Meet The Cowboys. Zach Allen. Long Snapper :: 6-1 :: 260 :: Jr. Edmond, Okla./Memorial. Defensive Back :: 6-0 :: 180 :: So. Aldine, Texas/Aldine

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1 55 Zach Allen Long Snapper :: 6-1 :: 260 :: Jr. Edmond, Okla./Memorial Completing his junior season with two full seasons as OSU s ranking long snapper under his belt... A two-time first team academic all-big 12 selection at Oklahoma State (first team in 2006 and second team in 2007) (Junior): Spent all 13 games as OSU s starter on field goals, punts and extra points. Dan Bailey Kicker :: 6-0 :: 205 :: Fr. 85Mustang, Okla./Southwest Covenant Took over placekicking and kickoff duties down the stretch for OSU (Freshman): Ended the season by connecting on two of his four field-goal attempts with both misses coming from beyond 40 yards Connected on a 27-yarder at Baylor and a 28-yarder at OU Was perfect on 13 extra-point attempts (Sophomore): Spent the season handling all center duties on special teams and was virtually flawless throughout the season (Freshman): Played in all 11 games as a true freshman and was responsible for snaps on field goals and extra points. High School: Had a stellar career at Edmond Memorial High School, lettering four times and garnering several postseason honors as both a junior and senior... Started as a deep snapper for the varsity team all four years... Started his junior and senior seasons at center and started as a defensive tackle as a sophomore... An Oklahoma Coaches Association all-state pick and started the all-state game at center for the West... Also started at center for the Oklahoma team in the 68th annual Oil Bowl in July of An all-district 6A-3 and two-time all-city pick according to the Edmond Sun... Was recruited by Iowa State, SMU and TCU. Personal: Born April 4, Son of Robert and Lynne Allen... Majoring in hotel and restaurant administration... Has one sister, Katy. 23 Terrance Anderson Defensive Back :: 6-0 :: 180 :: So. Aldine, Texas/Aldine A versatile player who landed on the defensive side at OSU after arriving at Oklahoma State under the athlete heading (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games for the Cowboys and saw his playing time increase as the season progressed Became an important member of the special teams Ended the year with a career-best 24 tackles, including 20 solo stops Set a career high and led Oklahoma State with eight tackles in the win over Kansas State Had four tackles against Baylor and three stops against Texas Tech (Freshman): Saw spot duty at cornerback and on special teams as a true freshman. High School: Ran for 1,016 yards and 12 touchdowns, and passed for 800 yards and 10 scores at Aldine... Had 600 rushing yards and 400 passing yards as a junior... His honors included first-team all-greater Houston and all-super Team according to Texas Football, and he was a member of the Dallas Morning News Top Offensive MVP in District 18-5A and the Northeast Houston Area Offensive Player of the Year. Personal: Born Jan. 21, Son of Phernita Anderson and Richard Riley... Has a twin sister, Tiquisha... Chose Oklahoma State over Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wisconsin... Planning to pursue a degree in business management. Anderson s Statistics Year...G... UT... A...Total... TFL-Yds...PBU...INT Totals High School: An all-state and all-conference kicker and a first-team all-city punter (as selected by The Oklahoman) Had 51 touchbacks in 61 kickoffs as a senior Holds high school records for longest field goal (50 yards), most field goals in a season (seven) and career (14) Was also a state individual champion in golf Class valedictorian and a member of National Honor Society. Personal: Born Jan. 26, 1988, in Oklahoma City Son of Gary and Ann Bailey Has one sister, Sarah Business management major. 60 Surprised many as a freshman by opening the season as a starter on the offensive line after making the transition from eight-man football... An athletic young lineman with a bright future... A second-team academic all-big 12 selection (Sophomore): Started every game at right tackle for the Cowboys and enters the bowl game with 17 career starts One of three sophomore starters up front for OSU Part of an offensive line that allowed a league-low five quarterbacks sacks in eight conference games and ranked fifth nationally by allowing just 11 sacks on the season (Freshman): Opened the season as the starter at left tackle for the first five games of the season (Missouri State, Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Houston, K-State)... Was slowed in midseason by a nagging injury but remained a part of the offensive line rotation throughout his freshman season. 2005: Redshirted while adjusting from eight-man football. High School: One of the top offensive line prospects in the state of Oklahoma, if not the entire region... Was rated as one of the top overall prospects at any position coming out of Oklahoma his senior season... Named an Oklahoma Coaches Association all-stater and was also named all-state by The Oklahoman. Personal: Born June 4, 1986 in Enid... Son of Mike and Toni Bond... Has two brothers, Levi and Cody, and one sister, Tara... Sister is a 2003 OSU graduate... Business major. 