Baylor leads preseason All-Big 12 media team with 7 picks – Sports Update – Chron.com (blog)
Defending Big 12 co-champion Baylor led all conference teams with seven selections on the media’s preseason All-Big 12 team released Wednesday by the conference.
The other defending Big 12 co-champion TCU and Oklahoma each had five players selected, with Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia all with three selections. Texas cornerback Duke Thomas was the lone Longhorn picked, with none from either Kansas or Iowa State.
Baylor senior defensive end Shawn Oakman was named as the conference’s defensive player of the year and TCU senior quarterback Trevone Boykin was picked as the conference’s offensive player of the year. Oklahoma State running back Chris Carson was chosen as the newcomer of the year.
Oklahoma State middle linebacker Ryan Simmons, a Steele-ex, headed the defensive selections.
The picks might be the best indication of all of the changing perception of teams in the conference. The Bears led the conference in preseason picks for the second consecutive season.
In previous seasons, it would have been hard to believe that Baylor would lead the conference in All-Big 12 selections before Art Briles arrived.
And Texas having only one player picked shows how dramatic the Longhorns’ recent slide is seen by media members who regularly cover the conference.
Here’s a list of the players who were selected.
2015 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team
Offensive Player of the Year: TCU QB Trevone Boykin
Defensive Player of the Year: Baylor DE Shawn Oakman
Newcomer of the Year: Oklahoma State RB Chris Carson
Offense
Pos Name School Ht Wt Cl/Exp Hometown
QB Trevone Boykin (1) TCU 6-2 205 Sr./3L Dallas
RB Shock Linwood (1^) Baylor 5-9 195 Jr./2L Linden
RB Samaje Perine (1) Oklahoma 5-11 237 So./1L Pflugerville
FB Glenn Gronkowski (1) KSU 6-3 234 Jr./2L Amherst, N.Y.
WR Corey Coleman (2)Baylor 5-11 190 Jr./2L Richardson
WR Sterling Shepard (1) Oklahoma 5-10 191 Sr./3L Oklahoma City, Okla.
WR Josh Doctson (2) TCU 6-3 195 Sr./2L Mansfield
TE Tre’Von Armstead Baylor 6-6 270 Jr./2L Port Arthur
OL Spencer Drango (1^) Baylor 6-6 310 Sr./3L Cedar Park
OL Cody Whitehair (2^) KSU 6-4 305 Sr./3L Abilene, Kan.
OL Joey Hunt (2) TCU 6-3 295 Sr./3L El Campo
OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai (2) TCU 6-6 308 Sr./3L Haltom
OL Le’Raven Clark (1^) Texas Tech 6-6 307 Sr./3L Rockdale
PK Josh Lambert (2) West Virginia 5-11 215 Jr./2L Garland
KR/PR Alex Ross Oklahoma 6-1 220 Jr./2L Jenks, Okla.
Defense
DL Andrew Billings (1) Baylor 6-2 300 Jr./2L Waco
DL Shawn Oakman (1) Baylor 6-9 280 Sr./2L Philadelphia, Pa.
DL Emmanuel Ogbah (1) Oklahoma State 6-4 275 Jr./2L Houston
DL Davion Pierson TCU 6-2 305 Sr./3L Oklahoma City, Okla.
DL Pete Robertson (2) Texas Tech 6-3 243 Sr.3L Longview
LB Eric Striker (1^) Oklahoma 6-0 223 Sr./3L Seffner, Fla.
LB Ryan Simmons Oklahoma State 6-0 240 Sr./3L Cibolo (Steele)
LB Nick Kwiatkoski West Virginia 6-2 235 Sr./3L Bethel Park, Pa.
DB Orion Stewart Baylor 6-2 200 Jr./2L Waco
DB Dante Barnett (2) KSU 6-1 193 Sr./3L Tulsa, Okla.
DB Zack Sanchez (1^) Oklahoma 5-11 175 Jr./2L Fort Worth
DB Kevin Peterson Oklahoma State 5-11 190 Sr./3L Wagoner, Okla.
DB Duke Thomas Texas 5-10 178 Sr./3L Killeen
DB Karl Joseph (1^) West Virginia 5-11 197 Sr./3L Orlando, Fla.
P Taylor Symmank Texas Tech 6-3 194 Sr./2L McKinney
Note: A tie in voting at DB created an additional spot.
(^) 2014 Preseason Team
(1) 2014 All-Big 12 First Team selection
(2) 2014 All-Big 12 Second Team selection
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