2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2012 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).^[1]

Offensive selections[]

Quarterbacks[]

Taylor Martinez, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Braxton Miller, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Running backs[]

Montee Ball, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
Venric Mark, Northwestern (Coaches-2)
Carlos Hyde, Ohio State (Coaches-2)

Receivers[]

Allen Robinson, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Kenny Bell, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Corey Brown, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
Cody Latimer, Indiana (Media-2)

Centers[]

Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Travis Frederick, Wisconsin (Media-1)
James Ferentz, Iowa (Coaches-2)

Guards[]

Spencer Long, Nebraska (Coaches-1; Media-1)
John Urschel, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Patrick Omameh, Michigan (Coaches-1)
Andrew Norwell, Ohio State (Media-1)
Ryan Groy, Wisconsin (Coaches-2)
Brian Mulroe, Northwestern (Media-2)

Tackles[]

Taylor Lewan, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Rick Wagner, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Hugh Thornton, Illinois (Coaches-2)
Jack Mewhort, Ohio State (Media-2)

Tight ends[]

Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin (Coaches-1)
Kyle Carter, Penn State (Media-1)
Dion Sims, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Defensive selections[]

Defensive linemen[]

John Simon, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Jordan Hill, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Kawann Short, Purdue (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Eric Martin, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Adam Replogle, Indiana (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Michael Buchanan, Illinois (Coaches-2)

Craig Roh, Michigan (Coaches-2)

Baker Steinkuhler, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

William Gholston, Michigan State (Media-2)

D.L. Wilhite, Minnesota (Media-2)

Linebackers[]

Michael Mauti, Penn State (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Max Bullough, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Ryan Shazier, Ohio State (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Chris Borland, Wisconsin (Coaches-1)

Mike Taylor, Wisconsin (Media-1)

Gerald Hodges, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Will Compton, Nebraska (Coaches-2)

Jake Ryan, Michigan (Media-2)

Defensive backs[]

Micah Hyde, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Bradley Roby, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)

Johnny Adams, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Daimion Stafford, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Travis Howard, Ohio State (Media-1)

Jordan Kovacs, Michigan (Coaches-2)

Christian Bryant, Ohio State (Coaches-2)

Ricardo Allen, Purdue (Coaches-2)

Josh Johnson, Purdue (Media-2)

Devin Smith, Wisconsin (Media-2)

Special teams[]

Kickers[]

, Northwestern (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Brett Maher, Nebraska (Coaches-2; Media-1)

Punter[]

, Michigan State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
Brett Maher, Nebraska (Coaches-2)
Will Hagerup, Michigan (Media-1)

Key[]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media

Coaches = Selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches^[1]

Media = Selected by the conference media^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "All-Big Ten & Award Winners" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[B10-1] "All-Big Ten & Award Winners" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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