Big 12 Pre-Season Predictions/All-Conference Team

The Big 12 media votes are in and two Sooners have been selected as the pre-season offensive and defensive players of the year.

Junior running back gets tabbed as the pre-season offensive player of the year for the second consecutive season and senior linebacker Rufus Alexander was named pre-season defensive player of the year.

The Sooners were also picked by the media to win the Big 12 South by the media for the 5th time in the last six years. The Sooners received 23 first place votes, Texas was second with 5 first place votes.

2006 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team (Media Vote)
Offensive Player of the Year:
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma (RB, 6-2, 210, Jr/2L, Palestine, Texas)
Defensive Player of the Year:
Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma (LB, 6-1, 231, Sr/3L, Baton Rouge, La.)
Newcomer of the Year:
Sergio Kindle, Texas (LB, 6-4, 225, Fr, Dallas, Texas)

Offense
Pos Name School Ht Wt Cl/Exp
WR Todd Blythe Iowa State 6-5 210 Jr/2L
TE Martin Rucker Missouri 6-5 245 Jr/2L
OL Justin Blalock Texas 6-4 329 Sr/3L
OL Manuel Ramirez Texas Tech 6-4 339 Sr/3L
C Mark Fenton Colorado 6-4 295 Sr/3L
OL Kasey Studdard Texas 6-3 305 Sr/3L
OL Corey Hilliard Oklahoma State 6-5 310 Sr/3L
WR Jarrett Hicks Texas Tech 6-3 210 Sr/3L
QB Bret Meyer Iowa State 6-3 208 Jr/2L
RB Adrian Peterson Oklahoma 6-2 218 Jr/2L
RB Jamaal Charles Texas 6-1 190 So/1L
PK Mason Crosby Colorado 6-2 210 Sr/3L
KR DeAndre Jackson Iowa State 6-0 192 Sr/3L

Defense
DL Adam Carriker Nebraska 6-6 280 Sr/3L
DL Tim Crowder Texas 6-4 270 Sr/3L
DL Frank Okam Texas 6-5 315 Jr/2L
DL Brent Curvey Iowa State 6-0 295 Sr/3L
LB Rufus Alexander Oklahoma 6-1 231 Sr/2L
LB Thaddaeus Washington Colorado 5-11 240 Sr/3L
LB Corey McKeon Nebraska 6-1 225 Jr/1L
DB Michael Griffin Texas 6-0 205 Sr/3L
DB DeAndre Jackson Iowa State 6-0 192 Sr/3L
DB David Overstreet Missouri 6-0 210 Sr/3L
DB Aqib Talib Kansas 6-2 180 So/1L
P Daniel Sepulveda Baylor 6-3 227 Sr/3L
PR Terrence Nunn Nebraska 6-0 185 Jr/2L

2006 Big 12 Preseason Football Poll (Media Vote)
North
1. Nebraska (21)
2. Iowa State (5)
3. Colorado (2)
4. Kansas
5. Missouri
6. Kansas State
South
1. Oklahoma (23)
2. Texas (5)
3. Texas Tech
4. Texas A&M
5. Oklahoma State
6. Baylor
(first place votes in parentheses)

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