May is a good time of the year to look forward to football.
Or you can look back. Way back. This year marks the Big Ten's 120th anniversary, so we cracked open the history books and took a look back at some of the conference's best players. This week, we're ranking the top 5 all-time B1G players at each position. Every day, we'll give you an offensive position and a defensive position.
This is not to serve as a judgment on NFL success or failure. It’s based entirely on each player’s college career and how it was viewed in his respective time period.