ILLINOIS 
1. Red Grange (HB): Grange is widely considered one of the best college football players of all time. An inaugural member of the college and pro football halls of fame, Grange was a three-time All American and his jersey number, 77, is one of only two retired in Illini football history.
2. Dick Butkus (C/LB): His jersey number is also retired at Illinois. Twice a unanimous All American, Butkus finished sixth in Heisman balloting in 1963 and third in '64. The Butkus Award is given to the nation's top linebacker.
3. Al Brosky (S): A member of the college football Hall of Fame, Brosky's mark of 29 career interceptions (1950-52) still stands as an NCAA Division I record.

INDIANA
1. Anthony Thompson (RB): The two-time, first-team All American won the NCAA rushing and scoring titles his senior year on his way to being named the Walter Camp Foundation's player of the year and won the Maxwell Award as the nation's best player. Thompson finished second in the Heisman voting in 1989.
2. John Tavener (C): A first-team All American in 1944, Tavener was inducted into the college football Hall of Fame in 1990.
3. George Taliaferro (HB/DB): A first-team All American pick as a defensive back in 1948, Taliaferro was a two-time, second-team All American and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Best known as the first African-American to be drafted by an NFL team.

IOWA
1. Nile Kinnick (HB): Kinnick won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All American that season. He also won the Walter Camp and Maxwell awards and became the first college football player ever to win the AP Male Athlete of the Year award.  Kinnick was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
2. Chuck Long (QB): The 1985 Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Award winner finished in the top 10 in Heisman voting twice (1984 and '85). When he graduated, Long held every Hawkeye passing record and still holds the NCAA record for completion percentage by a QB attempting more than 1,000 passes.
3. Brad Banks (QB): The 2002 AP Player of the year and Davey O'Brien award winner finished second in the Heisman voting in 2002.

MICHIGAN
1. Tom Harmon (RB/QB/K): Considered by many Wolverines the best player in school history, Harmon won the Heisman and Maxwell awards in 1940. A two-time All American (1939, '40), he also was named the AP Male Athlete of the year in 1940.
2. Desmond Howard (WR/KR/PR): Howard won the 1991 Heisman, Maxwell, and Walter Camp awards, and was a first-team All American. During his career, Howard set or tied 5 NCAA records.
3. Anthony Carter (WR): A three-time All American, Carter finished in the top 10 in Heisman voting three straight years from 1980-82, finishing as high as fourth in '82. Carter holds Michigan's all-time records in eight receiving and return categories at the time of his graduation.

MICHIGAN STATE
1. Brad Van Pelt (DB): Van Pelt was a two-time All American selection, including unanimously in 1972 on his way to the Maxwell Award -- the first time a defensive player won the award.
2. Percy Snow (LB): Snow won the 1989 Butkus Award and also picked up the Lombardi award for best lineman or linebacker.
3. Bubba Smith (DL): An All American in 1965 and 1966, Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, and has his jersey number, 95, retired for the Spartans.

MINNESOTA
1. Bronko Nagurski (T/FB): Nagurski was a consensus All-American at tackle and had several All-American selections at fullback. The Nagurski trophy is awarded annually to the best defensive player in college football.
2. Bruce Smith (HB): The 1941 Heisman Trophy winner was a huge part of the Gophers national championship teams in 1940 and 1941. A 1972 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame, Smith became the first Golden Gopher player to have his number, 54, retired.
3. Carl Eller (T): A two-time All-American in 1962 and 1963, Eller was the runner-up for the Outland Trophy in '63 and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.