Five Sooners, three Cowboys on Big 12 Preseason Team

The Big 12 revealed the 2015 Preseason All-Big 12 Team on Wednesday with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State well represented.

OU has five players that made the list: Semaje Perine (So. RB),  Sterling Shepard (Jr. WR), Alex Ross (Jr. RB, who made the team as a KR/PR), Eric Striker (Sr. LB) and Zack Sanchez (Jr. CB).

Striker and Sanchez were on the list in 2014 as well.

All three OSU players come from the defensive side of the ball: Emmanuel Ogbah (Jr. DE), Ryan Simmons (Sr. LB) and Kevin Peterson (Sr. CB).

The Cowboys had another player receive and individual honor as junior running back Chris Carson was tabbed the Newcomer of the Year. Carson rushed for nearly 1,000 yards at Butler CC (Kan.) last year.

Here is the full list.

OFFENSE

Pos Name School Ht Wt Cl/Exp Hometown
QB Trevone Boykin # TCU 6-2 205 Sr./3L Dallas, Texas
RB Shock Linwood #^ Baylor 5-9 195 Jr./2L Linden, Texas
RB Samaje Perine # Oklahoma 5-11 237 So./1L Pflugerville, Texas
FB Glenn Gronkowski # K-State 6-3 234 Jr./2L Amherst, N.Y.
WR Corey Coleman * Baylor 5-11 190 Jr./2L Richardson, Texas
WR Sterling Shepard # Oklahoma 5-10 191 Sr./3L Oklahoma City, Okla.
WR Josh Doctson * TCU 6-3 195 Sr./2L Mansfield, Texas
TE Tre’Von Armstead Baylor 6-6 270 Jr./2L Port Arthur, Texas
OL Spencer Drango #^ Baylor 6-6 310 Sr./3L Cedar Park, Texas
OL Cody Whitehair #^ K-State 6-4 305 Sr./3L Abilene, Kan.
OL Joey Hunt * TCU 6-3 295 Sr./3L El Campo, Texas
OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai * TCU 6-6 308 Sr./3L Haltom, Texas
OL Le’Raven Clark #^ Texas Tech 6-6 307 Sr./3L Rockdale, Texas
PK Josh Lambert * West Virginia 5-11 215 Jr./2L Garland, Texas
KR/PR Alex Ross Oklahoma 6-1 220 Jr./2L Jenks, Okla.

DEFENSE

Pos Name School Ht Wt Cl/Exp Hometown
DL Andrew Billings # Baylor 6-2 300 Jr./2L Waco, Texas
DL Shawn Oakman # Baylor 6-9 280 Sr./2L Philadelphia, Pa.
DL Emmanuel Ogbah # Oklahoma State 6-4 275 Jr./2L Houston, Texas
DL Davion Pierson TCU 6-2 305 Sr./3L Oklahoma City, Okla.
DL Pete Robertson * Texas Tech 6-3 243 Sr.3L Longview, Texas
LB Eric Striker #^ Oklahoma 6-0 223 Sr./3L Seffner, Fla.
LB Ryan Simmons Oklahoma State 6-0 240 Sr./3L Cibolo, Texas
LB Nick Kwiatkoski West Virginia 6-2 235 Sr./3L Bethel Park, Pa.
DB Orion Stewart Baylor 6-2 200 Jr./2L Waco, Texas
DB Dante Barnett * K-State 6-1 193 Sr./3L Tulsa, Okla.
DB Zack Sanchez #^ Oklahoma 5-11 175 Jr./2L Fort Worth, Texas
DB Kevin Peterson Oklahoma State 5-11 190 Sr./3L Wagoner, Okla.
DB Duke Thomas Texas 5-10 178 Sr./3L Killeen, Texas
DB Karl Joseph #^ West Virginia 5-11 197 Sr./3L Orlando, Fla.
P Taylor Symmank Texas Tech 6-3 194 Sr./2L McKinney, Texas

A tie in voting at DB created an additional spot.

^ 2014 Preseason Team
# 2014 All-Big 12 First Team selection
* 2014 All-Big 12 Second Team selection

2015 Big 12 Preseason Team listed at big12sports.com

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