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Alabama might seriously have the best collection of 5 skill players as I've seen in the last 10 years. Henry, Yeldon, Cooper, White, Howard
— Chris B. Brown (@smartfootball) September 20, 2014
So @smartfootball mentioned that Alabama's top five skill position players may be the best combined he's ever seen.
Which got me thinking: What's the best collection of five skill players the B1G has seen in the last ten years?
Here are the nominees from your esteemed staff. (Remember: this is some combination of QB/RB/WR/TE, your team gets five players, and the cutoff is 2004).
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MINNESOTA 2006
QB Brian Cupito
RB Amir Pinnix
WR Ernie Wheelwright
TE Matt Spaeth
WR Eric Decker
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ILLINOIS 2007
QB Juice Williams
RB Rashard Medenhall
WR Arrelious Benn
TE Michael Patrick Hoomanawanui
TE Jeff Cumberland
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IOWA 2010
QB Ricky Stanzi
RB Adam Robinson
RB Marcus Coker
WR DJK
WR Marvin McNutt
.
2013 INDIANA
RB Tevin Coleman
WR Cody Latimer
TE Ted Bolser
RB D'Angelo Roberts
WR Shane Wynn
.
2008 PENN STATE
QB Daryll Clark
RB Evan Royster
WR Derrick Williams
WR Deon Butler
WR Jordan Norwood
.
2004 MICHIGAN
QB Chad Henne
RB Mike Hart
WR Jason Avant
WR Steve Breaston
WR Braylon Edwards
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2004 PURDUE
QB Kyle Orton
WR Taylor Stubblefield
WR Dorien Bryant
TE Charles Davis
TE Dustin Keller
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2011 WISCONSIN
QB Russell Wilson
RB Montee Ball
RB James White
WR Jared Abbrederis
WR Nick Toon
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2006 OSU
QB Troy Smith
RB Antonio Pittman
RB Chris Wells
WR Ted Ginn Jr.
WR Anthony Gonzalez
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2008 NORTHWESTERN
QB C.J. Bacher
RB Tyrell Sutton
WR Eric Peterman
WR Jeremy Ebert
WR Ross Lane
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2008 MARYLAND
RB Da'Rell Scott
RB Davin Meggett
WR Torrey Smith
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey
WR LaQuan Williams
.
2011 MICHIGAN STATE
QB Kirk Cousins
RB Le'Veon Bell
RB Edwin Baker
WR BJ Cunningham
WR Keshawn Martin
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2006 RUTGERS
QB Mike Teel
RB Brian Leonard
RB Ray Rice
WR Tiquan Underwood
WR Kenny Britt
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2012 NEBRASKA
RB Taylor Martinez
RB Rex Burkhead
WR Ameer Abdullah
WR Kenny Bell
WR Quincy Enunwa