Football’s All Big 12 team announced for 2010

Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was named the Big XII Coach of the Year while Justin Blackmon is the first Oklahoma State player to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

The selections are made by the league’s 12 head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

All-Big 12 Honors Notebook:
– Justin Blackmon is the first Oklahoma State player to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. He is the sixth Cowboy athlete to win one of the major individual Big 12 awards.

– Prince Amukamara of Nebraska is the third Cornhusker to receive Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors (Ndamukong Suh, 2009; Grant Winstrom, 1997, ‘96).

– Mike Gundy was tabbed as Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. He is the second head coach from OSU (Bob Simmons, 1997) to earn the honor.

– Taylor Martinez is the first Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year from Nebraska. Tony Jefferson is the fourth player from Oklahoma to win the top defensive freshman accolade, while Shaun Lewis is the second from Oklahoma State to capture the award.

– Dan Bailey is the second Oklahoma State player in the last three years (Dez Bryant, 2008) to earn Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year.

– Nate Solder and Jeremy Beal were the first from their schools to capture the respective top lineman awards.

– Oklahoma has won the most major awards in the 14-year history of the Big 12 with 25. Texas is next with 22 winners, followed by Kansas State (16); Nebraska (14), Oklahoma State (10), Colorado (7), Iowa State (7), Texas Tech (7), Kansas (6), Missouri (6), Texas A&M (5) and Baylor (2).

– Entering this year, Oklahoma State had six major awards in the history of the league. In 2010, the Cowboys won four honors.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Coach of the Year	Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State (6th year)
Offensive Lineman of the Year	Nate Solder, Colorado, OT, Sr., Buena Vista, Colo.
Defensive Lineman of the Year	Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma, DE, Sr., Carrollton, Texas
Offensive Freshman of the Year	Taylor Martinez, Nebraska, QB, Fr., Corona, Calif.
Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year	Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma, DB, Fr., Chula Vista, Calif. Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State, LB, Fr., Missouri City, Texas
Special Teams Player of the Year	Dan Bailey, Oklahoma State, P/K, Sr., Mustang, Okla.
Newcomer of the Year	Lavonte David, Nebraska, LB, Jr, Miami, Fla.
Defensive Player of the Year	Prince Amukamara, Nebraska, CB, Sr., Glendale, Ariz.
Offensive Player of the Year	Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State, WR, So., Ardmore, Okla.

2010 All-Big 12 Football First Team

OFFENSE
Pos.	Player	School	Class	Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB	Brandon Weeden	Oklahoma State	Jr.	Edmond, Okla./Santa Fe
RB	Kendall Hunter**	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Tyler, Texas/John Tyler
RB	DeMarco Murray	Oklahoma	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman
FB	Bryant Ward #	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater
WR	Ryan Broyles**	Oklahoma	Jr.	Norman, Okla./Norman
WR	Justin Blackmon**	Oklahoma State	So.	Ardmore, Okla./Plainview
WR	Jeff Fuller	Texas A&M	Jr.	McKinney, Texas/Boyd
TE	Michael Egnew	Missouri	Jr.	Plainview, Texas/Plainview
OL	Nate Solder #	Colorado	Sr.	Buena Vista, Colo./Buena Vista
OL	Tim Barnes	Missouri	Sr.	Longwood, Mo./Pettis County Northwest
OL	Levy Adcock	Oklahoma State	Jr.	Claremore, Okla./NEO A&M JC
OL	Ricky Henry	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke/North Dakota State College of Science
OL	Eric Mensik	Oklahoma	Sr.	Rosenburg, Texas/Terry
PK	Dan Bailey	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Mustang, Okla./Southwest Covenant
KR/PR	William Powell	Kansas State	Sr.	Duncanville, Texas/Navarro College

DEFENSE
DL	Jeremy Beal	Oklahoma	Sr.	Carrollton, Texas/Creekview
DL	Sam Acho	Texas	Sr.	Dallas, Texas/St. Mark’s
DL	Pierre Allen	Nebraska	Sr.	Denver, Colo./Thomas Jefferson
DL	Aldon Smith	Missouri	So.	Raytown, Mo./Raytown
DL	Jared Crick #	Nebraska	Jr.	Cozad, Neb./Cozad
LB	Von Miller #	Texas A&M	Sr.	DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto
LB	Lavonte David	Nebraska	Jr.	Miami, Fla./Northwestern/Fort Scott CC
LB	Orie Lemon	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Houston, Texas/Yates
DB	Quinton Carter	Oklahoma	Sr.	Las Vegas, Nev./Cheyenne
DB	Jimmy Smith	Colorado	Sr.	Colton, Calif./Colton
DB	Eric Hagg	Nebraska	Sr.	Peoria, Ariz./Ironwood
DB	Prince Amukamara #	Nebraska	Sr.	Glendale, Ariz./Apollo
DB	Andrew McGee	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Magee, Miss./Magee/Copiah-Lincoln CC
P	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	So.	Mansfield, Texas/Summit

# – Repeat first team selection from last season.
**Unanimous Selection

2010 All-Big 12 Football Second Team

OFFENSE
Pos.	Player	School	Class	Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB	Robert Griffin III	Baylor	So.	Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove
RB	Roy Helu Jr. ^	Nebraska	Sr.	Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley
RB	Daniel Thomas	Kansas State	Sr.	Hilliard, Fla./NW Mississippi CC
FB	Trey Millard	Oklahoma	Fr.	Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge
WR	Kendall Wright	Baylor	Jr.	Pittsburg, Texas/Pittsburg
WR	Niles Paul	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./North
WR	T.J. Moe	Missouri	So.	O’Fallon, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West
TE	Collin Franklin	Iowa State	Sr.	Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley/College of the Canyons CC
OL	Zach Kendall	Kansas State	Sr.	Peculiar, Mo./Harrisonville
OL	Danny Watkins	Baylor	Sr.	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada/Butte (Calif.) College
OL	Matt Allen	Texas A&M	Sr.	Spring, Texas/LSU
OL	Lonnie Edwards	Texas Tech	Jr.	Brownsboro, Texas/Brownsboro
OL	Ben Lamaak	Iowa State	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
PK	Alex Henery ^	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke
KR/PR	Niles Paul	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./North

