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The Top Ranked Big 10 Football Players of the 1990s

 

Notes: The rankings are based on college stats. 

What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete Pos College
1 Troy Smith QB Ohio St.
2 Brad Banks QB Iowa
3 Larry Johnson RB Penn St.
4 Drew Brees QB Purdue
5 Chris Perry RB Michigan
6 Damien Anderson RB Northwestern
7 Michael Hart RB Michigan
8 Michael Robinson QB Penn St.
9 A.J. Hawk LB Ohio St.
10 Shonn Greene RB Iowa
11 Antwaan Randle El QB Indiana
12 Javon Ringer RB Michigan St.
13 Braylon Edwards WR Michigan
14 James Laurinaitis LB Ohio St.
15 Jake Long OL Michigan
16 Paul Posluszny LB Penn St.
17 Mike Doss DB Ohio St.
18 Dan Connor LB Penn St.
19 Marlin Jackson DB Michigan
20 Joe Thomas OL Wisconsin
21 Greg Eslinger OL Minnesota
22 Malcolm Jenkins DB Ohio St.
23 Robert Gallery OL Iowa
24 Aaron Maybin DL Penn St.
25 Charles Rogers WR Michigan St.
26 Dallas Clark TE Iowa
27 David Baas OL Michigan
28 Erasmus James DL Wisconsin
29 Eric Steinbach OL Iowa
30 Ernest Shazor DB Michigan
31 Greg Jones LB Michigan St.
32 Jamar Fletcher DB Wisconsin
33 LaMarr Woodley DL Michigan
34 LeCharles Bentley OL Ohio St.
35 Leon Hall DB Michigan
36 Martin O'Donnell OL Illinois
37 Matt Spaeth TE Minnesota
38 Matt Wilhelm LB Ohio St.
39 Quinn Pitcock DL Ohio St.
40 Steve Hutchinson OL Michigan
41 Tamba Hali DL Penn St.
42 Taylor Stubblefield WR Purdue
43 Will Allen DB Ohio St.
44 Jim Leonhard DB Wisconsin
45 Chad Greenway LB Iowa
46 Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois
47 Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota
48 A.Q. Shipley OL Penn St.
49 Alan Branch DL Michigan
50 Alex Stepanovich OL Ohio St.
51 Brandon Graham DL Michigan
52 Dan Buenning OL Wisconsin
53 David Harris LB Michigan
54 David Terrell WR Michigan
55 Greg Middleton DL Indiana
56 J Leman LB Illinois
57 Jeff Backus OL Michigan
58 Kirk Barton OL Ohio St.
59 Larry Foote LB Michigan
60 Lee Evans WR Wisconsin
61 Marquise Walker WR Michigan
62 Matt Roth DL Iowa
63 Michael Haynes DL Penn St.
64 Mike Hart RB Michigan
65 Mitch King DL Iowa
66 Nick Mangold OL Ohio St.
67 Pat Angerer LB Iowa
68 T.J. Downing OL Ohio St.
69 Tim Anderson DL Ohio St.
70 Travis Beckum TE Wisconsin
71 Vernon Gholston DL Ohio St.
72 Wendell Bryant DL Wisconsin
73 Will Smith DL Ohio St.
74 Zach Strief OL Northwestern
75 Anthony Thomas RB Michigan
76 Jonathan Babineaux DL Iowa
77 Alan Zemaitis DB Penn St.
78 Anthony Spencer DL Purdue
79 Bennie Joppru TE Michigan
80 Bruce Nelson OL Iowa
81 Bryan Bulaga OL Iowa
82 Casey Rabach OL Wisconsin
83 Chris Gamble DB Ohio St.
84 Donte Whitner DB Ohio St.
85 Jared Odrick DL Penn St.
86 Jay Alford DL Penn St.
87 Jimmy Kennedy DL Penn St.
88 Joe Cooper LB Ohio St.
89 Kurt Coleman DB Ohio St.
90 Levi Brown OL Penn St.
91 Nate Clements DB Ohio St.
92 Rich Ohrnberger OL Penn St.
93 Sean Lee LB Penn St.
94 Tyler Sash DB Iowa
95 Vontae Davis DB Illinois
96 Alex Boone OL Ohio St.
97 Ben Hamilton OL Minnesota
