Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State, QB, So, Rock Hill, S.C.Mason Rudolph completed 16-of-24 passes for 352 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions in No. 14 Oklahoma State’s 49-29 victory over Associated Press-ranked No. 5 TCU. Rudolph set career highs with five touchdown passes and a 258.6 passer rating. His TD passes matched the fourth-highest single-game total in school history and were the most ever for a Cowboy facing a ranked opponent. The sophomore averaged 22.0 yards per completion, 14.7 yards per attempt and had touchdown passes of 48, 50, 82 and 74 yards. In his last three games, Rudolph has thrown eight touchdowns against just one interception. He has passed for 2,834 yards this season, a mark that ranks fifth in school history and is the second-most for an OSU sophomore, trailing only the 3,145 yards by Josh Fields in 2002.
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
Chad Whitener, Oklahoma State, LB, So, Mansfield, Texas Chad Whitener logged a career-high 12 tackles and was one yard away from notching two interception returns for touchdowns against TCU as part of Oklahoma State’s 49-29 win. He returned one of his picks 42 yards for a touchdown and the other 23 yards to the TCU one-yard line to set up a J.W. Walsh touchdown run on the next play. Whitener’s two interceptions made him just the 10th player in school history to pick off more than one pass in a game. The sophomore linebacker came to OSU as a walk-on and was thrust into the starting lineup when Ryan Simmons was lost for the season in week five. Whitener has 52 tackles, six tackles for loss, two sacks and two interceptions on the season.
Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week
Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State, P, Fr, Castroville, Texas Zach Sinor punted nine times against TCU, with six of those nine punts downed inside the 20-yard line, three downed inside the 10-yard line and two downed inside the TCU five-yard line. Field position was a vital component of the Cowboys’ win as the average start for an OSU drive was the 34-yard line, while the average start for a TCU drive was the 23-yard line. Sinor’s six punts downed inside the 20 matched a school record set by Barry Vincent against Colorado in 1991. Of Sinor’s nine punts against TCU, only one yielded a return of more than two yards.
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Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State, QB, So, Rock Hill, S.C.Mason Rudolph completed 16-of-24 passes for 352 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions in No. 14 Oklahoma State’s 49-29 victory over Associated Press-ranked No. 5 TCU. Rudolph set career highs with five touchdown passes and a 258.6 passer rating. His TD passes matched the fourth-highest single-game total in school history and were the most ever for a Cowboy facing a ranked opponent. The sophomore averaged 22.0 yards per completion, 14.7 yards per attempt and had touchdown passes of 48, 50, 82 and 74 yards. In his last three games, Rudolph has thrown eight touchdowns against just one interception. He has passed for 2,834 yards this season, a mark that ranks fifth in school history and is the second-most for an OSU sophomore, trailing only the 3,145 yards by Josh Fields in 2002.
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
Chad Whitener, Oklahoma State, LB, So, Mansfield, Texas Chad Whitener logged a career-high 12 tackles and was one yard away from notching two interception returns for touchdowns against TCU as part of Oklahoma State’s 49-29 win. He returned one of his picks 42 yards for a touchdown and the other 23 yards to the TCU one-yard line to set up a J.W. Walsh touchdown run on the next play. Whitener’s two interceptions made him just the 10th player in school history to pick off more than one pass in a game. The sophomore linebacker came to OSU as a walk-on and was thrust into the starting lineup when Ryan Simmons was lost for the season in week five. Whitener has 52 tackles, six tackles for loss, two sacks and two interceptions on the season.
Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week
Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State, P, Fr, Castroville, Texas Zach Sinor punted nine times against TCU, with six of those nine punts downed inside the 20-yard line, three downed inside the 10-yard line and two downed inside the TCU five-yard line. Field position was a vital component of the Cowboys’ win as the average start for an OSU drive was the 34-yard line, while the average start for a TCU drive was the 23-yard line. Sinor’s six punts downed inside the 20 matched a school record set by Barry Vincent against Colorado in 1991. Of Sinor’s nine punts against TCU, only one yielded a return of more than two yards.
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