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2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: KR/PR Phillip Brooks, Kansas State,...Brooks was the First Team All-Big 12 kick and punt returner, the 14th time in the 25-year existence of the Big 12 - and the seventh time in the last eight years - that a Wildcat was a First Team All-Big 12 returner. Brooks totaled 411 return yards this season, including 261 punt-return yards and a pair of touchdowns. His 23.7-yard average on punt returns is tops in school history and would lead the nation if he had the required minimum amount of returns. - Kansas State Football

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WR Phillip Brooks, Kansas State
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12/18/20 - Blake Lynch, Sr/2021, Kansas State, 5-04, 144 (DS#12 K) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Blake Lynch (PK),...Led by Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year Deuce Vaughn and First Team All-Big 12 performers Phillip Brooks and Wyatt Hubert, a total of 10 Kansas State football players picked up postseason honors as the Big 12 announced the coaches' All-Big 12 selections. - Kansas State Football

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K Blake Lynch, Kansas State
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12/18/20 - *Wyatt Hubert, rJr/2021, Kansas State, 6-3, 258 (DS#23 DE) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Wyatt Hubert (DPoY, DLoY),...Led by Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year Deuce Vaughn and First Team All-Big 12 performers Phillip Brooks and Wyatt Hubert, a total of 10 Kansas State football players picked up postseason honors as the Big 12 announced the coaches' All-Big 12 selections. - Kansas State Football

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DE *Wyatt Hubert, Kansas State
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12/17/20 - *Deuce Vaughn, Jr/2023, Kansas State, 5-05, 179 (DS#17 RB) + More +

2020 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State, RB,...Vaughn is the second Wildcat to earn the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year award - joining Tyler Lockett (2011) - and the Round Rock, Texas native was also named a Second Team All-Big 12 running back, the first Wildcat true freshman in the Big 12 era to earn first- or second-team honors on offense from the league's coaches. Vaughn is one of only two players in the nation to top 600 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards so far in 2020, joining Clemson senior running back Travis Etienne, and is the only player in the Big 12 to lead his team in both rushing and receiving yards. - Kansas State Football

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RB *Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
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12/16/20 - Will Honas, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-1, 233 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Will Honas,...Nebraska junior cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt earned second-team All-Big Ten honors, leading a group of seven Blackshirts who received all-conference recognition. Honas ranks second on the team with 49 tackles, including five tackles for loss and a team-high three sacks. - Nebraska Football

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ILB Will Honas, Kansas State
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12/12/20 - Briley Moore, rSr/2021, Kansas State, 6-4, 240 (DS#15 TE) + More +

Briley Moore is moving on after one season at Kansas State. Moore, a tight end who joined K-State as a graduate transfer earlier this year, announced Saturday he would forgo an opportunity to return in 2021 to focus on preparing for the NFL draft. Like all seniors, Moore had a chance to come back for a sixth season. Earlier this year, the NCAA ruled that all fall athletes, regardless of how many or few games they play this season, would not have this year count against their eligibility given the upheaval induced by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, Moore announced his decision to head to the pros in a letter posted to his personal Twitter account. - Manhattan Mercury

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TE Briley Moore, Kansas State
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12/10/20 - Julius Brents, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-3, 198 (DS#10 CB) + More +

While Iowa football has dealt with multiple transfer-portal departures this season, the latest entry is the first who had significant playing time during his Hawkeye tenure. Redshirt sophomore defensive back Julius Brents entered the transfer portal Monday, a source confirmed to HawkCentral. He is the fifth Iowa player to do so since the 2020 season began, joining running back Shadrick Byrd, linebacker Yahweh Jeudy, wide receiver Calvin Lockett and defensive back Daraun McKinney. But unlike the previous four, Brents had worked his way into the two-deep at times in Iowa City. The 6-foot-2 cornerback from Indianapolis was in the starting lineup for a five-game stretch as a true freshman in 2018, cracking Iowa's first-team defense against Minnesota, Indiana, Maryland, Penn State and Purdue. Four of those were road games. - Iowa City Press-Citizen

