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.
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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.
Athlon's 2014 All-Big 12 Team
| First-Team Offense | Second-Team Offense | Third-Team Offense | Fourth-Team Offense |
QB | Bryce Petty | Trevor Knight | Jake Waters | Davis Webb |
RB | Malcolm Brown | Desmond Roland | Keith Ford | Johnathan Gray |
RB | Shock Linwood | Aaron Wimberly | B.J. Catalon | Rushel Shell |
WR | Antwan Goodley | Quenton Bundrage | Jakeem Grant | Nick Harwell |
WR | Tyler Lockett | Sterling Shepard | Bradley Marquez | Levi Norwood |
TE | E.J. Bibbs | Jaxon Shipley | Jhajuan Seales (WR) | Kevin White (WR) |
C | B.J. Finney | Tom Farniok | Dominic Espinosa | Ty Darlington |
G | Quinton Spain | Desmine Hilliard | Mark Glowinski | Sedrick Flowers |
T/G | Le'Raven Clark | Daniel Koenig | Ngalu Fusimalohi | Boston Stiverson |
T | Spencer Drango | Troy Baker | Devin Davis | Jacob Gannon |
T | Cody Whitehair | Daryl Williams | Tyrus Thompson | Desmond Harrison |
| First-Team Defense | Second-Team Defense | Third-Team Defense | Fourth-Team Defense |
DE | Ryan Mueller | Devonte Fields | Shawn Oakman | Jimmy Bean |
DE | Cedric Reed | Charles Tapper | Jamal Palmer | Branden Jackson |
DT | Malcom Brown | Andrew Billings | Jordan Phillips | Travis Britz |
DT | Chucky Hunter | James Castleman | Davion Pierson | Desmond Jackson |
LB | Bryce Hager | Dominique Alexander | Jordan Hicks | Sam Eguavoen |
LB | Ben Heeney | Nick Kwiatkoski | Pete Robertson | Brandon Golson |
LB | Eric Striker | Jonathan Truman | Ryan Simmons | Michael Reynolds |
CB | Quandre Diggs | Kevin Peterson | Randall Evans | Dexter McDonald |
CB | Zack Sanchez | Kevin White | Daryl Worley | Xavien Howard |
S | Karl Joseph | Dante Barnett | Quentin Hayes | Mykkele Thompson |
S | Sam Carter | Chris Hackett | Isaiah Johnson | Derrick Kindred |
| First-Team Specialists | Second-Team Specialists | Third-Team Specialists | Fourth-Team Specialists |
K | Michael Hunnicutt | Jaden Oberkrom | Ryan Bustin | Josh Lambert |
P | Spencer Roth | Nick O'Toole | Trevor Pardula | Ethan Perry |
KR | Tyler Lockett | B.J. Catalon | Tyreek Hill | JaCorey Shepherd |
PR | Daje Johnson | Cameron Echols-Luper | Levi Norwood | Jarvis West |
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Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-Big 12 Team
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
Baylor | Offense: 4 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 |
Iowa State | Offense: 1 | Offense: 3 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 |
Kansas | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 1 |
Kansas State | Offense: 3 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 1 |
Oklahoma | Offense: 0 | Offense: 3 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 1 |
Oklahoma State | Offense: 0 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 0 |
TCU | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 |
Texas | Offense: 1 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 3 |
Texas Tech | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 1 |
West Virginia | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 2 |