Big 12 Conference football individual awards

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Coaches of the Big 12 Conference bestow the following individual awards at the end of each football season.

Offensive Player of the Year

1996: Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State

1997: Ricky Williams, RB, Texas

1998: Ricky Williams, RB, Texas

1999: Major Applewhite, QB, Texas and Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska

2000: Josh Heupel, QB, Oklahoma

2001: Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska

2002: Chris Brown, RB, Colorado

2003: Jason White, QB, Oklahoma

2004: Jason White, QB, Oklahoma

2005: Vince Young, QB, Texas

2006: Zac Taylor, QB, Nebraska

2007: Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri

2008: Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma

2009: Colt McCoy, QB, Texas

2010: Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State

2011: Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor

2012: Collin Klein, QB, Kansas State

2013: Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor

2014: Trevone Boykin, QB, TCU

2015: Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma

2016: Dede Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma

Defensive Player of the Year

1996: Grant Wistrom, DE, Nebraska

1997: Grant Wistrom, DE, Nebraska

1998: Dat Nguyen, LB, Texas A&M

1999: Mark Simoneau, LB, Kansas State

2000: Casey Hampton, DL, Texas (Coaches), Rocky Calmus, LB, Oklahoma

2001: Roy Williams, DB, Oklahoma

2002: Terence Newman, DB, Kansas State

2003: Teddy Lehman, LB, Oklahoma

2004: Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas

2005: Nick Reid, LB, Kansas and Dwayne Slay (AP) DB, Texas Tech

2006: Rufus Alexander, LB, Oklahoma and Aaron Ross, DB, Texas

2007: Jordon Dizon, LB, Colorado and Curtis Lofton LB Oklahoma

2008: Brian Orakpo, DL, Texas

2009: Ndamukong Suh, DL, Nebraska

2010: Prince Amukamara, DB, Nebraska

2011: A. J. Klein, LB, Iowa State and Frank Alexander, DE, Oklahoma

2012: Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State

2013: Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas and Jason Verrett, CB, TCU

2014: Paul Dawson, LB, TCU

2015: Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor and Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State