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CB Julius Brents, Kansas State
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12/10/20 - Adrian Martinez, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-2, 221 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Saturday's game moved Martinez into fourth place on Nebraska's career passing yardage list - he's now at 5,262 - as he passed Dave Humm and Joe Ganz. His work on the ground put him over 1,500 career rushing yards, and moved him within 10 yards of his coach, Frost, for seventh on NU's quarterback rushing list. For the second week in a row, Martinez was efficient, too. Combined with an 18-for-20 effort against Iowa, Martinez is 41-for-50 for 416 yards through the air over the past two weeks. "I would say Luke (McCaffrey) and I have been pushing each other at practice, Coach (Matt) Lubick, Coach Verdu (Mario Verduzco), we've just all been really honed in on the details," Martinez said. "And our receivers have really started to come into their own - that's Levi (Falck), Oliver (Martin), our tight ends - they're all helping us out a tremendous amount. So I feel really good about those guys and I know Luke does, as well. "We've just been chopping at it."

It's been a lot of chopping for Martinez throughout the season. It appears, though, all that work is beginning to show results. "I think it's a little bit of everybody. Part of that goes on us with receivers and running backs and tight ends moving in practice the way we should be to make sure that Adrian's confident whenever we get out to the games," NU receiver Wan'Dale Robinson said. "This week was probably our best week of practice with that, and obviously it showed out there on the field." - Lincoln journal Star

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QB Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
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12/07/20 - Julius Brents, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-3, 198 (DS#10 CB) + More +

Iowa defensive back Julius Brents has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to enter the portal since the start of the 2020 season. The Des Moines Register first reported Brents' decision. Brents joins running back Shadrick Byrd, linebacker Yahweh Juedy, wide receiver Calvin Lockett, and defensive back Daraun McKinney as Iowa players that have entered the portal this season. Unlike the other four, Brents has seen significant playing time over the course of his Hawkeye career. The redshirt sophomore worked his way into the starting lineup as a true freshman in 2018, starting at corner for a five-game stretch. Brents has not started a game this season, and only sees the field in a reserve roll or on special teams. - UI The Daily Iowan

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CB Julius Brents, Kansas State
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12/05/20 - Adrian Martinez, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-2, 221 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Adrian Martinez ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to help Nebraska to a 37-27 victory over Purdue on Saturday. Martinez completed 23 of 30 passes for 242 yards and rushed for another 45 yards for the Cornhuskers. Both teams are 2-4 in the Big Ten-only schedule. Nebraska took a 34-13 lead on Martinez's 1-yard touchdown run early in the second half. Purdue bounced back to narrow the deficit to 34-27 with two Jack Plummer touchdown passes. However, Nebraska regained control with an eight play, 79-yard drive capped by Connor Culp's 32-yard field goal, his third, with 7:04 to play.

Plummer connected with Payne Durham for a 20-yard touchdown with 1:29 left in third quarter and hooked up with David Bell for an 89-yard score with 12:16 remaining in the fourth quarter. Two Nebraska defenders ran into each other leaving Bell wide open. Plummer completed 33 of 47 passes for 334 yards. Martinez completed 14 of 19 passes in the first half to help the Cornhuskers take a 27-13 halftime lead. Nebraska jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first 5 minutes on Purdue's special teams miscues. - Nebraska/AP College Football

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QB Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
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12/05/20 - Drew Wiley, Sr/2021, Kansas State, 6-4, 294 (DS#44 DT) + More +

Because of the turmoil caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA granted all players what essentially amounts to a free year, opening the door for seniors to return next year. But rather than forcing their hand in deciding before they're ready, K-State is moving ahead with the traditional tribute and sorting out those details later. Defensive tackle Drew Wiley, a first-year starter enjoying a breakout senior season, said that while Klieman has stayed out of it, deciding whether or not to return has been a hot topic of conversation among members of his class.

