Big Ten Conference football individual awards

Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award the following individual honors at the end of each football season. In addition, the Chicago Tribune awards the Chicago Tribune Silver Football to the most valuable football player of the conference.

General

Player of the Year

Sanctioned by Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI); replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 1990.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team
1982	Anthony Carter	WR	Michigan
1983	Don Thorp	DT	Illinois
1984	Keith Byars	RB	Ohio State
1985	Chuck Long	QB	Iowa
	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1986	Jim Harbaugh	QB	Michigan
1987	Lorenzo White (2)	RB	Michigan State
	Ernie Jones	WR	Indiana
1988	Anthony Thompson	RB	Indiana
1989	Anthony Thompson (2)	RB	Indiana

Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year Award in honor of Northwestern's Otto Graham and Ohio State's Eddie George.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1990	Nick Bell[lower-alpha 1]	RB	Iowa
	Matt Rodgers[lower-alpha 1]	QB
	Jon Vaughn[lower-alpha 1]	RB	Michigan
	Tico Duckett[lower-alpha 2]	RB	Michigan State
1991	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan
1992	Tyrone Wheatley	RB	Michigan
1993	Brent Moss	RB	Wisconsin
1994	Kerry Collins	QB	Penn State
1995	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State
1996	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1997	Curtis Enis[lower-alpha 1]	RB	Penn State
	Tavian Banks[lower-alpha 2]	RB	Iowa
1998	Joe Germaine[lower-alpha 1]	QB	Ohio State
	Drew Brees[lower-alpha 2]	QB	Purdue
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees (2)	QB	Purdue	[1][2]
2001	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana	[3]
2002	Brad Banks	QB	Iowa	[4]
2003	Chris Perry	RB	Michigan	[5]
2004	Braylon Edwards	WR	Michigan	[6]
2005	Michael Robinson[lower-alpha 1]	QB	Penn State	[7]
	Brett Basanez[lower-alpha 2]	QB	Northwestern
2006	Troy Smith	QB	Ohio State	[8]
2007	Rashard Mendenhall	RB	Illinois	[9]
2008	Shonn Greene	RB	Iowa	[10]
2009	John Clay	RB	Wisconsin	[11]
2010	Denard Robinson	QB	Michigan	[12][13]
Award renamed
2011	Montee Ball	RB	Wisconsin	[14]
2012	Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State	[15]
2013	Braxton Miller (2)	QB	Ohio State	[16]
2014	Melvin Gordon	RB	Wisconsin	[17]
2015	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Ohio State	[18]
2016	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn State	[19]
2017	Saquon Barkley (2)	RB	Penn State	[20]
2018	Dwayne Haskins	QB	Ohio State	[21]
2019	Justin Fields	QB	Ohio State	[22]
2020	Justin Fields (2)	QB	Ohio State	[23]
2021	C. J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State	[24]
2022	C. J. Stroud (2)	QB	Ohio State	[25]
2023	Marvin Harrison Jr.	WR	Ohio State	[26]

Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Nagurski–Woodson Award in honor of Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski and Michigan's Charles Woodson.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1990	Moe Gardner[lower-alpha 1]	NT	Illinois
	Darrick Brownlow[lower-alpha 2]	LB
1991	Leroy Smith[lower-alpha 1]	DE	Iowa
	Troy Vincent[lower-alpha 2]	CB	Wisconsin
1992	Steve Tovar[lower-alpha 1]	LB	Ohio State
	Jeff Zgonina[lower-alpha 2]	DT	Purdue
1993	Dana Howard[lower-alpha 1]	LB	Illinois
	Dan Wilkinson[lower-alpha 2]	DT	Ohio State
1994	Dana Howard (2)	LB	Illinois
1995	Pat Fitzgerald	LB	Northwestern
1996	Shawn Springs[lower-alpha 1]	CB	Ohio State
	Pat Fitzgerald[lower-alpha 2] (2)	LB	Northwestern
1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan
1998	LaVar Arrington[lower-alpha 1]	LB	Penn State
	Tom Burke[lower-alpha 2]	DE	Wisconsin
1999	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State
2000	Jamar Fletcher	CB	Wisconsin	[2]
2001	Larry Foote	LB	Michigan	[3]
2002	Mike Doss[lower-alpha 1]	S	Ohio State	[4]
	Michael Haynes[lower-alpha 2]	DE	Penn State
2003	Will Smith	DE	Ohio State	[5]
2004	Erasmus James	DE	Wisconsin	[6]
2005	A. J. Hawk	LB	Ohio State	[7]
2006	LaMarr Woodley	DE	Michigan	[8]
2007	James Laurinaitis	LB	Ohio State	[9]
2008	James Laurinaitis (2)	LB	Ohio State	[10]
2009	Jared Odrick[lower-alpha 1]	DT	Penn State	[11]
	Greg Jones[lower-alpha 2]	LB	Michigan State
2010	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue	[12]
Award renamed
2011	Devon Still	DT	Penn State	[14]
2012	John Simon	DE	Ohio State	[15]
2013	Chris Borland	LB	Wisconsin	[16]
2014	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State	[17]
2015	Carl Nassib	DE	Penn State	[27]
2016	Jabrill Peppers	LB	Michigan	[28]
2017	Josey Jewell	LB	Iowa	[20]
2018	Devin Bush Jr.	LB	Michigan	[29]
2019	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State	[30]
2020	Daviyon Nixon	DT	Iowa	[23]
2021	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	Michigan	[31]
2022	Jack Campbell	LB	Iowa	[32]
2023	Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	Illinois	[33]

Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year

Selected by coaches and media. In 2011, the award was renamed the Thompson–Randle El Freshman of the Year Award in honor of Minnesota's Darrell Thompson and Indiana's Antwaan Randle El.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1986	Darrell Thompson[lower-alpha 1]	RB	Minnesota
1987	Tony Lowery[lower-alpha 1]	QB	Wisconsin
1988	Brian Fox[lower-alpha 1]	QB	Purdue
	Ed Sutter[lower-alpha 2]	LB/P	Northwestern
1989	Eric Hunter	QB	Purdue
1990	Robert Smith	RB	Ohio State
1991	Corey Rogers	RB	Purdue
1992	Korey Stringer[lower-alpha 1]	OT	Ohio State
	Simeon Rice[lower-alpha 2]	DE	Illinois
1993	Reggie Garnett	LB	Michigan State
1994	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1995	Charles Woodson[lower-alpha 1]	CB	Michigan
	Curtis Enis[lower-alpha 2]	RB	Penn State
1996	Ron Dayne[lower-alpha 1]	RB	Wisconsin
	Andy Katzenmoyer[lower-alpha 2]	LB	Ohio State
1997	Anthony Thomas	RB	Michigan
1998	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana
1999	Brooks Bollinger	QB	Wisconsin
2000	Stuart Schweigert	S	Purdue	[1][2]
2001	Anthony Davis	RB	Wisconsin	[3]
2002	Maurice Clarett	RB	Ohio State	[4]
2003	Steve Breaston[lower-alpha 1]	WR	Michigan	[5]
	Laurence Maroney[lower-alpha 2]	RB	Minnesota
2004	Mike Hart	RB	Michigan	[6]
2005	Tyrell Sutton	RB	Northwestern	[7]
2006	P. J. Hill	RB	Wisconsin	[8]
2007	Arrelious Benn	WR	Illinois	[9]
2008	Terrelle Pryor	QB	Ohio State	[10]
2009	Chris Borland	LB	Wisconsin	[11]
2010	James White	RB	Wisconsin	[13]
Award renamed
2011	Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State	[14]
2012	Deion Barnes	DE	Penn State	[15]
2013	Christian Hackenberg	QB	Penn State	[16]
2014	J. T. Barrett	QB	Ohio State	[17]
2015	Jabrill Peppers	S/RB	Michigan
2016	Mike Weber	RB	Ohio State
2017	Jonathan Taylor	RB	Wisconsin	[20]
2018	Rondale Moore	WR	Purdue
2019	David Bell	WR	Purdue	[22]
2020	Brandon Joseph	S	Northwestern	[23]
2021	C. J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State	[24]
2022	Nicholas Singleton	RB	Penn State	[25]
2023	Dillon Thieneman	S	Purdue	[26]

Dave McClain / Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year

From 1986 through 2010, this award was dedicated in honor of Dave McClain, who served as the Wisconsin Badgers head coach from 1978 to 1985. Recipients were selected by the media. The coaches selected a separate award from 1982 to 1991. When the coaches resumed selecting a coach of the year in 2011, it was named for the first two recipients of the Big Ten Coach of the year, Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes, as the Hayes–Schembechler coach of the year.

