Big 12 media released its fully compiled All-Big 12 team on Wednesday. As expected, Texas led the way with the most predicted top individual players to lead their position groups.
Five Longhorns were selected to the conference’s preseason first-team list. Wide receiver Xavier Worthy, tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders, left tackle Kelvin Banks, defensive tackle Byron Murphy and linebacker Jaylan Ford were listed among the Big 12’s best heading into the 2023 season.
The first-team offense looks much like the one we came up with at Longhorns Wire. The league opted to include quarterback Jalon Daniels over Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel with Kansas’ Mike Novitsky taking over the offensive line spot we reserved for Christian Jones.
The defensive side had the more surprising picks. TCU’s Damonic Williams and Oklahoma’s Ethan Downs made the league’s predicted top defensive line. Downs had a productive season in 2022, but was more stat compiler than unstoppable force on the year. His 4.5 sacks fell below Texas edge Barryn Sorrell’s 5.5 total last season.
Here’s a look at the breakdown of All-Big 12 selections by team.