DEFENSE
DL	Colby Whitlock	Texas Tech	Sr.	Noble, Okla./Noble
DL	Phil Taylor	Baylor	Sr.	Clinton, Md./Gwynn Park/Penn State
DL	Ugo Chinasa	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Richardson, Texas/Berkner
DL	Jacquies Smith	Missouri	Jr.	Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff
DL	Cameron Meredith	Nebraska	So.	Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei
LB	Travis Lewis	Oklahoma	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas/Robert E. Lee
LB	Jake Knott	Iowa State	So.	Waukee, Iowa/Waukee
LB	Emmanuel Acho	Texas	Jr.	Dallas, Texas/St. Mark’s
DB	Alfonzo Dennard	Nebraska	Jr.	Rochelle, Ga./Wilcox County
DB	Aaron Williams	Texas	Jr.	Round Rock, Texas/McNeil
DB	Leonard Johnson	Iowa State	Jr.	Clearwater, Fla./Largo
DB	Coryell Judie	Texas A&M	Jr.	Marlin, Texas/Fort Scott CC
DB	Ty Zimmerman	Kansas State	Fr.	Junction City, Kan./Junction City
DB	Curtis Brown	Texas	Sr.	Gilmer, Texas/Gilmer
P	Alex Henery	Nebraska	Sr.	Omaha, Neb./Burke

^ – Repeat second team selection from last season.

2010 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Baylor:	Philip Blake, OL; Art Briles, Coach of the Yr.; Derek Epperson, P; Robert Griffin III, Off. Ply. of the Yr.; Jay Finley, RB; Antonio Johnson, LB; Aaron Jones, PK; Byron Landor, DB.
Colorado:	B.J. Beatty, LB; Jalil Brown, DB; Ryan Deehan, TE; Josh Hartigan, DL; Scotty McKnight, WR; Ryan Miller, OL; Will Pericak, DL; Paul Richardson, Off. Fr. of the Yr.
Iowa State:	Kirby Van Der Kamp, P & Def. Fr. of the Yr.; A.J. Klein, LB; Jake Knott, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Jake Lattimer, DL; Kelechi Osemele, OL; Paul Rhoads, Coach of the Yr.; David Sims, DB
Kansas:	DJ Beshears, P/KR; Jake Laptad, DL; Alonso Rojas, P.
Kansas State:	Josh Cherry, PK; Stephen Harrison, DB; Aubrey Quarles, WR; Terrance Sweeney, DB; Ty Zimmerman, Def. Fr. of the Yr.
Missouri:	Tim Barnes, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Elvis Fisher, OL; Blaine Gabbert, QB; Andrew Gachkar, LB & Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Zaviar Gooden, LB; Jarrell Harrison, DB; Dan Hoch, OL; Brad Madison, DL; Gary Pinkel, Coach of the Yr.; Grant Ressel, PK & Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Terrell Resonno, DL; Kevin Rutland, DB; Jacquies Smith, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; Austin Wuebbels, OL.
Nebraska:	Rex Burkhead, RB; Mike Caputo, OL & Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Jared Crick, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; DeJon Gomes, DB; Alex Henery, Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Ricky Henry, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Taylor Martinez, QB; Baker Steinkuhler, DL; Keith Williams, OL.
Oklahoma:	Jeremy Beal, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Ryan Broyles, Off. Ply. of the Yr.; Landry Jones, QB; Jamell Fleming, DB; Tony Jefferson, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Jonathan Nelson, DB; Kenny Stills, WR & Off. Fr. of the Yr.; Bob Stoops, Coach of the Yr.; Tress Way, P;
Oklahoma State:	Levy Adcock, Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Grant Garner, OL; Shaun Lewis, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Joseph Randle, Off. Fr. of the Yr.; Quinn Sharp, Sp. Tms. Ply. of the Yr.; Lane Taylor, OL; Johnny Thomas, DB; Brandon Weeden, Off. Ply. of the Yr.
Texas:	Sam Acho, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.; Blake Gideon, DB; Jordan Hicks, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Michael Huey, OL; Jackson Jeffcoat, Def. Fr. of the Yr.; Kheeston Randall, DL; Keenan Robinson, LB.
Texas A&M:	Eddie Brown, DL; Randy Bullock, PK; Ryan Epperson, P; Terrence Frederick, DB; Cyrus Gray, RB; Dustin Harris, DB; Michael Hodges, LB; Trent Hunter, DB; Tony Jerod-Eddie, DL; Luke Joeckel, OL & Off. Fr. of the Yr. & Off. Lmn. of the Yr.; Coryell Judie, P/KR & New. of the Yr.; Michael Lamothe, FB; Patrick Lewis, OL; Jake Matthews, OL; Kenric McNeal, P/KR; Von Miller, Def. Ply. of the Yr.; Lucas Patterson, DL; Mike Sherman, Coach of Yr; Ryan Swope, WR; Ryan Tannehill, QB; Brian Thomas, OL; Garrick Williams, LB.
Texas Tech:	Baron Batch, RB; Bront Bird, LB; Cody Davis, DB; Brian Duncan, DL; DJ Johnson, DB; Lyle Leong, WR; Detron Lewis, WR; Eric Stephens, P/KR; LaAdrian Waddle, OL; Colby Whitlock, Def. Lmn. of the Yr.