12 Chattanooga, Brady Bond Offensive Line :: 6-6 :: 290 :: So. Garber, Okla./Garber Adarius Bowman Wide Receiver :: 6-4 :: 220 :: Sr. Tenn./North Carolina A first-team preseason All-America pick by Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com Lived up to the billing with better stats as a senior while becoming a very effective downfield blocker Missed the last two games of the regular season due to injury but is expected to be back for the bowl game Enters the bowl No. 4 all-time at OSU with 2,113 receiving yards and No. 4 all-time with 121 receptions Has averaged 17.6 yards per catch in his career (including North Carolina) to rank second among all active NCAA players Developed into one of the nation s top big-play receivers during his record-breaking junior season... Voted Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year and first-team all-league by the coaches and Associated Press after his junior season... Spent the spring semester as a member of Sean Sutton s Cowboy basketball team... A 2006 semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, which is presented annually to the nation s top receiver... Presented the Bob Fenimore Award at the OSU football banquet as OSU s team MVP Honored as the best player in the Big 12, regardless of position, by SI.com in August The Sporting News named him as the Big 12 s top NFL prospect 2007 INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 27

2 During the course of his career he has touchdown receptions that have covered 77, 75, 69, 64, 55, 54, 47, 45, 34, 31, 28 and 20 yards Has 18 touchdown receptions in 22 games at Oklahoma State A 2007 second-team all-big 12 selection despite missing the final 2.5 games of the season (Senior): Caught at least four passes in every game in which he played and went over the 100-yard mark in receiving five times Had two TD receptions against Florida Atlantic and Texas A&M Collected four receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown in the season opener at Georgia... Hauled in six catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns against Florida Atlantic, including a career-long 77-yard touchdown catch that tied for the ninth-longest reception in school history and was the longest since Had seven receptions for 57 yards at Troy... Eclipsed the 2,000-yard receiving mark for his career during the Texas Tech game as part of his six-catch, 81-yard performance Hauled in a season-high eight catches for 141 yards and a touchdown in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Topped that total with seven catches for 142 yards, including two touchdowns, at Texas A&M... The first of his two TDs against the Aggies came on a 29-yard pass from running back Dantrell Savage... Caught six passes for 100 yards in OSU s win at Nebraska, marking his third straight 100-yard receiving game... Logged his fourth 100-yard receiving game in five contests when he had seven catches for 108 yards with a touchdown against Texas... Had four catches for 22 yards before sustaining a leg injury in the first half against Kansas Ended the regular season No. 19 in the country and fourth in the Big 12 with 93 receiving yards per game Averaged 15.3 yards per reception as a senior. 2006: Finished the season 11th nationally and second in the Big 12 with receiving yards per game... Was fifth in the Big 12 with 4.6 catches per game... Caught 12 TD passes... Set a Big 12 record with 300 receiving yards against Kansas... His effort against the Jayhawks was the 11th best game in NCAA history and included 13 catches and four touchdowns... The 13 catches are second best by a Cowboy in a game... Specialty is long distance scores as his touchdown grabs included scoring receptions covering 75, 69, 64, 55, 54, 45 and 34 yards... The 75-yard grab at Houston was the 11th longest TD reception in OSU history... Ended the season with 1,181 receiving yards to rank fourth on the Cowboys single-season chart... His 60 catches rank sixth in a season at OSU... Averaged 19.7 yards per catch... His 11 touchdown receptions represent the eighth best total in the country... Of his 60 receptions, 51 resulted in a first down or a touchdown... Along with his record day at KU, Bowman had seven receptions for 166 yards and a score at Houston (the 13th best game in OSU history)... Caught six passes against Oklahoma for 80 yards and had three grabs covering 86 yards with a TD in the OSU win over Nebraska... Had 93 receiving yards on just two receptions against Florida Atlantic... Had three receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown against Alabama in the Independence Bowl. 2005: A redshirt season after transferring to Oklahoma State from North Carolina. 