Iowa’s Tyler Linderbaum, Riley Moss earn first-team all-Big Ten honors from AP

7 Hawkeyes named to second team

Dec. 7, 2021 11:26 am

Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Riley Moss (33) pulls in a pass in the second quarter at an Iowa Hawkeyes football game with the Penn State Nittany Lions at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s Tyler Linderbaum and Riley Moss earned Associated Press all-Big Ten first-team honors Tuesday.

Linderbaum was one of four unanimous first-team selections, joining Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson and Michigan State running back Kenneth Walker III.

Seven Iowa players were on the AP all-Big Ten second team.

On defense, safety Dane Belton, linebacker Jack Campbell, cornerback Matt Hankins and defensive end Zach VanValkenburg earned second-team recognition.

Returner Charlie Jones and kicker Caleb Shudak earned second-team honors on special teams.

Left guard Kyler Schott was the only second-team honoree on Iowa’s offense.

Iowa’s nine selections were the most among Big Ten West teams.

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