Rosemont, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced today the 42 students scheduled to attend the 2016 Big Ten Football Media Days and Kickoff Luncheon presented by Allstate and BMW, held Monday and Tuesday, July 25 and 26, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago.
The list of students scheduled to attend features 15 returning All-Big Ten selections from last season, including six first-team honorees in Iowa’s Desmond King, Maryland’s William Likely, Michigan’s Jake Butt and Jourdan Lewis, Northwestern’s Anthony Walker Jr. and Ohio State’s Pat Elflein. Attendees who have earned second or third-team all-conference accolades include Indiana’s Dan Feeney, Iowa’s C.J. Beathard and Josey Jewell, Michigan State’s Riley Bullough and Josiah Price, Nebraska’s Jordan Westerkamp, Northwestern’s Justin Jackson and Matthew Harris and Ohio State’s Raekwon McMillan.
Honorable mention All-Big Ten honorees scheduled to appear at the event are Illinois’ Dawuane Smoot, Maryland’s Jermaine Carter and Michael Dunn, Michigan’s Amara Darboh, Michigan State’s R.J. Shelton and Purdue’s Jake Replogle. A complete list of student attendees appears below.
The 45th annual Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, July 26. The day begins with the Big Ten partnering with USA Football to put on a free Kickoff Luncheon Youth Clinic. From 8:30-10 a.m. CT, USA Football staff will lead approximately 120 boys and girls, kindergarten through eighth grade, through basic catching, passing, agility and defense drills.
Beginning at 10 a.m., fans in attendance will take part in an autograph session with the head coaches, while select players will participate in brief, live interviews. Coaches and players will be available for a photo session around 11 a.m.
The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. and will showcase interviews with all 14 head coaches, and include speeches by Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Tournament of Roses presidentBrad Ratliff. Wisconsin’s Dare Ogunbowale will speak on behalf of the players in attendance.
A limited number of tickets remain available for $110 per seat or $1,100 per table (10 seats). Contact Davon Robb at the Big Ten office at 847-696-1010, ext. 163, or drobb@bigten.org to purchase tickets.
The Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon annually attracts some of the most talented names in college sports. The event has drawn legendary coaches as well as each of the conference’s Heisman Trophy winners since 1970. In all, nearly 950 of the conference’s finest players, almost 80 head coaches and more than 52,000 supporters have made the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon a yearly stop on their preseason college football schedules.
STUDENTS ATTENDING 2016 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY KICKOFF LUNCHEON
EAST DIVISION
INDIANA
Dimitric Camiel, Sr., OL
Dan Feeney, Sr., OL*
Marcus Oliver, Jr., LB
MARYLAND
William Likely, Sr., DB*
Jermaine Carter, Jr., LB
Michael Dunn, Sr., OL
MICHIGAN
Jake Butt, Sr., TE*
Amara Darboh, Sr., WR
Jourdan Lewis, Sr., CB*
MICHIGAN STATE
Riley Bullough, Sr., LB*
Josiah Price, Sr., TE*
R.J. Shelton, Sr., WR
OHIO STATE
J.T. Barrett, Jr., QB
Pat Elflein, Sr., C*
Raekwon McMillan, Jr., LB*
PENN STATE
Brandon Bell, Sr., LB
Brian Gaia, Sr., C
Nyeem Wartman-White, Sr., LB
RUTGERS
Darius Hamilton, Sr., DT
Andre Patton, Sr., WR
Julian Pinnix-Odrick, Sr., DL
WEST DIVISION
ILLINOIS
Wes Lunt, Sr., QB
Dawuane Smoot, Sr., DE
Ke’Shawn Vaughn, So., RB
IOWA
C.J. Beathard, Sr., QB*
Josey Jewell, Jr., LB*
Desmond King, Sr., DB*
MINNESOTA
Mitch Leidner, Sr., QB
Jack Lynn, Sr., LB
Damarius Travis, Sr., S
NEBRASKA
Tommy Armstrong Jr., Sr., QB
Josh Banderas, Sr., LB
Jordan Westerkamp, Sr., WR*
NORTHWESTERN
Matthew Harris, Sr., CB*
Justin Jackson, Jr., RB*
Anthony Walker Jr., Jr., LB*
PURDUE
Ja’Whaun Bentley, Jr., LB
Jake Replogle, Sr., DT
DeAngelo Yancey, Sr., WR
WISCONSIN
Vince Biegel, Sr., LB
Dare Ogunbowale, Sr., RB
Sojourn Shelton, Sr., CB
* indicates previous all-conference selections
The list of students scheduled to attend features 15 returning All-Big Ten selections from last season, including six first-team honorees in Iowa’s Desmond King, Maryland’s William Likely, Michigan’s Jake Butt and Jourdan Lewis, Northwestern’s Anthony Walker Jr. and Ohio State’s Pat Elflein. Attendees who have earned second or third-team all-conference accolades include Indiana’s Dan Feeney, Iowa’s C.J. Beathard and Josey Jewell, Michigan State’s Riley Bullough and Josiah Price, Nebraska’s Jordan Westerkamp, Northwestern’s Justin Jackson and Matthew Harris and Ohio State’s Raekwon McMillan.
