Athlon Sports Preseason All-Conference Football Teams

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Big Ten 2024 Preseason All-Conference Team
by Steven Lassan, Athlon Sports
The 2024 All-Big Ten team is led by 16 selections from Ohio State, with Cockeye (14), Oregon (13) and Penn State (13) headlining the next tier of teams with the most picks on the all-conference squad.

With the release of the Athlon Sports 2024 College Football Preview Magazine, it's time to take a look at the best of the best and honor the top players in the league with a release of first, second, third, and fourth all-conference teams for '24.

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2024. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2024 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year. Also, team strength does not play a role in selections. These are the best individual players at each position in the league for '24.

FIRST TEAM
QB - Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
RB - Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State
RB - TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
RB - Donovan Edwards, Michigan
RB/AP - Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
WR - Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
WR - Tez Johnson, Oregon
WR - Evan Stewart, Oregon
TE - Colston Loveland, Michigan
C - Logan Jones, Cockeye
OL - Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
OL - Ajani Cornelius, Oregon
OL - Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota
OL - Josh Conerly, Oregon
OL - Jonah Monheim, USC

DL - JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
DL - Mason Graham, Michigan
DL - Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
DL - Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
DL - Abdul Carter, Penn State
LB - Jay Higgins, Cockeye
LB - Nick Jackson, Cockeye
LB - Xander Mueller, Northwestern
CB - Will Johnson, Michigan
CB - Denzel Burke, Ohio State
CB - Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon
S - Dillon Thieneman, Purdoodoo
S - Caleb Downs, Ohio State
S - Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin

K - Dragan Kesich, Minnesota
P - Ryan Eckley, Michigan State
KR - Zachariah Branch, USC
PR - Zachariah Branch, USC

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SECOND TEAM
QB - Drew Allar, Penn State
RB - Kyle Monangai, Rutgers
RB - Jordan James, Oregon
RB - Kaytron Allen, Penn State
RB - Darius Taylor, Minnesota
WR - Daniel Jackson, Minnesota
WR - Will Pauling, Wisconsin
WR - Tai Felton, Maryland
TE - Tyler Warren, Penn State
TE - Luke Lachey, Cockeye
C - Gus Hartwig, Purdoodoo
OL - Hollin Pierce, Rutgers
OL - Josh Fryar, Ohio State
OL - Connor Colby, Cockeye
OL - Josh Priebe, Michigan
OL - Riley Mahlman, Wisconsin

DL - Yahya Black, Cockeye
DL - Kenneth Grant, Michigan
DL - Nash Hutmacher, Nebraska
DL - Bear Alexander, USC
DL - Jordan Burch, Oregon
DL - Jah Joyner, Minnesota
LB - Jaishawn Barham, Michigan
LB - Ruben Hyppolite II, Maryland
LB - Kobe King, Penn State
LB - Mohamed Toure, Rutgers
LB - Carson Bruener, Washington
CB - Sebastian Castro, Cockeye
CB - Ricardo Hallman, Wisconsin
CB - Tommi Hill, Nebraska
CB - Justin Walley, Minnesota
S - Quinn Schulte, Cockeye
S - Kevin Winston, Penn State
S - Isaac Gifford, Nebraska
K - Jonathan Kim, Michigan State
P - Tommy Doman, Michigan
KR - Braeden Wisloski, Maryland
PR - Tez Johnson, Oregon

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THIRD TEAM
QB - Will Howard, Ohio State
RB - Chez Mellusi, Wisconsin
RB - T.J. Harden, UCLA
RB - Devin Mockobee, Purdoodoo
RB - Woody Marks, USC
WR - Kaden Prather, Maryland
WR - Zachariah Branch, USC
WR - Bryce Kirtz, Northwestern
WR - Jahmal Banks, Nebraska
WR - Donaven McCulley, Indiana
TE - Jack Velling, Michigan State
TE - Terrance Ferguson, Oregon
C - Ben Scott, Nebraska
OL - Bryce Benhart, Nebraska
OL - Sal Wormley, Penn State
OL - Emmanuel Pregnon, USC
OL - Nick Kidwell, Indiana
OL - JC Davis, Illinois

DL - Jay Toia, UCLA
DL - Aaron Lewis, Rutgers
DL - Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State
DL - Deontae Craig, Cockeye
DL - Derrick Moore, Michigan
DL - Josaiah Stewart, Michigan
LB - Seth Coleman, Illinois
LB - Cody Lindenberg, Minnesota
LB - Kydran Jenkins, Purdoodoo
LB - Cal Haladay, Michigan State
LB - Sonny Styles, Ohio State
LB - Alphonzo Tuputala, Washington
CB - Ephesians Prysock, Washington
CB - Robert Longerbeam, Rutgers
CB - Davison Igbinosun, Ohio State
CB - Theran Johnson, Northwestern
S - Xavier Nwankpa, Cockeye
S - Lathan Ransom, Ohio State
S - Tysheem Johnson, Oregon

K - Jai Patel, Rutgers
P - James Evans, Indiana
KR - Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
PR - Logan Loya, UCLA

