2007 Big Ten Conference football season

The 2007 season was the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

's 112th overall. For the second straight year, Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes football

The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...

won the conference title and advanced to the national championship game.

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Big Ten Team	Opp. Team	Score
Dec. 26, 2007	Motor City Bowl 2007 Motor City Bowl The 2007 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 26, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, United States....	Purdue	Central Michigan	51-48
Dec. 28, 2007	Champs Sports Bowl 2007 Champs Sports Bowl The 2007 Champs Sports Bowl was the 18th edition of the college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, and was played on December 28, 2007 at the Citrus Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida....	Michigan State	Boston College	24-21
Dec. 29, 2007	Alamo Bowl 2007 Alamo Bowl The 2007 Valero Alamo Bowl is a college football bowl game that was part of the 2007–2008 bowl season of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 15th Alamo Bowl and the first Alamo Bowl sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation...	Penn State	Texas A&M	24-17
Dec. 31, 2007	Insight Bowl 2007 Insight Bowl The 2007 Insight Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at Sun Devil Stadium on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona....	Indiana	Oklahoma State	49-33
Jan. 1, 2008	Outback Bowl 2008 Outback Bowl The 2008 Outback Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on January 1, 2008 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida....	Wisconsin	Tennessee	21-17
Jan. 1, 2008	Capital One Bowl 2008 Capital One Bowl The 2008 Capital One Bowl was held on January 1, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the University of Michigan Wolverines—who finished the 2007 season tied for second in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 8–4 —and the #12 University of...	Michigan	Florida	41-35
Jan. 1, 2008	Rose Bowl 2008 Rose Bowl The 2008 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, the 94th Rose Bowl Game, played on January 1, 2008 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, was a college football bowl game. The contest was televised on ABC, the 20th straight year the network aired the Rose Bowl, starting at 4:30pm EST...	Illinois	USC	49-17
Jan. 7, 2008	BCS National Championship 2008 BCS National Championship Game The 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the #1 and #2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll to decide the BCS National Championship for the 2007...	Ohio State	LSU	38-24

Offense

Pos.	First Team		Second Team
Pos.	Player	School	Player	School
QB	Chad Henne Chad Henne Chad Steven Henne is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.He graduated from Wilson Senior High School and attended the University of Michigan...	Michigan	Kellen Lewis	Indiana
RB	Rashard Mendenhall Rashard Mendenhall Rashard Jamal Mendenhall is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers 23rd overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois....	Illinois	Mike Hart	Michigan
RB	Chris Wells	Ohio State	Javon Ringer Javon Ringer Javon Ringer is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted in the 5th round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college football at Michigan State....	Michigan State
WR	James Hardy James Hardy (American football) James W. Hardy, III is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft and played college football at Indiana University.-High School career:...	Indiana	Devin Thomas Devin Thomas Devin Thomas is an American football wide receiver currently playing for the New York Giants. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State...	Michigan State
WR	Mario Manningham Mario Manningham Mario Cashmere Manningham is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft...	Michigan	Dorien Bryant Dorien Bryant Dorien Lamar Bryant is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He went undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft, but later signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a free agent....	Purdue
C	A. Q. Shipley A. Q. Shipley Allan Quay "A. Q." Shipley is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football for Penn State....	Penn State	Ryan McDonald Ryan McDonald (American football) Ryan McDonald is an American football center for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. He has also played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Illinois.-External...	Illinois
G	Martin O'Donnell	Illinois	Rich Ohrnberger Rich Ohrnberger Richard Paul Ohrnberger is an American football offensive guard for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft...	Penn State
G	Adam Kraus Adam Kraus Adam Michael Kraus is an American football guard who is currently a free agent.-Collegiate career:At Michigan, Kraus was a four-year letterman who appeared in 39 career games, making 35 starts along the offensive line. Adam started 26 straight games to finish his career, 21 at left guard and the...	Michigan	Kraig Urbik Kraig Urbik Kraig Urbik is an American football offensive guard/tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft...	Wisconsin
T	Jake Long Jake Long Jake Edward Long is an American football offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Dolphins first overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan...	Michigan	Xavier Fulton Xavier Fulton Xavier Allen Fulton is an American football offensive tackle for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois.Fulton has also been a member of the Indianapolis...	Illinois
T	Kirk Barton Kirk Barton Kirk Barton is a free agent American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft of the National Football League. He played college football at Ohio State....	Ohio State	Alex Boone Alex Boone Alex Boone is an offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. A four-year starter for the Buckeyes , Boone was a two-time All Big Ten selection...	Ohio State
TE	Travis Beckum Travis Beckum Travis Beckum is an American football tight end for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.-Early years:Travis Beckum played football for Oak Creek High School. He...	Wisconsin	Dustin Keller Dustin Keller -New York Jets:Keller was drafted by the New York Jets 30th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. Keller was slowly phased into the offense and eventually finished with productive numbers in part of the presence of the veteran Brett Favre. Keller finished a strong rookie season with 48 receptions, 535...	Purdue
K	Taylor Mehlhaff Taylor Mehlhaff Taylor Mehlhaff is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin....	Wisconsin	Austin Starr	Indiana

