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No 1st teamers.
Three 2nd teamers.
Seven players total. (OU, 19...Baylor, 14...Texas, 14...TCU, 13...Kansas St, 12...West Va, 10...Texas Tech, 9...Kansas, 8...Iowa St, 6)
That's right. Steele gives the Jayhawks more players on this list than OSU.
This is not the only "mystey" selection he made.
How about Jake Waters as 2nd team QB? Seriously? Walsh was a better QB during his bad season. Waters couldn't even hold down the starting job on his own team.
How about Boykin (WR) and Bell (TE) getting mentions at positions they've never previously played?
***CORRECTION*** Thanks to a reader (and a Sooner at that), I missed that Boykin actually caught 26 passes last season. That doesn't change the fact that this is still a mystery pick for me. His impact as a WR was minimal (22 rec for 7.8 ypc and no TD's) for someone who is included on this list. Nick Harwell of KU sat out last season after transferring from Miami, OH. How does that guy get listed above ANYONE? The last time he saw the field, he led the Redhawks with 68 receptions in 2012. The Jayhawks completed 154 passes in 2013, and their leading receiver was a RB (Sims) with 25 receptions.
Good luck, Nick.
How does Tyreek Hill NOT get a mention?
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OFFENSE |
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1st TEAM |
2nd TEAM |
3rd TEAM |
4th TEAM |
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QB |
Bryce Petty, Baylor |
Jake Waters, Kansas St |
Trevor Knight, Oklahoma |
Davis Webb, Texas Tech |
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RB |
Malcolm Brown, Texas |
Johnathan Gray, Texas |
Keith Ford, Oklahoma |
Aaron Green, TCU |
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RB |
Shock Linwood, Baylor |
Desmond Roland, Oklahoma St |
Rushel Shell, West Virginia |
Aaron Wimberly, Iowa St |
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WR |
Antwan Goodley, Baylor |
Nick Harwell, Kansas |
Bradley Marquez, Texas Tech |
(AP) Trevone Boykin, TCU |
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WR |
Tyler Lockett, Kansas St |
Jaxon Shipley, Texas |
Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma |
Jhajuan Seales, Oklahoma St |
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WR |
Jakeem Grant, Texas Tech |
Levi Norwood, Baylor |
Quenton Bundrage, Iowa St |
Mario Alford, West Virginia |
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TE |
EJ Bibbs, Iowa St |
Jimmay Mundine, Kansas |
Taylor McNamara, Oklahoma |
Blake Bell, Oklahoma |
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C |
BJ Finney, Kansas St |
Dominic Espinosa, Texas |
Tom Farniok, Iowa St |
Joey Hunt, TCU |
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OG |
Cody Whitehair, Kansas St |
Adam Shead, Oklahoma |
Mark Glowinski, West Virginia |
Chris Grisbhy, Oklahoma St |
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OG |
Quinton Spain, West Virginia |
Ngalu Fusimalohi, Kansas |
Desmine Hilliard, Baylor |
Alfredo Morales, Texas Tech |
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OT |
Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech |
Daryl Williams, Oklahoma |
Rashad Fortenberry, Texas Tech |
(OG) Kent Perkins, Texas |
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OT |
Spencer Drango, Baylor |
Daniel Koenig, Oklahoma St |
Tyrus Thompson, Oklahoma |
Troy Baker, Baylor |
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DEFENSE |
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1st TEAM |
2nd TEAM |
3rd TEAM |
4th TEAM |
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DL |
Cedric Reed, Texas |
Charles Tapper, Oklahoma |
Andrew Billings, Baylor |
Chuka Ndulue, Oklahoma |
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DL |
Chucky Hunter, TCU |
Malcom Brown, Texas |
Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma |
Terrell Clinkscales, Kansas St |
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DL |
Devonte Fields, TCU |
James Castleman, Oklahoma St |
Desmond Jackson, Texas |
Travis Britz, Kansas St |
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DL |
Ryan Mueller, Kansas St |
Shawn Oakman, Baylor |
Jamal Palmer, Baylor |
Cory Morrissey, Iowa St |
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LB |
Bryce Hager, Baylor |
Paul Dawson, TCU |
Michael Reynolds, Kansas |
Pete Robertson, Texas Tech |
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LB |
Frank Shannon, Oklahoma |
Nick Kwiatkoski, West Virginia |
Jonathan Truman, Kansas St |
Sam Eguavoen, Texas Tech |
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LB |
Ben Heeney, Kansas |
Steve Edmond, Texas |
Dominique Alexander, Oklahoma |
Ryan Simmons, Oklahoma St |
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LB |
Eric Striker, Oklahoma |
Jordan Hicks, Texas |
Geneo Grissom, Oklahoma |
Brandon Golson, West Virginia |
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CB |
Quandre Diggs, Texas |
Dexter McDonald, Kansas |
Randall Evans, Kansas St |
Daryl Worley, West Virginia |
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CB |
Zack Sanchez, Oklahoma |
Kevin White, TCU |
Duke Thomas, Texas |
Kevin Peterson, Oklahoma St |
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S |
Sam Carter, TCU |
Karl Joseph, West Virginia |
Dante Barnett, Kansas St |
Quentin Hayes, Oklahoma |
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S |
Chris Hackett, TCU |
Isaiah Johnson, Kansas |
Mykkele Thompson, Texas |
Julian Wilson, Oklahoma |
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SPECIAL TEAMS |
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1st TEAM |
2nd TEAM |
3rd TEAM |
4th TEAM |
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K |
Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma |
Jaden Oberkrom, TCU |
Josh Lambert, West Virginia |
Jack Cantele, Kansas St |
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P |
Nick O’Toole, West Virginia |
Spencer Roth, Baylor |
Trevor Pardula, Kansas |
Ethan Perry, TCU |
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KR |
BJ Catalon, TCU |
Corey Coleman, Baylor |
Tyler Lockett, Kansas St |
Reginald Davis, Texas Tech |
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PR |
Levi Norwood, Baylor |
Daje Johnson, Texas |
Cameron Echols-Luper, TCU |
Jarvis West, Iowa St |
This is one of the first of many meaningless preseason lists that generally indicate the bias of the list maker, reputation of the program, or that the list maker didn't do very thorough homework.
Outside of that, one thing is clear.
Just about every "big time" name returning for OSU is on this list.
I could go on and on about the vagaries of many of Steele's choices, but I'll leave that to you in the comments.
GO POKES!!!