98 Bill Ferrario OL Wisconsin
99 Brandon Lloyd WR Illinois
100 Kraig Urbik OL Wisconsin
101 Luis Castillo DL Northwestern
102 Mark Setterstrom OL Minnesota
103 Matt Light OL Purdue
104 Mike Jones OL Iowa
105 Seth Olsen OL Iowa
106 Daryll Clark QB Penn St.
107 P.J. Hill RB Wisconsin
108 Curtis Painter QB Purdue
109 John Navarre QB Michigan
110 Brett Basanez QB Northwestern
111 Kellen Lewis QB Indiana
112 Zak Kustok QB Northwestern
113 Levron Williams RB Indiana
114 Kyle Orton QB Purdue
115 John Clay RB Wisconsin
116 Juice Williams QB Illinois
117 Noah Herron RB Northwestern
118 Brian Calhoun RB Wisconsin
119 T.J. Duckett RB Michigan St.
120 Chris Wells RB Ohio St.
121 Tyrell Sutton RB Northwestern
122 Ralph Bolden RB Purdue
123 Jason Wright RB Northwestern
124 Maurice Clarett RB Ohio St.
125 Anthony Davis RB Wisconsin
126 Marion Barber III RB Minnesota
127 Evan Royster RB Penn St.
128 Asad Abdul-Khaliq QB Minnesota
129 Adam Weber QB Minnesota
130 Tony Hunt RB Penn St.
131 Kory Sheets RB Purdue
132 Jeff Smoker QB Michigan St.
133 Kurt Kittner QB Illinois
134 Chad Henne QB Michigan
135 Jonathan Wells RB Ohio St.
136 Mike Kafka QB Northwestern
137 Gary Russell RB Minnesota
138 Michael Bennett RB Wisconsin
139 Antonio Pittman RB Ohio St.
140 Tellis Redmon RB Minnesota
141 Jerod Void RB Purdue
142 Mikel Leshoure RB Illinois
143 Fred Russell RB Iowa
144 Albert Young RB Iowa
145 Ladell Betts RB Iowa
146 Terrelle Pryor QB Ohio St.
147 Antoineo Harris RB Illinois
148 Amir Pinnix RB Minnesota
149 Jehuu Caulcrick RB Michigan St.
150 Brandon Saine RB Ohio St.
151 B.J. Askew RB Michigan
152 Joey Harris RB Purdue
153 Brandon Wegher RB Iowa
154 C.J. Bacher QB Northwestern
155 Drew Tate QB Iowa
156 Drew Stanton QB Michigan St.
157 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB Indiana
158 Pierre Thomas RB Illinois
159 Brooks Bollinger QB Wisconsin
160 Bryan Cupito QB Minnesota
161 Eric McCoo RB Penn St.
162 Rodney Kinlaw RB Penn St.
163 Joey Elliott QB Purdue
164 Adam Robinson RB Iowa
165 Rashard Casey QB Penn St.
166 Lydell Ross RB Ohio St.
167 Jason Teague RB Michigan St.
168 Dan Herron RB Ohio St.
169 Terry Jackson II RB Minnesota
170 Thomas Tapeh RB Minnesota
171 Marcus Thigpen RB Indiana
172 Jaycen Taylor RB Purdue
173 Montrell Lowe RB Purdue
174 Dwayne Smith RB Wisconsin
175 Jon Beutjer QB Illinois/Iowa
176 Ben Chappell QB Indiana
177 Kyle McCann QB Iowa
178 Jeremi Johnson RB Indiana
179 Blake Powers QB Indiana
180 Nathan Chandler QB Iowa
181 Darius Willis RB Indiana
182 Brandon Jones RB Purdue
183 Duane Bennett RB Minnesota
184 Yamar Washington RB Indiana
185 Omar Conteh RB Northwestern
186 Jaren Hayes RB Michigan St.
187 De'Leon Eskridge RB Minnesota
188 Derek Combs RB Ohio St.
189 Brandon Minor RB Michigan
190 Craig Krenzel QB Ohio St.
191 Rocky Harvey RB Illinois
192 Zack Mills QB Penn St.
193 Matt LoVecchio QB Indiana
194 Jermelle Lewis RB Iowa
195 Tyler Donovan QB Wisconsin
196 Kirk Cousins QB Michigan St.
197 Jason Ford RB Illinois
