With Little Room to Gripe, Cowboys Kicker Gets Messed Over by Big 12 Coaches

STILLWATER – With the way Oklahoma State finished the season having lost four of their last five games there is no room to gripe about post season honors in the Big 12 Conference. The official All-Big 12 football team and the postseason honors are voted on by the 10 head coaches in the Big 12 and the only rule is that you cannot vote for your own players. I don’t have any major complaints about the honors.

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Daniels in on tackle vs. West Virginia before he was injured.

I was glad to see that safety Kendal Daniels was voted the Big 12 Freshman of the Year on defense with his 69 tackles and three interceptions. He also had 5.5 tackles-for-loss and four quarterback hurries with a fumble forced. 

The only Oklahoma State first-team All Big 12 player was safety Jason Taylor II who led the Big 12 with six interceptions and had 87 tackles. He also defended seven passes and had a fumble recovery. The best ball hawker in the Big 12 by far. 

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Taylor’s sixth interception this season came vs. WVU in the rain.

The player that got screwed was kicker Tanner Brown. Brown just missed being a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the top kicker in college football and Brown, a transfer a year ago from UNLV finished the regular season with 21-of-22 field goals made including a 52-yard kick in overtime in the double overtime loss to TCU. He was 1-1 from over 50 and 5-of-6 from beyond 40. Brown was awesome. He was perfect 40-for-40 on extra points.

Griffin Kell of TCU got it and likely due to his game winner in the final seconds against Baylor, but remember the Frogs were down in part due to Kell missing a PAT earlier in the game and TCU had to go for two after their final touchdown. Yes, a missed extra point.

The Cowboys were shut out on offense, both first and second-teams. Some may think Sepncer Sanders deserved second-team behind Max Duggan of TCU and I would agree with that, but it is not something you can really gripe about. Sanders is very good and was instrumental to his team, but his injury plauged last half of the season was cause to elevate another quarterback and the coaches did. Sanders got votes as evidenced by his honorable mention. 

I was glad to see defensive ends Broack Martin, Collin Oliver, linebacker Mason Cobb in his first year as a starter, and Daniels was a second-team safety.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Max Duggan, TCU, QB, Sr.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State, DE, Jr.

OFFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma, QB, Jr.

DEFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Johnny Hodges, TCU, LB, Jr.

OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Richard Reese, Baylor, RB

DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kendal Daniels, Oklahoma State, S

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Derius Davis, TCU, PR/KR, Sr.

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN OF THE YEAR: Cooper Beebe, Kansas State, Jr.

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State, Jr.

CHUCK NEINAS COACH OF THE YEAR: Sonny Dykes, TCU (First year) #

2022 All-Big 12 Football First Team

OFFENSE

Pos.    Player                                   School                Class          Hometown/Previous School

QB    Max Duggan#                       TCU                      Sr.           Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central

RB     Kendre Miller                       TCU                       Jr.     Mount Enterprise, Texas/Mount Enterprise

RB     Bijan Robinson1#               Texas                     Jr.           Tucson, Ariz./ Salpointe

FB      Ben Sinnott                         Kansas State        So.          Waterloo, Iowa/ Columbus Catholic

WR     Xavier Hutchinson1!          Iowa State            Sr.      Jacksonville, Fla./Bartram Trail/Blinn JC

WR    Marvin Mims Jr.@               Oklahoma             Jr.           Frisco, Texas/Lone Star

WR    Quentin Johnston1#          TCU                        Jr.           Temple, Texas/Temple

TE      Ja'Tavion Sanders               Texas                    So.          Denton, Texas/Denton Ryan

OL    Cooper Beebe1                    Kansas State        Jr.           Kansas City, Kan./Piper

OL    Anton Harrison                    Oklahoma            Jr.           Washington D.C./Archbishop Carroll

OL    Alan Ali                                  TCU                       Sr.           Fort Worth, Texas/Timber Creek

OL    Steve Avila2                          TCU                       Sr.           Arlington, Texas/South Grand Prairie

OL    Zach Frazier2                       West Virginia       So.           Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont Senior

PK    Griffin Kell                            TCU                        Sr.           Arlington, Texas/Arlington

RET  Derius Davis2                      TCU                         Sr.          Saint Francisville, La./West Feliciana

DEFENSE

Pos.  Player                                   School                 Class           Hometown/Previous School

DL    Siaki Ika2                              Baylor                     Jr.            Salt Lake City, Utah/East/LSU

DL    Will McDonald IV1!              Iowa State              Sr.           Milwaukee, Wis./Waukesha North

DL    Felix Anudike-Uzomah1#   Kansas State          Jr.            Kansas City, Mo./Lee's Summit

DL    Tyree Wilson                         Texas Tech            Sr.            Henderson, Texas/West Rusk

DL    Dante Stills1                         West Virginia        5^th            Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont Senior