2004: Played in six games for the Tar Heels as a sophomore... Had six receptions for 61 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown, against William & Mary in the season opener... Had three receptions for 67 yards, including a season-long 52-yarder, against Virginia, and two catches for 59 yards, including a 41-yard TD reception, against Georgia Tech... His final game as a Tar Heel included two receptions for 76 yards with a 46-yard scoring grab against North Carolina State... Finished the season with 18 receptions for 329 yards and three touchdowns in six contests. 2003: Played in all 12 games for UNC, including starts at Clemson and Georgia Tech... Was one of 12 true freshmen to play for the Tar Heels and one of eight to play in the season opener against Florida State... Ended the season with 10 receptions for 181 yards and two touchdowns... Caught two passes for 84 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown pass, at North Carolina State and had two receptions for 41 yards and a touchdown at Clemson. High School: Was ranked as the top wide receiver in Tennessee and the fifth-best wide receiver in the country by ESPN s Tom Lemming... A SuperPrep All-America and ranked the No. 10 wide receiver by the magazine... Ranked the No. 18 wide receiver in the country by recruiting analyst Max Emfinger, and the No. 4 player in Tennessee by the Knoxville News- Sentinel... Played in the U.S. Army High School All-American Game and caught a 33-yard touchdown pass... Twice named Tennessee s Mr. Football in Class 2A, and earned all-state honors as both a junior and senior... Selected as one of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution s top 100 players in the south... Junior year statistics included 52 receptions for 1,339 yards and 16 touchdowns with 75 tackles and four interceptions on defense. Bowman s Statistics Year... G... Rec... Yds...Avg... TD... Lg 2003 (at UNC) (at UNC) Redshirt TOTALS , One of the most decorated members of the 2007 recruiting class Contributed immediately as a true freshman and became an important member of the offense down the stretch as OSU played without Adarius Bowman A second-team freshman All-America selection by Rivals (Freshman): Finished second on the team with 34 catches covering 505 receiving yards Was also second on the team with four TD receptions Exploded against Kansas, establishing an OSU freshman record with 155 receiving yards Outjumped a Kansas defender to bring in an 18-yard touchdown pass for the Cowboys first score against the Jayhawks... Set a career high with eight receptions against KU... Also had a career-best 39- yard reception against Kansas Posted solid numbers against Texas with four catches for 79 yards... First career reception was an eight-yard hookup with Bobby Reid in the season opener at Georgia... Collected three receptions for 67 yards (22.3 yards per catch), including a 27-yard reception, at Troy... Credited with five catches for 51 yards, highlighted by a five-yard touchdown pass from Zac Robinson, for the first score of his career in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Made a pair of catches for 20 yards in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Caught a pass for seven yards at Texas A&M... Hauled in two touchdown receptions in the Cowboys dramatic win over No. 25 Kansas State... Made three catches for 37 yards to go with his two scores against the Wildcats... Outjumped a KSU defender in the end zone for the first of his two touchdowns, then roughhoused his way through a series of Wildcat defenders on a 9-yard screen pass for his second TD grab Led OSU with five catches for 69 yards at OU. High School: A SuperPrep and Parade All-American... Listed by SuperPrep as the country s No. 7 receiving prospect... A consensus national top 100 prospect... Ranked as America s 29th best player by ESPN.com... Played on a state championship team at Lufkin... Participated in the Offense-Defense All-American Game... Scout.com ranked Bryant as the No. 13 receiver in the country and the 22nd best prospect in Texas... The Rivals service ranked him the No. 54 player in the country, the nation s ninth-best receiving prospect and as the No. 12 player in Texas... PrepStar placed him among America s top 100 players and as the nation s ninth-best receiving prospect... The Sporting News considered him the No. 54 prospect in the southwest... Dallas Morning News listed him as the No. 75 player in America... Member of the Texas Football magazine Super Team first-team... All-state selection... Senior season stats included 53 receptions for 1,207 yards with 21 touchdowns... Caught 48 passes for 1,025 yards as a junior with 16 touchdowns... Scored 41 touchdowns in 31 career games... A first-team Super Teamer by Dave Campbell... Just OSU s fourth Parade All-American since Personal: Had his choice of schools, including LSU, Nebraska, OU, Arkansas, Iowa and Texas A&M, among others... Four-year member of the track team. Bryant s Statistics Year...G... Rec... Yds...Avg...TD...Lg Dez Bryant Wide Receiver :: 6-2 :: 210 :: Fr. Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin Personal: Born July 10, Son of Tara Bowman... Education major INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

