LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas Football’s cornerback duo of seniors Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson were selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the Big 12 Conference announced on Tuesday.
Bryant and Dotson’s selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 Defense team make Kansas the only program with two selections in the secondary. Bryant earns Preseason All-Big 12 honors for the second time in his career, while Dotson makes his first appearance on the preseason list.
From Evergreen, Alabama, Bryant enters his senior season as an All-Big 12 First Team selection in back-to-back seasons, becoming the first Kansas defensive back to earn first team honors in consecutive seasons since Aqib Talib in 2006-07. Bryant finished the 2023 season with 32 tackles, 4 interceptions and 9 pass breakups.
Opposite of Bryant, Dotson enters his senior season following a breakout junior campaign that included 48 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 15 pass breakups and four interceptions. Dotson returned two of those interceptions for touchdowns (vs. Oklahoma, at Iowa State), becoming the first Jayhawk in school history with interceptions returned for touchdowns in back-to-back games.
Dotson, of Daytona Beach, Florida, was recently named to the Phil Steele and Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Teams.
Kansas enters the 2024 season following back-to-back bowl appearances for the second time in program history and the first time since 2007-08. The Jayhawks finished the season at 9-4, the most wins by a Kansas team since 2007, and return a star-studded roster entering the 2024 season.
The Jayhawks will play all six home games in the Kansas City Metro area as work continues on the University of Kansas Gateway District. Fans can purchase the 2024 Kansas Football 4-game season ticket package that includes all home games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The season ticket package features prices starting as low as $230 for general stadium seating.
Other ticket options include the popular Family Zone as well as available Premium Seating opportunities. Purchasing a 4-game season ticket package also continues to enhance your priority to pick seats in the reimagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the 2025 season. 6-game season ticket packages which include the first two games at Children’s Mercy Park are sold out.
Single game tickets to the contest played at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will become available early-August. For those interested in getting more information from the Kansas Athletics Ticket Office on ticket options for the 2024 season, please click here.
Preseason All-Big 12 Awards
Offensive Player of the Year – RB Ollie Gordon III, Oklahoma State
Defensive Player of the Year – CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
Newcomer of the Year – QB KJ Jefferson, UCF
Preseason All-Big 12 Preseason Team
Offense
Pos Name School
QB Shedeur Sanders Colorado
RB Ollie Gordon II* Oklahoma State
RB Tahj Brooks Texas Tech
FB Stevo Klotz Iowa State
WR Tetairoa McMillan Arizona
WR Kobe Hudson UCF
WR Jayden Higgins Iowa State
WR Brennan Presley Oklahoma State
TE Brant Kuithe Utah
OL Jonah Savaiinaea Arizona
OL Luke Kandra Cincinnati
OL Dalton Cooper Oklahoma State
OL Joe Michalski Oklahoma State
OL Wyatt Milum West Virginia
PK Tyler Loop Arizona
KR/PR Drae McCray Texas Tech
Defense
DL Tyler Batty BYU
DL Dontay Corleone Cincinnati
DL BJ Green II Colorado
DL Lee Hunter UCF
DL Junior Tafuna Utah
LB Jacob Manu Arizona
LB Nick Martin Oklahoma State
LB Collin Oliver Oklahoma State
DB Tacario Davis Arizona
DB Travis Hunter Colorado
DB Jeremiah Cooper Iowa State
DB Cobee Bryant Kansas
DB Mello Dotson Kansas
P Jack Bouwmeester Utah
Bryant and Dotson’s selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 Defense team make Kansas the only program with two selections in the secondary. Bryant earns Preseason All-Big 12 honors for the second time in his career, while Dotson makes his first appearance on the preseason list.
From Evergreen, Alabama, Bryant enters his senior season as an All-Big 12 First Team selection in back-to-back seasons, becoming the first Kansas defensive back to earn first team honors in consecutive seasons since Aqib Talib in 2006-07. Bryant finished the 2023 season with 32 tackles, 4 interceptions and 9 pass breakups.
Opposite of Bryant, Dotson enters his senior season following a breakout junior campaign that included 48 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 15 pass breakups and four interceptions. Dotson returned two of those interceptions for touchdowns (vs. Oklahoma, at Iowa State), becoming the first Jayhawk in school history with interceptions returned for touchdowns in back-to-back games.
Dotson, of Daytona Beach, Florida, was recently named to the Phil Steele and Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Second Teams.
Kansas enters the 2024 season following back-to-back bowl appearances for the second time in program history and the first time since 2007-08. The Jayhawks finished the season at 9-4, the most wins by a Kansas team since 2007, and return a star-studded roster entering the 2024 season.
The Jayhawks will play all six home games in the Kansas City Metro area as work continues on the University of Kansas Gateway District. Fans can purchase the 2024 Kansas Football 4-game season ticket package that includes all home games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The season ticket package features prices starting as low as $230 for general stadium seating.
Other ticket options include the popular Family Zone as well as available Premium Seating opportunities. Purchasing a 4-game season ticket package also continues to enhance your priority to pick seats in the reimagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the 2025 season. 6-game season ticket packages which include the first two games at Children’s Mercy Park are sold out.
Single game tickets to the contest played at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will become available early-August. For those interested in getting more information from the Kansas Athletics Ticket Office on ticket options for the 2024 season, please click here.
Preseason All-Big 12 Awards
Offensive Player of the Year – RB Ollie Gordon III, Oklahoma State
Defensive Player of the Year – CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
Newcomer of the Year – QB KJ Jefferson, UCF
Preseason All-Big 12 Preseason Team
Offense
Pos Name School
QB Shedeur Sanders Colorado
RB Ollie Gordon II* Oklahoma State
RB Tahj Brooks Texas Tech
FB Stevo Klotz Iowa State
WR Tetairoa McMillan Arizona
WR Kobe Hudson UCF
WR Jayden Higgins Iowa State
WR Brennan Presley Oklahoma State
TE Brant Kuithe Utah
OL Jonah Savaiinaea Arizona
OL Luke Kandra Cincinnati
OL Dalton Cooper Oklahoma State
OL Joe Michalski Oklahoma State
OL Wyatt Milum West Virginia
PK Tyler Loop Arizona
KR/PR Drae McCray Texas Tech
Defense
DL Tyler Batty BYU
DL Dontay Corleone Cincinnati
DL BJ Green II Colorado
DL Lee Hunter UCF
DL Junior Tafuna Utah
LB Jacob Manu Arizona
LB Nick Martin Oklahoma State
LB Collin Oliver Oklahoma State
DB Tacario Davis Arizona
DB Travis Hunter Colorado
DB Jeremiah Cooper Iowa State
DB Cobee Bryant Kansas
DB Mello Dotson Kansas
P Jack Bouwmeester Utah