LB    Dee Winters                          TCU                         Sr.           Brenham, Texas/Burton

LB    Jaylan Ford                            Texas                       Jr.            Frisco, Texas/Lone Star

LB   DeMarvion Overshown       Texas                       Sr.           Arp, Texas/Arp

DB  Cobee Bryant                        Kansas                     So.          Evergreen, Ala./Hillcrest

DB   Julius Brents                         Kansas State           Sr.          Indianapolis, Ind./Warner Central/Iowa

DB   Jason Taylor II                      Oklahoma State      Sr.         Oklahoma City, Okla./Carl Albert

DB   Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson1!  TCU                    Sr.          Waco, Texas/Midway

DB   Josh Newton                         TCU                           Jr.          Monroe, La./Ouachita Parish

P     Michael Turk1                       Oklahoma               6^th        Dallas, Texas/Ridge Point/Arizona State

2022 All-Big 12 Football Second Team

OFFENSE

Pos.   Player                                  School                   Class            Hometown/Previous School

QB   Jalon Daniels                        Kansas                      Jr.             Lawndale, Calif./ Lawndale

RB   Deuce Vaughn2@                Kansas State            Jr.             Round Rock, Texas/Cedar Ridge

RB   Eric Gray                               Oklahoma                 Sr.    Memphis, Tenn./Lausanne/Tennessee

FB    Dilon Doyle                          Baylor                        5^th           Iowa City, Iowa/West/Iowa

FB    Jared Rus1                            Iowa State                Sr.           Eldridge, Iowa/ North Scott

WR  Malik Knowles                      Kansas State            Sr.           Mansfield, Texas/ Lake Ridge

WR  Xavier Worthy1                    Texas                         So.          Fresno, Calif./Central East

WR  Bryce Ford-Wheaton           West Virginia             Jr.          Fuquay-Varina, N.C./Holly Springs

TE   Mason Fairchild                    Kansas                        Sr.          Andale, Kan./ Andale

TE   Brayden Willis                       Oklahoma                  5^th         Arlington, Texas/James Martin

OL  Jacob Gall                               Baylor                         6^th         Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller/ Buffalo

OL  Connor Galvin1                     Baylor                         5^th        Katy, Texas/Katy

OL  Trevor Downing1                  Iowa State                  Sr.        Creston, Iowa/Creston

OL  Mike Novitsky                        Kansas                        Jr.         Victor, N.Y./ Victor

OL  Kelvin Banks Jr.                      Texas                          Fr.        Humble, Texas/ Summer Creek

PK  Tanner Brown                      Oklahoma State    Sr.    Saugus, Calif./Saugus/ College of the Canyons/UNLV

RET Phillip Brook                          Kansas State             Sr.    Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West

DEFENSE

Pos.  Player                                   School                      Class          Hometown/Previous School

DL    Lonnie Phelps                      Kansas                        Jr.        Cincinnati, Oh/ Mt Healthy/ Miami(OH)

DL   Ethan Downs                        Oklahoma                  So.       Weatherford, Okla./Weatherford

DL   Brock Martin1                    Oklahoma State      Sr.         Oologah, Okla./Oologah

DL   Collin Oliver2                      Oklahoma State     So. Oklahoma City, Okla./Edmond Santa Fe

DL   Keondre Coburn                   Texas                          Sr.        Houston, Texas/ Westfield

LB   Dillon Doyle                           Baylor                         5^th        Iowa City, Iowa/West/Iowa

LB   Mason Cobb                        Oklahoma State       Jr.      Provo, Utah/Provo

LB   Johnny Hodges                     TCU                               Jr.     Darnestown, Md./Orchard HS/Navy

DB   Anthony Johnson Jr.            Iowa State                   Sr.    St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg

DB   T.J. Tampa                             Iowa State                   Jr.     St. Petersburg, Fla./Lakewood

DB   Kobe Savage                        Kansas State                Jr.     Paris, Texas/Paris/Tyler JC

DB   Kendal Daniels                 Oklahoma State        Fr.    Beggs, Okla./Beggs

DB   Malik Dunlap                       Texas Tech                  Sr.     Charlotte, N.C./Harding University

P      Ty Zentner                           Kansas State               Sr.   Topeka, Kan./Shawnee Heights/Butler CC

1 - First Team selection in 2021.
2 - Second Team selection in 2021.
! - First Team selection in 2020
@ - Second Team selection in 2020
# - Unanimous selection

Players listed at each position alphabetically by school.

Oklahoma State 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Oklahoma State: Tanner Brown (STPoY), Tyler Lacy (DL), Jabbar Muhammad (DB), Jaden Nixon (KR/PR, OFoY), Brennan Presley (WR), Spencer Sanders (QB), Jake Schultz (FB), Jake Springfield (OL), Jason Taylor II (DPoY), Hunter Woodard (OL)