Season	Coach	Team	Ref.
Big Ten Coach of the Year
1972	Bo Schembechler	Michigan
1973	Woody Hayes	Ohio State
1974	Denny Stolz	Michigan State
1975	Woody Hayes (2)	Ohio State
1976	Bo Schembechler (2)	Michigan
1977	Darryl Rogers	Michigan State
1978	Jim Young	Purdue
1979	Earle Bruce	Ohio State
1980	Bo Schembechler (3)	Michigan
1981	Hayden Fry	Iowa
1982	Bo Schembechler[lower-alpha 1] (4)	Michigan
	Dennis Green[lower-alpha 2]	Northwestern
1983	Mike White	Illinois
1984	Leon Burtnett	Purdue
1985	Bo Schembechler (5)	Michigan
Dave McClain Coach of the Year
1986	Bill Mallory	Indiana
1987	George Perles[lower-alpha 1]	Michigan State
	Bill Mallory[lower-alpha 2] (2)	Indiana
1988	John Mackovic	Illinois
1989	Bo Schembechler[lower-alpha 1] (6)	Michigan
	John Mackovic[lower-alpha 2] (2)	Illinois
1990	Hayden Fry (2)	Iowa
1991	Hayden Fry[lower-alpha 1] (3)	Iowa
	Gary Moeller[lower-alpha 2]	Michigan
1992	Gary Moeller (2)	Michigan
1993	Barry Alvarez	Wisconsin
1994	Joe Paterno	Penn State
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern
1996	Gary Barnett (2)	Northwestern
1997	Joe Tiller	Purdue
1998	Barry Alvarez (2)	Wisconsin
1999	Glen Mason	Minnesota
2000	Randy Walker	Northwestern	[2]
2001	Ron Turner	Illinois	[3]
2002	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	[4]
2003	John L. Smith	Michigan State	[5]
2004	Kirk Ferentz (2)	Iowa	[6]
2005	Joe Paterno (2)	Penn State	[7]
2006	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	[8]
2007	Ron Zook	Illinois	[9]
2008	Joe Paterno (3)	Penn State	[10]
2009	Kirk Ferentz (3)	Iowa	[11]
2010	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	[13]
Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year
2011	Brady Hoke	Michigan	[14]
2012	Bill O'Brien	Penn State	[15]
2013	Mark Dantonio (2)	Michigan State	[16]
2014	Jerry Kill	Minnesota	[17]
2015	Kirk Ferentz (4)	Iowa	[27]
2016	Paul Chryst[lower-alpha 1]	Wisconsin	[28]
	James Franklin[lower-alpha 2]	Penn State
2017	Paul Chryst (2)	Wisconsin	[20]
2018	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	[29]
2019	P. J. Fleck[lower-alpha 1]	Minnesota	[30]
	Ryan Day[lower-alpha 2]	Ohio State
2020	Tom Allen	Indiana	[23]
2021	Mel Tucker	Michigan State	[31]
2022	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	[32]
2023	David Braun	Northwestern	[33]

Ford–Kinnick Leadership Award

The award is named in honor of Michigan's Gerald Ford and Iowa's Nile Kinnick.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Tenure	Ref.
2011	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State	1972–1975	[34][35]
2012	Jon Runyan	OT	Michigan	1992–1995	[36]
2013	Gene Washington	WR	Michigan State	1964–1966	[37]
2014	Mike Hopkins	S	Illinois	1987–1991	[38]
2015	Brian Griese	QB	Michigan	1993–1997	[39]
2016	Reggie McKenzie	G	Michigan	1969–1971	[40]
2017	Troy Vincent	CB	Wisconsin	1988–1991	[41][42]
2018	Antwaan Randle El	QB	Indiana	1997–2001	[43][44]
2019	Doug Schlereth	DE	Indiana	1985–1988	[45][46]
2020	Napoleon Harris	LB/DE	Northwestern	1998–2001
2021	Pat Richter	E	Wisconsin	1960–1962	[47]
2022	Ron Guenther	OL	Illinois	1965–1966	[48][49]
2023	Richard Coachys	QB/S	Indiana	1965–1966	[50][51]

Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award

The award is named in honor of Minnesota's Tony Dungy and Indiana's Anthony Thompson.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Tenure	Ref.
2011	George Taliaferro	HB	Indiana	1945, 1947–1948	[52][35]
2012	Chris Spielman	LB	Ohio State	1984–1987	[53]
2013	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue	1997–2000	[54]
2014	Brian Griese	QB	Michigan	1993–1997	[55]
2015	John Shinsky	DT	Michigan State	1970–1973	[56]
2016	Trent Green	QB	Indiana	1988–1992	[57]
2017	Chad Greenway	LB	Iowa	2001–2005	[58]
2018	Jake Wood	OT	Wisconsin	2001–2004	[44]
2019	J. J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin	2008–2010	[46]
2020	Vincent Smith	RB	Michigan	2009–2012	[59]
2021	Malcolm Jenkins	S/NB	Ohio State	2005–2008	[60][47][61]
2022	Nate Sudfeld	QB	Indiana	2012–2015	[62][49]
2023	Dick Butkus	LB	Illinois	1962–1964	[63][51]

All-Big Ten

Main article: List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams

Offensive

Griese–Brees Quarterback of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Purdue's Bob Griese and Drew Brees.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Russell Wilson	Wisconsin	[64]
2012	Braxton Miller	Ohio State	[65]
2013	Braxton Miller (2)	Ohio State	[66]
2014	J. T. Barrett	Ohio State	[67]
2015	Connor Cook	Michigan State	[18]
2016	J. T. Barrett (2)	Ohio State	[19]
2017	J. T. Barrett (3)	Ohio State	[20]
2018	Dwayne Haskins	Ohio State	[21]
2019	Justin Fields	Ohio State	[22]
2020	Justin Fields (2)	Ohio State	[23]
2021	C. J. Stroud	Ohio State	[24]
2022	C. J. Stroud (2)	Ohio State	[25]
2023	J. J. McCarthy	Michigan	[26]

Ameche–Dayne Running Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Wisconsin's Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Montee Ball	Wisconsin	[64]
2012	Montee Ball (2)	Wisconsin	[65]
2013	Carlos Hyde	Ohio State	[66]
2014	Melvin Gordon	Wisconsin	[67]
2015	Ezekiel Elliott	Ohio State	[18]
2016	Saquon Barkley	Penn State	[19]
2017	Saquon Barkley (2)	Penn State	[20]
2018	Jonathan Taylor	Wisconsin	[21]
2019	Jonathan Taylor (2)	Wisconsin	[22]
2020	Mohamed Ibrahim	Minnesota	[23]
2021	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	[24]
2022	Blake Corum	Michigan	[25]
2023	Blake Corum (2)	Michigan	[26]

Richter–Howard Receiver of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Wisconsin's Pat Richter and Michigan's Desmond Howard.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Marvin McNutt	Iowa	[64]
2012	Allen Robinson	Penn State	[65]
2013	Allen Robinson (2)	Penn State	[66]
2014	Tony Lippett	Michigan State	[67]
2015	Aaron Burbridge	Michigan State	[18]
2016	Austin Carr	Northwestern	[19]
2017	D. J. Moore	Maryland	[20]
2018	Rondale Moore	Purdue	[21]
2019	Rashod Bateman	Minnesota	[22]
2020	Ty Fryfogle	Indiana	[23]
2021	David Bell	Purdue	[24]
2022	Marvin Harrison Jr.	Ohio State	[25]
2023	Marvin Harrison Jr. (2)	Ohio State	[26]

Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Year

Award began in 2011 and is named in honor of Penn State's Ted Kwalick and Iowa's Dallas Clark.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Drake Dunsmore	Northwestern	[64]
2012	Jacob Pedersen	Wisconsin	[65]
2013	Devin Funchess	Michigan	[66]
2014	Maxx Williams	Minnesota	[67]
2015	Jake Butt	Michigan	[18]
2016	Jake Butt (2)	Michigan	[19]
2017	Troy Fumagalli	Wisconsin	[20]
2018	T. J. Hockenson	Iowa	[21]
2019	Brycen Hopkins	Purdue	[22]
2020	Pat Freiermuth	Penn State	[23]
2021	Austin Allen	Nebraska	[24]
2022	Sam LaPorta	Iowa	[25]
2023	Cade Stover	Ohio State	[26]

Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Award, in honor of Nebraska's Dave Rimington and Ohio State's Orlando Pace.

