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All Pac-12 team - terry - 11-26-2012

2012 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM

First Team Offense 

QB Marcus Mariota, Fr., Oregon
RB Kenjon Barner, Sr., Oregon
RB Ka’Deem Carey, So., Arizona
WR Marqise Lee, So., U.S.C.
WR Markus Wheaton, Sr., Oregon State
TE Zach Ertz, Sr., Stanford
OL Hroniss Grasu, So., Oregon
OL Khaled Holmes, Sr., U.S.C.
OL Brian Schwenke, Sr., California
OL Xavier Su’a-Filo, So., UCLA
OL David Yankey, Jr., Stanford

Second Team Offense

QB Matt Scott, Sr., Arizona
RB Johnathan Franklin, Sr., UCLA
RB Stepfan Taylor, Sr., Stanford
WR Austin Hill, So., Arizona
WR Robert Woods, Jr., U.S.C.
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, So., Washington
OL Jeff Baca, Sr., UCLA
OL David Bakhtiari, Jr., Colorado
OL Sam Brenner, Sr., Utah
OL Kevin Danser, Sr., Stanford
OL Sam Schwartzstein, Sr., Stanford

First Team Defense

DL Scott Crichton, So., Oregon State
DL Dion Jordan, Sr., Oregon
DL Star Lotulelei, Sr., Utah (2)
DL Will Sutton, Jr., Arizona State
LB Anthony Barr, Jr., UCLA
LB Trent Murphy, Sr., Stanford
LB Chase Thomas, Sr., Stanford (2)
DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, So., Oregon
DB Joran Poyer, Sr., Oregon State
DB Ed Reynolds, Jr., Stanford
DB Desmond Trufant, Sr., Washington

Second Team Defense

DL Henry Anderson, Jr., Stanford
DL Morgan Breslin, Jr., U.S.C.
DL Ben Gardner, Sr., Stanford
DL Datone Jones, Sr., UCLA
LB Kiko Alonso, Sr., Oregon
LB Michael Clay, Sr., Oregon
LB Brandon Magee, Sr., Arizona State
DB Deone Bucannon, Jr., Washington State
DB Alden Darby, Jr., Arizona State
DB T.J.  McDonald, Sr., U.S.C.
DB Nickell Robey, Jr., U.S.C.

First Team Specialists

PK Vince D'Amato, Jr., California
P Jeff Locke, Sr., UCLA
RS Reggie Dunn, Sr., Utah
ST Jordan Jenkins, Sr., Oregon State

Second Team Specialists

PK Andrew Furney, Jr., Washington State
P Josh Hubner, Sr., Arizona State
RS Marqise Lee, So., U.S.C.
ST David Allen, Sr., UCLA

RS=return specialist ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)
(2) Two-time first team selection

Offensive Player of the Year:  Marqise Lee, WR, U.S.C.
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year:  Will Sutton, DL, Arizona State
Freshman Offensive Player of the Year:  Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
Freshman Defensive Player of the Year:  Leonard Williams, DL, U.S.C.
Coach of the Year:  David Shaw, Stanford

ALL-PAC-12 HONORABLE MENTION

ARIZONA: WR Dan Buckner, Sr.; LB Jake Fischer, Jr.; OL Kyle Quinn, Sr.; DB Jared Tevis, So.

ARIZONA STATE: LB Carl Bradford, So.; DB Deveron Carr, Sr.; TE Chris Coyle, Jr.; OL Evan Finkenberg, Jr.; RB D.J. Foster, Fr.; RB Marlon Grice, Jr.; DT Jaxon Hood, Fr.; DB Osahon Irabor, Jr.; DB Keelan Johnson, Sr.; QB Taylor Kelly, So.; RS Rashad Ross, Sr.

CALIFORNIA: WR Keenan Allen, Jr.; RS Brendan Bigelow, So.; DB Josh Hill, Sr.; LB Chris McCain, So; ST Avery Sebastian, So.; DB Steve Williams, Jr.

COLORADO: DB Kenneth Crawley, Fr.; TE Nick Kasa, Sr.; OL Alex Lewis, So.; DB Marques Moseley, Fr.; OL Daniel Munyer, So.; P Darragh O’Neill, So.; DL Will Perciak, Sr.; RB Christian Powell, Fr.; OL Yuri Wright, Fr.

OREGON: OL Jake Fisher, So.; DL Taylor Hart, Jr.; WR Josh Huff, Jr.; DL Wade Keliikippi, Jr.; TE Colt Lyerla, So.; DB Terrance Mitchell, So.; DL Isaac Remington, Sr.; RS De’Anthony Thomas, So.   

