2002 Big 12 preview

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No.  Team  '01 Record    North Division     1.  Nebraska  11-2  2.  Colorado  10-3   3.  Iowa State  7-5  4.  Kansas State  6-6  5.  Missouri  4-7  6.  Kansas  3-8    South Division     1.  Oklahoma  11-2  2.  Texas  11-2  3.  Texas A&M;  8-4  4.  Texas Tech  7-5  5.  Oklahoma State  4-7  6.  Baylor  3-8	Veteran running back Quentin Griffin should stand to benefit in Oklahoma's beefed-up running game. Scott Halleran/Getty Images

All-Conference Team
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.
		Offense
WR	Roy Williams	Texas	6-4	210	Jr.
WR	Justin Gage	Missouri	6-4	210	Sr.
OL	Rex Richards	Texas Tech	6-4	315	Sr.
OL	A.J. Ricker	Missouri	6-4	295	Jr.
C	Wayne Lucier	Colorado	6-4	295	Sr.
OL	Robbie Doane	Texas	6-6	315	Sr.
OL	Kyle Eaton	Oklahoma State	6-8	291	Jr.
QB	Kliff Kingsbury	Texas Tech	6-4	208	Sr.
RB	Dahrran Diedrick	Nebraska	6-0	225	Sr.
RB	Quentin Griffin	Oklahoma	5-7	190	Sr.
TE	Trent Smith	Oklahoma	6-5	230	Sr.
		Defense
DL	Tommie Harris	Oklahoma	6-3	278	So.
DL	Tank Reese	Kansas State	5-11	280	Sr.
DL	Keith Wright	Missouri	6-2	275	Sr.
DL	Kory Klein	Oklahoma	6-2	285	Jr.
LB	Lawrence Flugence	Texas Tech	6-2	235	Sr.
LB	Jimmy Wilkerson	Oklahoma	6-4	252	Jr.
LB	Cory Redding	Texas	6-5	270	Jr.
DB	Nathan Vasher	Texas	5-11	180	Jr.
DB	Sammy Davis	Texas A&M	6-0	185	Sr.
DB	Terence Newman	Kansas State	5-11	185	Sr.
DB	Derrick Strait	Oklahoma	5-11	194	Jr.
		Specialists
PK	Luke Phillips	Oklahoma State	6-0	170	So.
P	Kyle Larson	Nebraska	6-0	195	Jr.
RS	Chris Massey	Oklahoma State	6-0	204	Jr.

Offensive Player of the Year
Kliff Kingsbury	QB	Texas Tech
Defensive Player of the Year
Cory Redding	DE	Texas
Newcomer of the Year
Lance Mitchell	LB	Oklahoma