2016: Jordan Willis, Kansas State

Special Teams Player of the Year

2005: Mason Crosby, PK, Colorado

2006: Daniel Sepulveda, PK, Baylor

2007: Marcus Herford, KR, Kansas

2008: Dez Bryant, PR/KR, Oklahoma State

2009: Brandon Banks, PR/KR, Kansas State

2010: Dan Bailey, PK, Oklahoma State

2011: Quinn Sharp, PK/P, Oklahoma State

2012: Quinn Sharp, PK/P, Oklahoma State and Tavon Austin, KR/PR, West Virginia

2013: Tyler Lockett, KR, Kansas State

2014: Tyler Lockett, KR, Kansas State

2015: Morgan Burns, KR/PR, Kansas State

2016: Michael Dickson, P, Texas

Offensive Newcomer of the Year

1996: Scott Frost, QB, Nebraska

1997: Michael Bishop, QB, Kansas State

1998: Mike Moschetti, QB, Colorado

1999: Josh Heupel, QB, Oklahoma

2000: Robert Ferguson, WR, Texas A&M

2001: Seneca Wallace, QB, Iowa State

2002: Bill Whittemore, QB, Kansas

2003: Joe Vaughn, C, Kansas

2004: Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma

2005: Robert Johnson, WR, Texas Tech

2006: Adarius Bowman, WR, Oklahoma State

2007: Deon Murphy, WR, Kansas State

2008: Brandon Banks, WR, Kansas State

2009: Daniel Thomas, RB, Kansas State

2010: Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska

2011: Aaron Horne, WR, Iowa State

2012: Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor

2013: Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia

2014: Tyreek Hill, RB, Oklahoma State

2015: Dede Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma

2016: Justin Crawford, RB, West Virginia

Defensive Newcomer of the Year

1996: Gana Joseph, DB, Oklahoma

1997: Jeff Kelly, LB, Kansas State

1998: Jess Beckom, LB, Iowa State

1999: Mario Fatafehi, DL, Kansas State

2000: Derrick Yates, DB, Kansas State

2001: Tank Reese, DL, Kansas State

2002: Lance Mitchell, LB, Oklahoma

2003: Donte Nicholson, DB, Oklahoma

2004: Tim Dobbins, LB, Iowa State

2005: C. J. Ah You, DL, Oklahoma

2006: Misi Tupe, LB, Texas A&M

2007: Gary Chandler, DB, Kansas State

2008: McKinner Dixon, DE, Texas Tech

2009: David Sims, DB, Iowa State

2010: Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska

2011: Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State

2012: Calvin Barnett, DT, Oklahoma State

2013: Isaiah Johnson, S, Kansas

2014: Shaq Riddick, DE, West Virginia

2015: Demond Trucker, DL, Iowa State

2016: D.J. Reed, DB, Kansas State

Offensive Freshman of the Year

1996: De'mond Parker, RB, Oklahoma

1997: Tony Lindsay, QB, Oklahoma State

1998: Major Applewhite, QB, Texas

1999: Shaud Williams, RB, Texas Tech

2000: Roy Williams, WR, Texas

2001: Cedric Benson, RB, Texas

2002: Brad Smith, QB, Missouri

2003: Vince Young, QB, Texas

2004: Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma

2005: Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas

2006: Colt McCoy, QB, Texas

2007: Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech and Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri

2008: Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor

2009: Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M

2010: Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska

2011: Tyler Lockett, WR/KR, Kansas State

2012: J. W. Walsh, QB, Oklahoma State

2013: Baker Mayfield, QB, Texas Tech

2014: Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma

2015: Mike Warren, RB, Iowa State

2016: Justice Hill, RB, Oklahoma State

Defensive Freshman of the Year

1996: Mark Simoneau, LB, Kansas State

1997: Ben Kelly, DB, Colorado

1998: Justin Smith, DE, Missouri

1999: Cory Redding, DL, Texas

2000: Terry Pierce, LB, Kansas State

2001: Tommie Harris, DL, Oklahoma and Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas

2002: Rodrique Wright, DL, Texas

2003: Jason Berryman, DL, Iowa State

2004: Jordon Dizon, LB, Colorado

2005: Brian Orakpo, DL, Texas

2006: Andre Sexton, S, Oklahoma State

2007: Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma

2008: Travis Lewis, LB, Oklahoma

2009: Aldon Smith, DE, Missouri

2010: Tony Jefferson, DB, Oklahoma and Shaun Lewis, LB, Oklahoma State

2011: Quandre Diggs, DB, Texas

2012: Devonte Fields, DE, TCU

2013: Dominique Alexander, LB, Oklahoma

2014: Kamari Cotton-Moya, DB, Iowa State

2015: Malik Jefferson, LB, Texas

2016: Reggie Walker, DE, Kansas State

Offensive Lineman of the Year

2006: Justin Blalock, Texas

2007: Adam Spieker, Missouri and Cody Wallace, Texas A&M

2008: Jon Cooper, Oklahoma

2009: Russell Okung, Oklahoma State

2010: Nate Solder, Colorado

2011: Grant Garner, Oklahoma State

2012: Cyril Richardson, Baylor

2013: Cyril Richardson, Baylor

2014: Spencer Drango, Baylor and B.J. Finney, Kansas State

2015: Spencer Drango, Baylor

2016: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma

Defensive Lineman of the Year

2006: Adam Carriker, Nebraska

2007: James McClinton, Kansas

2008: Brian Orakpo, Texas

2009: Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska

2010: Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma

2011: Frank Alexander, Oklahoma

2012: Meshak Williams, Kansas State

2013: Ryan Mueller, Kansas State

2014: Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State

2015: Andrew Billings, Baylor

2016: Jordan Willis, Kansas State

Coach of the Year

1996: Spike Dykes, Texas Tech

1997: Bob Simmons, Oklahoma State

1998: Bill Snyder, Kansas State

1999: Frank Solich, Nebraska

2000: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2001: Frank Solich, Nebraska

2002: Bill Snyder, Kansas State

2003: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2004: Dan McCarney, Iowa State

2005: Mack Brown, Texas

2006: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2007: Mark Mangino, Kansas

2008: Mike Leach, Texas Tech and Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2009: Mack Brown, Texas

2010: Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State

2011: Bill Snyder, Kansas State

2012: Bill Snyder, Kansas State

2013: Art Briles, Baylor

2014: Gary Patterson, TCU

2015: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2016: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

References

Big 12 Conference football individual awards Wikipedia

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