Pos.	First Team		Second Team
Pos.	Player	School	Player	School
DL	Greg Middleton Greg Middleton Gregory Alan Middleton Jr. is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He played his collegiate football for the Indiana Hoosiers. He played high school football at Pike High School.-College career:...	Indiana	Terrance Taylor Terrance Taylor (American football) Terrance Terlie Taylor is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan...	Michigan
DL	Mitch King Mitch King Mitch King is an American football defensive tackle who plays for the New Orleans Saints . He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Iowa.-Early years:...	Iowa	Jonal Saint-Dic Jonal Saint-Dic Jonal Saint-Dic is an American football defensive end formerly with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was signed by the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Michigan State.-Personal:...	Michigan State
DL	Vernon Gholston Vernon Gholston Vernon Gholston is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted sixth overall by the New York Jets in the 2008 NFL Draft....	Ohio State	Cliff Avril Cliff Avril Clifford Samuel Avril is a defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.-Early years:...	Purdue
DL	Maurice Evans Maurice Evans (American football) Maurice D. Evans is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2009...	Penn State	Matt Shaughnessy Matt Shaughnessy Matt Shaughnessy is an American football defensive end for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Raiders in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin....	Wisconsin
LB	J Leman	Illinois	Shawn Crable Shawn Crable -New England Patriots:Crable was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Crable was inactive for the first half of 2008 and was placed injured reserve with a shin injury on November 5, 2008. He was placed on injured reserve on September 5, 2009 with a groin...	Michigan
LB	James Laurinaitis James Laurinaitis -St. Louis Rams:Laurinaitis was drafted in the 2nd round 35th overall by the St. Louis Rams. On July 29, 2009, he signed a four-year, $5.1 million contract. The deal contained $3.3 million guaranteed...	Ohio State	Marcus Freeman Marcus Freeman (linebacker) Marcus Freeman is the linebackers coach for Kent State University and is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft...	Ohio State
LB	Dan Connor Dan Connor (American football) Daniel Murphy Connor is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State....	Penn State	Sean Lee Sean Lee Sean Patrick Lee is an American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Penn State.-Early life:...	Penn State
DB	Vontae Davis Vontae Davis -Miami Dolphins:Davis was signed by the Dolphins to a five-year deal with a guarantee in excess of $7 million. Davis recorded his first career interception in Week 4 of the 2009 season against Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards, returning it 23 yards for a touchdown. Davis finished his rookie...	Illinois	Tracy Porter Tracy Porter Tracy O'Neil Porter is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana....	Indiana
DB	Malcolm Jenkins Malcolm Jenkins -New Orleans Saints:Jenkins was the first cornerback to be taken by the Saints in the first round since Oregon's Alex Molden went at No. 11 in the 1996 NFL Draft. On August 9, 2009 the Saints agreed to terms with Jenkins on a five-year, $19 million contract....	Ohio State	Charles Godfrey Charles Godfrey (American football) Charles Godfrey is an American football safety/nickelback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft...	Iowa
DB	Justin King Justin King (American football) King was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the 4th round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He signed a three-year $1.52 million contract that included a $376,000 signing bonus.-2008 Season:...	Penn State	Jamar Adams Jamar Adams Jamar Dontarius Adams is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Michigan....	Michigan
DB	Jack Ikegwuonu Jack Ikegwuonu Jack Ikegwuonu is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft...	Wisconsin	Dominique Barber Dominique Barber Dominique J. Barber is an American football safety for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota....	Minnesota
P	Jeremy Boone Jeremy Boone Jeremy Allen Boone is a collegiate American football punter for Penn State. He is currently the starting punter for the Penn State Nittany Lions.-Early years:...	Penn State	Ken DeBauche Ken DeBauche Ken DeBauche is an American football punter. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and subsequently released on July 24, 2008. He played college football at Wisconsin as #94 and was a team captain for the Badgers in his senior season.Ken attended Green Bay area...	Wisconsin

