2007 Oklahoma Sooners Football Team - Post Season

Post Season

As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. George (Duke) Robinson was named a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award, given to the nation's best lineman. He was one of 12 athletes recognized. Jermaine Gresham was named one of eight semifinalists for the John Mackey Award for the best tight end. Bradford was named a finalist for the Manning Award, given the nation's best quarterback. Gerald McCoy was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year. Oklahoma also had six players make the All-Conference First Team (the most of any school), six players on the All-Conference Second Team and seven players on the All-Conference Honorable Mention (these selections are made by the 12 coaches in the league):

All-Big 12 First Team
  • Brody Eldridge, So., FB
  • George Robinson, Jr., OL
  • Auston English, So., DL
  • Curtis Lofton, Jr., LB
  • Nic Harris, Jr., DB
  • Reggie Smith, Jr., DB
All-Big 12 Second Team
  • Malcolm Kelly, Jr., WR
  • Garrett Hartley, Jr., PK
  • Phil Loadholt, Jr., OL
  • Brandon Walker, Jr., OL
  • DeMarcus Granger, So., DL
  • D.J. Wolfe, Sr., DB
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team
  • Lewis Baker, Sr., LB
  • Sam Bradford, Fr., QB
  • Joe Jon Finley, Sr., TE
  • Jermaine Gresham, So., TE
  • Juaquin Iglesias, Jr., WR
  • Gerald McCoy, So., DL
  • DeMarco Murray, Fr., RB

Duke Robinson and Curtis Lofton became Oklahoma's 143rd and 144th All-American when they were voted to the first team by the various NCAA-sanctioned organizations such as American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America and both were named consensus All-Americans by the NCAA. Curtis Lofton was also named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the AP. Sam Bradford and Gerald McCory were named to College Football News's Freshman All-America First Team with Bradford also being named Offensive Freshman of the Year while Jermaine Gresham and DeMarcus Granger were named to CFN's Sophomore All-America First Team. Bradford was also named as freshman of the year by The Sporting News.

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