198 Damian Sims RB Iowa
199 Stephfon Green RB Penn St.
200 Deandra Cobb RB Michigan St.
201 E.B. Halsey RB Illinois
202 John Stocco QB Wisconsin
203 Chris Taylor RB Indiana
204 Ricky Stanzi QB Iowa
205 Daniel Dufrene RB Illinois
206 Steve Bellisari QB Ohio St.
207 Jim Sorgi QB Wisconsin
208 Carlos Brown RB Michigan
209 Todd Boeckman QB Ohio St.
210 Jeremy Allen RB Iowa
211 Scott Tolzien QB Wisconsin
212 Zach Brown RB Wisconsin
213 De'Wayne Hogan RB Indiana
214 Larry Caper RB Michigan St.
215 Sam McGuffie RB Michigan
216 Brian Hoyer QB Michigan St.
217 Austin Scott RB Penn St.
218 Carey Davis RB Illinois
219 Kevin Grady RB Michigan
220 Brandon Hance QB Purdue
221 David Richard RB Michigan St.
222 Drew Henson QB Michigan
223 Jewel Hampton RB Iowa
224 Booker Stanley RB Wisconsin
225 Jason Davis RB Illinois
226 Montee Ball RB Wisconsin
227 Anthony Morelli QB Penn St.
228 Brian Lewis RB Indiana
229 Little John Flowers RB Michigan St.
230 Lance Smith RB Wisconsin
231 Travis Cole QB Minnesota
232 Arby Fields RB Northwestern
233 Tate Forcier QB Michigan
234 Demetrius McCray RB Indiana
235 Dawan Moss RB Michigan St.
236 Jerramy Scott RB Michigan St.
237 Sean McHugh RB Penn St.
238 Steve Ennis RB Purdue
239 Bryan Payton RB Indiana
240 Brandon Kirsch QB Purdue
241 Tim Brasic QB Illinois
242 Jake Christensen QB Iowa
243 Aaron Greving RB Iowa
244 Alex Daniels RB Minnesota
245 Shady Salamon RB Minnesota
246 Steven Threet QB Michigan
247 Vincent Smith RB Michigan
248 Terrell Jordan RB Northwestern
249 Maurice Hall RB Ohio St.
250 Kevin Lawrence RB Northwestern
251 Brandon Roberson RB Northwestern
252 Edwin Baker RB Michigan St.
253 Jay Thomas RB Minnesota
254 Tyrell Dortch RB Michigan St.
255 Gibran Hamdan QB Indiana
256 Dustin Sherer QB Wisconsin
257 Josiah Sears RB Indiana
258 Maurice Wells RB Ohio St.
259 Jameel Cook RB Illinois
260 Matt Bernstein RB Wisconsin
261 Jerome Brooks RB Purdue
262 Sedrick Brown RB Purdue
263 Jerone Pettus RB Wisconsin
264 Dywon Rowan RB Wisconsin
265 Justin King RB Penn St.
266 Keith Nichol QB Michigan St.
267 Kevin Whaley RB Minnesota
268 Ryan Mallett QB Michigan
269 Stephen Simmons RB Northwestern
270 Justin Valentine RB Minnesota
271 Torri Stuckey RB Northwestern
272 John Pannozzo RB Indiana
273 A.J. Jimmerson RB Michigan St.
274 Jacob Schmidt RB Northwestern
275 Justin Zwick QB Ohio St.
276 Omar Easy RB Penn St.
277 Damon Dowdell QB Michigan St.
278 David Underwood RB Michigan
279 Scott McMullen QB Ohio St.
280 Matt Senneca QB Penn St.
281 Morris Virgil RB Illinois
282 Marques Simmons RB Iowa
283 Allan Evridge QB Wisconsin
284 Andrew Brewer QB Northwestern
285 Denard Robinson QB Michigan
286 Scott Concannon RB Northwestern
287 Jerome Jackson RB Michigan
288 Chaz Powell RB Penn St.
289 Eddie Faulkner RB Wisconsin
290 Dustin Ward QB Illinois
291 Eddie McGee QB Illinois
292 Tommy Jones QB Indiana
293 Mitchell Evans RB Indiana
294 Jeff Backes RB Northwestern
295 Jerry Westbrooks RB Ohio St.
296 Justin Siller QB Purdue
297 Max Martin RB Michigan
