Only four players who ended the 2016 season on our Big Ten all-conference team start the 2017 season on the same list. Many of last season's picks are grinding their way through NFL preseason camps right now, but there's no lack of familiar names from which to choose when deciding who is primed to take over those spots.
After sorting through a handful of tough decisions, here are our picks for the league's best lineup.
Offense
QB Trace McSorley, Penn State: Thanks to a stellar performance in the Rose Bowl and the promise of more to come, McSorley just edges out Ohio State's J.