B1G endorsements: Defensive POY

The Big Ten announced its 2011 all-conference teams and most individual awards Monday night, but four more awards will be revealed Wednesday afternoon. Before the winners are revealed, we're putting in our endorsements for Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Freshman of the Year. We'll agree on some and differ on others. Here's our second endorsement, for the league's top defensive player in 2011: Brian Bennett endorses Penn State DT Devon Still There are three really strong candidates for defensive player of the year in Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus, Nebraska linebacker Lavonte David and Penn State's Still.

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