Big 12 Football 2014 All-Conference Team

The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings for 2014, as well as conference predictions.

With the predictions released, it’s time to take a look at the best players by conference.

Athlon Sports continues its release of preseason all-conference teams with a look at our first, second, third and fourth All-Big 12 teams for 2014.

Related Content: Big 12 2014 Conference Predictions

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.
 

2014 Big 12 Team Previews
National Rank:	10	66	78	20	4	37	39	17	41	67

Athlon's 2014 All-Big 12 Team

	First-Team Offense	Second-Team Offense	Third-Team Offense	Fourth-Team Offense
QB	Bryce Petty Baylor  ________________	Trevor Knight Oklahoma  ________________	Jake Waters Kansas State  ________________	Davis Webb Texas Tech  ________________
RB	Malcolm Brown Texas	Desmond Roland Oklahoma State	Keith Ford Oklahoma	Johnathan Gray Texas
RB	Shock Linwood Baylor  ________________	Aaron Wimberly Iowa State  ________________	B.J. Catalon TCU  ________________	Rushel Shell West Virginia  ________________
WR	Antwan Goodley Baylor	Quenton Bundrage Iowa State	Jakeem Grant Texas Tech	Nick Harwell Kansas
WR	Tyler Lockett Kansas State	Sterling Shepard Oklahoma	Bradley Marquez Texas Tech	Levi Norwood Baylor
TE	E.J. Bibbs Iowa State  ________________	Jaxon Shipley Texas (WR)  ________________	Jhajuan Seales (WR) Oklahoma State  ________________	Kevin White (WR) West Virginia  ________________
C	B.J. Finney Kansas State	Tom Farniok Iowa State	Dominic Espinosa Texas	Ty Darlington Oklahoma
G	Quinton Spain West Virginia	Desmine Hilliard Baylor	Mark Glowinski West Virginia	Sedrick Flowers Texas
T/G	Le'Raven Clark Texas Tech (OT)	Daniel Koenig Oklahoma State (OG)	Ngalu Fusimalohi Kansas (OG)	Boston Stiverson Kansas State (OG)
T	Spencer Drango Baylor	Troy Baker Baylor	Devin Davis Oklahoma State	Jacob Gannon Iowa State
T	Cody Whitehair Kansas State	Daryl Williams Oklahoma	Tyrus Thompson Oklahoma	Desmond Harrison Texas

	First-Team Defense	Second-Team Defense	Third-Team Defense	Fourth-Team Defense
DE	Ryan Mueller Kansas State	Devonte Fields TCU	Shawn Oakman Baylor	Jimmy Bean Oklahoma State
DE	Cedric Reed Texas	Charles Tapper Oklahoma	Jamal Palmer Baylor	Branden Jackson Texas Tech
DT	Malcom Brown Texas	Andrew Billings Baylor	Jordan Phillips Oklahoma	Travis Britz Kansas State
DT	Chucky Hunter TCU   ________________	James Castleman Oklahoma State  ________________	Davion Pierson TCU  ________________	Desmond Jackson Texas  ________________
LB	Bryce Hager Baylor	Dominique Alexander Oklahoma	Jordan Hicks Texas	Sam Eguavoen Texas Tech
LB	Ben Heeney Kansas	Nick Kwiatkoski West Virginia	Pete Robertson Texas Tech	Brandon Golson West Virginia
LB	Eric Striker Oklahoma  ________________	Jonathan Truman Kansas State  ________________	Ryan Simmons Oklahoma State  ________________	Michael Reynolds Kansas  ________________
CB	Quandre Diggs Texas	Kevin Peterson Oklahoma State	Randall Evans Kansas State	Dexter McDonald Kansas
CB	Zack Sanchez Oklahoma	Kevin White TCU	Daryl Worley West Virginia	Xavien Howard Baylor
S	Karl Joseph West Virginia	Dante Barnett Kansas State	Quentin Hayes Oklahoma	Mykkele Thompson Texas
S	Sam Carter TCU	Chris Hackett TCU	Isaiah Johnson Kansas	Derrick Kindred TCU

	First-Team Specialists	Second-Team Specialists	Third-Team Specialists	Fourth-Team Specialists
K	Michael Hunnicutt Oklahoma	Jaden Oberkrom TCU	Ryan Bustin Texas Tech	Josh Lambert West Virginia
P	Spencer Roth Baylor	Nick O'Toole West Virginia	Trevor Pardula Kansas	Ethan Perry TCU
KR	Tyler Lockett Kansas State	B.J. Catalon TCU	Tyreek Hill Oklahoma State	JaCorey Shepherd Kansas
PR	Daje Johnson Texas	Cameron Echols-Luper TCU	Levi Norwood Baylor	Jarvis West Iowa State

Related Content: 2014 Big 12 Predictions

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-Big 12 Team

	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Baylor	Offense: 4 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Iowa State	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 1
Kansas	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 1
Kansas State	Offense: 3 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Oklahoma	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 3 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Oklahoma State	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
TCU	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 3	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1
Texas	Offense: 1 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Texas Tech	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0
West Virginia	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1