Kansas’ Jalon Daniels (offense), Texas’ Jahdae Barron (defense), Oklahoma State’s Trace Ford (special teams) and Baylor’s Richard Reese (newcomer) earned Big 12 football awards for games played on September 17. It was the first weekly honor for the quartet. Daniels also collected the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week.
 
Daniels led the Jayhawks to a 3-0 record for the first time since 2009 with a 48-30 win at Houston. He completed 14-of-23 passes for 158 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 12 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Daniels' five-score performance was the first of his career with multiple passing and rushing TDs. He became the first Jayhawk since Todd Reesing in 2009 to throw and rush for two-plus touchdowns in the same game. Daniels completed passes to 11 different receivers. The junior has thrown for 556 yards and seven touchdowns through the first three games of the season.
 
Barron registered his first career interception and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown in Texas’ 41-20 win over UTSA. The junior DB also totaled six tackles, including three solo. The interception and score came with 18 seconds left in the third quarter with the Longhorns leading by four, beginning a 17-0 run to end the game. The Texas defense held UTSA quarterback Frank Harris, the nation's leader in total offense, to 260 yards. He entered the game averaging 394.5 yards per game.
 
Ford blocked UAPB’s first punt attempt of the game and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown in the opening quarter of Oklahoma State’s 63-7 win. It was the first punt blocked for a touchdown by the Cowboys since Sept. 15, 2018, against Boise State. The junior DE was also credited with a quarterback hurry and a third-down pass breakup. OSU ranks second among FBS teams with 30 blocked kicks since the beginning of the 2013 season. After returning a blocked kick and punt for touchdowns in the game, the Cowboys are tied for first in the FBS in non-offensive touchdowns since the beginning of the 2020 season with 11.
 
Freshman RB Reese rushed for 156 yards on 19 carries (8.2 avg) and scored three touchdowns, all of which were career highs, in Baylor’s 42-7 win over Texas State. It was BU’s first three-TD rushing performance since Abram Smith did so vs. BYU last season. Reese's efforts helped the Bears total 293 yards on the ground, their highest output of the year. He also caught one pass out of the backfield for a 17-yard reception. Reese is now tied for the Big 12 lead with five rushing TDs, ranks second in the Big 12 in yards per carry (6.97) and places fifth in rushing yards (237).

Big 12 Football Players of the Week
Sept. 5
Offense: Spencer Sanders, OSU, QB, Sr.
Defense: Lonnie Phelps Jr., KU, DE, Jr.
Special Teams: Derius Davis, TCU, WR/PR/KR, Sr.
Newcomer: CJ Donaldson, WVU, RB, Fr.
 
Sept. 12
Offense: Donovan Smith, TTU, QB, So.
Defense: Cobee Bryant, KU, CB, So.
Special Teams: Phillip Brooks, K-State, WR, Sr.
Co-Newcomers: Colby Reeder, ISU, LB, Sr. and Dillon Gabriel, OU, QB, Jr.
 
Sept. 19
Offense: Jalon Daniels, KU, QB, Jr.
Defense: Jahdae Barron, UT, DB, Jr.
Special Teams: Trace Ford, OSU, DE, Jr.
Newcomer: Richard Reese, BU, RB, Fr.