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Madison – Wisconsin redshirt junior tailback Melvin Gordon, a graduate of Kenosha Bradford High School, on Monday was named the Big Ten's Ameche-Dayne running back of the year.

Gordon leads the nation in rushing with 2,260 yards, a Big Ten record for yards in a season, and rushing yards per game (188.3) and is second in rushing yards per carry (7.99).

His total of 2,260 rushing yards is the No. 4 mark in FBS history.



“He has done amazing things,” BTN analyst Gerry DiNardo said on BTN Live.

DiNardo recalled being impressed with Gordon in the fall of 2012 when BTN analysts were touring teams’ fall camps.



Then-senior Montee Ball was held out of practice the day BTN officials were in Madison, which meant more work for Gordon.



“We said if we came down from the moon we would have thought that Melvin Gordon was the Heisman Trophy candidate,” DiNardo said. “He was a sophomore.”

Senior linebacker Derek Landisch, from Arrowhead High School, was a first-team pick according to the coaches.

“Derek Landisch,” DiNardo said, “they ask those linebackers to do so much in Dave Aranda’s scheme."

Landisch was the lone member of UW’s defense to garner first-team honors.

BTN analyst Howard Griffith suggested UW’s players might use that fact as motivation when they face Ohio State Saturday in the Big Ten title game.



“That has been the M.O. -- no respect,” Griffith said. “They’ll tuck it away, take it with them to Indy and they’ll say: ‘We’re going to show you guys just how good we really are.’”

Senior right tackle Rob Havenstein and senior right guard Kyle Costigan were first-team picks according to the coaches and media.

Redshirt sophomore Dan Voltz was the second-team pick at center according to the media.

“Right tackle in the Wisconsin offense might be the prestigious position,” DiNardo said. “A lot of times it’s the left tackle in the passing situation.



“When you look at Rob – we saw him play live Saturday night – he is impressive. Obviously he is better in the run but he can do both…Just another typical offensive lineman at Wisconsin – 333 pounds and can move around a little bit.”

Safety Michael Caputo was a consensus second-team pick. Linebacker Vince Biegel and Landisch were on the media’s second team.



Cornerback Darius Hillary was a second-team pick by the coaches.

“I thought Biegel had a really good year,” DiNardo said. “But the other guy on the Wisconsin team is Michael Caputo.



“He is a guy they bring a lot on pressure and he has got to come on the right timing. Part of the scheme is to add the extra guy as close to the snap as possible…



“And we got to see him live. He was a big part of everything Wisconsin is doing on defense.”

UW'S honorable-mention picks:

Vince Biegel, Rafael Gaglianone, Dallas Lewallen, Tyler Marz, Joe Schobert,

Marcus Trotter and Dan Voltz made the coaches' team.

Sam Arneson, Gaglianone, Hillary, Lewallen, Marz, Joe Schobert and Trotter made the media team.

The full teams:

COACHES



OFFENSE



FIRST TEAM/SECOND TEAM

QB -- J.T. Barrett, Ohio State/Connor Cook, Michigan State

RB -- Tevin Coleman, Indiana/David Cobb, Minnesota

RB -- MELVIN GORDON, Wisconsin/Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

WR -- Tony Lippett, Michigan State/Stefon Diggs, Maryland

WR -- Kenny Bell, Nebraska/Devin Funchess, Michigan

C -- Jack Allen, Michigan State/Austin Blythe, Iowa

G -- Pat Elflein, Ohio State/Travis Jackson, Michigan State

G -- Kyle Costigan, Wisconsin/Zac Epping, Minnesota

T -- Brandon Scherff, Iowa/Jack Conklin, Michigan State

T -- Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin/Taylor Decker, Ohio State

TE -- Maxx Williams, Minnesota/Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State

