STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State wide receiver Brennan Presley is one of 52 FBS players on the watch list for the 2022 Paul Hornung Award, announced Thursday by the Louisville Sports Commission.
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State wide receiver Brennan Presley is one of 52 FBS players on the watch list for the 2022 Paul Hornung Award, announced Thursday by the Louisville Sports Commission.
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STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State defensive tackle Brendon Evers is one of 115 FBS players on the watch list for the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy, it announced Thursday. Kasey Dunn is big game hunting in the 2024 class. Four-star wide receiver Drelon Miller announced an Oklahoma State offer Wednesday. From Texas, Miller is a Top 100 prospect in his cycle entering his junior year of high school. Who Is He?Miller is listed at 6-foot-2, 198 pounds and plays his high school ball in Silsbee, Texas — a town east of Houston near the Louisiana border. As a sophomore in 2021, Miller had 41 receptions for 1,128 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also had 171 rushing yards and a score and a kickoff return touchdown. Oh, and he played safety, recording a pair of interceptions. Silsbee went 5-5 last season, making it to the Texas 4A D2 state playoffs. He also plays on the Silsbee basketball team, a squad that went 32-7 last season, making it to the state semifinals. In the RankingsMiller is the No. 86 player in the class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings, making him a four-star prospect. Those same rankings list him as the No. 15 receiver in the class and the No. 12 player from the Lone Star State. Here is a breakdown of where he ranks among the major recruiting services: Composite — / No. 86 Others InvolvedIt’ll be tough sledding for Dunn and Co. to get Miller in orange and black, but Miller has already visited Stillwater. His other offers include Georgia, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Oregon, Tennessee and others. HighlightsRead this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State punter Tom Hutton is one of 48 FBS players on the watch list for the 2022 Ray Guy Award, announced Wednesday by the Augusta Sports Council. As if the Big Ten imminently adding USC and UCLA to its ranks wasn’t, well, B1G enough, the league is apparently considering further poaching measures that would potentially decimate the Pac-12 even further. A report this week from the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy (and confirmed by CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd) indicates the Big Ten is also pondering the idea of adding Oregon, Washington, Stanford and Cal from the Pac-12, as well. Miami and Florida State, two ACC schools, are also reportedly being considered, as is Notre Dame — the most powerful independent program in college athletics. Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren deflected earlier this week when asked about potential expansion and specifically about Oregon, Washington, Stanford and Cal, saying that the current 14 members are his priority. But in the same press conference, he talked about the potential of adding value and fit in a hypothetical that — given its recent actions — is really not so hypothetical at all. “A fit has to be there academically, has to be there athletically,” he said. “All those things are really important. There are a handful of schools that potentially could add value to us, but I’m so focused right now that we welcome USC and UCLA to our conference in 2024 with open arms.” Further expansion for the Big Ten could set itself on course to be a true contender in the superconference race with the SEC. It already has mega powers like Ohio State and Michigan and will add UCLA and USC to its ranks in 2024 to help capture the west coast markets. It could also send shockwaves that reverberate on down through college athletics, too. Should the Big Ten add more schools from the Pac-12, it would almost certainly be a death knell for the west coast league — and a potential boon for leagues looking to poach its remaining members. The Big 12 reportedly walked away from any talks of merging with the Pac-12 last week after talks of a potential merger began to whisper throughout college football circles. That came after the Pac-12 announced it was beginning negotiations for its next media rights deal, signaling it thought it had some strength in the market. Further decimation of the Pac-12 could bring the two leagues back to the table, though, and should it be weakened, it may provide incentive for it to submit to a full-scale merger — as it reportedly wanted — as opposed to a scheduling alliance or pooling rights. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. It’s been a week of watch lists, and that doesn’t exclude the oldest Cowboy. Oklahoma State punter Tom Hutton, who is 32 years old, was included on the Ray Guy Award preseason watch lists Wednesday. Hutton is one of 48 on the list. Hutton is known for his accuracy and his ability to put some Australian spin on balls that make things difficult to judge for returners. Despite his yards per punt being on the lower end (ranking eighth in the Big 12 last season), Hutton’s 26 balls downs inside the 20-yard line led the Big 12. He has an indescribable ability to force some muffs. The most notable example of that came in the fourth quarter of Bedlam last season. Hutton sent a high-arching ball into the Stillwater night that Eric Gray couldn’t get ahold of. Demarco Jones fell on the ball at the OU 5-yard line, setting up Oklahoma State’s go-head score. And if you don’t believe Gray’s account of Hutton’s abilities, just ask those who have to catch Hutton in practice every day. “Tom be trying to mess with me,” Brennan Presley said. “Tom is from Australia, so he be like — he gives me good looks, and he’ll also let me know whenever he’s about to send me one up that’s tricky. He’ll give me a helicopter one, maybe it’s one that spins a different direction that I’ve never seen. He can do a lot of trick ones. It helps me. I’m not saying anybody’s gonna do that in a game. I hope not. But he gives me different looks at it so I can prepare for everything.” The Ray Guy Award has been given out every year since 2000. One Oklahoma State player has won the award — Matt Fodge in 2008. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Part three of our four-part Meet the Transfer series (excluding junior college signees) continues today with a look at one of several newcomers along the offensive line: Casey Collier from USC. Let’s dive right in on the latest addition. Before we do, though, be sure to catch up with this series with our looks at incoming RB Deondre Jackson from Texas A&M and new OL Jason Brooks from Vanderbilt. Casey Collier Measurements
