Earlier Thursday, we concluded our 22-round draft of current Big 12 players. Below are the three lineup outcomes of that draft, and as you can see, each of us went in different directions.
Like the St. Louis Rams, Max and Brandon built up their defensive lines before worrying about the rest of their rosters. While I grabbed the best quarterback in the league and surrounded him with protection and weapons.
After each lineup, read our final takes on our teams. Then, decide who drafted best in the weekly Big 12 poll.
BRANDON CHATMON’S TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Trevor Knight, Oklahoma
RB: Wendell Smallwood, West Virginia
WR: Jhajuan Seales, Oklahoma State
WR: Tony Pierson, Kansas
WR: Daje Johnson, Texas
WR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
LT: Le'Raven Clark, Texas Tech
LG: Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
C: Tom Farniok, Iowa State
RG: Dominic Espinosa, Texas
RT: Tyrus Thompson, Oklahoma
DEFENSE
DE: Charles Tapper, Oklahoma
DT: Malcom Brown, Texas
DT: Chucky Hunter, TCU
DE: Cedric Reed, Texas
WLB: Dominique Alexander, Oklahoma
SLB: Pete Robertson, Texas Tech
NB: JaCorey Shepherd, Kansas
CB: Daryl Worley, West Virginia
FS: Dante Barnett, Kansas State
SS: Quentin Hayes, Oklahoma
CB: Kevin White, TCU
What Brandon says about his team: “Offensively, as soon as Petty was gone with the first pick I knew I wouldn’t take a quarterback until my final pick. Knight could be the steal of the draft. Versatility is the name of the game with the rest of the offense. We can put Pierson and Smallwood in the backfield and go read option or really ruin your Saturday and throw Daje back there in the Diamond. When you bring more guys in the box, you leave Seales and Lockett one-on-one. Or we can just go five wide and you can try to cover running backs who run routes like receivers with your linebackers. And an experienced offensive line will be the foundation of it all. Defensively, it would be wise for opposing quarterbacks to tell their families to stay home when facing this group. We’re going to man up and have our mail forwarded to the opposing backfield and make you want to take your ball and go home. And with a secondary full of coverage guys, I’m not concerned about the back end of the defense holding up. We’ll win more battles than we lose. By the final whistle, my team will have earned the moniker 'Chatmon’s chaos creators' with Tapper, Reed, Brown, Hunter, Alexander and Robertson living in your backfield.”
MAX OLSON'S TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Davis Webb, Texas Tech
RB: Shock Linwood, Baylor
RB: Johnathan Gray, Texas
WR: Antwan Goodley, Baylor
WR: Jaxon Shipley, Texas
IR: Tyreek Hill, Oklahoma State
LT: Halapoulivaati Vaitai, TCU
LG: Quinton Spain, West Virginia
C: B.J. Finney, Kansas State
RG: Daniel Koenig, Oklahoma State
RT: Troy Baker, Baylor
DEFENSE
DE: Devonte Fields, TCU
DT: Andrew Billings, Baylor
DE: Shawn Oakman, Baylor
DE: Geneo Grissom, Oklahoma
OLB: Frank Shannon, Oklahoma
ILB: Bryce Hager, Baylor
OLB: Nick Kwiatkoski, West Virginia
CB: Quandre Diggs, Texas
SS: Sam Carter, TCU
FS: Terrell Burt, Baylor
CB: Zack Sanchez, Oklahoma
What Max says about his team: “You do not want to play against my team. That was my goal going in, and I constructed exactly the team I wanted. I have a great QB in Webb who gets to throw to Goodley, one of the nation's best receivers, and he'd help Jaxon Shipley put up Jordan Shipley numbers. I have the two-back punch of Linwood and Gray. I have Hill, who can do everything, and a good line. We're going to spread the ball around like crazy. Good luck stopping that. On defense, you have Fields, Oakman and Grissom all rushing the passer. That's deadly. We can go three-man fronts or even put Oakman in the middle, letting the 6-foot-8 stud swat your passes down. And while you're worrying about him and Grissom, you have the Big 12's best defensive player [Fields] coming after you. Hager and Shannon will hold it down at the second level, and the secondary is full of playmakers. This is a fun team, plain and simple, and one that can frustrate the heck out of anybody.”
JAKE TROTTER’S TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Bryce Petty, Baylor
RB: Malcolm Brown, Texas
WR: Quenton Bundrage, Iowa State
WR: Jakeem Grant, Texas Tech
WR: Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma
TE: E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State
LT: Spencer Drango, Baylor
LG: Nila Kasitati, Oklahoma
C: Jared Kaster, Texas Tech
RG: Mark Glowinski, West Virginia
RT: Daryl Williams, Oklahoma
DEFENSE
DE: Ryan Mueller, Kansas State
Nose: James Castleman, Oklahoma State
Tackle: Travis Britz, Kansas State
OLB: Eric Striker, Oklahoma
ILB: Ben Heeney, Kansas
ILB: Paul Dawson, TCU
OLB: Brandon Golson, West Virginia
CB: Kevin Peterson, Oklahoma State
SS: Karl Joseph, West Virginia
FS: Chris Hackett, TCU
CB: Nigel Tribune, Iowa State
What Jake says about his team: “Max and Brandon are good at talking smack. I’ll give them that. But my players do their talking on the field. Once I was fortunate to land reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Bryce Petty as my quarterback, my goal was two-fold: to keep him upright from pressure off the edge; and, to surround him with firepower. I accomplished both ends, and then some. I wasn’t able to get either of the two elite receivers in the league in Goodley or Lockett. But I put together the best overall receiving corps in Grant, Shepard and Bundrage, who could all deliver 1,000-yard receiving seasons in 2014. On top of that, I snagged the best pass-catching tight end on the board in Bibbs, as well as Brown, so that we can pound the ball between the tackles when we need. Speaking of tackles, aware that Brandon and Max were focused almost solely on their pass rush in the early rounds, I also added two of the most reliable pass-protecting bookends in the league in Drango and Williams. Defensively, I can bring pressure, too, with Mueller and Striker, who last season respectively placed second and fourth in the Big 12 in sacks. Castleman and Britz are roadblocks, Heeney and Dawson are tackle machines and my entire secondary has All-Big 12 potential. We don’t talk. We just dominate.”