3 98 Derek Burton Defensive End :: 6-5 :: 265 :: So. Muskogee, Okla./Muskogee 96 Jeray Chatham Defensive Line :: 6-3 :: 280 :: Jr. Houston, Texas/Westfield An emerging talent at defensive end who will be critical to OSU s future up front Son of a former Cowboy offensive lineman (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games for OSU and got the start in wins over Nebraska and Kansas State Ended the regular season with 29 tackles, including 17 solo stops Tackles total ranked fourth among OSU s down linemen and tops among those that will return next season Had four tackles against Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Concluded the season with 3.5 quarterback sacks to rank second on the team Was credited with sacks against Florida Atlantic, Troy, Texas and Baylor (Freshman): Played in eight games and recorded 11 tackles, including nine solo stops... Credited with two tackles for loss and a sack... Had four tackles in his debut against Missouri State, including one behind the line of scrimmage... Had three stops against Florida Atlantic... Got his first quarterback sack against Arkansas State. High School: Had a sensational prep career at Muskogee High School where he was generally considered one of the top prospects in the southwest... As a senior, Burton registered 141 tackles to go along with 17 quarterback sacks and 18 additional tackles for losses...superprep All-American... Awarded almost every high school honor available... Firstteam all-state by the Oklahoma Coaches Association, Tulsa World and The Oklahoman... First-team all-district and District 6A-4 defensive player of the year. Personal: Born April 6, Son of Derek, Sr. and Katherine Burton... Dad was a starter on three OSU bowl teams as an offensive lineman... Has one younger brother, Jeremy, and a younger sister, Ma Kaila... Business major. Burton s Statistics Year...G... UA... A...Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds Totals Zach Carter Fullback :: 6-1 :: 225 :: Sr. Kennesaw, Ga./Hutchinson CC A converted offensive lineman who just completed his first season as a starter on the defensive line (Junior): Played in all 12 games and started the final 10 contests of the season Ended the season with 20 tackles, including 10 solo stops Had six tackles behind the line of scrimmage to rank third on the team in that category Had a season-high four tackles against Texas A&M and Florida Atlantic Had 1.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage at Georgia and two against Florida Atlantic Had quarterback sacks against Texas Tech, Baylor and Troy Also recovered a fumble against Texas Tech (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games and was credited with three tackles for the season (Freshman): Played in eight games for Oklahoma State and was credited with a tackle against Colorado. High School: Chatham was a two-time all-district selection... Named all-greater Houston and garnered the top lineman award at Westfield... A Texas top 100 prospect... Was recruited by Arizona, Iowa State, Iowa, Miami, LSU, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas A&M, Missouri and Oklahoma... Started as a high school sophomore on a team that finished Personal: Born July 22, 1985, in Houston... Son of Ray and Belinda Chatham... Has two sisters... An education major. Chatham s Statistics Year...G... UA... A...Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds Totals Ugo Chinasa Defensive End :: 6-6 :: 250 :: Fr. Richardson, Texas/Berkner Came to Oklahoma State as a linebacker but converted to fullback for his senior season and became OSU s starter at that position (Senior): Played in all 12 games and saw a lot of playing time as the starting fullback, but not a lot of offensive touches Had one reception and no rushes (Junior): Saw action as a linebacker and played in 12 games... Credited with nine tackles, including four on special teams... Had three stops at Texas. Junior College: Led Hutchinson with 93 total tackles, including 60 unassisted... Also topped the squad with 18 tackles for 48 yards in losses, and in quarterback sacks with five for 20 yards... Forced four fumbles and recovered two and blocked two kicks, including a blocked PAT... Led the NJCAA Region VI in tackles, averaging 10.3 per game... Also led the region in tackles for loss with 18 and his five QB sacks ranked eighth in the region... Had a career-high 18 stops, including three behind the line of scrimmage, against Independence Community College and returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown in that game... Named KJCCC defensive player of the week after recording 11 tackles and a pass breakup against Garden City... Honorable mention all-kjccc his freshman season after recording 93 stops, including 62 unassisted, for the Blue Dragons. High School: Honorable mention all-state according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was a four-star super athlete according to national recruiting guru Max Emfinger... Listed as one of the top 100 players in the South according to Scout.com... Recruited by Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Nebraska, South Carolina and Tennessee. Personal: Born Nov. 25, 1985, in San Antonio, Texas... Son of