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Harrell, Charbonnet and Johnson Named Big 12 Football Players of the Week

Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), Daniel Charbonnet (Texas Tech) and Leonard Johnson (Iowa State) have been named Big 12 Conference Football Players of the Week as selected by a media panel. Harrell (offense) earned his fifth career award and second consecutive. Charbonnet was honored for the second time this season while Johnson was recognized for the first time in his career.

BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Graham Harrell, Texas Tech, QB, Sr, Ennis, Texas
Graham Harrell completed 36-of-53 passes for 474 yards and two touchdowns in leading No. 5 Texas Tech to a 39-33 win over No. 1 Texas. He had an 18-yard scoring pass to Eric Morris in the second quarter and completed a 28-yard game-winning pass to Michael Crabtree with one second left in the game. Harrell has 14,303 career passing yards and moved past Colt Brennan of Hawaii (14,193, 2005-07) into third place on the NCAA career passing list. He also has 119 career touchdown passes.

BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Daniel Charbonnet, Texas Tech, SS, Sr, The Woodlands, Texas
Daniel Charbonnet intercepted his fifth pass of the season and returned it 18 yards for a touchdown in the second half of Texas Tech’s win over Texas. In addition, he contributed four tackles, a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup.

BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Leonard Johnson, Iowa State, KR, Fr, Clearwater, Fla.
Leonard Johnson set an NCAA record with 319 kickoff return yards in Iowa State’s game at Oklahoma State. The true freshman averaged 35.4 yards on his nine kickoff returns, which included returns of 72 and 73 yards.  His 72-yarder set up an ISU touchdown and was the longest kickoff return by a Cyclone since 1999. Johnson’s 319 yards eclipsed the record of 282 yards set by Justin Miller of Clemson vs. Florida State on Sept. 25, 2004.

2008 BIG 12 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Offensive
S2 - Josh Freeman, KSU, QB, Jr and Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Jr
S8 - Dez Bryant, OSU, WR, So
S15 - Robert Griffin, BU, QB, Fr
S22 - Chase Daniel, MU, QB, Sr
S29 - Manual Johnson, OU, WR, Sr
O6 - Graham Harrell, TTU, QB, Sr
O13 - Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Jr
O20 - Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Jr
O27 ? Graham Harrell, TTU, QB, Sr
N3 - Graham Harrell, TTU, QB, Sr

Defensive
S2 - Stryker Sulak, MU, DE, Sr
S8 - Cha’pelle Brown, CU, CB, Jr and Courtney Herndon, KSU, DB, Jr
S15 - Daniel Charbonnet, TTU, SS, Sr
S22 - Sean Weatherspoon, MU, LB, Jr
S29 - Trent Hunter, TAMU, S, Fr
O6 - Keenan Clayton, OU, LB, Jr and Roy Miller, UT, DT, Sr
O13 - Andre Sexton, OSU, LB, Jr
O20 - Lendy Holmes, OU, FS, Sr
O27 ? Travis Lewis, OU, LB, Fr
N3 - Daniel Charbonnet, TTU, SS, Sr

Special Teams
S2 - Jeremy Maclin, MU, KR/PR/WR, So
S8 - Niles Paul, NU, KR/PR/WR, So
S15 - Jeff Wolfert, MU, PK, Sr
S22 - Aric Goodman, CU, PK, So
S29 - Nate Swift, NU, PR/WR, Sr
O6 - Dez Bryant, OSU, WR/PR/KR, So
O13 - Jordan Shipley, UT, WR/KR, Sr
O20 - Brooks Rossman, KSU, PK, Sr
O27 - Matt Williams, TTU, PK, So
N3 - Leonard Johnson, ISU, KR, Fr