Each year I participate in the voting for the Associated Press All-Big 12 team. This is the ballot I submitted today.
The team is picked by about 25 members of the media who cover the conference. It will be announced over the course of the next few days. There are always some deserving players who get left off these teams, but I can tell you we really try our best to do a solid job picking these teams.
I spent all season watching Big 12 games and then I spent part of last week beginning to work on my ballot and about three hours of my Sunday afternoon finalizing, while trading emails with other writers around the conference getting input from them about guys they cover who might be deserving.
Four Buffs made my team. That’s not a bad number for a 3-9 season. I forwarded their names to all the other writers as players I thought were deserving of consideration.
OFFENSE
Position Name, School
First-team Center Reggie Stephens, Iowa State
Second-team Center Andrew Lewis, Oklahoma State
First-team Guard-Tackle Russell Okung, Oklahoma State
First-team Guard-Tackle Brandon Carter, Texas Tech
First-team Guard-Tackle Trent Williams, Oklahoma
First-team Guard-Tackle Charlie Tanner, Texas
Second-team Guard-Tackle Nick Stringer, Kansas State
Second-team Guard-Tackle Adam Ulatoski, Texas
Second-team Guard-Tackle Kurtis Gregory, Missouri
Second-team Guard-Tackle Michael Shumard, Texas A&M
First-team Tight end Riar Geer, Colorado
Second-team Tight end Jamie McCoy, Texas A&M
First-team Receiver Danario Alexander, Missouri
First-team Receiver Jordan Shipley, Texas
First-team Receiver Kerry Meier, Kansas
Second-team Receiver Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
Second-team Receiver Scotty McKnight, Colorado
Second-team Receiver Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
First-team Running back Daniel Thomas, Kansas State
Second-team Running back Keith Toston, Oklahoma State
First-team Quarterback Colt McCoy, Texas
Second-team Quarterback Jerrod Johnson, Texas A&M
First-team All-purpose Brandon Banks, Kansas State
Second-team All-purpose Alexander Robinson, Iowa State
First-team Kicker Grant Ressel, Missouri
Second-team Kicker Hunter Lawrence, Texas
HONOREES Name, School
Offensive player of the year Colt McCoy, Texas
Offensive newcomer of the year Daniel Thomas, Kansas State
DEFENSE
Position Name, School
First-team Lineman Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
First-team Lineman Aldon Smith, Missouri
First-team Lineman Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma
First-team Lineman Brandon Sharpe, Texas Tech
Second-team Lineman Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma
Second-team Lineman Jared Crick, Nebraska
Second-team Lineman Lamarr Houston, Texas
Second-team Lineman Sergio Kindle, Texas
First-team Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri
First-team Linebacker Von Miller, Texas A&M
First-team Linebacker Joe Pawelek, Baylor
First-team Linebacker Jesse Smith, Iowa State
Second-team Linebacker Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
Second-team Linebacker Donald Booker, Oklahoma State
Second-team Linebacker Rodderick Muckelroy, Texas
Second-team Linebacker Jeff Smart, Colorado
First-team Def. Back Darrell Stuckey, Kansas
First-team Def. Back Earl Thomas, Texas
First-team Def. Back Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State
First-team Def. Back Jordan Pugh, Texas A&M
Second-team Def. Back Matt O’Hanlon, Nebraska
Second-team Def. Back Tysyn Hartman, Kansas State
Second-team Def. Back Jordan Lake, Baylor
Second-team Def. Back Jimmy Smith, Colorado
First-team Punter Alex Henery, Nebraska
Second-team Punter Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
HONOREES Name, School
Coach of the year Mack Brown, Texas
Defensive player of the year Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
Defensive newcomer of the year Aldon Smith, Missouri
How could you leave Goodman off your ballot?
how could you have left off marcus burton?
Geer, McKnight, Smith I like, it will be hard to get Smart on there, he was not that dynamic or game breaking. 3 wins, 3 players, it all adds up… You need to coach the kids better so that we can have more Big 12 performers, and thus more big 12 wins… We really need Jimmy Smith to come back to the team, and not go pro!!!
How do you not include Chappelle Brown? He had 85 tackles (22 more than Smith and before the Nebraska game) and 3 and a half sacks. No interceptions but he had a much better season than Smith in my opinion.