More than half of Ohio State’s starters earned All-Big Ten honors from the Associated Press.
Eight Ohio State players received first-team AP All-Big Ten honors, the most of any school, while four additional Buckeyes made the AP All-Big Ten second team.
| Player |
|---|
| FIRST TEAM |
| WR Jeremiah Smith |
| WR Carnell Tate |
| DE Caden Curry |
| DT Kayden McDonald |
| LB Arvell Reese |
| LB Sonny Styles |
| CB Davison Igbinosun |
| S Caleb Downs (Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year) |
| SECOND TEAM |
| QB Julian Sayin (Big Ten Freshman of the Year) |
| RB Bo Jackson |
| TE Max Klare |
| LG Luke Montgomery |
First-team AP All-Big Ten honorees include both of the Buckeyes’ star wide receivers, Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate, as well as six of their defensive stars: defensive end Caden Curry, defensive tackle Kayden McDonald, linebackers Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese, cornerback Davison Igbinosun and safety Caleb Downs.
The AP panel also named Caleb Downs as its Big Ten defensive player of the year, an honor he also received from the conference’s official awards last week.
Julian Sayin, who earned Big Ten freshman of the year honors from the Associated Press (as he also did from the conference last week), is one of four second-team AP All-Big Ten selections from Ohio State along with running back Bo Jackson, tight end Max Klare and left guard Luke Montgomery.
The AP named Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza the Big Ten player of the year and Indiana coach Curt Cignetti the Big Ten coach of the year after they led the Hoosiers to a 12-0 regular season, a Big Ten championship win over Ohio State and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.
