2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2012 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).^[1]

Offensive selections[edit]

Quarterbacks[edit]

Taylor Martinez, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Braxton Miller, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Running backs[edit]

Montee Ball, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
Venric Mark, Northwestern (Coaches-2)
Carlos Hyde, Ohio State (Coaches-2)

Receivers[edit]

Allen Robinson, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Kenny Bell, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Corey Brown, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
Cody Latimer, Indiana (Media-2)

Centers[edit]

Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Travis Frederick, Wisconsin (Media-1)
James Ferentz, Iowa (Coaches-2)

Guards[edit]

Spencer Long, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
John Urschel, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Patrick Omameh, Michigan (Coaches-1)
Andrew Norwell, Ohio State (Media-1)
Ryan Groy, Wisconsin (Coaches-2)
Brian Mulroe, Northwestern (Media-2)

Tackles[edit]

Taylor Lewan, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Rick Wagner, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Hugh Thornton, Illinois (Coaches-2)
Jack Mewhort, Ohio State (Media-2)

Tight ends[edit]

Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin (Coaches-1)
Kyle Carter, Penn State (Media-1)
Dion Sims, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Defensive selections[edit]

Defensive linemen[edit]

John Simon, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jordan Hill, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Kawann Short, Purdue (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Eric Martin, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Adam Replogle, Indiana (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Michael Buchanan, Illinois (Coaches-2)
Craig Roh, Michigan (Coaches-2)
Baker Steinkuhler, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
William Gholston, Michigan State (Media-2)
D.L. Wilhite, Minnesota (Media-2)

Linebackers[edit]

Michael Mauti, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Max Bullough, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Ryan Shazier, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Chris Borland, Wisconsin (Coaches-1)
Mike Taylor, Wisconsin (Media-1)
Gerald Hodges, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Will Compton, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
Jake Ryan, Michigan (Media-2)

Defensive backs[edit]

Micah Hyde, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Bradley Roby, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Johnny Adams, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Daimion Stafford, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Travis Howard, Ohio State (Media-1)
Jordan Kovacs, Michigan (Coaches-2)
Christian Bryant, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
Ricardo Allen, Purdue (Coaches-2)
Josh Johnson, Purdue (Media-2)
Devin Smith, Wisconsin (Media-2)

Special teams[edit]

Kickers[edit]

Jeff Budzien, Northwestern (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Brett Maher, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Punter[edit]

Mike Sadler, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Brett Maher, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
Will Hagerup, Michigan (Media-1)

Key[edit]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media

Coaches = Selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches^[1]

Media = Selected by the conference media^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "All-Big Ten & Award Winners" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[B10-1] "All-Big Ten & Award Winners" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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