2009 WoodyBoFry Big Ten Player of the Year

Last year was the year of running backs....this year, 2009, the year of Defense. There wasn't really a player in the Big Ten that stood out on the offensive side. Terrelle Pyror had his moments, Daryl Clark & Evan Royster had good games vs teams not named Iowa or Ohio State, Ricky Stanzi showed why he might be the most valuable, and others like John Clay and Mike Kafka had good years too. Nothing Great though.

On the other side, you had O'Brien Schofield at UW terrorizing backfields, Greg Jones a a tackling machine at East Lansing. The Dynamic Duo at Penn State of Sean Lee and Navorro Bowman, the entire Ohio State defensive line, and then the Iowa Trio of Angerer, Sash & Clayborn.

With the Big Ten Season complete, the 2009 WoodyBoFry winner goes to....


IOWA's Pat Angerer. The Iowa LB led the Big Ten in tackles at 102, averaged nearly 13 tackles a game and had a sack. The senior has been the heart and soul of the Hawks, who are 10-2 and possibly BCS bound.

Angerer becomes the 4th Hawkeye to win the Award (QB-Brad Banks-2002;QB-Drew Tate-2004; RB-Shonn Greene-2008.) and the first defensive player to win the award.

PAST WINNERS
2009-Pat Angerer-LB-Iowa
2008-Shonn Greene-RB-Iowa
2007-James Hardy-WR-Indiana
2006-Anthony Gonzalez-WR-Ohio State
2005-Tyrell Sutton-RB-Northwestern
2004-Braylon Edwards-WR-Michigan/Drew Tate-QB-Iowa
2003-Chris Perry-RB-Michigan
2002-Brad Banks-QB-Iowa
2001-Antwan Randel El-QB-Indiana