Earlier this week, Athlon Sports announced their national All-Freshman Team, as well as one for each conference. Iowa football had three players make the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and one make the national All-Freshman team.
Defensive lineman Anthony Nelson made the Big Ten First Team, as well as the national third team. He recorded 32 tackles, seven tackles for loss and tied with Matt Nelson for second on the team with five sacks.
Manny Rugamba and Keith Duncan both joined him on the Big Ten team.