Johnny and Yvonne Carter... Has a brother, Johnny, Jr., and a sister, Elizabeth. A talented prospect at defensive end... Entered OSU as one of the headliners of the 2006 recruiting class and got onto the field for the first time this fall Was injured early in fall camp (2006) and redshirted his first year in Stillwater (Freshman): Recorded 12 tackles in eight games Had a season-best three tackles in the regular-season finale at Oklahoma Credited with a pair of stops against Sam Houston State and Florida Atlantic Had a tackle for a loss against SHSU. 2006: Redshirt. High School: Named the Houston Touchdown Club s defensive player of the year after a senior season in which he registered 96 tackles, 11 sacks, six forced fumbles, two recovered fumbles and one interception that he returned for a touchdown... Had 68 tackles and four sacks as a junior... Helped lead his team to an undefeated regular season as a senior... Other postseason honors included first-team all-state by the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News state top 100 and selected first-team all-district... Named the Dallas Morning News area defensive player of the year. Personal: Born July 30, Son of Madumere Chinasa and Jolly Ibekwoaba... Has a younger brother (Ike) and an older sister (Stacie)... Also recruited by Alabama, LSU, OU and Texas A&M... Business major. Chinasa s Statistics Year...G... UA... A...Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 29

4 16 Perrish Cox Cornerback :: 6-1 :: 190 :: So. Waco, Texas/University 32 Julius Crosslin Running Back :: 6-0 :: 230 :: Sr. Amarillo, Texas/Palo Duro Just completed his first year as a starter at corner while remaining one of the country s top return specialists A 2006 first-team Freshman All-America pick by Rivals in the return game, second-team all-big 12 by Associated Press and honorable mention all-big 12 by the coaches as a return specialist... Also a member of The Sporting News Big 12 all-frosh team Ended the 2007 regular season as one of just three players in America with a punt return and kickoff return for a touchdown Now has eight returns in his career that have eventually led to OSU points A 2007 honorable mention all-big 12 selection as a kick returner by the league coaches (Sophomore): Started the last eight games of the season at corner Tied for second on the team with two interceptions while breaking up eight passes Credited with 40 tackles as a soph Took a kickoff back 52 yards in the season opener at Georgia... Had a career-long 67-yard punt return to set up a touchdown in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Took another punt back 20 yards against the Owls... Picked off a pass in the end zone at Troy and broke up a pass against the Trojans as well... Logged five tackles in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Made his first defensive start of the season in the victory over the Red Raiders... Scored his first special teams touchdown of the season when he took a punt back 49 yards for a touchdown in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Matched a career high with seven tackles against Sam Houston State and broke up a career-best three passes in that win over the Bearkats as well... Recorded four tackles and matched a career high with three passes broken up at Texas A&M... Picked off a Sam Keller pass in OSU s win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and logged six tackles in OSU s dramatic win over No. 25 Kansas State... His 98-yard return in that game was the longest of his career, tied for the fourth-longest return in school history and was the longest for an OSU player since Barry Sanders took a kick back 100 yards for a touchdown in Made six tackles against Texas... Recorded two tackles and broke up a pass against Kansas Had five stops at OU Ranked seventh in the Big 12 with a 22.5-yard average on kickoff returns (Freshman): Missed the Oklahoma game and the Independence Bowl with injury but still ended the season No. 14 nationally and second in the Big 12 in punt returns (12.8 yards per try) and No. 35 nationally in kickoff returns (23.8 yards)... Became the first Cowboy since Barry Sanders to open a season with a kickoff return for a touchdown when he went 96 yards against Missouri State... Had six returns that set up OSU scores, including a 49-yard return of a quick kick at Arkansas State, a 25-yard punt return against Florida Atlantic, a 63- yard punt return at Kansas State, a 39-yard kickoff return at Kansas, a 39-yard kickoff return vs. Nebraska and a 57-yard kickoff return against Baylor... Had 24 tackles on defense while breaking up five passes... Had interceptions against Missouri State (returned for 21 yards) and Baylor... Had a season-high seven stops against the Bears. High School: Standout on both sides of the football... As a senior, recorded 27 tackles and led the team with nine interceptions... Had a quarterback sack... As a receiver, had 47 catches for 670 yards and 12 touchdowns... Played in the U.S. Army All-American Game and was listed as a Scout.com national top-100 player... Other honors included first-team