With the 2015 season in the books and national signing day less than a week away, it's never too early to start looking ahead to the 2016 campaign.
Next season, the Big Ten will look a lot different than it did a year prior, with several of the conference's stars now pursuing their dreams in the NFL.
With so many established players headed to the professional ranks, the Big Ten should see an emergence of new players sitting atop its stat totals by season's end. Some familiar names will remain, but for the most part, 2016 will be about the Big Ten's newest crop of stat-sheet stuffers.
Who will replace Carl Nassib as the Big Ten's sack leader or Ezekiel Elliott as its leading rusher? That remains to be seen. But here's an early guess at which players will lead the league in several key categories in the coming year.