Statistical leaders

Passing
Player	School	COMP	ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Curtis Painter	Purdue	356	569	3846	29	11
C.J. Bacher	Northwestern	318	521	3656	19	19
Kellen Lewis	Indiana	265	442	3043	28	10

Rushing
Player	School	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	Illinois	262	1681	6.4	17
Chris Wells	Ohio State	274	1609	5.9	15
Javon Ringer	Michigan State	245	1447	5.9	6
Mike Hart	Michigan	265	1361	5.1	14
Rodney Kinlaw	Penn State	243	1329	5.5	10

Receiving
Player	School	REC	YDS	YPR	TD
Devin Thomas	Michigan State	79	1260	15.9	8
Mario Manningham	Michigan	72	1174	16.3	12
James Hardy	Indiana	79	1125	14.2	16
Travis Beckum	Wisconsin	75	982	13.1	6

Tackles
Player	School	SOLO	AST	TOTAL
Dan Connor	Penn State	69	76	145
Sean Lee	Penn State	54	84	138
J Leman	Illinois	71	61	132
Adam Kadela	Northwestern	53	72	125

Sacks
Player	School	SACKS
Greg Middleton	Indiana	16.0
Vernon Gholston	Ohio State	14.0
Maurice Evans	Penn State	12.5

Interceptions
Player	School	INT
Shane Carter	Wisconsin	7
Tracy Porter	Indiana	6

Awards

Bednarik Award
Chuck Bednarik Award
The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive collegiate football player adjudged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States...

LB Dan Connor
Dan Connor (American football)
Daniel Murphy Connor is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State....

, Penn State

Butkus Award

LB James Laurinaitis
James Laurinaitis
-St. Louis Rams:Laurinaitis was drafted in the 2nd round 35th overall by the St. Louis Rams. On July 29, 2009, he signed a four-year, $5.1 million contract. The deal contained $3.3 million guaranteed...

, Ohio State

Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award
The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The award is named for Bobby Dodd, longtime head football coach at Georgia Tech and was...

Coach Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles...

, Michigan

Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award
The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the a head coach from each NCAA division. The award honors coaches who succeed on and off the field, displaying sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility, and excellence....

Coach Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ron Zook is a former American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he...

, Illinois

Broyles Award
Broyles Award
The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former University of Arkansas men's athletic director Frank Broyles...

Assistant Coach Jim Heacock
Jim Heacock
Jim Heacock is the defensive coordinator of the Ohio State University football team. Heacock has been a coach since 1971. He was an assistant coach for the University of Washington Huskies from 1983–1987. As the team prepared for its bowl game in 1987 Heacock accepted a job as the head...

, Ohio State

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