STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy is the 2021 Chuck Neinas Big 12 Coach of the Year, Jaylen Warren is the Offensive Newcomer of the Year, Collin Oliver is the Defensive Freshman of the Year and six Cowboys were represented on the All-Big 12 first team as selected by the league’s coaches, it was announced today.
For Gundy, it’s the second time in his career that he has been voted by his peers as Big 12 Coach of the Year, as he was also the selection in 2010. This year’s honor marks the sixth time an Oklahoma State coach has been recognized as conference Coach of the Year and Gundy joins Matt Campbell, Bob Stoops, Bill Snyder, Mack Brown and Frank Solich as the only repeat winners of the Big 12 Coach of the Year award.
Warren is the ninth Oklahoma State player to earn conference Newcomer of the Year honors and joins a list that includes Gundy (1986), Tyreek Hill (2014) and more. Oliver is the seventh Oklahoma State player to earn conference Freshman of the Year recognition and joins a list that includes Justice Hill (2016), Spencer Sanders (2019) and more.
In a season when the Cowboys finished atop the Big 12 regular season standings, OSU led the league with four first-team All-Big 12 honorees on the defensive side of the ball – Brock Martin, Malcolm Rodriguez, Jarrick Bernard-Converse and Kolby Harvell-Peel.
Spencer Sanders became just the second first team all-conference quarterback in OSU history. He joins Brandon Weeden, who earned the recognition in 2010.
For the second consecutive year, Josh Sills earned first team All-Big 12 honors, which puts him in a class with Russell Okung, Levy Adcock and Marcus Keyes as the only Cowboy offensive linemen to earn first team All-Big 12 accolades in more than one season.
OSU’s second team All-Big 12 selections were receiver Tay Martin, return man Brennan Presley, Oliver and cornerback Christian Holmes.
In total, Oklahoma State had 13 people earn either a Big 12 award or earn a spot on the first or second team all-conference squad. 13 honorees in a single season is the third-most in Cowboy football history, trailing only the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
2021 First Team All-Big 12
Offense
QB – Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
RB – Breece Hall, Iowa State
RB – Bijan Robinson, Texas
FB – Jeremiah Hall, Oklahoma
FB – Jared Rus, Iowa State
WR – Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
WR – Quentin Johnston, TCU
WR – Xavier Worthy, Texas
TE – Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
OL – Connor Galvin, Baylor
OL – Trevor Downing, Iowa State
OL – Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
OL – Josh Sills, Oklahoma State
OL – Derek Kerstetter, Texas
PK – Jonathan Garlbay, Texas Tech
KR/PR – Trestan Ebner, Baylor
KR/PR – Malik Knowles, Kansas State
Defense
DL – Will McDonald IV, Iowa State
DL – Eyioma Uwazurike, Iowa State
DL – Felix Anudike, Kansas State
DL – Brock Martin, Oklahoma State
DL – Dante Stills, West Virginia
LB – Terrel Bernard, Baylor
LB – Mike Rose, Iowa State
LB – Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State
DB – Jalen Pitre, Baylor
DB – Russ Yeast, Kansas State
DB – Jarrick Bernard-Converse, Oklahoma State
DB – Kolby Harvell-Peel, Oklahoma State
DB – Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
P – Michael Turk, Oklahoma
P – Cameron Dicker, Texas
2021 Second Team All-Big 12
Offense
QB – Brock Purdy, Iowa State
RB – Abram Smith, Baylor
RB – Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
FB – Jax Dineen, Kansas State
WR – Tyquan Thornton, Baylor
WR – Tay Martin, Oklahoma State
WR – Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech
TE – Chase Allen, Iowa State
OL – Colin Newell, Iowa State
OL – Marquis Hayes, Oklahoma
OL – Steve Avila, TCU
OL – Dawson Deaton, Texas Tech
OL – Zach Frazier, West Virginia
PK – Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma
KR/PR – Brennan Presley, Oklahoma State
KR/PR – Derius Davis, TCU
Defense
DL – Siaki Ika, Baylor
DL – Kyron Johnson, Kansas
DL – Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma
DL – Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma
DL – Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
DL – Ochaun Mathis, TCU
LB – Brian Asamoah, Oklahoma
LB – Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
LB – Colin Schooler, Texas Tech
DB – Isheem Young, Iowa State
DB – Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
DB – Delarrin Turner-Yell, Oklahoma
DB – Christian Holmes, Oklahoma State
DB – DaMarcus Fields, Texas Tech
P – Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
Oklahoma State’s Honorable Mention Selections
Tanner Brown (PK), Logan Carter (FB), Braden Cassity (TE), Danny Godlevske (OL), Blaine Green (OFoY), Devin Harper (LB), Tom Hutton (P, STPoY), Tyler Lacy (DL), Brock Martin (DLoY), Malcolm Rodriguez (DPoY), Josh Sills (OLoY), Jason Taylor II (DB), Jaylen Warren (RB), Hunter Woodard (OL)
