The Big 12 Conference members of the Associated Press held a vote in 2010 and voted on the best players during the Big 12 Conference's 15-year existence. [1]
Position | Player | College | Vote(s) | College Hall of Famer |
---|---|---|---|---|
All-purpose | Darren Sproles | Kansas State | 6 | No |
David Allen | Kansas State | 5 | No | |
Wes Welker | Texas Tech | 4 | No | |
Dez Bryant | Oklahoma State | 2 | No | |
Brad Smith | Missouri | 2 | No | |
Jeremy Maclin | Missouri | 1 | No | |
Punter | Daniel Sepulveda | Baylor | 15 | No |
Shane Lechler | Texas A&M | 5 | No | |
Kicker | Mason Crosby | Colorado | 12 | No |
Martin Gramatica | Kansas State | 5 | No | |
Jeff Wolfert | Missouri | 2 | No | |
Alex Henery | Nebraska | 1 | No | |
Position | Player | College | Vote(s) | College Hall of Famer |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coach | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 18 | No |
Mack Brown | Texas | 1 | No | |
Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 1 | No | |
Top Offensive Player | Vince Young | Texas | 10 | No |
Ricky Williams | Texas | 7 | No | |
Colt McCoy | Texas | 2 | No | |
Sam Bradford | Oklahoma | 1 | No | |
Top Defensive Player | Ndamukong Suh | Nebraska | 16 | No |
Roy Williams | Oklahoma | 2 | No | |
Derrick Johnson | Texas | 1 | No | |
Grant Wistrom | Nebraska | 1 | Yes [2] |
School | Players | Players RV | Total Players | Total Vote(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baylor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
Colorado | 1 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
Iowa State | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kansas | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Kansas State | 2 | 9 | 11 | 47 |
Missouri | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
Nebraska | 5 | 10 | 15 | 96 |
Oklahoma | 8 | 16 | 24 | 145 |
Oklahoma State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
Texas | 7 | 14 | 21 | 125 |
Texas A&M | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
The voters were Lee Barfknecht, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald; Kelly Beaton, Waterloo-Cedar Falls (Iowa) Courier; Kirk Bohls, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman; Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram; Chuck Carlton, The Dallas Morning News; Robert Cessna, Bryan Eagle; Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News; Vahe Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Bill Haisten, Tulsa (Okla.) World; [3] Kevin Haskin, Topeka Capital-Journal; [4] Brian Howell, Longmont (Colo.) Daily Times-Call; Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World; Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star; Bobby La Gesse, Ames (Iowa) Tribune; Dave Matter, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune; [5] Kyle Ringo, Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera; John Shinn, Norman (Okla.) Transcript; Jake Trotter, The Oklahoman; [6] John Werner, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald; Don Williams, Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal.
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