With the regular season finished, it’s time for the Big Ten Conference to begin handing out awards. The All-Big Ten teams were recently announced. A total of seven Penn State Nittany Lions were named to the teams.
Defensive end Carl Nassib was named a first team All-Big Ten selection. Despite basically missing the final two games due to injury, Nassib is still the nation’s leader in sacks (15.5) and leads the Big Ten in tackles for loss (19.5). Nassib was also named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
Junior defensive tackle Austin Johnson was named to the All-Big Ten second team by the media and to the third team by the coaches.