Big 12 Announces Football Awards; K-State Players Honored

We've had the AP awards and the media awards, but today's the day the Big 12's official awards were handed out, as voted on by the coaches. And K-State landed a couple of big ones:

#Big12FB: @KStateSports' Tyler Lockett named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year: http://t.co/jPrIEWQsaA pic.twitter.com/lawT4bO5Vs

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) December 11, 2013

#Big12FB: @kstatesports' Ryan Mueller named Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year: http://t.co/jPrIEWQsaA pic.twitter.com/XtuLJzBPgD

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) December 11, 2013

Yet somehow, Mueller was beaten out for Defensive Player of the year by another defensive lineman. Look, the ways of coaches are mysterious and unfathomable to we mere mortals.

In all, K-State landed four players (in five spots) on the first team, and had a single entry on the second team, as you'll see below. Ten K-State players also received honorable mention.

In categories which aren't specifically offense or defense, Art Briles of Baylor was named Coach of the Year, while Texas Tech QB Baker Mayfield landed Freshman of the Year honors. Baylor led the way with 10 first-team selections, but had nobody on the second team; Oklahoma State had eleven players total, but only four on the first-team. K-State was, in fact, second in the league as far as first-team selections with five (although only four players). Oklahoma also had four first-team nods, while Texas had two. West Virginia, Texas Tech, and Iowa State each contributed one player to the first team; Kansas was shut out.

And with that, here are your 2013 Big 12 All-Conference Teams:

It's a bit of a shock to see that both Finney and Ikard were honored with the first team, what with them both being centers and all. Not that we'll complain.

As with the AP, Kirby Van Der Kamp didn't grab first-team honors, to our surprise.

In contrast to the AP, the K-State offensive lineman on the second team makes a little more sense. Huge difference in the second-team wide receivers, as none of the three "official" honorees made the AP squad.

More big differences from the AP here, with three of the official defensive backs and two linebackers being absent from the AP nods. But hey, there's Kirby Van Der Kamp, finally.

Lastly, here are K-State's honorable mentions:

Tyler Lockett (Offensive Player of the Year)
Ty Zimmerman (Defensive Player of the Year)
Daniel Sams (QB)
John Hubert (RB)
Glenn Gronkowski (FB)
Cornelius Lucas (OL)
Tavon Rooks (OL)
Tramaine Thompson (KR/PR)
Travis Britz (DL)
Blake Slaughter (LB)

Objections, agreement, anger? Have at it, guys.

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