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Two Cyclone football players named All-Big 12

IRVING, TEXAS – The Big 12 football coaches selected their All-Big 12 teams this morning, and 11 Cyclones were awarded postseason honors for their performance on the field in 2016.

Senior Cole Netten (PK) and junior Allen Lazard (WR) were named First-Team All-Big 12, while senior Nick Fett (OL), senior Jhaustin Thomas (DL), senior Demond Tucker (DL) and junior Kamari Cotton-Moya (DB) were named to the second team. Sophomore Willie Harvey (LB), freshman Kene Nwangwu (KR), sophomore Brian Peavy (DB), senior Patrick Scoggins (OL) and senior Jomal Wiltz (DB) were honorable mention selections.

A native of Ankeny, Iowa, Netten capped off his record-setting career by leading the Big 12 and ranking third nationally in field goal percentage (94.1 pct.). Netten made 16-of-17 field goal attempts on the year and set the school record for consecutive field goals made at 15.

Netten is the most accurate kicker in school history (79.4 pct.) and the school’s all-time leading scorer with 300 points.

Lazard, who hails from Urbandale, Iowa, recorded one of the finest seasons by a wide receiver in school history in 2016. Lazard became just the fourth player in ISU history to reach the 1,000-yard barrier (1,018) in receiving yards and caught 69 passes, the second-best season total in the Cyclone record book.

Lazard also broke the school record for 100-yard receiving games with six.

Thomas, a native of Atlanta, Ga., led the Cyclones with 9.5 TFL after making a successful move into the interior defensive line in 2016. He joined Hazelhurst, Miss., native Tucker in the middle this season, as the 2015 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year led all Cyclone defensive linemen in tackles with 45.

Cotton-Moya, who hails from Bakersfield, Calif., led the Cyclones in takeaways in 2016 with three (two interceptions, one fumble recovery). He was third on the team in tackles (73) and ranked sixth in the Big 12 in solo tackles at 5.3 per game.

Fett was an anchor on Iowa State’s offensive line in 2016. The former walk-on from Audubon, Iowa, thrived in his first season as a starter, helping the Cyclones to prolific offensive numbers. ISU averaged 421.6 yards of total offense, the fifth-best total in school history, and had three 500-yard rushers for the first time in school history.

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