CHICAGO -- With Big Ten media days starting here at McCormick Place at noon, the conference has unveiled its annual preseason watch list, with five players from each division.
Big Ten names preseason watch list; Gophers snubbed again
Big Ten media days started Monday at noon at McCormick Place in Chicago, with Gophers coach Tracy Claeys' news conference coming at 1 p.m. We'll have a Live Blog with his thoughts.
July 25, 2016 at 3:39PM
Ohio State (J.T. Barrett and Raekwon McMillan), Iowa (C.J. Beathard, Desmond King) and Northwestern (Justin Jackson, Anthony Walker Jr.) each had two players make the list.
The Gophers haven't had anyone make the Big Ten's preseason watch list in six seasons. Last week, they were picked fifth in the West Division in the preseason media poll conducted by Cleveland.com.
EAST DIVISION
Jabrill Peppers, Jr., LB/DB, Michigan
Malik McDowell, Jr., DL, Michigan State
J.T. Barrett, Jr., QB, Ohio State
Raekwon McMillan, Jr., LB, Ohio State
Saquon Barkley, So., RB, Penn State
WEST DIVISION
C.J. Beathard, Sr., QB, Iowa
Desmond King, Sr., DB, Iowa
Justin Jackson, Jr., RB, Northwestern
Anthony Walker Jr., Jr., LB, Northwestern
Corey Clement, Sr., RB, Wisconsin
Coach Tracy Claeys will be at the podium at 1 p.m., televised live on Big Ten Network. We will also have a Live Blog on startribune.com.
I'll have updates here and on Twitter, @JoeCStrib.
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