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Ollie Gordon II Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
October 16, 2023 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II was named one of two Big 12 Offensive Players of the Week Monday for his performance in OSU's 39-32 win over No. 23 Kansas Saturday afternoon.
Gordon turned in a career-best game with 168 rushing yards and a touchdown on 29 carries (5.8 yards per carry) while adding 116 receiving yards and a touchdown on six catches.
To put those numbers into perspective, no other FBS player in the past seven seasons has reached Gordon's rushing and receiving totals in the same game, and only five total FBS players have done it since 2000: Gordon vs. Kansas in 2023; MTSU's Richie James vs. FAU in 2016; WVU's Steve Slaton vs. Pittsburgh in 2006; Utah State's Emmett White vs. NMSU in 2000; and Minnesota's Tellis Redmon vs. Illinois in 2000.
Gordon is now the only player in the FBS this season and the first OSU player since 1989 (Gerald Hudson vs. Kansas) to record more than 100 rushing and receiving yards in a single game. He also became the first Cowboy running back with 100 yards receiving in a game since 1992 (Rafael Denson vs. Missouri).
His 282 all-purpose yards were the most by a Cowboy since All-American Chuba Hubbard posted 303 against Kansas State in 2019, and his offensive yardage accounted for 51.3% of the Cowboys' offensive production in the game.
He exploded out of the gate against the Jayhawks, surpassing 100 yards from scrimmage with eight and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter. On the first play from scrimmage, Gordon hauled in a career-long 50-yard catch to mark OSU's longest game-opening play since Jaylen Warren's 52-yard catch against Kansas State on Sept. 25, 2021.
The conference award marks the second time this season that a Cowboy has earned a Big 12 weekly honor, as safety Cameron Epps was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after his performance against Kansas State.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Saturday, playing West Virginia on the road at 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
2023 Oklahoma State Big 12 Players of the Week
Cameron Epps – Newcomer – vs. Kansas State
Ollie Gordon II – Offensive – vs. Kansas
Gordon turned in a career-best game with 168 rushing yards and a touchdown on 29 carries (5.8 yards per carry) while adding 116 receiving yards and a touchdown on six catches.
To put those numbers into perspective, no other FBS player in the past seven seasons has reached Gordon's rushing and receiving totals in the same game, and only five total FBS players have done it since 2000: Gordon vs. Kansas in 2023; MTSU's Richie James vs. FAU in 2016; WVU's Steve Slaton vs. Pittsburgh in 2006; Utah State's Emmett White vs. NMSU in 2000; and Minnesota's Tellis Redmon vs. Illinois in 2000.
Gordon is now the only player in the FBS this season and the first OSU player since 1989 (Gerald Hudson vs. Kansas) to record more than 100 rushing and receiving yards in a single game. He also became the first Cowboy running back with 100 yards receiving in a game since 1992 (Rafael Denson vs. Missouri).
His 282 all-purpose yards were the most by a Cowboy since All-American Chuba Hubbard posted 303 against Kansas State in 2019, and his offensive yardage accounted for 51.3% of the Cowboys' offensive production in the game.
He exploded out of the gate against the Jayhawks, surpassing 100 yards from scrimmage with eight and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter. On the first play from scrimmage, Gordon hauled in a career-long 50-yard catch to mark OSU's longest game-opening play since Jaylen Warren's 52-yard catch against Kansas State on Sept. 25, 2021.
The conference award marks the second time this season that a Cowboy has earned a Big 12 weekly honor, as safety Cameron Epps was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after his performance against Kansas State.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Saturday, playing West Virginia on the road at 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
2023 Oklahoma State Big 12 Players of the Week
Cameron Epps – Newcomer – vs. Kansas State
Ollie Gordon II – Offensive – vs. Kansas
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