The end of the season is nearly upon us, which means end of the season awards are also right around the corner. The Big Ten has no shortage of awards to hand out -- they'll hand out a whopping 19 individual awards this year, although that includes two Coach of the Year awards (one by the media, one by the coaches themselves), the Championship Game MVP award, and two postcollegiate awards (the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award and the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award). That number is one higher this year because the Big Ten has created an award to honor the top return specialist in the league.
BIG TEN CREATES AWARD TO HONOR TOP RETURN MAN, NAMES IT AFTER TIM DWIGHT
