The Pac-12 All-Conference teams were announced on Tuesday, and the Colorado Buffaloes saw just one player make either team.
That one player is linebacker Nate Landman, who earned a spot on the second-team defense.
However, one name that didn’t make either team is Carson Wells, which is a huge surprise. The fourth-year junior linebacker compiled an impressive 51 tackles with 5.5 sacks and a pick-six on the season while he helped pace the Buffs defense.
But, none of that mattered, and Wells only earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention along with a lengthy list of Buffaloes players.
Still, the absence of Wells is certainly a surprising one.
Nate Landman (second team) is the only Buff to earn All-Pac-12 honors from the league’s coaches.
How Carson Wells (honorable mention) remained so invisible to people outside of Boulder continues to confuse me.
5.5 sacks, 9 TFLs, 13 third down stops, 16 QBPs for Wells in ‘21. https://t.co/oJa5FQpSIC
— Justin Guerriero (@GuerrieroCU) December 7, 2021
The rest of the Buffs to crack the all-conference honorable mention list are as follows:
- WR Daniel Arias
- CB Mekhi Blackmon
- RB Jarek Broussard
- CB Christian Gonzalez
- OL Kary Kutsch
- DL Jalen Sami
- P Josh Watts
Landman finished his Colorado career with a second-team bid after posting 63 tackles with four pass deflections as he heads out with a storied career sporting the Buffs uniform.
Still, why Wells didn’t make it in his final season at Colorado is surprising, and the Buffs 4-8 season most likely didn’t help his case at all.
All in all, quite a few Colorado players cracked the honorable mention list. It is a good thing that a lot of players got some recognition at least, but Wells missing out on at least a second-team nod is a massive oversight.