L -- Brad Craddock, Maryland/Sam Ficken, Penn State



DEFENSE



FIRST TEAM/SECOND TEAM*



DL -- Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State/Carl Davis, Iowa

DL -- Randy Gregory, Nebraska/Louis Trinca-Pasat, Iowa

DL -- JOEY BOSA, Ohio State/Maliek Collins, Nebraska

DL -- Anthony Zettel, Penn State/Michael Bennett, Ohio State

LB -- Jake Ryan, Michigan/Quinton Alston, Iowa

LB -- Mike Hull, Penn State/Taiwan Jones, Michigan State

LB -- Derek Landisch, Wisconsin/Damien Wilson, Minnesota

DB -- William Likely, Maryland/Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota

DB -- Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State/Eric Murray, Minnesota

DB -- Trae Waynes, Michigan State/Ibraheim Campbell, Northwestern

DB -- Doran Grant, Ohio State/Frankie Williams, Purdue

DB -- Michael Caputo, Wisconsin

DB -- Darius Hillary, Wisconsin

P -- Peter Mortell, Minnesota/Justin DuVernois, Illinois



HONORABLE MENTION



ILLINOIS: V'Angelo Bentley, Mike Dudek, Ted Karras, Mason Monheim, Jihad

Ward; INDIANA: Antonio Allen, Dan Feeney, Collin Rahrig, Bobby Richardson, Shane Wynn; IOWA:

Andrew Donnal, Jordan Lomax, John Lowdermilk, Drew Ott, Tevaun Smith; MARYLAND: Cole Farrand,

Andre Monroe; MICHIGAN: Brennan Beyer, Will Hagerup, Raymon Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Ed

Davis, Jeremy Langford, Josiah Price, Marcus Rush, Mike Sadler; MINNESOTA: Cameron Botticelli, Josh

Campion, Theiren Cockran, Tommy Olson; NEBRASKA: Zaire Anderson, Jake Cotton, Sam Foltz, Nate

Gerry, Alex Lewis, Josh Mitchell; NORTHWESTERN: Chi Chi Ariguzo, Justin Jackson, Dean Lowry, Nick

Van Hoose, Brandon Vitabile, Dan Vitale; OHIO STATE: Darryl Baldwin, Cameron Johnston, Joshua

Perry, Devin Smith, Evan Spencer; PENN STATE: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, DaeSean Hamilton,

Jesse James, Jordan Lucas; PURDUE: Landon Feichter, Paul Griggs; RUTGERS: Leonte Carroo, Kaleb

Johnson; WISCONSIN: Vince Biegel, Rafael Gaglianone, Dallas Lewallen, Tyler Marz, Joe Schobert,

Marcus Trotter, Dan Voltz.

MEDIA TEAM



OFFENSE



FIRST TEAM/SECOND TEAM



QB -- J.T. BARRETT, Ohio State/Connor Cook, Michigan State

RB -- Tevin Coleman, Indiana/David Cobb, Minnesota

RB -- Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin/Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

WR -- Tony Lippett, Michigan State/Mike Dudek, Illinois

WR -- Leonte Carroo, Rutgers/DaeSean Hamilton, Penn State

C -- Jack Allen, Michigan State Center Dan Voltz, Wisconsin

G -- Zac Epping, Minnesota/Travis Jackson, Michigan State

G -- Kyle Costigan, Wisconsin/Pat Elflein, Ohio State

T -- Brandon Scherff, Iowa/Jack Conklin, Michigan State

T -- Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin/Taylor Decker, Ohio State

TE -- Maxx Williams, Minnesota/Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State

K -- Brad Craddock, Maryland/Sam Ficken, Penn State



DEFENSE



FIRST TEAM/SECOND TEAM

DL -- Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State/Carl Davis, Iowa

DL -- Randy Gregory, Nebraska/Drew Ott, Iowa

DL -- JOEY BOSA, Ohio State/Andre Monroe, Maryland

DL -- Anthony Zettel, Penn State/Michael Bennett, Ohio State

LB -- Jake Ryan, Michigan/Joshua Perry, Ohio State

LB -- Damien Wilson, Minnesota/Vince Biegel, Wisconsin

LB -- Mike Hull, Penn State/Derek Landisch, Wisconsin

DB -- William Likely, Maryland/Nate Gerry, Nebraska

DB -- Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota/Nick Van Hoose, Northwestern