2010 winner Gabe Carimi

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1984	Jeff Dellenbach	G	Wisconsin
1985	Mike Haight	OT	Iowa
1986	Dave Croston	G	Iowa
1987	Tony Mandarich	OT	Michigan State
1988	Tony Mandarich (2)	OT	Michigan State
1989	Bob Kula	OT	Michigan State
1990	Not awarded
1991	Greg Skrepenak	OT	Michigan
1992	Mike Devlin	C	Iowa
1993	Korey Stringer	OT	Ohio State
1994	Korey Stringer (2)	OT	Ohio State
1995	Orlando Pace	OT	Ohio State
1996	Orlando Pace (2)	OT	Ohio State
1997	Flozell Adams	OT	Michigan State
1998	Jon Jansen	OT	Michigan
1999	Chris McIntosh	OT	Wisconsin
2000	Steve Hutchinson	G	Michigan	[2]
2001	LeCharles Bentley	C	Ohio State	[3]
2002	Eric Steinbach	G	Iowa	[4]
2003	Robert Gallery	OT	Iowa	[5]
2004	David Baas	C	Michigan	[6]
2005	Greg Eslinger	C	Minnesota	[7]
2006	Jake Long	OT	Michigan	[8]
2007	Jake Long (2)	OT	Michigan	[9]
2008	A. Q. Shipley	C	Penn State	[10]
2009	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa	[11]
2010	Gabe Carimi	OT	Wisconsin	[13]
Award renamed
2011	David Molk	C	Michigan	[64]
2012	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	[65]
2013	Taylor Lewan (2)	OT	Michigan	[66]
2014	Brandon Scherff	OT	Iowa	[67]
2015	Taylor Decker	OT	Ohio State	[18]
2016	Pat Elflein	C	Ohio State	[19]
2017	Billy Price	C	Ohio State	[20]
2018	Michael Deiter	G	Wisconsin	[21]
2019	Tristan Wirfs	OT	Iowa	[22]
2020	Wyatt Davis	G	Ohio State	[23]
2021	Tyler Linderbaum	C	Iowa	[24]
2022	Peter Skoronski	OT	Northwestern	[25]
2023	Olu Fashanu	OT	Penn State	[26]

Defensive

Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year

Selected by Big Ten radio broadcasters until 1991; selected by coaches since. In 2011, the award was renamed the Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Award in honor of Michigan State's Bubba Smith and Penn State's Courtney Brown.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1984	Paul Hufford	DT	Iowa
1985	Mike Hammerstein	DT	Michigan
1986	Eric Kumerow	DE	Ohio State
1987	Dave Haight	NT	Iowa
1988	Mark Messner	DT	Michigan
1989	Moe Gardner	NT	Illinois
1990	Not awarded
1991	Leroy Smith	DE	Iowa
1992	Chris Hutchinson	DT	Michigan
1993	Dan Wilkinson	DT	Ohio State
1994	Simeon Rice	DE	Illinois
1995	Mike Vrabel	DE	Ohio State
1996	Mike Vrabel (2)	DE	Ohio State
1997	Jared DeVries	DE	Iowa
1998	Tom Burke	DE	Wisconsin
1999	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State
2000	Wendell Bryant	DT	Wisconsin	[2]
	Karon Riley	DE	Minnesota
2001	Wendell Bryant (2)	DT	Wisconsin	[3]
2002	Jimmy Kennedy	DT	Penn State	[4]
2003	Will Smith	DE	Ohio State	[5]
2004	Erasmus James	DE	Wisconsin	[6]
2005	Tamba Hali	DE	Penn State	[7]
2006	LaMarr Woodley	DE	Michigan	[8]
2007	Vernon Gholston	DE	Ohio State	[9]
2008	Mitch King	DT	Iowa	[10]
2009	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State	[11]
2010	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue	[13]
Award renamed
2011	Devon Still	DT	Penn State	[64]
2012	John Simon	DE	Ohio State	[65]
2013	Shilique Calhoun	DE	Michigan State	[66]
2014	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State	[67]
2015	Joey Bosa (2)	DE	Ohio State	[27]
2016	Tyquan Lewis	DE	Ohio State	[28]
2017	Nick Bosa	DE	Ohio State	[20]
2018	Kenny Willekes	DE	Michigan State	[29]
2019	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State	[30]
2020	Daviyon Nixon	DT	Iowa	[23]
2021	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	Michigan	[31]
2022	Mike Morris	DE	Michigan	[32]
2023	Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	Illinois	[33]

