Nebraska Football: Nine Huskers Make Phil Steele's 2013 Preseason All-Big Ten Teams

June might also be known as "Phil Steele month" for the hard core college football fan as we await his preseason magazine release every year. The magazine is so chock full of information that it is considered the most comprehensive preseason college football magazine on the market.

Today Steele released his 2013 Preseason All-Big Ten Teams.

Steele is darned good at marketing, knowing that if he lists four teams worth of players he can not only represent everyone in the league (including Illinois), but claim that he named an "out of nowhere" player to his pre-season All Conference list even if they were on the fourth team. That's the cynical point of view. The positive point of view says that he names four teams because he's letting us know what he thinks about player potential.

Nebraska places nine players on the four-team selections (Ameer Abdullah is listed twice), six on offense, three on defense. On offense, Ohio State's Braxton Miller takes the top spot over our beloved Taylor Martinez. Ameer Abdullah gets recognition as the best back in the conference as does Kenny Bell as one of three wide receiver selections.

Guard Spencer Long (we'll mention he was a walk-on because it's June and you're not thinking clearly) earns a first team selection while tackle Jeremiah Sirles earns second team.

Quincy Enunwa earns a spot as a fourth team selection, which could be taken to mean Steele sees the potential in both Nebraska's passing game and for Enunwa to be a big part of it. (NO JAMAL TURNER, WHAT?)

On defense, Ciante Evans gets a nod as a second-team cornerback and then you see acknowledgement that Nebraska's defense is a hollow shell of what it should be as Jason Anrkah is regulated to third team while Andrew Green gets selected as a fourth-team cornerback.

On special teams, Ameer Abdullah earns a spot as a returner. Brett Maher moved on in the kicking and punting departments, and only time will tell how well the Huskers will do here in the coming season.

Here are the 2013 Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Teams in their entirety. You can buy Steele's must have preview magazine June 18th at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, CVS, Publix, Target, Walgreens, and Walmart exclusively.