ClassificationRedshirt sophomore Who is he?Collier comes to OSU via USC where he spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons. He redshirted his first year, seeing action at tackle in only one game, and then followed that up with one appearance as a redshirt freshman in 2021 before entering the transfer portal earlier this year. What was his high school pedigree?Rated as a three-star prospect in both the 247Sports Composite and at 247Sports, Collier garnered more than a dozen offers from across the country including from Florida State, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, Houston and others. 247’s Composite listed him as the No. 1,086 overall player in the 2020 class and the No. 88 prospect at tackle. What’s his family pedigree like?Being a Division-I football player is impressive in itself, to be clear, but it’s possible Collier isn’t even the best athlete in his own family. His sister, Charli Collier, was a center on the Texas women’s basketball team who went on to be the No. 1 pick of the 2021 WNBA Draft. His late father, Elliott, played basketball at Montana State in the late 1980s. And his mother, Ponda, played center at Southwestern University in the late 1980s. What will his role be at OSU in 2022?OSU is almost certainly going to have competition at tackle this season, giving Collier a potential opportunity to seize a role as perhaps a rotational piece or even as a starter. There could be a world where Collier lines up on the opposite side of the line of 6-foot-7, 325-pound Caleb Etienne, giving the Cowboys some major size on the edges of their offensive line. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. OSU Bullets• Chris Carson is retiring from the NFL after a five-year career due to injury – good ride, Cowboy. • HCS noted that the Pokes trap game for this year is the home match against the Central Michigan Chippewas – worth keeping an eye on their head coach is having some health problems • If you’re wondering what’s going on with realignment, this tidbit around Big Ten media day seems to explain it – the Big Ten hasn’t shut the door on expansion yet and that’s surely stalling the conversation about Big 12 expansion and/or Pac-12:
• ESPN evaluated what 20 teams need to do to become legit national title contenders – here’s what they had to say about the Pokes: • Watch List Season: • A five-star center the Pokes had on campus is making his final decision on Monday – PFB has noted that Kentucky appears to be the leading candidate • OSU added a big name in-state to its wrestling squad • That 2018 Texas homecoming game was terrific – Corndog’s shining moment. Non-OSU Bullets• Russell Westbrook’s moment of truth Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. As NFL training camps get underway this week, there will unfortunately be one fewer Poke basking in the festivities. Chris Carson is retiring from football following a neck injury, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday waived him with a failed physical designation. The Seattle Seahawks’ seventh-round pick in the 2017 draft, Carson worked his way up to being Seattle’s starter, finishing his career with 3,502 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns. He also had 804 receiving yards and another seven scores. Because of that neck injury, Carson played in only four games last season, rushing for 232 yards and three touchdowns. He went onto have cervical-fusion surgery to try to fix things before retiring. A junior college transfer, Carson picked Oklahoma State over reported offers from Georgia, Iowa State, Cincinnati and others back in 2015. Part of the “thunder and lightning” backfield alongside Justice Hill, Carson ran for 1,076 yards and 13 touchdowns in two seasons as a Cowboy. Because the Seahawks released Carson with a failed physical designation, Carson will be afforded the opportunity to receive “several million” in injury protection benefits, Rapoport reports. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Hunter Woodard was a rock for the Cowboys’ offensive line last season, and those in charge of putting together preseason watch lists took notice. Woodard is one of 89 players on the watch list for the Outland Trophy, an award given to the best interior lineman in college football. A 6-foot-5, 300-pound guard, Woodard has made 22 career starts for the Cowboys. Twelve of those starts came at right guard last season after he missed the Cowboys’ first two games because of an injury. His impact was immediate when he got healthy. In those first two games, OSU averaged 97 rushing yards before running for 246 yards against Boise State. He was named an honorable mention for the All-Big 12 team last season. According to Pro Football Focus, Woodard was the Cowboys’ best pass-blocking offensive lineman in seven games last season and the best run-blocking lineman in two games. The Outland Trophy has been awarded since 1946, and no Oklahoma State player has ever won it. Woodard is joined by nine other Big 12 players on the watch list: Steve Avila (TCU), Cooper Beebe (Kansas State), Trevor Downing (Iowa State), Jacob Gall (Baylor), Connor Galvin (Baylor), Anton Harrison (Oklahoma), Siaki Ika (Baylor), Cole Spencer (Texas Tech) and Dante Stills (West Virginia). Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. |
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