298 Sam Brownlee RB Iowa
299 Ashton Leggett RB Michigan St.
300 Paki O'Meara RB Iowa
301 R.J. Luke RB Penn St.
302 Brandon Beachum RB Penn St.
303 Jamar Martin RB Ohio St.
304 Mike Gasparato RB Penn St.
305 Glenn Winston RB Michigan St.
306 Matt Schabert QB Wisconsin
307 Marqueis Gray QB Minnesota
308 Matt Unertl RB Wisconsin
309 Walter Cross RB Michigan
310 Trea Burgess RB Indiana
311 Dan Dierking RB Purdue
312 Mike Lukac RB Penn St.
313 Matt Hahn RB Penn St.
314 Edgar Cervantes RB Iowa
315 Renato Fitzpatrick RB Minnesota
316 Brandon Joe RB Ohio St.
317 Joe Suhey RB Penn St.
318 Zach Davis-Walker RB Indiana
319 Chris Pazan QB Illinois
320 A.J. Wallace RB Penn St.
321 Brad Bower QB Illinois
322 Dan Persa QB Northwestern
323 Gerard Hamlett RB Northwestern
324 Scott Mullen QB Iowa
325 Paul Jefferson RB Penn St.
326 Chris Pressley RB Wisconsin
327 Mick Blosser RB Penn St.
328 Jordan Hall RB Ohio St.
329 Ryan Van Dyke QB Michigan St.
330 Jon Hoese RB Minnesota
331 Troy Pollard RB Illinois
332 Siaka Massaquoi RB Iowa
333 Benji Kamrath QB Minnesota
334 Jacob Charest QB Illinois
335 Pat Devlin QB Penn St.
336 Stephen Reaves QB Michigan St.
337 Travis Wilson RB Michigan St.
338 Marcus Schnoor RB Iowa
339 Andrew Hawken RB Michigan St.
340 Ashton Aikens RB Northwestern
341 Matt O'Neal RB Indiana
342 Michael Cox RB Michigan
343 Sam Maldonado RB Ohio St.
344 Brett Kahn RB Michigan St.
345 Pierre Rembert RB Michigan
346 Mark Moundros RB Michigan
347 Tony Stauss QB Northwestern
348 Nick Sheridan QB Michigan
349 James Vandenberg QB Iowa
350 Brent Carter RB Penn St.
351 Brandon Schnittker RB Ohio St.
352 Caulton Ray RB Michigan St.
353 Terrence Sherrer RB Minnesota
354 Dan Lawlor RB Penn St.
355 Chad Kuhns RB Wisconsin
356 Tom Busch RB Iowa
357 Marcus Mason RB Illinois
358 Justin Green RB Illinois
359 Matt Danielson QB Northwestern
360 Bill Rentmeester RB Wisconsin
361 Tim Bracken RB Michigan
362 Brian Thompson RB Michigan
363 Jeff McPherson RB Michigan St.
364 Ricky Upton RB Penn St.
365 Alijah Bradley RB Michigan
366 Dana Brown RB Iowa
367 Jevon Pugh RB Iowa
368 Jamil Walker RB Wisconsin
369 Andre Anderson RB Michigan St.
370 Brandon Snow RB Penn St.
371 Jermil Martin RB Ohio St.
372 Frank Halliburton RB Purdue
373 Stan White RB Ohio St.
374 Dario Camacho RB Purdue
375 Erik Haw RB Ohio St.
376 Josh Rouse RB Michigan St.
377 Mike Cerimele RB Penn St.
378 Broderick Williams RB Wisconsin
379 Bradie Ewing RB Wisconsin
380 Carlos Lattimore RB Illinois
381 Erik Smith RB Wisconsin
382 Trevor Robinson RB Ohio St.
383 Zack Kartak RB Minnesota
384 Jason Lamers RB Minnesota
385 Jon Goldsberry RB Purdue
386 Robbie Crockett RB Iowa
387 Russ Weil RB Illinois
388 Rashon Myles RB Indiana
389 Brock Bolen RB Illinois
390 E.J. Jones RB Minnesota
391 Jared Crank RB Purdue
392 Walter Mendenhall RB Illinois
393 A.J. Johnson RB Iowa
394 Justin Fargas RB Michigan
395 Tim Shaw RB Penn St.
396 Zach Becker RB Illinois
397 Brad Haywood RB Illinois
398 Jeravin Matthews RB Northwestern
