Carney and Green Named to AP All-Big Ten Teams
December 21, 2020 | Football
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Offensive lineman Kendrick Green and defensive end Owen Carney Jr. earned All-Big Ten honors by the Associated Press. Green was voted to the first team by the 25-member media panel, while Carney was a second-team honoree.
AP All-Big Ten Honorees
OL Kendrick Green (1st team)
- Consensus first team All-Big Ten
- Third highest rated guard in the country by PFF and No. 17 (min. 475 snaps) offensive lineman in the nation during the regular season
- Has made 33 straight starts
- Moved to center for three games while starting center Doug Kramer was sidelined
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- Outland Trophy watch list
- Organized Black Lives Matter march for Illini student-athletes on Aug. 31, 2020
DE Owen Carney Jr. (2nd team)
- Consensus second team All-Big Ten
- Started all eight games at defensive end
- 28 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, one forced fumble and 2 QB hits this season
- Third in the Big Ten in sacks (5.0) and ranks 11th in TFLs (7.0)
- One of three Big Ten defenders with 3.0 sacks in a game
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