CollegeFootballNews.com Preview 2017: All-Big 12 Team & Top 30 Players
Who are the best and brightest stars of the Big 12 going into the 2017 season? Welcome to the CFN All-Big 12 Team & Top 30 Players.
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2017 All-Big 12 Team & Top 30 Players
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2017 CFN Preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year
QB Baker Mayfield, Sr. Oklahoma
Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph might be the better pro prospect, and his battery mate James Washington might be the nation’s top receiver. But it’s still Baker Mayfield’s conference as he tries to make it three Big 12 titles in a row.
The perfect fit for the Sooner offense, Mayfield has thrown for close to 7,700 yards with 76 touchdowns and 13 rushing scores with a mere 15 interceptions, and if he stays in one piece, his career stats are going to the astronomical.
But all that matters is whether or not he takes down another conference championship, and a second trip to the CFP in three years. He might just be in the mix for the Heisman along the way, too.
2017 CFN Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
LB Travin Howard, Sr. TCU
If all goes according to plan under Tom Herman, Texas LB Malik Jefferson could be the league’s top defensive player, and Kansas pass rushing terror Dorance Armstrong should be a star, but he plays for Kansas. But Travin Howard, along with Ty Summers, should make the biggest impact in what should be a resurgent year for the TCU D.
The 6-1, 210-pound Howard might not be built like a big-time pass rusher, but that’s what he could be at times. More than that, he’s a top tackler coming up with 130 stops last year highlighted by a 19-tackle day against Texas Tech. Expect more of the same.
2017 CFN All-Big 12 Offense
QB – Baker Mayfield, Sr. Oklahoma
RB – Justin Crawford, Sr. West Virginia
RB – Terence Williams, Jr. Baylor
WR – Allen Lazard, Sr. Iowa State
WR – James Washington, Sr. Oklahoma St
TE – Mark Andrews, Jr. Oklahoma
OL – Orlando Brown, Jr. Oklahoma
OL – Zach Crabtree, Sr. Oklahoma St
OL – Dalton Risner, Jr. Kansas State
OL – Austin Schlottman, Sr. TCU
OL – Connor Williams, Jr. Texas
2017 CFN All-Big 12 Defense
DE – Dorance Armstrong, Jr. Kansas
DT – Poona Ford, Sr. Texas
DT – Will Geary, Sr. Kansas State
DE – K.J. Smith, Sr. Baylor
LB – Travin Howard, Sr. TCU
LB – Malik Jefferson, Jr. Texas
LB – Chad Whitener, Sr. Oklahoma St
CB – D.J. Reed, Jr. Kansas State
S – Tre Flowers, Sr. Oklahoma State
S – Steven Parker, Sr. Oklahoma
CB – Jordan Thomas, Sr. Oklahoma
2017 CFN All-Big 12 Special Teams
PK – Clayton Hatfield, Jr. Texas Tech
P – Michael Dickson, Jr. Texas
KR – Byron Pringle, Jr. Kansas State
PR – Tony Nicholson, Soph. Baylor
2017 CFN All-Big 12 Top 30 Players
1. QB Baker Mayfield, Sr. Oklahoma
2. QB Mason Rudolph, Sr. Oklahoma St
3. WR James Washington, Sr. Oklahoma St
4. OT Connor Williams, Jr. Texas
5. LB Travin Howard, Sr. TCU
6. LB Malik Jefferson, Jr. Texas
7. DE Dorance Armstrong, Jr. Kansas
8. WR Allen Lazard, Sr. Iowa State
9. DE K.J. Smith, Sr. Baylor
10. CB Jordan Thomas, Sr. Oklahoma
11. CB D.J. Reed, Jr. Kansas State
12. RB Justin Crawford, Sr. West Virginia
13. LB Chad Whitener, Sr. Oklahoma State
14. DT Will Geary, Sr. Kansas State
15. TE Mark Andrews, Jr. Oklahoma
16. LB Ty Summers, Jr. TCU
17. RB Terence Williams, Jr. Baylor
18. DE Breckyn Hager, Jr. Texas
19. LB Al-Rasheed Benton, Sr. West Virginia
20. DE/LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Sr. Oklahoma
21. OT Orlando Brown, Jr. Oklahoma
22. QB Will Grier, Jr. West Virginia
23. LB Jordyn Brooks, Soph. Texas Tech
24. QB Shane Buechele, Soph. Texas
25. S Steven Parker, Sr. Oklahoma
26. QB Jesse Ertz, Sr. Kansas State
27. QB Kenny Hill, Sr. TCU
28. OT Dalton Risner, Jr. Kansas State
29. LB Emmanuel Beal, Sr. Oklahoma
30. S Trey Flowers, Sr. Oklahoma State
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