Greene, Laurinaitis headline All-Big Ten teams

November 24, 2008 by feed 

Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg

The All-Big Ten teams have been named by the league’s coaches and media members. My analysis will come later tonight.

Iowa running back Shonn Greene and Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis were selected as Big Ten Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year by both the coaches and the media. Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was the consensus choice for Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Penn State’s Joe Paterno was the media’s pick for Big Ten Coach of the Year.

Here’s the full list.

COACHES

First-team offense

QB: Daryll Clark, Penn State

RB: Shonn Greene, Iowa

RB: Javon Ringer, Michigan State

WR: Eric Decker, Minnesota

WR: Derrick Williams, Penn State

C: A.Q. Shipley, Penn State

G: Seth Olsen, Iowa

G: Rich Ohrnberger, Penn State

T: Alex Boone, Ohio State

T: Gerald Cadogan, Penn State

TE: Brandon Myers, Iowa

K: Kevin Kelly, Penn State

First-team defense

DL: Mitch King, Iowa

DL: Corey Wootton, Northwestern

DL: Aaron Maybin, Penn State

DL: Jared Odrick, Penn State

LB: Greg Jones, Michigan State

LB: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State

LB: Navorro Bowman, Penn State

DB: Vontae Davis, Illinois

DB: Otis Wiley, Michigan State

DB: Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State

DB: Anthony Scirrotto, Penn State

P: Zoltan Mesko, Michigan

Second-team offense

QB: Adam Weber, Minnesota

RB: Chris “Beanie” Wells, Ohio State

RB: Evan Royster, Penn State

WR: Arrelious Benn, Illinois

WR: David Gilreath, Wisconsin

C: Rob Bruggeman, Iowa

G: Stefen Wisniewski, Penn State

G: Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin

T: Xavier Fulton, Illinois

T: Bryan Bulaga, Iowa

TE: Garrett Graham, Wisconsin

K: Brett Swenson, Michigan State

Second-team defense

DL: Jammie Kirlew, Indiana

DL: Brandon Graham, Michigan

DL: Wille VanDeSteeg, Minnesota

DL: Mike Newkirk, Wisconsin

LB: Brit Miller, Illinois

LB: Pat Angerer, Iowa

LB: Marcus Freeman, Ohio State

DB: Amari Spievey, Iowa

DB: Traye Simmons, Minnesota

DB: Allen Langford, Wisconsin

DB: Jay Valai, Wisconsin

P: Ryan Donahue, Iowa

Honorable mention: ILLINOIS: Jon Asamoah, Michael Hoomanawanui, Ryan McDonald, Derek Walker, Juice Williams; IOWA: Kyle Calloway, A.J. Edds, Bradley Fletcher, Matt Kroul; MICHIGAN: Obi Ezeh, Brandon Minor, Terrance Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Trevor Anderson, Aaron Bates, Charlie Gantt, Brian Hoyer, Roland Martin, Jesse Miller, Chris Rucker, Blair White; MINNESOTA: Jack Simmons; NORTHWESTERN: John Gill, Keegan Kennedy, Sherrick McManis, Eric Peterman, Brad Phillips, Brendan Smith, Tyrell Sutton, Amado Villarreal; OHIO STATE: Nader Abdallah, Kurt Coleman, Rory Nicol; PENN STATE: Jeremy Boone, Tony Davis, Dennis Landolt, Jordan Norwood, Mark Rubin, Tyrell Sales, Lydell Sargeant; PURDUE: Anthony Heygood, Greg Orton, David Pender, Kory Sheets, Torri Williams; WISCONSIN: Jonathan Casillas, Jason Chapman, P.J. Hill, Andy Kemp, DeAndre Levy, Matt Shaughnessy, Eric Vanden Heuvel, Philip Welch.

Offensive Player of the Year: Shonn Greene, Iowa

Offensive Lineman of the Year: A.Q. Shipley, Penn State

Defensive Player of the Year: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State

Defensive Lineman of the Year: Mitch King, Iowa

Freshman of the Year: Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State

MEDIA

First-team offense

QB: Daryll Clark, Penn State

RB: Shonn Greene, Iowa

RB: Javon Ringer, Michigan State

WR: Arrelious Benn, Illinois

WR: Eric Decker, Minnesota

C: A.Q. Shipley, Penn State

G: Seth Olsen, Iowa

G: Rich Ohrnberger, Penn State

T: Alex Boone, Ohio State

T: Gerald Cadogan, Penn State

TE: Garrett Graham, Wisconsin

K: Kevin Kelly, Penn State

First-team defense

DL: Mitch King, Iowa

DL: Jammie Kirlew, Indiana

DL: Aaron Maybin, Penn State

DL: Willie VanDeSteeg, Minnesota

LB: Brit Miller, Illinois

LB: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State

LB: Navorro Bowman, Penn State

DB: Vontae Davis, Illinois

DB: Otis Wiley, Michigan State

DB: Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State

DB: Allen Langford, Wisconsin

P: Zoltan Mesko, Michigan

Second-team offense

QB: Juice Williams, Illinois

RB: Chris “Beanie” Wells, Ohio State

RB: Evan Royster, Penn State

WR: Deon Butler, Penn State

WR: Derrick Williams, Penn State

C: Rob Bruggeman, Iowa and Ryan McDonald, Illinois

G: Roland Martin, Michigan State

G: Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin

T: Xavier Fulton, Illinois

T: Kyle Calloway, Iowa

T: Jesse Miller, Michigan State

TE: Jack Simmons, Minnesota

K: Brett Swenson, Michigan State

Second-team defense

DL: Matt Kroul, Iowa

DL: Brandon Graham, Michigan

DL: Corey Wootton, Northwestern

DL: Jared Odrick, Penn State

LB: Greg Jones, Michigan State

LB: Pat Angerer, Iowa

LB: Marcus Freeman, Ohio State

DB: Lydell Sargeant, Penn State

DB: Traye Simmons, Minnesota

DB: Kurt Coleman, Ohio State

DB: Anthony Scirrotto, Penn State

P: Aaron Bates, Michigan Stat

Honorable mention: ILLINOIS: Jon Asamoah, Michael Hoomanawanui, Derek Walker; INDIANA: Chris Hagerup; IOWA: Bryan Bulaga, Ryan Donahue, A.J. Edds, Bradley Fletcher, Brent Greenwood, Brandon Myers, Amari Spievey; MICHIGAN: Obi Ezeh, Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Trevor Anderson, Charlie Gantt, Brian Hoyer, Justin Kershaw, Brandon Long, Joel Nitchman, Chris Rucker, Blair White; MINNESOTA: Kyle Theret, Adam Weber; NORTHWESTERN: John Gill, Keegan Kennedy, Sherrick McManis, Eric Peterman, Brad Phillips, Brendan Smith, Amado Villarreal; OHIO STATE: Nader Abdallah, Rory Nicol, Terrelle Pryor, Brian Robiskie; PENN STATE: Jeremy Boone, Tony Davis, Josh Gaines, Dennis Landolt, Mark Rubin, Stefen Wisniewski; PURDUE: Anthony Heygood, Ryan Kerrigan, Greg Orton, Kory Sheets, Desmond Tardy, Torri Williams; WISCONSIN: P.J. Hill, Andy Kemp, DeAndre Levy, Mike Newkirk, Matt Shaughnessy, Eric Vanden Heuvel, Philip Welch.

Offensive Player of the Year: Shonn Greene, Iowa

Defensive Player of the Year: James Laurinaitis, Ohio State

Freshman of the Year: Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State

Coach of the Year: Joe Paterno, Penn State

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