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We’ve been very thorough with our selections so that we may present you with nothing less than the best All Big Ten defensive team that bagmen can buy.
All-Empire Third Team Defense
DE: Kenny Willekes, Michigan State Spartans
Also Receiving Votes: Shaka Toney, Penn State Nittany Lions; Allen Stallings IV, Indiana Hoosiers; Oluwole Betiku Jr. , Illinois Fighting Illini; Allen Ziemba, Indiana
DT: Bryson Williams, Wisconsin Badgers
Also Receiving Votes: Carlo Kemp, Michigan Wolverines, Willington Previlon, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
DT: Jamal Milan, Illinois
DE: Isaiahh Loudermilk, Wisconsin
OLB: Micah McFadden, Indiana
Also Receiving Votes: Noah Burks, Wisconsin; Raekwon Jones, Indiana
ILB: Cam Jones, Indiana
Also Receiving Votes: Thomas Allen, Indiana; Jan Johnson, Penn State; Jack Sanborn, Wisconsin; Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
OLB: Jake Hansen, Illinois
CB: Michael Ojemudia, Iowa
Also Receiving Votes: Nate Hobbs, Illinois; Damon Hayes, Rutgers; Damon Arnette, Ohio State
S: Sydney Brown, Illinois
Also Receiving Votes: Antoine Brooks, Maryland
S: Khalil Bryant, Indiana
CB: Tiawan Mullen, Indiana
All-Empire Second Team Defense
DE: Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State Nittany Lions
DT: Cedrick Lattimore, Iowa Hawkeyes
DT: Davon Hamilton, Ohio State Buckeyes
DE: Joe Gaziano, Northwestern Wildcats
OLB: Khaleke Hudson, Michigan Wolverines
ILB: Chris Orr, Wisconsin
OLB: Malik Harrison, Ohio State
CB: Marcelino Ball, Indiana
S: Jordan Fuller, Ohio State
S: Lamar Jackson, Nebraska Cornhuskers
CB: Josiah Scott, Michigan State
All-Empire First Team Defense
DE: Chase Young, Ohio State
DT: Robert Windsor, Penn State
DT: Raequan Williams, Michigan State
DE: A.J. Epenesa, Iowa Hawkeyes
OLB: Micah Parsons, Penn State
ILB: Dele Harding, Illinois
OLB: Zack Baun, Wisconsin
CB: Jeff Okudah, Ohio State
S: Antoine Winfield Jr., Minnesota Golden Gophers
S: Geno Stone, Iowa
CB: Lavert Hill, Michigan