The 2004 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of
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players chosen as All-
Big Ten Conference
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players for the
2004 Big Ten Conference football season
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. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
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Drew Tate
Drew Tate (born October 8, 1984) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He is the tight ends coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he had held since 2022. He played college football as a quarterback at the Univer ...
, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-2)
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Kyle Orton
Kyle Raymond Orton (born November 14, 1982) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Dr ...
, Purdue (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Running backs
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Mike Hart, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Laurence Maroney
Laurence Maroney (born February 5, 1985) is a former American football running back who played five seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Minnesota and was drafted by the New England Patriots 21st overall in the 2 ...
, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Noah Herron
Noah Scott Herron (born April 3, 1982) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northwestern.
Herron was also a member of ...
, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Anthony Davis, Wisconsin (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Receivers
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Braylon Edwards
Braylon Jamel Edwards (born February 21, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Michigan, earned unanimous All-American honors, and was recognize ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
*
Taylor Stubblefield
Taylor Evans Stubblefield (born January 21, 1982) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the wide receiver coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He is a former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers and St. Louis R ...
, Purdue (Coaches-1; Media-1)
*
Jason Avant
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, Michigan (Coaches-2)
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Santonio Holmes
Santonio Holmes Jr. (born March 3, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft after playing college football at Ohio State University. In 2009, Holmes w ...
, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
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Courtney Roby
Courtney E. Roby (born January 10, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver, drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft, following a historical college football career at Indiana.
Roby has also played for t ...
, Indiana (Media-2)
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Clinton Solomon
Clinton Solomon (born October 21, 1983) is an American football wide receiver for the Texas Revolution (indoor football), Texas Revolution of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). He played college football at the University of Iowa.
College career
S ...
, Iowa (Media-2)
Centers
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Greg Eslinger
Greg Eslinger (born April 23, 1983) is a former American college and professional American football center. He played college football for the University of Minnesota, received consensus All-American honors, and was recognized as the best col ...
, Minnesota (Coaches-1
ie Media-1)
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David Baas
David Andrew Baas (born September 28, 1981) is a former American football center. He played college football for the University of Michigan, and was recognized as a consensus All-American and the top college center. The San Francisco 49ers se ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1
ie Media-2)
Guards
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Dan Buenning
Daniel Robert Buenning (born October 26, 1981, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and also played professionally for the Chicago Bear ...
, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Matt Lentz
Matt Lentz (born November 19, 1982) is a former American football guard. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Michigan.
Lentz was also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tamp ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-2)
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Mark Setterstrom
Mark David Setterstrom (born March 3, 1984) is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota.
Early years
Setterstrom earned All-State, ...
, Minnesota (Coaches-2; Media-1)
* Jonathan Clinkscale, Wisconsin (Coaches-2)
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William Whitticker
William Whitticker (born August 2, 1982) is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played fifteen games in his rook ...
, Michigan State (Media-2)
Tackles
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Rian Melander
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, Minnesota (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Adam Stenavich, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-2)
* Sean Poole, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
*
Zach Strief
Zachary David Strief (born September 22, 1983) is an American football coach and former offensive tackle who is the assistant offensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
Strief played college football ...
, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Jake Long, Michigan (Coaches-2)
Tight ends
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Tim Massaquoi
Arnold Timothy Massaquoi (born July 8, 1982) is a former American football tight end. He was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan. He is the cousin of fo ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
* Jason Randall, Michigan State (Coaches-2)
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Charles Davis, Purdue (Media-2)
Defensive selections
Defensive linemen
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Matt Roth, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Anttaj Hawthorne, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Erasmus James
Erasmus James (born November 4, 1982) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at University of Wisconsin, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings 18th overall in the 2 ...
, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
*
Gabe Watson
Gabriel Pierre Kim Watson (born September 24, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan.
High school career
Wa ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-2)
*
Jonathan Babineaux
Jonathan Joel Babineaux (born October 12, 1981) is a former American football defensive tackle who played all 12 seasons of his career with the Atlanta Falcons. He was drafted by the Falcons in the second round with the 59th overall pick in th ...
, Iowa (Coaches-2; Media-1)
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Luis Castillo, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Tamba Hali
Tamba Boimah Hali (born 3 November 1983) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), where he earned All-American honors, and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the ...
, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Simon Fraser, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
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Darrell Reid
Darrell Reid (born June 20, 1982) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2005 and was a part of their Super Bowl XLI winning team against the Chicago Bears. He played co ...
, Minnesota (Media-2)
Linebackers
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Chad Greenway
Chad Greenway (born January 12, 1983) is a former American football linebacker who spent his entire 11-year career with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa, and was drafted by the Viki ...
, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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A. J. Hawk, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Abdul Hodge
Abdul Raheeda Hodge The Third Jr. (born September 9, 1983) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the tight ends coach at Iowa, where he played as a 3-time all Big-Ten linebacker. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers i ...
, Iowa (Coaches-1; Media-2)
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Tim McGarigle
Timothy J. McGarigle (born October 25, 1983) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at N ...
, Northwestern (Coaches-2; Media-1)
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Paul Posluszny
Paul Michael Posluszny (; born October 10, 1984) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at Penn State Universit ...
, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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LaMarr Woodley
LaMarr Dewayne Woodley (born November 3, 1984) is a former American football outside linebacker. He played college football at Michigan, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the s ...
, Michigan (Coaches-2)
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Kyle Killion
Kyle Killion (born February 1, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. His father J.K. Killion played tight end for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1970 to 1974. Killion grew up in Kingwood, Texas, a suburb of Houston, and played for the Indian ...
, Indiana (Media-2)
Defensive backs
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Marlin Jackson
Marlin Tyrell Jackson (born June 30, 1983) is a former American football player who last played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Michigan, and was recognized as a con ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
*
Ernest Shazor
Ernest Haskel Shazor (born July 13, 1983) is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season. Shazor played college football for the University of Michigan, ...
, Michigan (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Jim Leonhard
James Andrew Leonhard (born October 27, 1982) is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the interim head coach for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. Leonhard played college football at Wisconsin and professionally ...
, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Scott Starks, Wisconsin (Coaches-1; Media-2)
* Ukee Dozier, Minnesota (Media-1)
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Kelvin Hayden
Kelvin Darnell Hayden Jr. (born July 23, 1983) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Illinois and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. In Super Bowl XLI he returned ...
, Illinois (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Alan Zemaitis
Alan Zemaitis (born August 24, 1982) is a former professional American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 4th round (#122 overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the ...
, Penn State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
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Nate Salley, Ohio State (Coaches-2)
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Bernard Pollard
Bernard Karmell Pollard (born December 23, 1984) is a former American football safety. He played college football at Purdue University, and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He has also played for t ...
, Purdue (Coaches-2)
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Herana-Daze Jones
Herana-Daze Lavalle Jones (first name pronounced like 'Hernandez') (born April 15, 1982) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Indiana.
Jone ...
, Indiana (Media-2)
Special teams
Kickers
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Mike Nugent
Michael Nugent (born March 2, 1982) is a former American football placekicker. He played college football for Ohio State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round o ...
, Ohio State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
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Dave Rayner
David Michael Rayner (born October 26, 1982) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan ...
, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-2)
Punters
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Steve Weatherford, Illinois (Coaches-1; Media-2)
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Brandon Fields
Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. He ...
, Michigan State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel
Coaches = selected by Big Ten Conference coaches
Media = selected by a media panel
[
HM = Honorable mention
]
See also
* 2004 College Football All-America Team
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References
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