COLUMBUS – Ohio State junior defensive end Joey Bosa was named the Big Ten’s Smith-Brown defensive lineman of the year for the second consecutive year.
Bosa is the nation’s active career leader with 50.5 tackles for loss and he is third nationally with 26 career quarterback sacks.
Penn State’s Carl Nassib is the defensive player of the year in the vote of coaches and media.
Nassib leads the nation with 15 1/2 sacks and six forced fumbles. The 6-foot-7, 272-pound senior from West Chester, Pennsylvania, started his career at Penn State as a walk-on.
Buckeye linebackers Joshua Perry, who is second on the team and 11th in the Big Ten with 98 tackles, and Raekwon McMillan, the team leader with 114 tackles, and safety Vonn Bell, who had two interceptions and two defensive touchdowns, were named to media or coaches’ first teams.
Senior tackle Adolphus Washington, linebacker Darron Lee and sophomore cornerback Eli Apple earned second team all-Big Ten honors.
Other award winners: Joe Schobert, Wisconsin, linebacker of the year; Desmond King, Iowa, defensive back of the year; Griffin Oakes, Indiana, kicker of the year; Sam Foltz, Nebraska, punter of the year; Will Likely, Maryland, return specialist of the year; Jabrill Peppers, Michigan, freshman of the year.
The offensive award winners will be announced Tuesday.