The 2010 All-Big 12 football honors were announced today, with Husker cornerback Prince Amukamara garnering Defensive Player of the Year, quarterback Taylor Martinez getting Offensive Freshman of the Year, and linebacker Lavonte David getting Newcomer of the Year.
It's the second year in a row that a Blackshirt has won Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as last year's award went to Ndamukong Suh.
Ricky Henry was the only First Team selection for the Husker offense, while Pierre Allen, Jared Crick, Lavonte David, Eric Hagg were selections from the defense.
Second team Nebraska players include running back Roy Helu Jr, wide receiver and returner Niles Paul, kicker/punter Alex Henery, defensive end Cameron Meredith and cornerback Alfonzo Dennard.
A couple of surprises - first of all, it's nice to see Cameron Meredith get selected on second team as a sophomore, second - it's shocking that Alex Henery isn't first team, but Dan Bailey from Oklahoma State is first team and he is one of the Lou Groza Award finalists. I suspect that if someone took the time to look at stats for both players there might be an explanation (or not).
| Honor | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2010 All-Big 12 Football First Team – 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 |
| 2010 All-Big 12 Football Second Team – 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. |