"I think it comes up pretty much every day, talking about that," Wiley said. "It's just such a different situation. "It's kind of unprecedented. It's never really happened before, so we discuss it quite often." It certainly has weighed on Wiley, who was not yet ready to share his intentions. "Obviously, it's a huge decision," he said. "I've put a lot of thought into it, actually, and I do kind of have my mind made up, but I don't really think this is the place to discuss it right now. "But the process was a lot of consulting people that I trusted. A lot of talking to my family (and) talking to coaches. Doing a little bit of praying, trying to figure out what was the best path or what will be the right path moving forward." - Topeka Capital Journal

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DT Drew Wiley, Kansas State
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12/02/20 - Adrian Martinez, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-2, 221 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Adrian Martinez has been through more than a few ups and downs over the course of his Nebraska football career so far. Up until a couple of weeks ago, though, he had never been benched. That marked a tough moment for the junior and two-time captain from Fresno, California. Instead of wilting or throwing in the towel, though, he made a decision. "My mindset was that of a captain. Our captains are voted on by the team, and that's something that means a lot to me," Martinez told reporters Monday. "It's an honor, and I owe it to those guys to give it everything I have; that was really my mindset.

"Regardless of the fact that I've been demoted, I was going to be there to support Luke (McCaffrey) and support our team because, I mean, that's what matters. That's what I came here to do, and my mindset didn't shift. I wanted to win. I still want to win, and showing up each and every day with that type of attitude and mindset? It's what leaders do. It's what good leaders do." This conversation, perhaps, is even more pertinent to the current state of affairs at Nebraska than the fact that he returned to the starting lineup Friday against Iowa. Martinez completed all but two of his 20 passes for 174 yards in a largely smooth timeshare with McCaffrey. - Lincoln Journal Star

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QB Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
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11/09/20 - Adrian Martinez, rSr/2023, Kansas State, 6-2, 221 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Scott Frost thought his football team was primed to break through and earn the kind of victory that represents a step forward for a program trying to gain its footing. Instead, the Huskers on Saturday afternoon broke down, the works too gummed up by the kind of mistakes that have caused the program to sputter and chug rather than kick into gear. The back-breakers in a 21-13 loss to Northwestern? A pair of interceptions, one each by junior Adrian Martinez and redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey, that turned scoring chances into dust. Martinez's came late in the third quarter when he came back to the middle of the field late and threw a ball up for grabs toward tight end Austin Allen, a mistake that quarterbacks can ill-afford to make, particularly into the end zone. It was enough for coach Scott Frost to take Martinez out of the game and put McCaffrey in. - Lincoln Journal Star

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QB Adrian Martinez, Kansas State
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11/08/20 - Briley Moore, rSr/2021, Kansas State, 6-4, 240 (DS#15 TE) + More +

Kansas State tight end Briley Moore, who leads the team with 19 receptions this fall, did not play Saturday. Prior to the game, he was seen on the field wearing street clothes. Moore suffered a back injury in the second quarter of last week's game at West Virginia and has not played since. - Manhattan Mercury

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TE Briley Moore, Kansas State
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11/07/20 - Drew Wiley, Sr/2021, Kansas State, 6-4, 294 (DS#44 DT) + More +

It took Drew Wiley three seasons to become a regular contributor on Kansas State's interior defensive line. As a junior, he filled the role admirably, providing solid relief for seniors Trey Dishon and Jordan Mittie while essentially auditioning for 2020. So, with the Wildcats in the unenviable position of having to replace both starting defensive tackles - and in a year where the coronavirus pandemic wiped out spring practice, no less - it became critical for Wiley, a senior from Vinton, Iowa, to step up to the challenge. At 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, he had proven himself as an effective run stopper, deployed primarily in short-yardage situations as a true freshman in 2017 and again the following season. Last year, as part of the rotation with Dishon and Mittie, he recorded 16 tackles, including the first two for loss.

But that was just a preview of what was to come for Wiley, who in his first six career starts this season for the 4-2 Wildcats also has become a feared pass-rusher. He was one of the few bright spots last Saturday in K-State's 37-10 loss - the first in five league games - at West Virginia. "I thought Drew Wiley played his tail off," K-State coach Chris Klieman said after Wiley made a career-high seven stops, including 2.5 for loss and a sack against the Mountaineers. "I thought Drew Wiley was really, really good. "Drew is having an all-conference season, and I'm really happy with the way he's playing right now." - Topeka Capital Journal

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DT Drew Wiley, Kansas State
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