Four Wildcats, two Jayhawks make AP All-Big 12 football team
Oklahoma State running back and national rushing leader Chuba Hubbard is The Associated Press Big 12 offensive player of the year and Baylor career sacks leader James Lynch is the conference's top defensive player.
When the AP All-Big 12 team and individual awards were announced Friday, it was the first time in Oklahoma's run of five consecutive conference titles that the league's top offensive player wasn't from the Sooners.
Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts, the graduate transfer from Alabama, was the unanimous pick as first-team quarterback and also got all 20 votes as the conference's top newcomer. He was one of a league-high six first-team picks from the Sooners, who are in the College Football Playoff for the fourth time in five seasons.
Four Kansas State players earned All-Big 12 honors, including all-purpose player Joshua Youngblood and defensive end Wyatt Hubert on the first team and guard Josh Rivas and punter Devin Anctil on the second team.
Two Kansas players made the team -- running back Pooka Williams on the first team, offensive tackle Hakeem Adeniji on the second.
Baylor's Matt Rhule was chosen as the coach of the year. Rhule got 18 votes for top coach, while Kansas State first-year coach Chris Klieman and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley each got one.
Hubbard has 1,936 yards and 21 touchdowns rushing. Lynch ranks eighth nationally with his 12 1/2 sacks, which are a single-season Baylor record. Hurts is the Big 12 leader with 376.1 total yards per game and has accounted for 50 touchdowns (32 passing, 18 rushing).
Hubbard got 12 votes for top offensive player, while Hurts got seven and Oklahoma receiver CeeDee Lamb. Lynch got 18 of the 20 votes for defensive player, with Texas Tech linebacker Jordyn Brooks and Sooners linebacker Kenneth Murray splitting the remaining two.
The 2019 AP All-Big 12 team, as selected by a panel of 20 sportswriters and sportscasters who regularly cover the league (u = unanimous selection):
First Team
Offense
QB_u-Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma, 6-2, 218, Sr., Houston.
RB_u-Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma St., 6-1, 207, So., Sherwood Park, Alberta.
RB_Pooka Williams Jr., Kansas, 5-10, 170, So., New Orleans.
T_Julian Good-Jones, Iowa St., 6-5, 308, Sr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
T_Colton McKivitz, West Virginia, 6-7, 312, Sr., Jacobsburg, Ohio.
G_Marcus Keyes, Oklahoma St., 6-3, 309, Sr., Port Allen, Louisiana.
G_Sam Tecklenburg, Baylor, 6-4, 310, Sr., Plano, Texas.
C_Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma, 6-5, 316, So., Shawnee, Oklahoma.
TE_u-Charlie Kolar, Iowa St., 6-6, 252, So., Norman, Oklahoma.
WR_u-CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma, 6-2, 189, Jr., Richmond, Texas.
WR_Devin Duvernay, Texas, 5-11, 211, Sr., Sachse, Texas.
All-Purpose —Joshua Youngblood, Kansas St., 5-10, 180, Fr., Tampa, Florida.
K_Jonathan Song, TCU, 5-10, 175, Sr., Fort Worth, Texas.
Defense
DE_James Lynch, Baylor, 6-4, 295, Jr., Round Rock, Texas.
DE_Wyatt Hubert, Kansas St., 6-3, 258, So., Topeka, Kansas.
DT_Bravvion Roy, Baylor, 6-1, 333, Sr., Spring, Texas.
DT_Neville Gallimore, Oklahoma, 6-2, 302, Sr., Ottawa, Ontario.
LB_u-Jordyn Brooks, Texas Tech, 6-1, 245, Sr., Houston.
LB_Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma, 6-2, 234, Jr., Missouri City, Texas.
LB_Garret Wallow, TCU, 6-2, 212, Jr., New Orleans.
CB_Jeff Gladney, TCU, 6-0, 183, Sr., New Boston, Texas.
CB_Parnell Motley, Oklahoma, 6-0, 180, Sr., Washington, D.C.
S_Kolby Harvell-Peel-Oklahoma St., 6-0, 210, So., College Station, Texas.
S— Trevon Moehrig, TCU, 6-2, 208, So., Spring Branch, Texas.
P_Austin McNamara, Texas Tech, 6-4, 175, Fr., Gilbert, Arizona.
Second Team
Offense
QB_Brock Purdy, Iowa St., 6-1, 210, So., Gilbert, Arizona.
RB_Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma, 5-11, 216, So., Mansfield, Texas.
RB_Breece Hall, Iowa St., 6-1, 205, Fr., Wichita, Kansas.
T_Hakeem Adeniji, Kansas, 6-5, 300, Sr., Garland, Texas.
T_Samuel Cosmi, Texas, 6-7, 300, So., Humble, Texas.
G_Josh Rivas, Kansas St., 6-6, 323, So., Hutchinson, Kansas.
G_Parker Braun, Texas, 6-3, 300, Sr., Hallsville, Texas.
C_Zach Shackelford, Texas, 6-4, 305, Sr., Belton, Texas.
TE_Pro Wells, TCU, 6-4, 257, So., St. Petersburg, Florida.
WR_Denzel Mims, Baylor, 6-3, 315, Sr., Daingerfield, Texas.
WR_Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma St., 6-0, 185, Jr., Fort Worth, Texas.
All-Purpose_Jalen Reagor, TCU, 5-11, 195, Jr., Waxahachie, Texas.
K_Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma, 6-2, 196, Fr., Chardon, Ohio.
Defense
DE_Malcom Roach, Texas, 6-3, 290, Sr., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
DE_Ronnie Perkins, Oklahoma, 6-3, 251, So., St. Louis, Missouri.
DT_Ross Blacklock, TCU, 6-4, 305, Jr., Missouri City, Texas.
DT_Darius Stills, West Virginia, 6-1, 292, Jr., Fairmont, West Virginia.
LB_Terrel Bernard, Baylor, 6-1, 222, So., La Porte, Texas.
*LB_Marcel Spears Jr., Iowa St., 6-1, 218, Sr., Olathe, Kansas.
*LB_Clay Johnston, Baylor, 6-1, 232, Sr., Abilene, Texas.
CB_A.J. Green, Oklahoma St., 6-1, 190, Sr., DeSoto, Texas.
CB_Keith Washington II, West Virginia, 6-1, 180, Sr., Prattville, Alabama.
S_Grayland Arnold, Baylor, 5-10, 190, Jr., Kountze, Texas.
S_Douglas Coleman III, Texas Tech, 6-1, 200, Sr., Zachary, Louisiana.
P_Devin Anctil, Kansas St., 6-1, 234, Sr., Lenexa, Kansas.
* Tied for final linebacker spot.
