Campbell and Iowa State players land on the ESPN All-Big 12 team

Photographer: Alec J Giljohann

Head football coach Matt Campbell addresses the team after Iowa State’s first spring practice of the 2017 season.

Brian Mozey
December 12, 2017

ESPN released its 2017 All-Big 12 Team on Tuesday morning and there are a handful of spots filled by Iowa State players. 

First, coach Matt Campbell was named Coach of the Year after changing the program from a 3-9 season in 2016, his first year at Iowa State, to a 7-5 record this season. 

Campbell has also been named Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year and AP All-Big 12 Coach of the Year too. 

Along Campbell, a few of his players earned ESPN 2017 All-Big 12 honors. 

Those players include: senior wide receiver Allen Lazard, sophomore running back David Montgomery, redshirt junior cornerback Brian Peavy and redshirt senior linebacker and quarterback Joel Lanning. 

Joel Lanning was named the all-purpose player, as he was “third in the Big 12 with 110 tackles while playing situational quarterback through much of the season,” according to the ESPN release.

All four of these players earned AP All-Big 12 honors a few days ago.

Iowa State will close out its season at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 30 as the team travels to Memphis, Tennessee, to take on the Memphis Tigers in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.