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TCU Football: Fifteen Players Receive Preseason Honors – A Summary

Multiple Horned Frogs have been named to 23 preseason watch lists or teams with 42 nominations, which is second in the Big 12.
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TCU Football: Fifteen Players Receive Preseason Honors – A Summary
TCU Football: Fifteen Players Receive Preseason Honors – A Summary

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Earlier this week, the AP announced its Preseason All-American first and second teams. With its announcement, the preseason honors season concluded. Over the summer, 33 awards, organizations, and publications announced their 2023 watch lists and preseason teams.

The TCU Horned Frogs had 15 players named to 23 of these watch lists/preseason teams for 42 nominations. The 15 players are the most of any team in the Big 12. Texas leads the Big 12 with 55 nominations from 13 players. Texas also leads the conference with at least one player named to 28 of the 33 awards/lists, followed by TCU with 23.

As each TCU player was nominated for these watch lists, KillerFrogs published an article with more information about the award and the one named to that watch list.

The following summarizes the different nominations and various articles written about the watch lists. Clicking the award title below will take you to the article for that award/trophy.

TCU Players Given Preseason Honors

Emani Bailey (Running Back)

Shad Banks Jr (Linebacker)

Andrew Coker (Offensive lineman)

  • Preseason All-Big 12 – Athlon Sports (1st team)
  • Preseason All-Texas Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)

Brandon Coleman (Offensive lineman)

Johnny Hodges (Linebacker)

  • Lott IMPACT Trophy – Defensive Player - Impact on and off the field
  • Preseason All-Big 12
  • Preseason All-Big 12 – Athlon Sports (1st team)
  • Preseason All-Texas Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)

Griffin Kell (Place Kicker)

  • Lou Groza Award – Best Place Kicker
  • Preseason All-Big 12
  • Preseason All-Big 12 – Athlon Sports (1st team)
  • Preseason All-Big 12 – Phil Steele (1st team)
  • Preseason All-Texas Team (Dave Campbell's Texas Football)

John Lanz (Offensive Lineman)

Brent Matiscik (Long Snapper)

Chandler Morris (Quarterback)

Josh Newton (Cornerback)

Trey Sanders (Running Back)

Jordy Sandy (Punter)

Jared Wiley (Tight End)

Damonic Williams (Defensive Lineman)

Savion Williams (Linebacker)

Award Predictions

Also, KillerFrogs has published articles on our predictions of which player will win the major postseason college football awards.

Those predictions can be found here:

Big 12 Nominations

All 14 schools in the Big 12 had players named to at least ten of the preseason awards/lists/teams. A total of 114 players from the league received 325 nominations to the preseason watch lists for the 33 awards, trophies, and teams.

Texas’ 55 nominations lead the league, followed by TCU with 42, then Kansas with 30. Every school in the league had at least one player named to three or more lists. Texas had six players with three or more nominations, including two players – Jaylan Ford and Xavier Worthy – with 11 nominations each. TCU and Kansas State were next, with five players from each school with multiple nominations.

TCU’s Josh Newton, with 13 nominations, had the most of any player in the Big 12.

Big 12 players with 13 nominations

  • Josh Newton (TCU)

Big 12 players with 12 nominations

  • Dontay Corleone (Cincinnati)

Big 12 players with 11 nominations

  • Jaylan Ford (Texas)
  • Zach Frazier (West Virginia)
  • Xavier Worthy (Texas)

Big 12 players with nine nominations

  • Kelvin Banks (Texas)
  • Jaylon Hutchings (Texas Tech)

Big 12 players with eight nominations

  • Cooper Beebe (Kansas State)

Big 12 players with seven nominations

  • Cobee Bryant (Kansas)
  • Jalon Daniels (Kansas)

Big 12 players with six nominations

  • Ethan Downs (Oklahoma)
  • Mason Fletcher (Cincinnati)
  • Collin Oliver (Oklahoma State)
  • Richard Reese (Baylor)
  • Ja’Tavion Sanders (Texas)

Big 12 players with five nominations

  • Phillip Brooks (Kansas State)
  • Quinn Ewers (Texas)
  • Dillon Gabriel (Oklahoma)
  • Griffin Kell (TCU)
  • Devin Neal (Kansas)
  • Brennan Presley (Oklahoma State)
  • Kobe Savage (Kansas State)
  • Danny Stutsman (Oklahoma)

Big 12 players with four nominations

  • Jowon Briggs (Cincinnati)
  • Johnny Hodges (TCU)
  • Jason Johnson (UCF)
  • Byron Murphy (Texas)
  • Mike Novitsky (Kansas)
  • Kingsley Suamataia (BYU)
  • TJ Tampa (Iowa State)
  • Damonic Williams (TCU)

Big 12 players with three nominations

  • Jerand Bradley (Texas Tech)
  • Tahj Brooks (Texas Tech)
  • Ben Bywater (BYU)
  • Brandon Coleman (TCU)
  • Jack Freeman (Houston)
  • Matthew Golden (Houston)
  • Jarrod Hufford (Iowa State)
  • Gabe Hall (Baylor)
  • Will Howard (Kansas State)
  • Patrick Paul (Houston)
  • Randen Plattner (Kansas State)
  • Aidan Robbins (BYU)
  • John Rhys-Plumlee (UCF)
  • Tyler Shough (Texas Tech)

Number of Nominations/Players Nominated/Award Lists by School

  • Baylor – 5 players on 11 lists; 13 nominations
  • BYU – 10 players on 17 lists; 18 nominations
  • Cincinnati – 5 players on 16 lists; 24 nominations
  • Houston – 8 players on 14 lists; 14 nominations
  • Iowa State – 6 players on 11 lists; 11 nominations
  • Kansas – 9 players on 22 lists; 30 nominations
  • Kansas State – 8 players on 19 lists; 29 nominations
  • Oklahoma – 7 players on 17 lists; 20 nominations
  • Oklahoma State – 6 players on 10 lists; 16 nominations
  • TCU – 15 players on 23 lists; 42 nominations
  • Texas – 13 players on 28 lists; 55 nominations
  • Texas Tech – 9 players on 17 lists; 24 nominations
  • UCF – 6 players on 11 lists; 11 nominations
  • West Virginia – 7 players on 17 lists; 18 nominations

For a list of many of the Big 12 nominations, click here.

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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