#Big12FB: Presenting the complete Preseason All-#Big12 Offensive Team (media voted). pic.twitter.com/jbks3JQbe1

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) July 15, 2015

#Big12FB: A look at the full All-#Big12 Defensive Team (media voted). pic.twitter.com/qpLiibcSax

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) July 15, 2015

In the first three preseasons WVU was in the Big 12, the Mountaineers accounted for four — four! — spots on the preseason all-conference teams. Geno Smith was (the preseason offensive player of the year and) the quarterback in 2012 and Tavon Austin was a receiver and the punt returner … which still doesn’t make total sense. Nobody made the all-conference teams in 2013, though Charles Sims was the preseason newcomer of the year. Safety Karl Joseph was a defensive back last year.

Joseph, linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski and kicker Josh Lambert made the 2015 preseason team, as voted on by the media covering the league. WVU’s only ever had two players make a preseason team and three preseason slots in one year. Growth! Tomorrow we’ll see how that reflects on where WVU is included in the preseason poll.