Big Ten Announces 2025 Football Preseason Honors

LAS VEGAS - The Big Ten Conference announced its 2025 football preseason honors on Tuesday ahead of the start of Big Ten Football Media Days presented by Discover® in Las Vegas. A media panel selected the 16-member preseason list.

Seven different schools placed students on this year’s preseason honors list, led by three honorees from Ohio State and Penn State.

Eight of this year’s Big Ten preseason honorees — Illinois’ Luke Altmyer, Iowa’s Logan Jones, Minnesota’s Koi Perich, Oregon’s Matayo Uiagalelei, Ohio State’s Caleb Downs, Jeremiah Smith and Sonny Styles, Penn State’s Drew Allar — are scheduled to attend Big Ten Media Days this week.

The full list of Big Ten football preseason honorees is as follows:

2025 Big Ten Preseason Honors*

QB Luke Altmyer, ILL

OLB Gabe Jacas, ILL

DL Mikail Kamara, IND

DB D’Angelo Ponds, IND

OT Gennings Dunker, IOWA

C Logan Jones, IOWA

DB Koi Perich, MINN

OLB Matayo Uiagalelei, ORE

DB Dillon Thieneman, ORE

SAF Caleb Downs, OSU    

WR JEREMIAH SMITH, OSU

LB Sonny Styles, OSU       

QB Drew Allar, PSU          

DE Dani Dennis-Sutton, PSU

RB Nicholas Singleton, PSU

Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS

*Additional honorees due to ties