Post from Oklahoma State Athletics Department
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II earned consensus All-America status Monday morning when he received first-team honors from both the Football Writers Association of America and the Associated Press.
The addition of those two selections combined with the Walter Camp Football Foundation honors he received Friday night gives him first-team All-America accolades on all three of the teams released to this point that are official selectors designated by the NCAA.
If he is included on the first teams of both the American Football Coaches Association and The Sporting News released later this week, then he will become Oklahoma State’s first unanimous All-America selection since Chuba Hubbard in 2019.
Gordon’s consensus All-America honors add to an already long list of accolades that include the Doak Walker Award for the nation’s best running back, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a seventh-place finish in the voting for the Heisman Trophy, while also receiving the most votes for the Heisman by a running back this season.
In addition to the AP, FWAA and Walter Camp honors, Gordon has also been named first team All-America by Pro Football Focus, The Athletic, CBS Sports/247Sports, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, Bleacher Report, Action Network and others.
Entering Bowl Season, Gordon leads the FBS in several major categories including rushing yards (1,614), yards from scrimmage (1,940), 100-yard rushing games (8), 150-yard rushing games (5), 250-yard rushing games and carries of at least 30 yards (14), 40 yards (7) and 70 yards (2). He is second in rushing touchdowns (20), total touchdowns (21) and all-purpose yards (1,940).
His performances against Kansas, West Virginia and Cincinnati made him the only FBS player in the past 10 years with 250 scrimmage yards in three straight games, and his 282 rushing yards at West Virginia are the most for any FBS player in a game this season.
Gordon also put together a streak of six straight games with more than 120 yards rushing and two straight games with more than 270 yards rushing. His games against WVU and Cincinnati marked the most rushing yards for an OSU player in a two-game span (553) since Heisman-winner Barry Sanders posted 625 yards against Iowa and Texas Tech in 1988.
He followed that with another impressive performance in a Bedlam win over No. 9 Oklahoma, producing 156 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns.
To close the regular season, he rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns in a comeback win at Houston and then put up 166 yards and a school-record matching five rushing touchdowns against BYU to help send the Cowboys to the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship. The only other Cowboy to score five rushing touchdowns in a game is Barry Sanders, and that ties the single-game high for any FBS player in 2023.
Gordon and the Cowboys return to action Wednesday, December 27, facing Texas A&M on ESPN in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT at NRG Stadium in Houston.