Oklahoma State University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Israel Antwine
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oklahoma City, OK
- High School:
- Millwood
Pronounced ANN-twine
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Tackles 5, three times, last vs. TCU, 2020
TFL
Sacks 1.0, three times, last vs. Kansas State, 2021
Finished his career as a four-year starter at the Power Five level ... Played in 46 games and started 36 times in career ... Played his freshman season at Colorado before transferring to OSU. recorded at least 20 tackles in each of his final three seasons.
2021 (Senior): Second team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in 13 of OSU’s 14 games, only missing the season opener ... Started the final 10 games ... Had eight multiple-tackle games on the year, including three-tackle outings against Kanas State and Texas ... Tallied 4.0 tackles for loss on the year, with a career-best 2.0 TFL performance in the win over Kansas State ... Finished the year with 3.0 sacks, which tied for the most among OSU’s interior defensive linemen ... Added two quarterback hurries, both coming against KSU ... Served as a captain in the first Baylor matchup.
2020 (Junior): First team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in all 11 games and started six on the interior of the defensive line ... Finished with 20 tackles, five tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble ... Of his 20 tackles, 17 came on opponent rush attempts ... Teamed with Cameron Murray to record a sack against Kansas State ... Logged a season-high five tackles against TCU ... Posted solo tackles for loss against West Virginia, Kansas, Iowa State and TCU ... Assisted on tackles for loss against Tulsa and Kansas State ... Forced a fumble against Kansas State.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games and started nine ... His 25 tackles and 14 solo stops ranked second among OSU’s interior linemen ... Enjoyed a productive bowl game, as he recovered a fumble, had three tackles, assisted on a tackle for loss and was credited with a quarterback hurry against Texas A&M ... Had a season-high five tackles in wins over No. 23 Iowa State and TCU, and recorded one sack in each of those two contests ... Assisted on a sack against Oklahoma ... Had a tackle for loss against Texas Tech ... Credited with three quarterback hurries on the year ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches.
2018 (Freshman at Colorado): Started 11 of 12 games as a true freshman at Colorado and played in all 12 ... Finished the season with 15 total tackles, including five solo stops ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries on the season ... Became just the second true freshman at Colorado to start a season opener on the defensive line ... Set a freshman record for defensive linemen at Colorado by playing 457 plays ... Credited with a season-high three tackles against California ... Had two-tackle showings against Colorado State, Nebraska, Washington State and Utah ... Assisted on a sack and on a second tackle for loss against Cal ... Assisted on a tackle for loss against Colorado State ... Had quarterback hurries against UCLA and Utah, respectively.
High School: Rated a three-star talent by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports ... A consensus top-20 player in the state of Oklahoma in 2017 ... Played both ways for coach Darwin Franklin at Millwood ... A first-team choice for the OKPreps All-State team ... Named to The Oklahoman’s All-State First Team in 2017 and 2016 ... Posted eight sacks and 80 tackles as a senior … As a junior, he had 69 tackles and six sacks ... Helped block for an offense that racked up more than 6,800 yards of total offense and scored 51.4 points per game during a run to the Oklahoma Class 2A state title as a senior ... Finished his high school career by winning 28 consecutive games, including both the 2016 and 2017 Oklahoma Class 2A State Championships ... Anchored a defensive line at Millwood that surrendered just 79 points during his senior season, in which he had 85 tackles and eight sacks on the year ... That defensive dominance included a streak of six consecutive shutouts leading up to the Class 2A state title game against Washington ... Millwood’s defense allowed more than 10 points on just three occasions in 2017 and gave up no more than 18 points in a single game with Antwine as the unit’s leader ... Also competed in powerlifting ... Won the state title in the deadlift his senior year at 660 pounds and tried to break the Oklahoma State record by attempting 710 pounds, but came up just short right after securing the state title with his 660-pound lift ... Heavily recruited with offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and others.
Personal: Israel Antwine was born March 27, 2000, in Oklahoma City ... Son of Dwayne Antwine and Carmencita McConnell ... Majoring in University Studies and Marketing Communications.
