The 2016 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team and individual awards, as selected by the media representatives who cover the league, were released on Wednesday.
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Year. It follows his selection as Offensive Player of the Year for the 2015 season, in which he passed for 3,700 yards and 36 touchdowns.
OU had nine players selected to the team – four on offense, five on defense. Oklahoma State had three chosen – one on offense and two on defense.
2016 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team
| Offensive Player of the Year: | Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, QB, Jr., Austin, Texas |
| Defensive Player of the Year: | Malik Jefferson, Texas, LB, So., Mesquite, Texas |
| Newcomer of the Year: | Kenny Hill, TCU, QB, Jr., Southlake, Texas |
| Offense | ||||||
| Pos | Name | School | Ht | Wt | Cl/Exp | Hometown |
| QB | Baker Mayfield # | Oklahoma | 6-1 | 212 | Jr./1L | Austin, Texas |
| RB | Mike Warren | Iowa State | 6-0 | 205 | So./1L | Lawton, Okla. |
| RB | Samaje Perine ^# | Oklahoma | 5-11 | 237 | Jr./2L | Pflugerville, Texas |
| FB | Winston Dimel # | Kansas State | 6-1 | 235 | So./1L | Manhattan, Kan. |
| WR | KD Cannon * | Baylor | 6-0 | 180 | Jr./2L | Mount Pleasant, Texas |
| WR | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | 6-5 | 223 | Jr./2L | Urbandale, Iowa |
| WR | James Washington * | Oklahoma State | 6-0 | 205 | Jr./2L | Stamford, Texas |
| TE | Mark Andrews # | Oklahoma | 6-5 | 244 | So./1L | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| OL | Kyle Fuller * | Baylor | 6-5 | 310 | Sr./3L | Wylie, Texas |
| OL | Orlando Brown | Oklahoma | 6-8 | 357 | So./1L | Duluth, Ga. |
| OL | Patrick Vahe | Texas | 6-3 | 326 | So./1L | Nyack, N.Y. |
| OL | Connor Williams | Texas | 6-6 | 288 | So./1L | Coppell, Texas |
| OL | Tyler Orlosky * | West Virginia | 6-4 | 295 | Sr./3L | Cleveland, Ohio |
| PK | Clayton Hatfield | Texas Tech | 5-10 | 170 | So./1L | Boerne, Texas |
| KR/PR | KaVontae Turpin | TCU | 5-9 | 153 | So./1L | Monroe, La. |
| Defense | ||||||
| Pos | Name | School | Ht | Wt | Cl/Exp | Hometown |
| DL | Will Geary | Kansas State | 6-0 | 297 | Jr./2L | Topeka, Kan. |
| DL | Jordan Willis | Kansas State | 6-5 | 250 | Sr./3L | Kansas City, Mo. |
| DL | Charles Walker * | Oklahoma | 6-2 | 299 | Jr./2L | Garland, Texas |
| DL | Vincent Taylor | Oklahoma State | 6-3 | 310 | Jr./2L | San Antonio, Texas |
| DL | Josh Carraway # | TCU | 6-4 | 250 | Sr./3L | Flower Mound, Texas |
| DL | James McFarland | TCU | 6-3 | 250 | Sr./3L | West Monroe, La. |
| DL | Noble Nwachukwu | West Virginia | 6-2 | 275 | Sr./3L | Wylie, Texas |
| LB | Elijah Lee * | Kansas State | 6-3 | 218 | Jr./2L | Blue Springs, Mo. |
| LB | Jordan Evans * | Oklahoma | 6-2 | 233 | Sr./3L | Norman, Okla. |
| LB | Malik Jefferson | Texas | 6-3 | 238 | So./1L | Mesquite, Texas |
| DB | Dante Barnett | Kansas State | 6-1 | 193 | Sr./3L | Tulsa, Okla. |
| DB | Steven Parker | Oklahoma | 6-1 | 208 | Jr./2L | Tulsa, Okla. |
| DB | Jordan Thomas * | Oklahoma | 6-0 | 187 | Jr./2L | Klein, Texas |
| DB | Jordan Sterns * | Oklahoma State | 6-0 | 200 | Sr./3L | Cibolo, Texas |
| DB | Davante Davis | Texas | 6-2 | 199 | So./1L | Miami, Fla. |
| P | Austin Seibert * | Oklahoma | 5-10 | 214 | So./1L | Belleville, Ill. |
A tie in voting at DL created two additional spots.
^ – 2015 Preseason Team
# – 2015 All-Big 12 First Team selection
* – 2015 All-Big 12 Second Team selection