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FOURTH TEAM
QB - Miller Moss, USC
RB - Leshon Williams, Cockeye
RB - Roman Hemby, Maryland
RB - Cam Porter, Northwestern
RB - Jonah Coleman, Washington
RB - Kaden Feagin, Illinois
WR - Pat Bryant, Illinois
WR - Jeremiah Hunter, Washington
WR - Julian Fleming, Penn State
WR - Elijah Sarratt, Indiana
WR - J. Michael Sturdivant, UCLA
TE - Thomas Fidone II, Nebraska
TE - Zach Horton, Indiana
C - Josh Kreutz, Illinois
OL - Quinn Carroll, Minnesota
OL - Myles Hinton, Michigan
OL - Josh Simmons, Ohio State
OL - Josh Carlin, UCLA
OL - Mason Richman, Cockeye
OL - Jack Nelson, Wisconsin
OL - Marcus Mbow, Purdoodoo

DL - Ty Robinson, Nebraska
DL - Mikail Kamara, Indiana
DL - Jordan Phillips, Maryland
DL - Aidan Hubbard, Northwestern
DL - Danny Striggow, Minnesota
DL - Jimari Butler, Nebraska
LB - Eric Gentry, USC
LB - Aiden Fisher, Indiana
LB - Tony Rojas, Penn State
LB - Donnell Brown, Maryland
LB - Cody Simon, Ohio State
LB - Jestin Jacobs, Oregon
LB - Jordan Hall, Michigan State
DB - Jack Henderson, Minnesota
CB - Jermari Harris, Cockeye
CB - A.J. Harris, Penn State
DB - Flip Dixon, Rutgers
S - Akili Arnold, USC
S - Dante Trader, Maryland
S - Miles Scott, Illinois
S - Devin Turner, Northwestern
S - Kamren Fabiculanan, Washington

K - Drew Stevens, Cockeye
P - Mark Crawford, Minnesota
KR - A.J. Henning, Northwestern
PR - Semaj Morgan, Michigan

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

 

[Cornicator]

On one hand I applaud Athlon for trying. So many reporters and Big Ten Media types struggle with this shit to the point that I don't think they even try.

However, I find myself getting triggered by these lists every season. And it rarely has anything to do with Nebraska. Here's my list of angst:


1. If Ohio State is going to throw the football like they always do there is NO way in HELL they will have two 1st Team All-Conference Running backs. Oregon or Rutgers will lead the league in rushing. They both have dynamic running backs. One of them will take the crown.

2. JT Tuiumolau has no business making any of those 1st or 2nd Team All Big Ten Teams- The league is stacked along the D-line. There could be 7 Big 10 Defensive Linemen taken in the first 50 picks of the 2025 draft. He's not one of them, and while he's a good college player, he really benefits from a D-line with insane talent at every other position. He's bascially like Nebraska's Pierre Allen from the 2009 team.

3. Xander Mueller from Northwestern literally wouldn't start for at least 5 other teams in the league. Talk about a joke of a selection.

4. Every season in College Football, there is a player who emulates the concept of the luckiest motherfucker in the history of sports. No other player in College Football can make that claim outside of Dillon Thieneman from Purdoodoo. This guy had 6 Interceptions last season. Let's talk about those interceptions. he had 2 in the Non Con off of picked balls that floated in the air. He had 1 vs. Cockeye and the worst QB in America. And then he had 3 combined against back up QBs for Northwestern and Indiana. The Boilers lost 3 of those games, and they lost them badly. He's one of the more overvallued players in the country who wont replicate that season.

5. Do we really need 11 dudes on the 3rd and 4th Team LB list?

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Another once great American institution reduced to rubble due to mismanagement and idiocy. Good luck in the print business in 2024 dingle berries

 

[nja13]

QB - Dillon Gabriel, Oregon

Let me see if my memory serves me here...

Wasn't Dillon Gabriel the guy who replaced McKenzie Milton at UCF?
I mean, he followed Scott Frost's quarterback at UCF, and here he is still playing in the year of our Lord 2024 and is the all-B1G preseason QB, and meanwhile Frost moved on to Nebraska, crashed, burned and is out the game, all the while this guy is still playing college football?

 

[nscottie]

Visiting some Ohio State friends this weekend. They claim if Ohio State doesn’t win national championship this year, Ryan Day is gone. Seems pretty crazy to me.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Let me see if my memory serves me here...

Wasn't Dillon Gabriel the guy who replaced McKenzie Milton at UCF?
I mean, he followed Scott Frost's quarterback at UCF, and here he is still playing in the year of our Lord 2024 and is the all-B1G preseason QB, and meanwhile Frost moved on to Nebraska, crashed, burned and is out the game, all the while this guy is still playing college football?

yes he started like 15 years ago

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

Visiting some Ohio State friends this weekend. They claim if Ohio State doesn’t win national championship this year, Ryan Day is gone. Seems pretty crazy to me.

Seeing their most hated rival win it all has really pushed them off the deep end.

It would be funny if they fired him and went down the shitter like us, but The Simulation™ wouldn’t allow it.

 

[doublewing]

Visiting some Ohio State friends this weekend. They claim if Ohio State doesn’t win national championship this year, Ryan Day is gone. Seems pretty crazy to me.

It would be like Nebraska firing Tom Osborne in the 70's or 80's because he couldn't win the title and was losing to OU. I don't think OSU would fire him unless he had consecutive seasons of 3-4 losses. 1-2 losses means they are in the playoffs and keeps hope alive.

I think most the people wanting him gone are the online internet fan base. The Administration is smart enough to think 2 steps ahead and realize they'd have to replace him with someone better. Not too many coaches out there with a resume like Day's.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I think the Natty or bust talk is overblown for Day but he abso fucking lutely needs to beat Michigan, win the big ten, and make a run to the semi finals or better after Ohio State dropped $13 million on portal dudes