Three Penn State football players have been selected to the All-Big Ten Conference first team in voting by the conference coaches and media.
Junior Allen Robinson was selected the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year for the second consecutive season. The All-America candidate also was named first-team All-Big Ten for the second straight year by the coaches and media.
Senior guard John Urschel was selected first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches for the second consecutive season and by the media for the first time. The 2012 CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American also was selected Penn State's Big Ten Sportsmanship recipient.
Senior defensive tackle DaQuan Jones earned first-team All-Big Ten accolades by the coaches and second-team honors by the media. Jones and Urschel were among Penn State's co-captains elected last week.
Nine Nittany Lions, seven of whom return in 2014, earned honorable mention.
They are junior cornerback Adrian Amos, senior linebacker Glenn Carson, junior placekicker Sam Ficken, freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg, senior center Ty Howle, sophomore tight end Jesse James, sophomore cornerback Jordan Lucas, junior defensive end C.J. Olaniyan and sophomore tackle Donovan Smith.