BTN The top Big Ten football players by jersey number

[Sean Merriman, BTN.com]

The top Big Ten football players by jersey number
Sean Merriman, BTN.com web editor via Big Ten Network

When talking about the best football players in Big Ten history, it is near impossible to choose just one player worthy of the title, “the best.” [ MORE: Can a Big Ten West team win the conference title in 2016? ] So, what’s the right way to break down this argument? You could do it by position, but even that could be extremely difficult. Making a list of the top Big Ten players to wear every number would be great, but is that even possible? The answer is yes. I went through every jersey number, 1-99, and created a list

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[MililaniBuckeye]

The 25 Buckeyes on the list:

5 – QB/WR Braxton Miller
7 – WR/KR Tedd Ginn Jr.
10 – QB Troy Smith
13 – RB Maurice Clarett
19 – DB Ahmed Plummer
27 – RB Eddie George
36 – LB Chris Spielman
38 – LB Austin Spitler
40 – RB Howard Cassady
41 – RB Keith Byars
42 – RB Paul Warfield
43 – LB Darron Lee
45 – RB Archie Griffin
46 – FB Bob Ferguson
53 – LB Randy Gradishar
58 – LB Steve Tovar
62 – OL Jim Parker
68 – OL LeCharles Bentley
70 – OL Dave Foley
74 – OL John Hicks
75 – OL Orlando Pace
83 – WR Terry Glenn
85 – K Mike Nugent
93 – DE Will Smith
97 – DE Joey Bosa

 

[CFPBuckeye]

Ohio State with 25
scUM with 15
MSU with 14
Wisconsin with 9
PSU with 9
Minnesota with 8
Iowa with 5
Illinois with 4
Purdue with 4
Indiana with 3
Northwestern with 2

I went through every jersey number, 1-99

That's only 98, you didn't list anyone for #52.