Honorable mention All-Big Ten honorees scheduled to appear at the event are Illinois’ Dawuane Smoot, Maryland’s Jermaine Carter and Michael Dunn, Michigan’s Amara Darboh, Michigan State’s R.J. Shelton and Purdue’s Jake Replogle. A complete list of student attendees appears below.
The 45th annual Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, July 26. The day begins with the Big Ten partnering with USA Football to put on a free Kickoff Luncheon Youth Clinic. From 8:30-10 a.m. CT, USA Football staff will lead approximately 120 boys and girls, kindergarten through eighth grade, through basic catching, passing, agility and defense drills.
Beginning at 10 a.m., fans in attendance will take part in an autograph session with the head coaches, while select players will participate in brief, live interviews. Coaches and players will be available for a photo session around 11 a.m.
The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. and will showcase interviews with all 14 head coaches, and include speeches by Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Tournament of Roses presidentBrad Ratliff. Wisconsin’s Dare Ogunbowale will speak on behalf of the players in attendance.
A limited number of tickets remain available for $110 per seat or $1,100 per table (10 seats). Contact Davon Robb at the Big Ten office at 847-696-1010, ext. 163, or drobb@bigten.org to purchase tickets.
The Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon annually attracts some of the most talented names in college sports. The event has drawn legendary coaches as well as each of the conference’s Heisman Trophy winners since 1970. In all, nearly 950 of the conference’s finest players, almost 80 head coaches and more than 52,000 supporters have made the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon a yearly stop on their preseason college football schedules.
STUDENTS ATTENDING 2016 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY KICKOFF LUNCHEON
EAST DIVISION
INDIANA
Dimitric Camiel, Sr., OL
Dan Feeney, Sr., OL*
Marcus Oliver, Jr., LB
MARYLAND
William Likely, Sr., DB*
Jermaine Carter, Jr., LB
Michael Dunn, Sr., OL
MICHIGAN
Jake Butt, Sr., TE*
Amara Darboh, Sr., WR
Jourdan Lewis, Sr., CB*
MICHIGAN STATE
Riley Bullough, Sr., LB*
Josiah Price, Sr., TE*
R.J. Shelton, Sr., WR
OHIO STATE
J.T. Barrett, Jr., QB
Pat Elflein, Sr., C*
Raekwon McMillan, Jr., LB*
PENN STATE
Brandon Bell, Sr., LB
Brian Gaia, Sr., C
Nyeem Wartman-White, Sr., LB
RUTGERS
Darius Hamilton, Sr., DT
Andre Patton, Sr., WR
Julian Pinnix-Odrick, Sr., DL
WEST DIVISION
ILLINOIS
Wes Lunt, Sr., QB
Dawuane Smoot, Sr., DE
Ke’Shawn Vaughn, So., RB
IOWA
C.J. Beathard, Sr., QB*
Josey Jewell, Jr., LB*
Desmond King, Sr., DB*
MINNESOTA
Mitch Leidner, Sr., QB
Jack Lynn, Sr., LB
Damarius Travis, Sr., S
NEBRASKA
Tommy Armstrong Jr., Sr., QB
Josh Banderas, Sr., LB
Jordan Westerkamp, Sr., WR*
NORTHWESTERN
Matthew Harris, Sr., CB*
Justin Jackson, Jr., RB*
Anthony Walker Jr., Jr., LB*
PURDUE
Ja’Whaun Bentley, Jr., LB
Jake Replogle, Sr., DT
DeAngelo Yancey, Sr., WR
WISCONSIN
Vince Biegel, Sr., LB
Dare Ogunbowale, Sr., RB
Sojourn Shelton, Sr., CB
* indicates previous all-conference selections
