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18 Sooners among Athlon Sports’ 2021 Big 12 All-Conference Team

18 Oklahoma football players featured in Athlon Sports’ 2021 All-Big 12 first, second, third and fourth team projections.

It is beginning to look a lot like football.

Athlon Sports honored the best in the Big 12 conference with a release of the first, second, third and fourth all-conference teams for 2021. The 2021 All-Big 12 team is led by 18 selections from Oklahoma.

The listing is based on projected production of elite players this upcoming season. This is a compilation of the greatest individual assets to teams in the conference with the programs not playing a role in the ranking and the Sooners lead the pack. Oklahoma is poised for a college football playoff berth and the ultimate goal, a national championship with the talent on both sides of the football. Here is a look at which Sooners that made the cut.

First-Team Offense 

QB Spencer Rattler

WR Marvin Mims

OL Marquis Hayes

First-Team Defense 

DL Perrion Winfrey

DL Isaiah Thomas

LB Nik Bonitto

First-Team Specialists 

K Gabe Brkic

Second-Team Offense 

RB Kennedy Brooks

TE Austin Stogner

OL Wanya Morris

Second-Team Defense 

LB Brian Asamoah

CB D.J. Graham

Third-Team Specialists 

PR Marvin Mims

Fourth-Team Offense 

RB Eric Gray

WR Theo Wease

OL Tyrese Robinson

Fourth-Team Defense

DL Jalen Redmond

S Delarrin Turner-Yell

Other Big 12 conference selections in Athlon’s 2021 All-Big 12 Team:

Baylor (10), Iowa State (17), Kansas (4), Kansas State (6), Oklahoma State (14), TCU (14), Texas (12), Texas Tech (9), West Virginia (10).

Two Florida Gators make USA TODAY Sports’ Preseason All-SEC Team

Student-athletes from 11 of the league’s 14 schools were chosen to represent either the offense, defense, or special teams.

Comprised of selections from each of the 14 college wire websites, the USA TODAY Sports Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team was released on September 18.

Student-athletes from 11 of the league’s 14 schools were chosen to represent either the offense, defense, or special teams.

Najee Harris, DeVonta Smith, Kyle Pitts, Trey Smith, Dylan Moses, and Derek Stingley, Jr. earned this honor unanimously, appearing on every ballot.

As for the two Gators to make the cut, it is hard to argue with either selection, even though this writer cast his quarterback vote for Aggie Kellen Mond.

Stepping into the starting role after now-Arkansas Razorback Feleipe Franks suffered a season-ending injury in Lexington last September 14, Kyle Trask piloted Florida to an 8-2 record in his starts as a redshirt junior, throwing for 2,941 yards, 25 touchdowns, and seven interceptions, while completing nearly 67-percent of his passes.

Listed at 6-foot-5-inches and 239 pounds and molded by Dan Mullen, one of college football’s best quarterback whisperers, another campaign like last season’s could vault the Manvel, Texas native into the first round of the 2021 National Football League Draft.

NEXT: Kyle Pitts and the entire poll results

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6 Chargers make ESPN’s Ultimate All-Conference teams

The Los Angeles Chargers had two offensive and four defensive players make the cut.

ESPN’s football writers created all-conference teams of current NFL players and stacked them up against one another.

The Chargers were well-represented, as six current players on the roster made the cut from various conferences.

Here is a look at the members who earned the honors:

No. 1: Big Ten

EDGE Joey Bosa (Ohio State)

No. 2: SEC

G Trai Turner (LSU)

No. 3: ACC

S Derwin James (Florida State)

No. 4: Pac-12

WR Keenan Allen (California)

No. 5: Big 12

LB Kenneth Murray (Oklahoma)

CB Chris Harris, Jr. (Kansas)