J.T. Barrett Big Ten quarterback of year

Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett, who saw his season ended Saturday after he broke his right ankle in the fourth quarter against Michigan, was named first-team All-Big Ten and the league's top quarterback on Monday.

(Ohio State football)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- J.T. Barrett was named the Big Ten's quarterback of the year, defensive end Joey Bosa was named the defensive lineman of the year, and two other Buckeyes were named first-team All-Big Ten by either the league coaches, media or both on Monday.

Last year Ohio State entered the Big Ten Championship with eight first-team All-Big Ten players. The Buckeyes are headed back to Indianapolis to play for the Big Ten title again, with half as many players among the best in the league.

First team by media and coaches:

• QB J.T. Barrett

• DE Joey Bosa

First team by coaches

• RG Pat Elflein

• CB Doran Grant

Second-team choices for the Buckeyes were left tackle Taylor Decker, tight end Jeff Heuerman, defensive tackle Michael Bennett and linebacker Joshua Perry.

Honorable mention choices were receivers Devin Smith, Evan Spencer and Michael Thomas, right tackle Darryl Baldwin, safety Vonn Bell, running back Ezekiel Elliott, defensive tackle Adolphus Washington and punter Cameron Johnson.

Overall, Michigan State and Minnesota led the league with five first-team picks; Ohio State and Wisconsin each had four; Maryland, Penn State and Nebraska had two; and Michigan, Iowa, Rutgers and Indiana each had one.

The Buckeyes maybe could have seen another player or two make first team, but that's still a step up from the preseason. There is no preseason all-conference team in the Big Ten, but both BTN.com and ESPN.com named preseason All-Big Ten first-teams in August, after the injury to Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller.

The only Buckeye to make the list? Bennett.

Here were the positional players of the year in the Big Ten voting:

Quarterback: J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

Running back: Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

Receiver: Tony Lippett, Michigan State

Tight end: Maxx Williams, Minnesota

Offensive lineman: Brandon Scherff, Iowa

Defensive lineman: Joey Bosa, Ohio State

Linebacker: Mike Hull, Penn State

Defensive back: Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State

Kicker: Brad Craddock, Maryland

Punter: Peter Mortel, Minnesota

The awards for Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the year and Freshman of the Year will be announced Tuesday.

Barrett has a lock on the freshman award. He'll fight Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon for the offensive award, while Bosa will have a good shot at the defensive award and either Urban Meyer or Minnesota's Jerry Kill should win the coach award.