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Ollie Gordon II a Unanimous All-America Selection
December 14, 2023 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II became a unanimous All-America selection Thursday as he was named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America first team.
The AFCA honors round out his inclusion on the first team by all five official selectors designated by the NCAA, as he has already been honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, the Associated Press and The Sporting News. Although ESPN is not an NCAA-designated selector, he was also included on its first team that was announced Thursday.
He is Oklahoma State's first unanimous All-America selection since Chuba Hubbard in 2019.
Gordon's unanimous All-America honors add to an already long list of accolades that include the Doak Walker Award, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a seventh-place finish in the voting for the Heisman Trophy, while also receiving the most votes for the Heisman by a running back this season.
In addition to the AFCA, AP, FWAA, The Sporting News and Walter Camp honors, Gordon has also been named first team All-America by ESPN, Pro Football Focus, The Athletic, CBS Sports/247Sports, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, Bleacher Report, Action Network and others.
Entering Bowl Season, Gordon leads the FBS in several major categories including rushing yards (1,614), yards from scrimmage (1,940), 100-yard rushing games (8), 150-yard rushing games (5), 250-yard rushing games and carries of at least 30 yards (14), 40 yards (7) and 70 yards (2). He is second in rushing touchdowns (20), total touchdowns (21) and all-purpose yards (1,940).
His performances against Kansas, West Virginia and Cincinnati made him the only FBS player in the past 10 years with 250 scrimmage yards in three straight games, and his 282 rushing yards at West Virginia are the most for any FBS player in a game this season.
Gordon also put together a streak of six straight games with more than 120 yards rushing and two straight games with more than 270 yards rushing. His games against WVU and Cincinnati marked the most rushing yards for an OSU player in a two-game span (553) since Heisman-winner Barry Sanders posted 625 yards against Iowa and Texas Tech in 1988.
He followed that with another impressive performance in a Bedlam win over No. 9 Oklahoma, producing 156 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns.
To close the regular season, he rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns in a comeback win at Houston and then put up 166 yards and a school-record matching five rushing touchdowns against BYU to help send the Cowboys to the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship. The only other Cowboy to score five rushing touchdowns in a game is Barry Sanders, and that ties the single-game high for any FBS player in 2023.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Wednesday, December 27, facing Texas A&M on ESPN in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Oklahoma State Unanimous All-Americans
* Bob Fenimore and Alonzo Mayes were on all five first teams that have been designated NCAA selectors from 2002-23 (AP, AFCA, FWAA, The Sporting News and Walter Camp), but Fenimore was not on all 10 of the selecting first teams used in 1945 and Mayes was not on all six of the selecting first teams in 1997, so neither appears on the official NCAA list of unanimous All-America selections.
The AFCA honors round out his inclusion on the first team by all five official selectors designated by the NCAA, as he has already been honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, the Associated Press and The Sporting News. Although ESPN is not an NCAA-designated selector, he was also included on its first team that was announced Thursday.
He is Oklahoma State's first unanimous All-America selection since Chuba Hubbard in 2019.
Gordon's unanimous All-America honors add to an already long list of accolades that include the Doak Walker Award, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a seventh-place finish in the voting for the Heisman Trophy, while also receiving the most votes for the Heisman by a running back this season.
In addition to the AFCA, AP, FWAA, The Sporting News and Walter Camp honors, Gordon has also been named first team All-America by ESPN, Pro Football Focus, The Athletic, CBS Sports/247Sports, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, Bleacher Report, Action Network and others.
Entering Bowl Season, Gordon leads the FBS in several major categories including rushing yards (1,614), yards from scrimmage (1,940), 100-yard rushing games (8), 150-yard rushing games (5), 250-yard rushing games and carries of at least 30 yards (14), 40 yards (7) and 70 yards (2). He is second in rushing touchdowns (20), total touchdowns (21) and all-purpose yards (1,940).
His performances against Kansas, West Virginia and Cincinnati made him the only FBS player in the past 10 years with 250 scrimmage yards in three straight games, and his 282 rushing yards at West Virginia are the most for any FBS player in a game this season.
Gordon also put together a streak of six straight games with more than 120 yards rushing and two straight games with more than 270 yards rushing. His games against WVU and Cincinnati marked the most rushing yards for an OSU player in a two-game span (553) since Heisman-winner Barry Sanders posted 625 yards against Iowa and Texas Tech in 1988.
He followed that with another impressive performance in a Bedlam win over No. 9 Oklahoma, producing 156 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns.
To close the regular season, he rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns in a comeback win at Houston and then put up 166 yards and a school-record matching five rushing touchdowns against BYU to help send the Cowboys to the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship. The only other Cowboy to score five rushing touchdowns in a game is Barry Sanders, and that ties the single-game high for any FBS player in 2023.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Wednesday, December 27, facing Texas A&M on ESPN in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Oklahoma State Unanimous All-Americans
| 1945 | *Bob Fenimore | RB |
| 1977 | Terry Miller | RB |
| 1985 | Leslie O'Neal | DE |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders | RB |
| 1997 | *Alonzo Mayes | TE |
| 2009 | Russell Okung | OL |
| 2010 | Justin Blackmon | WR |
| 2011 | Justin Blackmon | WR |
| 2017 | James Washington | WR |
| 2019 | Chuba Hubbard | RB |
| 2023 | Ollie Gordon II | RB |
* Bob Fenimore and Alonzo Mayes were on all five first teams that have been designated NCAA selectors from 2002-23 (AP, AFCA, FWAA, The Sporting News and Walter Camp), but Fenimore was not on all 10 of the selecting first teams used in 1945 and Mayes was not on all six of the selecting first teams in 1997, so neither appears on the official NCAA list of unanimous All-America selections.
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