense

QB C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
RB Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
RB TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
AP Blake Corum, Michigan
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
WR Jayden Reed, Michigan State
TE Sam LaPorta, Iowa
C John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
OL Paris Johnson, Ohio State
OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern 
OL Dawand Jones, Ohio State
OL Ryan Hayes, Michigan

First-Team Defense

DL Zach Harrison, Ohio State
DL Mazi Smith, Michigan
DL P.J. Mustipher, Penn State
DL Jacob Slade, Michigan State
DL Keeanu Benton, Wisconsin
LB Jack Campbell, Iowa
LB Nick Herbig, Wisconsin
LB Garrett Nelson, Nebraska
CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State
CB Riley Moss, Iowa
S Ronnie Hickman, Ohio State
S Ji’Ayir Brown, Penn State

First-Team Specialists

K Jake Moody, Michigan
P Adam Korsak, Rutgers
KR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
PR Jayden Reed, Michigan State

All-Big Ten Second-Team

Second-Team Offense 

QB Aidan O’Connell, Purdue
RB Chase Brown, Illinois
RB Mohamed Ibrahim, Minnesota
AP Donovan Edwards, Michigan
WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR Rakim Jarrett, Maryland
TE Payne Durham, Purdue
C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
OL J.D. Duplain, Michigan State
OL Jaelyn Duncan, Maryland
OL Joe Tippman, Wisconsin
OL Zak Zinter, Michigan

Second-Team Defense 

DL Ochaun Mathis, Nebraska
DL Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
DL Adetomiwa Adebawore, Northwestern
DL Branson Deen, Purdue
DL Logan Lee, Iowa
LB Seth Benson, Iowa
LB Curtis Jacobs, Penn State
LB Cal Haladay, Michigan State
CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
CB Tiawan Mullen, Indiana
S Xavier Henderson, Michigan State
S Sydney Brown, Illinois

There you have it. No surprise, but Ohio State leads the way with NINE first-team selection. Holy mackerel, that’s nearly an entire unit’s worth of guys just on the first team. Heck, the Buckeyes had practically half of the first-team offense with five guys on that side of the ball, including Guys at QB, RB, WR and OL.

Projects to be another banner year from OSU. But the teams are still stocked with a variety of guys throughout. Football season is on the way in the midwest.