TCU's Jared Wiley Receives 2023 First-Team All-Big 12 Recognition; 18 Other Frogs Honored

TCU senior tight end Jared Wiley's (#19) 178 yards receiving in a 42-17 win over Baylor this season broke TCU and Big 12 records for a tight end and are the most nationally by a player at that position this year.                                      Photo by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

Led by tight end Jared Wiley on the first team, 19 TCU football players have received 2023 All-Big 12 recognition. 

Wiley also was voted Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

TCU offensive lineman Brandon Coleman and TCU cornerback Josh Newton were named to the Big 12's second team.

Fifteen Horned Frogs received honorable mention Big 12 recognition.

Coleman was Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year.

TCU redshirt freshman quarterback Josh Hoover was named Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year.

TCU linebacker Namdi Obiazor received Honorable Mention Defensive Player of the Year honors.

TCU defensive lineman Damonic Williams received Honorable Mention Defensive Lineman of the Year honors.

Wiley's team-best 47 receptions rank fourth nationally among Power Five tight ends. His eight touchdown catches, which also topped TCU, tie for the national lead among players at his position. It was also the most by a Horned Frog since Jalen Reagor had nine in 2018.

In each of the final three games of the season, Wiley set a career-high in receptions. His 178 yards receiving in a 42-17 win over Baylor broke TCU and Big 12 records for a tight end and are the most nationally by a player at that position this year. He closed his career with a personal-best eight catches and two touchdowns at Oklahoma.

Coleman started seven games at left tackle and four at left guard, totaling 32 knockdown blocks and an 87.0 average grade. He allowed just one sack over 720 snaps.

Newton, who started all 27 games in his TCU career, recorded a team-best nine pass breakups to go with an interception and 33 tackles. Pro Football Focus ranks him fifth among NFL prospects at cornerback and 33rd overall.

2023 TCU Football All-Big 12 Recipients

First Team
Jared Wiley, TE

Second Team
Brandon Coleman, OL
Josh Newton, DB

Honorable Mention
Emani Bailey, RB
Shad Banks Jr., LB
Millard Bradford, DB
Andrew Coker, OL
Caleb Fox, DL
Jamoi Hodge, LB
Griffin Kell, PK
Namdi Obiazor, LB
Willis Patrick, OL
Mark Perry, DB
JP Richardson, WR
Jaylon Robinson, WR
Jordy Sandy, P
Damonic Williams, DL
Savion Williams, WR
Brandon Coleman, Offensive Lineman of the Year
Josh Hoover, Offensive Freshman of the Year
Namdi Obiazor, Defensive Player of the Year
Jared Wiley, Offensive Player of the Year
Damonic Williams, Defensive Lineman of the Year