MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Iowa State running back Breece Hall and linebacker Mike Rose are The Associated Press Big 12 offensive and defensive players of the year after the Cyclones’ best conference season ever also earned Matt Campbell coach of the year honors.
The Big 12 runner-up Cyclones will play in a New Year’s Six bowl for the first time, facing Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. They were a league-best 8-1 in Big 12 play during the regular season before a 27-21 loss to Oklahoma in the championship game. The eight conference wins were a school record.
Hall is the Big 12 leader with 130.5 yards rushing per game and 19 touchdowns, and has a TD in every game this season. The sophomore was the unanimous pick as the top offensive player when the AP All-Big 12 team and individual awards were revealed Thursday, as determined by the vote of a panel of 20 sports writers and sportscasters who regularly cover the league.
Rose got 11 of the 20 votes as top defender. The junior is tied for the Big 12 lead with 90 total tackles (8.2 per game) and four interceptions, along with 10 tackles for loss.
Oklahoma redshirt freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler was a first-ream pick and shared newcomer of the year honors with West Virginia senior linebacker Tony Fields II, a transfer from Arizona. Each received seven votes and Fields also got four votes for defensive player of the year.
Texas junior Joseph Ossai, who plays a hybrid position for the Longhorns, got three votes for top defensive player. He got votes for defensive end and linebacker on the All-Big 12 team, enough to be selected second-team at both positions.
Campbell, in his fifth season at Iowa State, got all 20 votes as coach of the year.
Iowa State had four first-team selections for the AP All-Big 12 team, matching Oklahoma and Texas Tech for the most in league.
Associated Press All-Big 12
The 2020 AP All-Big 12 team, as selected by a panel of 20 sports writers and sportscasters who regularly cover the league, with players listed alphabetically with name, school, height, weight, class and hometown. (“u-” denotes unanimous selection):
Awards
Coach of the year — u-Matt Campbell, Iowa State.
Offensive player of the year — u-Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State.
Defensive player of the year — Mike Rose, LB, Iowa State.
Newcomer of the year — (tie) Spencer Rattler, QB, Oklahoma; and Tony Fields II, LB, West Virginia.
First team
Offense
QB — Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma
RB — u-Breece Hall, Iowa State
RB — Leddie Brown, West Virginia
T — Samuel Cosmi, Texas, 6-7, 309
T — Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State
G — Jack Anderson, Texas Tech
G — Josh Sills, Oklahoma State
C — Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma
TE — u-Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
WR — u-Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State
WR — Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech
All-Purpose — Trestan Ebner, Baylor
K — Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma
Defense
DE — Wyatt Hubert, Kansas State
DE — JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State
DT — Darius Stills, West Virginia
DT — Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma
LB— Mike Rose, Iowa State
LB — Tony Fields II, West Virginia
LB — Garret Wallow, TCU
CB — Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
CB — Zech McPhearson, Texas Tech
S — Trevon Moehrig, TCU
S — Jalen Pitre, Baylor
P — Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
Second team
Offense
QB — Brock Purdy, Iowa State
RB — Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
RB — Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State
T — Adrian Ealy, Oklahoma
T — T.J. Storment, TCU
G — Derek Schweiger, Iowa State
G — Michael Brown, West Virginia
C — Colin Newell, Iowa State
TE — Austin Stogner, Oklahoma
WR — Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
WR — Marvin Mims, Oklahoma
All-Purpose — Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
K — Cameron Dicker, Texas
Defense
DE — Joseph Ossai, Texas
DE — Ochaun Mathis, TCU
DT — Dante Stills, West Virginia
DT — Drew Wiley, Kansas State
LB — Amen Ogbongbemiga, Oklahoma State
DE — Joseph Ossai, Texas
LB — Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma
LB — Terrel Bernard, Baylor
CB — Rodarius Williams, Oklahoma State
CB — Tre Brown, Oklahoma
S — Tykee Smith, West Virginia
S — Greg Eisworth II Iowa State
P — Jordy Sandy, TCU
Sean Manning’s ballot
Awards
Coach of the Year: Matt Campbell, Iowa State
Offensive Player of the Year: Breece Hall, Iowa State
Defensive Player of the Year: Mike Rose, Iowa State
Newcomer of the Year (1st year player in Big 12, whether it be a freshman or transfer): Tony Fields, WVU
First team
Offense
QB — Brock Purdy, Iowa State
RB — Breece Hall, Iowa State
RB — Leddie Brown, WVU
T — Tevin Jenkins, Oklahoma State
T — Sam Cosmi, Texas
G — Jack Anderson, Texas Tech
G — Derek Schweiger, Iowa State
C — Colin Newell, Iowa State
TE — Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
WR — Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State
WR — Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech
All-purpose player — Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
K — Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma
Defense
DE — Joseph Ossai, Texas
DE — Wyatt Hubert, Kansas State
DT — Darius Stills, WVU
DT — Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma
LB — Mike Rose, Iowa State
LB — Tony Fields, WVU
LB — Garrett Wallow, TCU
CB — Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson
CB — Zech McPhearson, Texas Tech
S — Tykee Smith, WVU
S — Jalen Pitre, Baylor
P — Austin McNamara, Texas Tech
Second team
Offense
QB — Sam Ehlinger, Texas
RB — Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State
RB — SaRodorick Thompson, Texas Tech
T — Adrian Ealy, Oklahoma
T — Weston Wright, Texas Tech
G — Michael Brown, WVU
G — Derek KErsetter, Texas
C— Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma
TE — Chase Allen, Iowa State
WR— Marvin Sims, Oklahoma
WR — Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
All-purpose player — Winston Wright, WVU
K — Cameron Dicker, Texas
Defense
DE — JaQuay Bailey, Will McDonald, Iowa State
DE — Ronnie Perkins, Oklahoma
DT — Dante Stills, WVU
DT — Ahkeem Mesidor, WVU
LB — Terrel Bernard, Baylor
LB — Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State
LB — Amen Ogbongbemiga, Oklahoma State
CB — Rodarius Williams, Oklahoma State
CB — Tre Brown, Oklahoma
S — Greg Eisworth, Iowa State
S — Trevon Moehrig, TCU
P — Jordy Sandy, TCU