OREGON STATE: WR Brandin Cooks, So.; OL Grant Enger, Jr.; DB Raashad Reynolds, Jr.; PK Trevor Romaine, So.; DL Andrew Seumalo; OL Issac Seumalo, Fr.;

STANFORD: DB Usua Amanam, Sr.; DB Terrence Brown, Sr.; DB Alex Carter, Fr.; ST Alex Debniak, Sr.; OL Cameron Fleming, Jr.; RB Ryan Hewitt, Sr.; QB Kevin Hogan, So.; RS Ty Montgomery, So.; DB Jordan Richards, So.; LB Shayne Skov, Sr.; DL Terrence Stephens, Sr.; RS Drew Terrell, Sr.; TE Levine Toilolo, Sr.; P Daniel Zychlinski, Sr.;

UCLA: DB Andrew Abbott, Sr.; OL Jake Brendel, Fr.; WR Shaq Evans, Jr.; TE Joseph Fauria, Sr.; QB Brett Hundley, Fr.; LB Eric Kendricks, So.; DL Cassius Marsh, Jr.; RS Damien Thigpen, Jr.;

U.S.C.: LB Dion Bailey, So.; QB Matt Barkley, Sr.; ST Tony Burnett, Sr.; TE Xavier Grimble, So.; PK Andre Heidari, So.; DL Wes Horton, Sr.; OL John Martinez, Jr.; P Kyle Negrete, Sr.; LB Hayes Pullard, So.; RB Silas Redd, Jr.; OL Max Tuerk, Fr.; DL George Uko, So.; DL Leonard Williams, Fr.

UTAH: DB Brian Blechen, Jr.; DL Nate Fakahafua, So.; DL Joe Kruger, Jr.; TE Jake Murphy, So.; OL Jeremiah Poutasi, Fr.; LB Trevor Reilly, Jr.; DB Eric Rowe, So.; P Sean Sellwood, Sr.; OL Tevita Stevens, Sr.; RB John White, Sr.;

WASHINGTON: LB Travis Feeney, Fr.; ST Justin Glenn, Sr.; DL Andrew Hudson, So.; DB Sean Parker, Jr.; RB Bishop Sankey, So.; OL Drew Schaefer, Sr.; DL Danny Shelton, So.; LB Shaq Thompson, Fr.; LB John Timu, So.; WR Kasen Williams, So.;

WASHINGTON STATE: WR Brett Bartolone, Fr.; OL Elliott Bosch, Jr.; RS Teondray Caldwell, Fr.; LB Cyrus Coen, So.; DL Xavier Cooper, Fr.; LB Travis Long, Sr.; LB Darryl Monroe, Fr.; DB Daniel Simmons, Sr.

Re: All Pac-12 team - terry - 11-26-2012

Some highlights of the All Pac-12 team:

On offense, 9 Stanford players got recognition -- 4 offensive linemen (all but Wilkes), 2 tight ends, Taylor, Hewitt, and Hogan (yes, Hogan got honorable mention).

On defense, 11 Stanford players got recognition -- all of the starters except Tarpley, plus Amanam. That means 5 Stanford DBs got recognition. Wow.

On special teams, 4 Stanford players got recognition -- Debniak, Zychlinski, Terrell (as a punt returner), and Montgomery (as a kickoff returner).

First team: 5 players
Second team: 5 players
Honorable mention: 14 players

That means 24 Stanford players got all-conference recognition. Plus Coach Shaw. Pretty amazing.

Re: All Pac-12 team - StannyBoy - 11-26-2012

I definitely don't agree with some of those selections. TJ McDonald on the 2nd team over Jordan Richards? McDonald's scouting report a few weeks ago was updated to "his season has been so bad he could go undrafted". Really shows how bad USC coaching is if a star players gets worse every year. Richards had a much better season as a sophomore.

I'm surprised Danser made 2nd team over Fleming and I would probably have Tarpley and Skov on the 2nd team over the guys that made it.

Re: All Pac-12 team - terry - 11-26-2012

Of the 24 Stanford players who got all-conference recognition, 17 have eligibility remaining. The only players with no further eligibility are Taylor, Schwartzstein, Thomas, Stephens, Terrell, Debniak, and Zychlinski.

Re: All Pac-12 team - fullmetal - 11-26-2012

I'm likewise surprised Tarpley and Skov didn't make it.  I'm also shocked I didn't know that Toilolo was listed as a true senior (no action freshman year).  Somehow I'd thought of him as a soph/jr in the pipeline.  Turns out he's the same year as Ertz (who also didn't play his freshman year).

Re: All Pac-12 team - 97fan - 11-26-2012

I don't want to sound churlish -- I'm guessing that 24 all-conference players is a record for Stanford -- but it's a shame that A.J. Tarpley didn't get recognized. He was arguably one of the top five players on Stanford's defense, and clearly deserved at least Honorable Mention status. On the other hand, it's hard to see what T.y Montgomery did to merit recognition.

It's obvious that some voters aren't paying close enough attention and just rely on preseason hype. Too bad.

Re: All Pac-12 team - washingtonismoney - 11-26-2012

For some reason media outlets et. al. have a lot of trouble with our eligibility system. Toilolo is not only eligible for next year, I think he'd also have a decent shot at a 6th year if he wanted it (NOTE: supremely unlikely.). There are several others on the list.

