Three Illinois senior defenders garnered All-Big Ten honors, the conference announced Wednesday. DE Owen Carney was a consensus Second Team All-Big Ten, while LB Jake Hansen was named Second Team All-Big Ten by the media and Third Team by coaches. DT Rod Perry was an All-Big Ten honorable mention selection.

Carney, Jr. recorded 25 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, one forced fumble and 2 QB hits this season, was third in the Big Ten in sacks (5.0) and ranks 10th in TFLs (7.0), and is one of three Big Ten defenders with 3.0 sacks in a game.

This is Hansen's second career All-Big Ten honor (2019 honorable mentions by coaches and media). He has the #6 tackling grade in the nation according to PFF (min. 350 snaps) and only three missed tackles all season according to PFF. Hansen is tied for the B1G lead in forced fumbles, 2nd in fumble recoveries, sixth in tackles, seventh in interceptions, ninth in TFLs

and had four straight games with a forced fumble, fumble recovery or interception.

Perry, a 2020 Preseason FCS All-American before transferring, picked up his first career All-Big Ten honor with 17 tackles, 2.5 TFL including 2.0 sack for 20 yards and one pass breakup this season.

On Tuesday, five Illini offensive players were named All-Big Ten honorees. OL Kendrick Green was a consensus First Team All-Big Ten selection, while RB Chase Brown earned Third Team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention by the league's coaches. RB Mike Epstein, C Doug Kramer, and LT Vederian Lowe were named All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media.

Green is Illinois' first offensive player to earn First Team All-Big Ten since WR A.J. Jenkins in 2011and the Illini's first offensive lineman to earn First Team All-Big Ten since Martin O'Donnell in 2007. Green is the second-highest rated guard in the Big Ten by PFF and No. 16 offensive lineman in the nation (min. 450 snaps). He has made 32 straight starts and is on the Outland Trophy watch list.

Brown has 91 carries for 510 yards and two touchdowns and five receptions for 30 yards this season, ranking fourth in the Big Ten in rushing yards (510).

Epstein has 360 rushing yards on 61 carries and four touchdowns this season and ranks fifth in the Big Ten in yards per carry (5.9). After a serires of injuries significantly impacted his first three years on campus, he made the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year watch list.

Kramer was voted a team captain for a second straight year.