Oklahoma State’s Offense Well Represented on Big 12 All-Portal Team

STILLWATER — Big 12 Media Days kick off Tuesday, and a few of the more interesting players featured will be transfers, including both quarterbacks on the list below and Oklahoma State running back Caleb Hawkins. That’s not a surprise given the state of college athletics, especially football, in 2026.

But it does make this as good a time as any to dive into where the top offensive newcomers to the Big 12 will be suiting up this fall.

Oklahoma State was one of only three teams in the conference to bring in multiple top options. Texas Tech added two guys, while Colorado finished with five, though most of them came at one position, which the Buffaloes were sorely lacking.

All positions ranked according to data provided by 247Sports.

QBs

Drew Mestemaker (Oklahoma State): Ranked second among transfers at the position. By now, you’ve read every Mestemaker stat there is, but it’s worth the reminder that he only has 1,067 played snaps in his career.

​For context, former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby entered last season with 1,377 snaps played.

​DJ Lagway (Baylor): Ranked sixth nationally, the former Florida Gator averaged 9.8 yards per attempt in 2024 before crashing back down to earth last season while averaging 6.7. For context, Mestemaker led the nation in yards per attempt (9.4) among passers who attempted 200-plus. Lagway has always struggled with interceptions, tossing nine in 2024 and a power-conference-high 14 last season.

​It’s worth noting that the conference has a bit of a vacuum created by the departure of Sorsby, in addition to the transfer of three quarterbacks ranked top 10 at the position leaving Arizona State, TCU and Iowa State.

RBs

Caleb Hawkins (Oklahoma State): Ranked second among transfers at the position nationally, Hawkins dominated several stats, but one that doesn’t get mentioned as much is that the freshman finished only 15th nationally, averaging 6.2 yards per carry. That would have put him third in the conference, which is pretty good, in case the sarcasm was missed in the previous sentence.

Jay Harris (Kansas State): Ranked 16th nationally, Harris carried the ball 42 times for 151 yards and two touchdowns last season at Oregon.

Hawkins could cement himself as one of, if not the, best back in the conference this season after top 10 options left Arizona State, Baylor and Iowa State in the transfer portal.

WRs

Reed Harris (Arizona State): Ranked second at the position. A big-play threat averaging 17.3 yards per reception on 39 catches for Boston College in 2025.

Omarion Miller (Arizona State via Colorado): Ranked fourth. Finished one spot behind Wyatt Young at 18th nationally after averaging 18 yards per reception.

DeAndre Moore (Colorado): Ranked sixth. Caught 77 passes for 988 yards and 11 touchdowns across the last two seasons for Texas.

Wyatt Young (Oklahoma State): Ranked 22nd. Finished third overall with 1,264 receiving yards on 70 catches.

Braden Pegan (Utah): Ranked 27th. Finished 34th nationally with 926 receiving yards on 60 catches at Utah State.

Malcolm Simmons (Texas Tech): Ranked 35th. Finished 15th nationally, averaging 18.3 yards per reception on 25 catches at Auburn.

No top 10 receivers left the conference this offseason, though Utah lost a guy ranked 11th to Michigan.

​TEs

Roger Saleapaga (BYU): Ranked eighth at the position. Played 165 snaps last season for Oregon, serving mostly as a run-blocker.

Cole Rusk (Arizona): Ranked 11th at the position. Averaged 11.4 yards per catch on 19 receptions while grading out as the 34th-best receiving tight end nationally, according to Pro Football Focus, last season while at Illinois.

The conference did lose one top 10 option in the transfer portal from Iowa State.

OT

Leon Bell (Colorado): Ranked 14th at the position. Started at right tackle for Cal last season.

Taj White (Colorado): Ranked 17th at the position. Graded out 119th (PFF) among tackles in 2025 with a run-blocking grade of 70.6.

Bo Hughley (Colorado): Ranked 19th at the position. Held what was largely a reserve role for both tackle spots last season at Georgia.

Jayven Richardson (Colorado): Ranked 29th at the position. Graded out 174th (PFF) among tackles in 2025 with a run-blocking grade of 68.

Although Colorado dominated the portal here amongst the conference, the Buffaloes also lost the No. 1 overall guy at the position amongst transfers.​

Interior OL

Noah McKinney (TCU via Oklahoma State): The former Cowboy graded out ninth at the position. Graded out 31st (PFF) among guards last season with an 84 in pass-blocking.

Jordan Church (Texas Tech): Ranked 10th among interior linemen. Graded out 103rd (PFF) at the position with a run-blocking grade of 69.1 at Louisville.

Connor Stroh (Kansas): Ranked 12th at the position. Played six games for Texas last season at left guard.

Anthony Boswell (Houston): Ranked 16th among interior linemen. Graded out as the 13th best center in the nation (PFF) after scoring high marks in run-blocking (80.1) and pass-blocking (79.9).

The Cowboys weren’t the only Big 12 team to lose a top 10 guy on the inside, as Baylor lost one to the portal as well.