Phil Steele named eight Ohio State players to his 2015 preseason All-American teams, and named 17 to his All-Big Ten squads.

Junior running back Ezekiel Elliott and junior defensive end Joey Bosa were named first-team All-Americans by Steele.

Garnering second-team All-American status were senior left tackle Taylor Decker, fourth-year junior guard Pat Elflein and senior defensive tackle Adolphus Washington.

The trio of third-team All-Americans, per Steele, included: junior safety Vonn Bell, third-year sophomore outside linebacker Darron Lee and third-year sophomore Jalin Marshall. The latter made the team as a punt returner.

No Ohio State quarterbacks listed on any of the four All-American squads? That's right. Steele's choices at QB, in order from first-team to fourth, were: USC's Cody Kessler, TCU's Trevone Boykin, Mississippi State's Dak Prescott and Michigan State's Connor Cook.

Ohio State junior punter Cameron Johnston was also a notable omission from any of the All-American teams.

Big Ten Honorees

However, Johnston and 16 other Buckeyes were named to Steele's various All-Big Ten teams, including eight that were named to the first-team. The latter group included: Decker, Elflein, Elliott, fourth-year junior wide receiver Michael Thomas, Bell, Bosa, Lee and Washington.

The second-team all-league selections were: third-year junior quarterback J.T. Barrett, Johnston (Minnesota's Peter Mortell was first-team at punter), Marshall (who made second-team as both a wide receiver and punt returner), senior linebacker Joshua Perry and fifth-year senior tight end Nick Vannett.

It's clear Steele believes Barrett will be the Buckeyes' starting quarterback. And not only is Barrett a second-team selection, Cardale Jones and Braxton Miller didn't make any of the teams.

There were just two third-team All-Big Ten picks from OSU, and they were third-year sophomore cornerback Eli Apple and sophomore middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan.

There were also a pair of fourth-round all-conference selections: third-year sophomore guard Billy Price and fourth-year junior safety Tyvis Powell.

One interesting omission from the All-Big Ten teams is senior center Jacoby Boren, who is on the preseason watch list for the Rimington Award.

You can see the full list of Steele's All-American and all-conference teams here.