Butkus–Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Illinois' Dick Butkus and Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Lavonte David	Nebraska	[64]
2012	Michael Mauti	Penn State	[65]
2013	Chris Borland	Wisconsin	[66]
2014	Mike Hull	Penn State	[67]
2015	Joe Schobert	Wisconsin	[27]
2016	Jabrill Peppers	Michigan	[28]
2017	Josey Jewell	Iowa	[20]
2018	Devin Bush Jr.	Michigan	[29]
2019	Micah Parsons	Penn State	[30]
2020	Paddy Fisher	Northwestern	[23]
2021	Leo Chenal	Wisconsin	[31]
2022	Jack Campbell	Iowa	[32]
2023	Tommy Eichenberg	Ohio State	[33]

Tatum–Woodson Defensive Back of the Year

Award started in 2011, named in honor of Ohio State's Jack Tatum and Purdue's Rod Woodson.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
2011	Alfonzo Dennard	CB	Nebraska	[64]
2012	Micah Hyde	CB	Iowa	[65]
2013	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State	[66]
2014	Kurtis Drummond	S	Michigan State	[67]
2015	Desmond King	CB	Iowa	[27]
2016	Jourdan Lewis	CB	Michigan	[28]
2017	Josh Jackson	CB	Iowa	[20]
2018	Amani Hooker	S	Iowa	[29]
2019	Antoine Winfield Jr.	S	Minnesota	[30]
2020	Shaun Wade	CB	Ohio State	[23]
2021	Riley Moss	CB	Iowa	[31]
2022	Devon Witherspoon	CB	Illinois	[32]
2023	Cooper DeJean	CB	Iowa	[33]

Special teams

Bakken–Andersen Kicker of the Year

Named in honor of Wisconsin's Jim Bakken and Michigan State's Morten Andersen.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Brett Maher	Nebraska	[64]
2012	Brett Maher (2)	Nebraska	[65]
	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern
2013	Jeff Budzien (2)	Northwestern	[66]
2014	Brad Craddock	Maryland	[17]
2015	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	[27]
2016	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	[28]
2017	Griffin Oakes (2)	Indiana	[20]
2018	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	[29]
2019	Keith Duncan	Iowa	[30]
2020	Connor Culp	Nebraska	[23]
2021	Jake Moody	Michigan	[31]
2022	Jake Moody (2)	Michigan	[32]
2023	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	[33]

Eddleman–Fields Punter of the Year

Named in honor of Illinois' Dwight Eddleman and Michigan State's Brandon Fields.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2011	Brett Maher	Nebraska	[64]
2012	Will Hagerup	Michigan	[65]
2013	Cody Webster	Purdue	[66]
2014	Peter Mortell	Minnesota	[17]
2015	Sam Foltz	Nebraska	[27]
2016	Cameron Johnston	Ohio State	[28]
2017	Ryan Anderson	Rutgers	[20]
2018	Will Hart	Michigan	[29]
2019	Blake Hayes	Illinois	[30]
2020	Tory Taylor	Iowa	[23]
2021	Jordan Stout	Penn State	[31]
2022	Bryce Baringer	Michigan State	[32]
2023	Tory Taylor (2)	Iowa	[33]

Rodgers–Dwight Return Specialist of the Year

Named in honor of Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers and Iowa's Tim Dwight.^[68]

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2015	William Likely	Maryland	[27]
2016	Jabrill Peppers	Michigan	[28]
2017	Saquon Barkley	Penn State	[20]
2018	Ihmir Smith-Marsette	Iowa	[29]
2019	Javon Leake	Maryland	[30]
2020	Aron Cruickshank	Rutgers	[23]
2021	Charlie Jones	Iowa	[31]
2022	Jaylin Lucas	Indiana	[32]
2023	Cooper DeJean	Iowa	[33]

See also

• Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Notes and references

1. Selected by coaches
2. Selected by media

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2. "2000 All-Big Ten Football Teams & Individual Honors Announced". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. November 28, 2000. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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