As BYU prepares to play in Saturday’s Big 12 championship game, the Cougars cleaned up the league’s yearly awards.

Twenty BYU players earned All-Big 12 recognition, with the full award list being released Thursday by the conference.

Kalani Sitake was named Big 12 Coach of the Year, while running back LJ Martin took home Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors.

Four BYU players were named to the All-Big 12 First Team: Martin, center Bruce Mitchell, linebacker Jack Kelly and safety Tanner Wall.

Unsurprisingly, quarterback Bear Bachmeier was tabbed as Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.

The league’s 16 head coaches vote for the awards, but the coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players.

Listed below are the rest of BYU’s All-Big 12 honorees, along with the other award w

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