Big Ten Football 2014 All-Conference Team

The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings for 2014, as well as conference predictions.

With the predictions released, it’s time to take a look at the best players by conference.

Athlon Sports kicks off its release of preseason all-conference teams with a look at our first, second, third and fourth All-Big Ten teams for 2014.

Related Content: Big Ten 2014 Conference Predictions

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.
 

2014 Big Ten Team Previews
National Rank:	68	58	26	48	32	11	52	29	51	3	22	80	73	15

Athlon's 2014 All-Big Ten Team

	First-Team Offense	Second-Team Offense	Third-Team Offense	Fourth-Team Offense
QB	Braxton Miller Ohio State  ________________	Christian Hackenberg Penn State  ________________	Connor Cook Michigan State  ________________	Devin Gardner Michigan  ________________
RB	Ameer Abdullah Nebraska	Jeremy Langford Michigan State	Tevin Coleman Indiana	David Cobb Minnesota
RB	Melvin Gordon Wisconsin  ________________	Venric Mark Northwestern  ________________	Ezekiel Elliott Ohio State  ________________	Mark Weisman Iowa  ________________
WR	Stefon Diggs Maryland	Kenny Bell Nebraska	Tony Lippett Michigan State	Christian Jones Northwestern
WR	Devin Funchess Michigan	Shane Wynn Indiana	Devin Smith Ohio State	Kevonte Martin-Manley  Iowa
TE	Jeff Heuerman Ohio State  ________________	Tyler Kroft Rutgers  ________________	Maxx Williams Minnesota  ________________	Dan Vitale Northwestern  ________________
C	Jack Allen Michigan State	Brandon Vitabile Northwestern	Austin Blythe Iowa	Dan Voltz Wisconsin
G	Jake Cotton Nebraska	Zac Epping Minnesota	Kyle Costigan Wisconsin	Ted Karras Illinois
G	Pat Elflein Ohio State	Kaleb Johnson Rutgers	Dan Feeney Indiana	Jordan Walsh Iowa
T	Rob Havenstein Wisconsin	Taylor Decker Ohio State	Jack Conklin Michigan State	Alex Lewis Nebraska
T	Brandon Scherff Iowa	Donovan Smith Penn State	Jason Spriggs Indiana	Tyler Marz Wisconsin

	First-Team Defense	Second-Team Defense	Third-Team Defense	Fourth-Team Defense
DE	Shilique Calhoun Michigan State	Joey Bosa Ohio State	Theiren Cockran Minnesota	Frank Clark Michigan
DE	Randy Gregory Nebraska	Noah Spence Ohio State	Andre Monroe Maryland	C.J. Olaniyan Penn State
DT	Michael Bennett Ohio State	Louis Trinca-Pasat Iowa	Darius Hamilton Rutgers	Austin Johnson Penn State
DT	Carl Davis Iowa  ________________	Adolphus Washington Ohio State  ________________	Warren Herring Wisconsin  ________________	Vincent Valentine Nebraska  ________________
LB	Chi Chi Ariguzo Northwestern	Taiwan Jones Michigan State	Cole Farrand Maryland	Derek Landisch Wisconsin
LB	Mike Hull Penn State	Steve Longa Rutgers	Josh Perry Ohio State	Mason Monheim Illinois
LB	Jake Ryan Michigan  ________________	James Ross III Michigan  ________________	David Santos Nebraska  ________________	Michael Rose Nebraska  ________________
CB	Blake Countess Michigan	Doran Grant Ohio State	Desmond King Iowa	Eric Murray Minnesota
CB	Trae Waynes Michigan State	Jordan Lucas Penn State	Sojourn Shelton Wisconsin	Nick VanHoose Northwestern
S	Ibraheim Campbell Northwestern	Adrian Amos Penn State	John Lowdermilk Iowa	Michael Caputo Wisconsin
S	Kurtis Drummond Michigan State	Corey Cooper Nebraska	Tyvis Powell Ohio State	Cedric Thompson Minnesota

	First-Team Specialists	Second-Team Specialists	Third-Team Specialists	Fourth-Team Specialists
K	Michael Geiger Michigan State	Brad Craddock Maryland	Sam Ficken Penn State	Kyle Federico Rutgers
P	Mike Sadler Michigan State	Cameron Johnston Ohio State	Will Hagerup Michigan	Peter Mortell Minnesota
KR	William Likely Maryland	Kenny Bell Nebraska	Raheem Mostert Purdue	Dontre Wilson Ohio State
PR	Venric Mark Northwestern	Kevonte Martin-Manley Iowa	V'Angelo Bentley Illinois	Macgarrett Kings Jr. Michigan State

Related Content: 2014 Big Ten Conference Predictions


Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-Big Ten Team

	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Illinois	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Indiana	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Iowa	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Maryland	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Michigan	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Michigan State	Offense: 1 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 2	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1
Minnesota	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1
Nebraska	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0
Northwestern	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Ohio State	Offense: 3 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 4 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1
Penn State	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0
Purdue	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Rutgers	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1
Wisconsin	Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0