Illinois football was represented in the Big Ten 2023 football preseason honors on Wednesday.
Ahead of the Big Ten media days, the conference released a list of five players from each division to be recognized as the best of the best from the Big Ten.
From the East, Taulia Tagovailoa from Maryland, Blake Corum from Michigan, JJ McCarthy from Michigan, Marvin Harrison Jr. from Ohio State, and Olumuyiwa Fashanu from Penn State were all selected by the 10-person media panel.
On the other side of the conference, the West had Cooper DeJean from Iowa, Brevyn Spann-Ford from Minnesota, Tyler Nubin from Minnesota, Braelon Allen from Wisconsin, and Johnny Netwon from Illinois receiving the honor.