Phil Steele | Athlon Sports | Lindy's Sports

The annual haul of preseason college football preview magazines is out. Here's a look at where the Fighting Illini stack up.  

Phil Steele's College Football Preview

LB Hardy Nickerson – All-Big Ten First Team
DL Dawuane Smoot – All-Big Ten Second Team
QB Wes Lunt – All-Big Ten Third Team
OL Christian DiLauro – All-Big Ten Fourth Team

Athlon Sports

DL Dawuane Smoot – All-Big Ten Second Team
OL Christian DiLauro – All-Big Ten Third Team
LB Hardy Nickerson – All-Big Ten Third Team
RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn – All-Big Ten Third Team
S Taylor Barton – All-Big Ten Fourth Team
QB Wes Lunt – All-Big Ten Fourth Team
WR Malik Turner – All-Big Ten Fourth Team

Lindy's Sports

QB Wes Lunt – Strongest Arm in Big Ten 
DL Dawuane Smoot – All-Big Ten Second Team
LB Hardy Nickerson – All-Big Ten Third Team
OL Austin Schmidt – All-Big Ten Third Team
RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn – All-Big Ten Third Team