Kendrick Green Earns USA TODAY All-America Honors
December 23, 2020 | Football
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Offensive lineman Kendrick Green was named second team All-America by USA TODAY Sports. He is the first Illinois offensive lineman to be named All-America since Jon Asamoah in 2009 (second team by Sporting News).
USA TODAY Sports All-America Honorees
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- Illinois' first offensive player to earn All-America honors since FB Jay Prosch in 2011
- Illinois' first offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since Jon Asamoah in 2009
- Associated Press first team All-Big Ten
- 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
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