Colt McCoy (Texas), Cha’pelle Brown (Colorado), Brandon Sharpe (Texas Tech) and Grant Ressel (Missouri) have been named the final season Big 12 Conference Football Players of the Week, as selected by a media panel. McCoy (offense) picked up his second consecutive honor, third of the season and sixth in his career. Brown (defense) was recognized for the second time in his career while Sharpe (defense) earned his second award of the season. Ressel (special teams) was honored for the first time.

BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Colt McCoy, Texas, QB, Sr, Tuscola, Texas
Colt McCoy threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions in leading the Horns to a 49-39 win at Texas A&M. He also rushed for 175 yards and a score. The senior became the first player in Texas history to pass for at least 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game. It also marked just the third time in NCAA history that a player gained at least 300 yards passing and 150 rushing in a contest. McCoy’s 479 yards of total offense was the third-best effort in school history. His 175 yards on 18 carries (9.7 ypc) were the fifth-best in a game by a UT quarterback. McCoy’s 65-yard TD run was tied for the third-longest run by a QB in the school record book. McCoy also had a 43-yard rush against the Aggies. 

BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cha’pelle Brown, Colorado, CB, Sr, La Puente, Calif.
Cha’pelle Brown made 11 tackles, including 10 solo in Colorado’s 28-20 loss to Nebraska. Two of his tackles were for loss with one sack. He made three stops on third down plays and one that saved a touchdown. Brown also recorded the first three tackles of the game. The senior cornerback finished his career with 257 tackles, just the 20th player at CU to record 250 or more.

Brandon Sharpe, Texas Tech, DE, Sr, Lyons, Ga.
Brandon Sharpe recorded two sacks against Baylor, the last breaking the Tech single-season record of 14, set in 2003. His tackle of Bears QB Blake Szymanski on third and goal forced BU into a failed touchdown attempt with under two minutes to play in the game. Sharpe has 15 sacks on the season, good for second in the Big 12 and among the top five nationally. Since recording two sacks in the first five games, he has collected 13 in the last seven, all Conference outings.

BIG 12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Grant Ressel, Missouri, PK/P, So, Jackson, Mo.
Grant Ressel kicked the game-winning 27-yard field goal with no time on the clock to give Missouri a 41-39 win over Kansas.  Ressel made four field goals on the day, connecting from 43, 28, 37 and 27 yards.  His final two kicks came in the fourth quarter. The sophomore’s game-winner marked the first time since 1972 that a Mizzou kicker booted a game-winning field goal in the final two minutes of play when the Tigers were trailing. Ressel improved to 24-of-25 on field goals (96.0%) and also made 3-of-3 PATs against KU to improve to a perfect 38-of-38 for the year, giving him a combined kick mark of 62-of-63 (98.4%). Ressel is the most accurate field goal kicker in the NCAA this season.

2009 BIG 12 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
S8    Blaine Gabbert, MU, QB, So
S14    Taylor Potts, TTU, QB, Jr
S21    Landry Jones, OU, QB, Fr
S28    Alexander Robinson, ISU, RB, JR
           Danario Alexander, MU, WR, Sr
O5     Grant Gregory, KSU, QB, Sr
O12   Steven Sheffield, TTU, QB, Jr
O19   Rodney Stewart, CU, TB, So
           Hubert Anyiam, OSU, WR, So
O26   Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Sr
N2      Landry Jones, OU, QB, Fr
           Baron Batch, TTU, RB, Jr
N9      Nick Florence, BU, QB, Fr
N16    Danario Alexander, MU, WR, Sr
N23    Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Sr
N30    Colt McCoy, UT, QB, Sr

DEFENSIVE
S8     Joe Pawelek, BU, LB, Sr
S14   Max Onyegbule, KU, DE, Sr
          Lamarr Houston, UT, DT, Sr
S21   Roddrick Muckelroy, UT, LB, Sr
S28   Earl Thomas, UT, S, So
O5    Jeremy Beal, OU, DE, Jr
O12  Ndamukong Suh, NU, DT, Sr
O19  Earl Thomas, UT, S, So
          Brandon Sharpe, TTU, DE, Sr
O26  Jesse Smith, ISU, LB, Sr
N2     Jared Crick, NU, DT, So
N9     Matt O'Hanlon, NU, S, Sr
N16   Perrish Cox, OSU, DB, Sr
N23    Larry Asante, NU, S, Sr
N30    Cha'pelle Brown, CU, CB, Sr
         Brandon Sharpe, TTU, DE, Sr

SPECIAL TEAMS
S8    Perrish Cox, OSU, DB/PR/KR, Sr
S14  Dez Bryant, OSU, WR/PR/KR, Jr
S21  Alex Henery, NU, PK/P, Jr
S28  Brandon Banks, KSU, WR/KR, Sr
O5    Emmanuel Lamur, KSU, DB, So
O12  Jordan Shipley, UT, WR/PR/KR, Sr
O19  Brandon Banks, KSU, WR/KR, Sr
O26  Mike Brandtner, ISU, P, Sr
N2     Brandon Banks, KSU, WR/PR/KR, Sr
N9     Cyrus Gray, TAMU, RB/KR, So
N16   Josh Cherry, KSU, PK, Sr
N23    Alex Henery, NU, PK/P, Jr
N30   Grant Ressel, MU, PK/P, So