After making the College Football Playoffs for the third consecutive year, the Sooners are busy claiming their awards in their downtime, with CeeDee Lamb, Jalen Hurts, and Creed Humphrey earning All-American honors from Sporting News.
Lamb was the only Sooner named first-team All-American. The junior wide receiver amassed 58 catches for 1208 yards and 14 touchdowns. He averaged 20.8 yards per catch in his Biletnikoff campaign. He currently ranks fourth in yards, and seventh in yards per catch and receptions.
Sporting News’ 2019 All-American team:
QB: Joe Burrow@LSUfootball
RB: Chuba Hubbard@CowboyFB
RB: Jonathan Taylor@BadgerFootball
WR: CeeDee Lamb@OU_Football
DL: Chase Young@OhioStateFB
LB: Isaiah Simmons@ClemsonFB
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— Sporting News (@sportingnews) December 17, 2019
Hurts and Humphrey earned second-team honors. Hurts finished second overall in the Heisman race, losing to Joe Burrow, who is the first-team quarterback for Sporting News. Humphrey anchored the offensive line at the center position. The Sooners offense finished ranked second in the country and will be facing the top-ranked offense in LSU in the Peach Bowl.
Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and Baylor defensive end James Lynch both earned first-team and were the only other Big 12 players outside of Oklahoma.
The fourth-ranked Sooners take on No. 1 LSU on December 28 at 3 p.m. in Atlanta.