These are the most decorated players in the Big 10 from 1978-2018 listed by school and position. This still under construction and I’m updating it as I go, so check back in from time to time.
An asterisk indicates a player that is still active. An exclamation point indicates that the player has received the highest honor of being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Scoring system at the bottom.
Scoring System
- All Conference 3rd Team = 1.25 points
- All Conference 2nd Team = 2.25 points
- All Conference 1st Team = 4.25 points
- Conference Award (POY, OPOY, DPOY, Jacobs) = 5 points
- Most Recent Conference Anniversary Team = 10 points
- All American 3rd Team = 4.50 points
- All American 2nd Team = 5.50 points
- All American 1st Team = 6.50 points
- National Position Award = 7.00 points
- Heisman Trophy Winner = 8.00 points
- College Football Hall of Fame = 16.00
- NFL 1st Round Pick = 3 points
- NFL 2nd-3rd Round Pick = 2 points
- NFL 4th-7th Round Pick = 1 point
- Make an NFL Roster = 2 points
- NFL Roster for 5 Years = 3 points
- NFL Roster for 10 Years = 4 points
- Selected to the Pro Bowl = 1 point
- All Pro 2nd Team = 1 point
- All Pro 1st Team = 2 points
- All Decade Team = 3 points
- NFL Hall of Fame = 4 points