Said it on another thread, but it's pretty incredible to get honorable mention kudos for, what, four games in a body of work? As a redshirt freshman?

97fan, Ty was listed as a return specialist. When healthy, he was, in fact, very good: his 25.80 yards/return would rank in the top 30 nationally if he qualified.

Re: All Pac-12 team - terry - 11-26-2012

The first and second team QBs were Marcus Mariota and Matt Scott. That means U.S.C.'s MattBarkley went from Voldemort front-runner to all-conference honorable mention. Wow. Not exactly what he was envisioning, I'm sure.

Re: All Pac-12 team - 97fan - 11-26-2012

(11-26-2012, 03:46 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:97fan, Ty was listed as a return specialist. When healthy, he was, in fact, very good: his 25.80 yards/return would rank in the top 30 nationally if he qualified.

Ah, I see. Thanks. I read too quickly.

Re: All Pac-12 team - needle - 11-26-2012

I'd take Taylor and Franklin over Barner and Carey in a heartbeat--and I suspect so would pretty much every NFL team.

Nice honor for Shaw, and congrats to all who were recognized.

Re: All Pac-12 team - CowboyIndian - 11-26-2012

The Tarpley omission is glaring.

Re: All Pac-12 team - OutsiderFan - 11-26-2012

Damn, I wanted to make post enquiring who you thought would make the All Pac-12 Team (first and second teams) from Stanford.  Oh well.

A few thoughts:

A former California player who frequents some California boards and does great statistical analysis has said that in order to win a conference championship, a team needs 10 All-Conference selections.  That was with 10 teams.  Now with 12 teams, it's probably a bit lower, but 10 certainly proved to be enough in Stanford's case.

Jordan Richards and A.J. Tarpley were certainly deserving, but this is a political vote, and Stanford plays a 3-4 defense.  The reality is all Stanford's starting LBs are All-Conference caliber.

Kind of surprised Danser made second team over Fleming.

California had just one All-Conference selection on offense and defense.  Only selection was their kicker, who frankly won it by default due to a lousy group of Pac-12 kickers.



Re: All Pac-12 team - Roberton3 - 11-26-2012

(11-26-2012, 05:05 PM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:California had ZERO All-Conference selections on offense and defense.  Only selection was their kicker, who frankly won it by default due to a lousy group of Pac-12 kickers.

I was surprised about the kicker.  Oregon State's kicker tied for 8th in the country in FG percentage (and was 5/6 from 40 yards or more), substantially better than Kal's kicker.  But he only got honorable mention (Kal and WSU were 1st and 2nd team, respectively).  Perhaps voters felt they needed to pick someone from Kal and WSU...

Re: All Pac-12 team - OutsiderFan - 11-26-2012

I made a mistake and corrected it, but California did have one selection, in first team OL Brian Schwenke, who played Center this year after moving from Guard his previous three years.

Re: All Pac-12 team - Oasis - 11-26-2012

Good for David Shaw.  This is great for our recruiting. On the down side, Stepfan is the man.  Barner is good, but not in Stepfan's league.

but wait. There's more! - yvonne - 11-26-2012


Quote:STANFORD, Calif. - The American Football Coaches Association today announced that Stanford will receive the AFCA's 2012 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. Stanford recorded a 100 percent graduation rate for members of its freshman football scholar-athlete class of 2005, as measured by the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR). Northwestern also achieved a 100 percent GSR and will share the award with Stanford.
http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112612aaa.html

Re: All Pac-12 team - Cardinal96 - 11-26-2012

(11-26-2012, 03:34 PM)terry link Wrote:Of the 24 Stanford players who got all-conference recognition, 17 have eligibility remaining. The only players with no further eligibility are Taylor, Schwartzstein, Thomas, Stephens, Terrell, Debniak, and Zychlinski.

Yep.  We have a chance to be special next year.  Of those with eligibility remaining, I think Ertz will be gone and I see him being drafted in the 2nd round.  I also wasn't aware that Skov had another year of eligibility remaining.

The glaring weakness for next year will be our receiving targets.  Hopefully, some of our recent recruits can develop in the offseason and/or we get immediate contributions from the incoming class, which may include Francis Owusu, Allen and Cunningham.

Re: All Pac-12 team - Hank 91 - 11-26-2012

I think Skov would have to apply for a medical redshirt (last season) to get an extra year. At one point I was hopeful that might happen, but I think he's probably played himself back into the top two or three rounds. I bet he leaves.

Re: All Pac-12 team - teejers1 - 11-26-2012

Skov is nowhere near 100% . . . and he still is pretty darn good!

Unless Skov makes a remarkable ascent to full recovery by April - the time of the NFL meat market/draft evaluations - I think there is a great chance Shayne returns to Stanford for what will be a blockbuster senior season (assuming good health).

Re: All Pac-12 team - stan01 - 11-27-2012

Can someone who has been paying close attention to the offensive line talk about Kevin Danser?  At one point this season true frosh Josh Garnett got to start, then it was back to Danser.  Has he improved so much?  And what kind of year is Cameron Flemming having?Â