Which Penn State players are All-Big Ten picks, award winners, and who was snubbed?
The Big Ten announced its annual All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday in addition to individual honors before Saturday’s conference title game between Penn State and Oregon in Indianapolis. A panel of coaches and media members each voted for three teams a piece plus honorable mention selections. Lions junior Abdul Carter was both the Big Ten defensive player of the year and the league’s defensive lineman of the year. Senior Tyler Warren is the Big Ten tight end of the year. You can see the full list of individual honors HERE. And, you can see all of the Lions’ All-Big Ten team picks below.
Which Penn State players ended up on the various All-Big Ten teams?
First-team All-Big Ten offense
TE Tyler Warren – Unanimous pick by the coaches and media
Second-team All-Big Ten offense
OL Vega Ioane – Unanimous pick by the coaches and media
Third-team All-Big Ten offense
OL Sal Wormley – Media
Honorable mention All-Big Ten offense
QB Drew Allar – Coaches and Media
RB Nicholas Singleton – Coaches and Media
OL Anthony Donkoh – Coaches and Media
OL Drew Shelton – Coaches and Media
RB Kaytron Allen – Media
WR Trey Wallace – Media
OL Nick Dawkins – Media
OL Sal Wormley – Coaches
First-team All-Big Ten defense
DE Abdul Carter – Unanimous pick by the coaches and the media
Second-team All-Big Ten defense
LB Kobe King – Unanimous pick by the coaches and the media
S Jaylen Reed – Unanimous pick by the coaches and the media
Third-team All-Big Ten defense
CB AJ Harris – Unanimous pick by the coaches and the media
Honorable mention All-Big Ten defense
DT Zane Durant -Coaches and Media
LB Tony Rojas – Coaches
DE Dani Dennis-Sutton – Media
DT Dvon J-Thomas – Media
CB Jalen Kimber – Media
S Zakee Wheatley – Media
Third-team All-Big Ten special teams
LS Tyler Duzansky – Media
Honorable mention All-Big Ten special teams
K Ryan Barker – Coaches and Media
LS Tyler Duzansky – Coaches
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Breaking down the All-Big Ten teams
First things first: We get that fans, and surely some within the program, will get wound up about these picks. You can see them all from the Big Ten here. At the end of the day, from our point of view, the only significant injustice is both the coaches and media both leaving Durant off of one of the first three teams. You don’t need to watch all 12 regular season games to gauge the impact he had on opponents and the Lions’ defense alike despite the stat sheet not being as populate as some other players.
At safety, Reed certainly has a case to make for a first-team nod considering he should have been among the top candidates for the Big Ten defensive back of the year honor that went to Ohio State’s Caleb Downs. But, there are only four first-team spots and the field was very crowded and accomplished. The Nittany Lion probably continues to feel under-respected regionally and nationally and rightly so. He’s had a great season and held the Penn State defense together after KJ Winston Jr., went down six quarters into the year.
Last but not least, it’s surprising that Harris did not make the media’s honorable mention list and Dennis-Sutton the coaches’. But, again, at least externally, it’s challenging to get too worked up over these lists, as there are snubs every year, some of which are certainly more glaring than others.