DB -- Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State/Doran Grant, Ohio State

DB -- Trae Waynes, Michigan State/Michael Caputo, Wisconsin

P -- Peter Mortell, Minnesota/Justin DuVernois, Illinois

HONORABLE MENTION

ILLINOIS: Taylor Barton, V’Angelo Bentley, Ted Karras, Mason Monheim;

INDIANA: Antonio Allen, Dan Feeney, Collin Rahrig, Bobby Richardson, Jason Spriggs, Shane Wynn;

IOWA: Quinton Alston, Austin Blythe, Jake Duzey, John Lowdermilk, Desmond King, Louis Trinca-Pasat;

MARYLAND: Sean Davis, Stefon Diggs, Cole Farrand, Darius Kilgo, Yannick Ngakoue; MICHIGAN:

Brennan Beyer, Blake Countess, Devin Funchess, Raymon Taylor; MICHIGAN STATE: Ed Davis,

Taiwan Jones, Jeremy Langford, Josiah Price, Marcus Rush, Mike Sadler; MINNESOTA: Cameron

Botticelli, Josh Campion, Theiren Cockran, Eric Murray, Tommy Olson; NEBRASKA: Zaire Anderson,

Kenny Bell, Maliek Collins, Corey Cooper, Jake Cotton, Alex Lewis, Josh Mitchell; NORTHWESTERN:

Chi Chi Ariguzo, Ibraheim Campbell, Cameron Johnston, Brandon Vitabile, Dan Vitale; OHIO STATE:

Darryl Baldwin, Vonn Bell, Ezekiel Elliott, Cameron Johnston, Devin Smith, Michael Thomas, Adolphus

Washington; PENN STATE: Adrian Amos, Deion Barnes, Jesse James, Austin Johnson, Jordan Lucas,

Angelo Mangiro, Trevor Williams; PURDUE: Landon Feichter, Robert Kugler, Frankie Williams;

RUTGERS: Darius Hamilton, Kaleb Johnson, Kemoko Turay; WISCONSIN: Sam Arneson, Rafael

Gaglianone, Darius Hillary, Dallas Lewallen, Tyler Marz, Joe Schobert, Marcus Trotter.



Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS

2014 Big Ten Individual Award Winners

Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award: Brian Griese, Michigan

Named for Minnesota’s Tony Dungy and Indiana’s Anthony Thompson

Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award: Mike Hopkins, Illinois

Named for Michigan’s Gerald Ford and Iowa’s Nile Kinnick

Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year: J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

Named for Purdue’s Bob Griese and Drew Brees

Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year: Tony Lippett, Michigan State

Named for Wisconsin’s Pat Richter and Michigan’s Desmond Howard

Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year: Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

Named for Wisconsin’s Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne

Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year: Maxx Williams, Minnesota

Named for Penn State’s Ted Kwalick and Iowa’s Dallas Clark

Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year: Brandon Scherff, Iowa

Named for Nebraska’s Dave Rimington and Ohio State’s Orlando Pace

Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year: Joey Bosa, Ohio State

Named for Michigan State’s Bubba Smith and Penn State’s Courtney Brown

Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year: Mike Hull, Penn State

Named for Illinois’ Dick Butkus and Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald

Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year: Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State

Named for Ohio State’s Jack Tatum and Purdue’s Rod Woodson

Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Brad Craddock, Maryland

Named for Wisconsin’s Jim Bakken and Michigan State’s Morten Andersen

Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year: Peter Mortell, Minnesota

Named for Illinois’ Dike Eddleman and Michigan State’s Brandon Fields