2025 Football Awards Hub
2025 Award Candidates
Caleb Downs
Safety
- Bednarik Award
- Lott IMPACT Trophy
- Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- Paycom Jim Thorpe Award
- Big Ten Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year
- Big Ten’s Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year
- First-team All-American (AFCA, Walter Camp, TSN, Associated Press, CBS Sports, On3, The Athletic)
- All Big Ten First Team (Coaches & Media)
Kayden McDonald
Defensive Lineman
- Outland Trophy
- Big Ten’s Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year
- All Big Ten Defensive First Team (Coaches & Media)
- First-team All-American (AFCA, Walter Camp, TSN, Associated Press, CBS Sports, On3, The Athletic)
Arvell Reese
Linebacker
- Butkus Award
- Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year
- All Big Ten Defensive First Team (Coaches & Media)
- First-team All-American (FCA, Walter Camp, Associated Press, CBS Sports, On3, The Athletic
- Second-team All-American (TSN)
Julian Sayin
Quarterback
- Biletnikoff Award
- Maxwell Award
- Davey O’Brien Award
- Heisman Trophy Finalist
- Big Ten’s Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year
- All Big Ten Offense Second Team (Coaches & Media)
- Second-team All-American (AFCA, Walter Camp)
- Third-team All-American (Associated Press)
- Freshman All-American (The Athletic)
Jeremiah Smith
Wide Receiver
- Biletnikoff Award
- Heisman Trophy Candidate
- Big Ten’s Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year
- All Big Ten Offense First Team (Coaches & Media)
- First-team All-American (AFCA, Walter Camp, TSN, Associated Press, CBS Sports, On3, The Athletic)
Sonny Styles
Linebacker
- All Big Ten Defensive First Team (Coaches & Media)
- First-team All-American (TSN)
- Second-team All-American (Associated Press, On3, The Athletic)
Caden Curry
Defensive Line
- All Big Ten Defensive First Team (Media)
- All Big Ten Defensive Second Team (Coaches)
- First-team All-American (On3)
- Second-team All-American (Walter Camp)
- Third-team All-American (Associated Press)
Carnell Tate
Wide Receiver
- All Big Ten Offense First Team (Coaches & Media)
- Second-team All-American (AFCA, TSN, Associated Press, On3)
Davison Igbinosun
Defensive Back
- All Big Ten Defensive First Team (Media)
- All Big Ten Defensive Second Team (Coaches)
John Ferlmann
Long Snapper
- All Big Ten Special Teams Second Team (Media)
- All Big Ten Special Teams Third Team (Coaches)
Jermaine Matthews Jr.
Defensive Back
- All Big Ten Defensive Third Team (Coaches)
Jaylen McClain
Defensive Back
- All Big Ten Defensive Third Team (Media)
Max Klare
Tight End
- All Big Ten Offense First Team (Coaches & Media)
Bo Jackson
Runningback
- All Big Ten Offense Second Team (Coaches)
- All Big Ten Offense Third Team (Media)
- Freshman All-American (The Athletic, On3)
Luke Montgomery
Offensive Line
- All Big Ten Offense Second Team (Coaches)
- All Big Ten Offense Second Team (Media)
- Second-team All-American (AFCA)
Austin Siereveld
Offensive Line
- All Big Ten Offense Second Team (Coaches)
- All Big Ten Offense Third Team (Media)
Philip Daniels
Offensive Line
- All Big Ten Offense Third Team (Media)
Carson Hinzman
Offensive Line
- All Big Ten Offense Third Team (Media)
- First-team All-American (AFCA)
Tegra Tshabola
Offensive Line
- All Big Ten Offense Third Team (Media)
- Honorable Mention All Big Ten (Coaches)
Will Kacmarek
Tight End
- Honorable Mention All Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
- Jaylen McClain
- Kenyatta Jackson
- Lorenzo Styles
- Tywone Malone
- Brandon Inniss (return specialist)
- Jayden Fielding
- Will Kacmarek
Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
- Eddrick Houston
- Jermaine Matthews Jr.
- Kenyatta Jackson
- Lorenzo Styles
- Payton Pierce
- Tywone Malone
- Brandon Inniss (return specialist)
- Will Kacmarek
