Here are 18 football players to watch next season in the Big Ten Conference
A look at football players in the Big Ten this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons this fall: Illinois TE Kaden Feagin is changing positions after spending his first three years in the program at running back. Depth at that spot has allowed the 6-foot-3, 260-pounder to move to what very well may be his more natural position. He has shown good hands catching balls out of the backfield, so this move makes sense for a team that lost its top two tight ends.
Indiana S Byron Baldwin Jr. missed the first two months of his freshman season because of injury and is being counted on to help fill the void of departed safeties Louis Moore and Devan Boykin. Baldwin had been a four-star prospect and top-20 national DB prospect coming out of Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore.
He mostly played special teams when he did get on the field the second half of last season. His role should grow significantly. Iowa WR Tony Diaz was one of the top receivers in the FCS at Texas-Rio Grande Valley, and he turned down an offer from Alabama, among others, to sign with the Hawkeyes.
Diaz flashed in spring practice, a promising sign for a receiving corps in desperate need of a playmaker. Diaz could be that guy after catching 68 balls for 875 yards and 11 touchdowns for the Vaqueros. Maryland DL Zion Elee is the Terrapins' highest-ranked recruit ever, according to 247Sports, and ESPN listed the Baltimore native as the No.
2-ranked high school prospect in the country. Naturally, high expectations follow him into his freshman season. The Terps have seasoned pass rushers in Sidney Stewart and Zahir Mathis, but don't dismiss the possibility of Elee being on the field at the same time with both.
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