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Five Spartans Earn Big Ten Defensive Honors

By Will Burchfield
Twitter @Burchie_kid

Despite a disappointing regular season, Michigan State had five players honored by the Big Ten on Tuesday when the conference handed out its defense/special teams awards.

A brief list of honorees is below.

All-Big Ten Defense (As voted on by the coaches)
Second team: DL Malik McDowell
Third team: LB Riley Bullough
Honorable mention: CB Darian Hicks, S Montae Nicholson

All-Big Ten Defense (As voted on by the media)
Second team: DL Malik McDowell
Third team: LB Riley Bullough
Honorable mention: CB Darian Hicks, S Montae Nicholson, LB Chris Frey

The offensive honors will be announced on Wednesday.

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