The impending start of fall camp can only mean one thing: position battles.
There are certainly many returning stars in the Big Ten who, barring major injury, will be full-time starters. There are also several hotly contested position battles that we'll outline for you here.
Players like Braxton Miller or Connor Cook are clearly central to their respective teams' chances of success, both in the past and in 2014, but some of the great championship teams often rely on unexpected contributions from underclassmen or previously unknown players who were buried on the previous season's depth charts.
With several roster spots opening up for these potential stars, we'll take a look at the looming position battles we'll see around the Big Ten during fall camps in the run up to the 2014 college football season.