Oklahoma State’s Josh Sills Among Outland Watch List Big 12 Picks
Oklahoma State offensive lineman Josh Sills was one of several Big 12 players named to the 2021 Outland Trophy Watch List on Tuesday.
Sills has played for two Big 12 teams, as he spent four years at West Virginia, where in 2018 he was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
With Oklahoma State last year, Sills was a First-Team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press and one of two Cowboys offensive linemen to start all 11 games. Sills played six games at left guard, one game at left tackle and four games at right tackle. He had 35 knockdown blocks, best among OSU linemen.
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Other Big 12 linemen selected to the watch list include Iowa State offensive guard Derek Schweiger and center Colin Newell, Oklahoma offensive guards Marquis Hayes and Tyrese Robinson, defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey, Texas Tech center Dawson Deaton and West Virginia defensive tackle Dante Stills.
The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from three finalists who are a part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award.
The Outland Trophy, celebrating 75 years since its founding, is the third-oldest major college football award. Created in 1946 when Dr. John Outland presented the FWAA with a financial contribution to initiate the award, the Outland Trophy has been given to the best interior lineman in college football ever since.
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2021 Outland Trophy Watch List
(Big 12 Players in Bold)
G Henry Bainivalu, Washington
OT Kenyon Green, Texas A&M
G Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
OT Matthew Bedford, Indiana
C Bryce Harris, Toledo
OT Nicholas Petit-Frere, Ohio State
G Curtis Blackwell, Ball State
G Marquis Hayes, Oklahoma
OT Colby Ragland, UAB
C Nick Brahms, Auburn
C Brock Hoffman, Virginia Tech
G Tyrese Robinson, Oklahoma
DT Bryan Bresee, Clemson
OT Jarrett Horst, Michigan State
OT Walter Rouse, Stanford
DT C.J. Brewer, Coastal Carolina
C Baer Hunter, App State
G Jamaree Salyer, Georgia
OT Nick Broeker, Ole Miss
G Ed Ingram, LSU
G Cole Schneider, UCF
G Logan Bruss, Wisconsin
DT McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M
G Derek Schweiger, Iowa State
OT Spencer Burford, UTSA
G Zion Johnson, Boston College
G Justin Shaffer, Georgia
C Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan
OT Darian Kinnard, Kentucky
G Josh Sills, Oklahoma State
G Trey Carter, Coastal Carolina
OT Jaxson Kirkland, Washington
OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
DT Will Choloh, Troy
C Doug Kramer, Illinois
OT Tyler Smith, Tulsa
DT Nolan Cockrill, Army
C Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa
OT Jack Snyder, San Jose State
C Keegan Cryder, Wyoming
C Alec Lindstrom, Boston College
G Jake Stetz, Boise State
DT Jordan Davis, Georgia
DT Jermayne Lole, Arizona State
DT Dante Stills, West Virginia
DT Tyler Davis, Clemson
OT Vederian Lowe, Illinois
OT Jaylon Thomas, SMU
C Dawson Deaton, Texas Tech
OT Abe Lucas, Washington State
OT Zachary Thomas, San Diego State
G Corey Dublin, Tulane
G Cain Madden, Notre Dame
OT Zach Tom, Wake Forest
G Ikem Ekwonu, N.C. State
DT Phidarian Mathis, Alabama
G O’Cyrus Torrence, Louisiana
C Nathan Eldridge, Oregon State
OT Jordan McFadden, Clemson
DT Raymond Vohasek, North Carolina
C James Empey, BYU
C Mike Miranda, Penn State
OT Tyler Vrabel, Boston College
G Joshua Ezeudu, North Carolina
OT Thayer Munford, Ohio State
OT Rasheed Walker, Penn State
C Alex Forsyth, Oregon
OT Evan Neal, Alabama
OT Sidney Wells, UAB
OT Jake Fuzak, Buffalo
OT Zion Nelson, Miami
C Dohnovan West, Arizona State
DT Haskell Garrett, Ohio State
C Colin Newell, Iowa State
OT Jarrid Williams, Miami
C Grant Gibson, N.C. State
G Conner Olson, Minnesota
DT Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma
G Shamarious Gilmore, Georgia State
G Dylan Parham, Memphis