399 Marcus Williams RB Ohio St.
400 Ryan Beard RB Michigan
401 Kevin Dudley RB Michigan
402 Jerry Macken RB Minnesota
403 Russ Kuhns RB Wisconsin
404 Shawn Foster RB Michigan St.
405 Anthony Heygood RB Purdue
406 Nick Pinchek RB Penn St.
407 Danny Upchurch RB Minnesota
408 Derell Jenkins RB Northwestern
409 Henry Pollio RB Iowa
410 Obi Oluigbo RB Michigan
411 K.C. Christian RB Ohio St.
412 Gilles Lezi RB Northwestern
413 Erryn Cobb RB Northwestern
414 Ira Guilford RB Ohio St.
415 Jaja Riley RB Ohio St.
416 Justin Carrington RB Indiana
417 Champ Davis RB Iowa
418 Cory Flisakowski RB Illinois
419 Judd Smith RB Minnesota
420 Mike Milano RB Michigan
421 Pete Gilmore RB Penn St.
422 Donnie Johnson RB Penn St.
423 Mark Goebel RB Michigan St.
424 Mister Simpson RB Michigan
425 Brandon Hagen RB Minnesota
426 David Spears RB Michigan St.
427 James Cooper RB Illinois
428 Quincy Landingham RB Wisconsin
429 Troy Stoudermire RB Minnesota
430 Jeff Brinson RB Iowa
431 Jim Potempa RB Michigan
432 Kirk Moundros RB Michigan
433 Tyron Griffin RB Wisconsin
434 Kevin Sherlock RB Iowa
435 Joe Gantz RB Ohio St.
436 Chad Simon RB Michigan St.
437 Mike Parrelly RB Michigan St.
438 Scott Rathke RB Iowa
439 Justin Ijei RB Illinois
440 Bo Delande RB Ohio St.
441 Courtney Clency RB Indiana
442 Jason Sullivan RB Indiana
443 Jayme Murphy RB Iowa
444 Joe Williams RB Purdue
445 Tim James RB Michigan St.
446 Dray Mason RB Purdue
447 Dionte Johnson RB Ohio St.
448 Andre Buford RB Michigan St.
449 Adolphus Shelton RB Iowa
450 Al-Terek McBurse RB Purdue
451 Dominique Sims RB Minnesota
452 Jerry Butler RB Wisconsin
453 Jesse Kline RB Ohio St.
454 Roshawn Parker RB Ohio St.
455 Jason Eldridge RB Michigan
456 Larry Federoff RB Penn St.
457 Phillip Fuller RB Wisconsin
458 Russ Manney RB Penn St.
459 Adam Senk RB Penn St.
460 Damola Ogundipe RB Minnesota
461 Alex Stscherban RB Indiana
462 Ryan Clifford RB Illinois
463 Matt Daniels RB Ohio St.
464 Michael Demaria RB Ohio St.
465 Aaron Niay RB Wisconsin
466 Lance Bennett RB Indiana
467 Ryan Franzinger RB Ohio St.
468 Kenni Burns RB Indiana
469 Patrick Schaub RB Purdue
470 Reginald Walker RB Penn St.
471 Shaun Lane RB Ohio St.
472 Aric Heffelfinger RB Penn St.
473 Jason Manson QB Iowa
474 Matt Gutierrez QB Michigan
475 Kevin Newsome QB Penn St.
476 Mike Rhinehart QB Purdue
477 Graeme McFarland QB Indiana
478 Curt Phillips QB Wisconsin
479 Jermaine Gonzales QB Michigan
480 Joe Bauserman QB Ohio St.
481 Eric McCollom QB Iowa
482 Rob Schoenhoft QB Ohio St.
483 Tony Mortensen QB Minnesota
484 Aaron Alexander QB Michigan St.
485 Antonio Henton QB Ohio St.
486 Paul Cianciolo QB Penn St.
487 Alexander Webb QB Northwestern
488 Chris Malleo QB Northwestern
489 Derell Jenkins QB Northwestern
490 Mike Maciejowski QB Minnesota
491 Caleb Terbush QB Purdue
492 Clayton Richard QB Michigan
493 Spencer Brinton QB Michigan
494 Nick Foles QB Michigan St.
495 Chris Ganter QB Penn St.
496 Owen Daniels QB Wisconsin

 

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