Class 4A all-state and first-team all-central Texas... District 16-4A MVP... First-team all-district as both a defensive back and a kick returner... Dallas Morning News top-100 prospect. Personal: Born Jan. 10, Son of Carolyn and Perrish Cox, Sr.... Undecided major. Cox s Defensive Statistics Year...G... UA... A...Total... TFL-Yds... Int-Yds...PD Totals Important member of the Cowboy running backs corps who serves in a variety of roles for Oklahoma State... Has a nice combination of strength and speed Enters the bowl game No. 17 all-time at OSU with 136 career points (Senior): Saw action in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic, but did not log any carries or receptions... Carried the ball three times for five yards and two bruising touchdowns at Troy... Carried the ball four times for 10 yards in OSU s win over Texas Tech, but picked up a couple key third-and-one and fourth-and-one conversions for first downs... Found the end zone with a two-yard plunge in OSU s 39-3 win over the Bearkats... Punched in a pair of touchdown runs in OSU s win at Nebraska... Carried the ball five times for 12 yards in the Cowboys win over No. 25 Kansas State, highlighted by a season-long 10-yard carry... Barrelled into the end zone for a one-yard touchdown run against Kansas... Turned in a three-carry, 13-yard rushing effort in OSU s win at Baylor (Junior): Ended the season with 71 yards on 29 carries, primarily in short-yardage situations... Scored three touchdowns... Also credited with three tackles on special teams... Carried seven times for 32 yards in the season opener against Missouri State and scored a touchdown against the Bears... Had a season-long 16-yard run against MSU... Also ran for scores against Arkansas State and Nebraska (Sophomore): Saw extensive action as a short-yardage back... Finished the season with 71 carries for 231 yards in 11 games and led the team with 12 touchdowns... Scored a touchdown every 5.9 carries... His 74 points ranked 22nd on the Oklahoma State singleseason chart... Caught a pair of passes for 16 yards... Had multiple-touchdown games against Florida Atlantic, Missouri, Texas A&M and Oklahoma... Rushed for a season-high 91 yards in the upset of Texas Tech (Freshman): Crosslin scored his first-career touchdown on a four-yard run against Texas and finished with three rushes for six yards and a catch for 10 yards against the Longhorns... Carried the ball three times for 35 yards, including a long rush of 23 yards, in the win over Tulsa... Rushed five times for 15 yards in his first collegiate contest against the UCLA Bruins. 2003: Redshirt. High School: Crosslin was first-team all-district on the defensive side of the ball in 2001 at Palo Duro High School... A second-team pick on offense in A member of The Amarillo Globe News super team, and was the defensive player of the year as well as honorable mention all-state on the defensive side of the ball. Personal: Born Nov. 1, 1983, in Amarillo... Son of Gina Crosslin... Majoring in education. Crosslin s Statistics Year...G...Att... Yds...Avg... TD...Lg Totals Punt Returns Year...G... PR...Yards...Avg... TDs Totals Kickoff Returns Year...G... KR...Yards...Avg... TDs Totals INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

5 56 Completing his Cowboy career with the bowl trip One of the anchors of the Cowboy defensive front (Senior): Ranks third among OSU s down linemen with 35 tackles, including 18 solo stops Second on the team with 7.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage Had a careerhigh five tackles at Georgia... Came back to register four tackles, including one for loss, in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Enjoyed a big game in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech when he matched a career high with five tackles, set a new career high with 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble that was recovered by Derek Burton in the decisive fourth quarter... Logged a pair of tackles in the Cowboys win over Sam Houston State... Had a pair of assisted tackles at Texas A&M, one of which came for loss... Assisted on two tackles as part of OSU s dramatic win over No. 25 Kansas State... Notched the first sack of his career when he dropped Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing... Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a half-sack in OSU s win at Baylor Had another five-tackle effort at OU, including a stop for a 4-yard loss (Junior): Played in 11 games and was credited with five tackles... Recorded stops against Missouri State, Arkansas State, Houston, Texas A&M and Baylor (Sophomore): Battled injuries and only appeared in four games... Recorded one tackle behind the line of scrimmage against Florida Atlantic (Freshman): Saw extensive action, primarily as a reserve along the defensive line... Finished with two tackles and two quarterback hurries in seven games... Notched a tackle against Missouri and UCLA. High School: Cummings was a three-year starter at Rosebud-Lott and was rewarded with first-team all-district honors as both a junior and senior... Picked Oklahoma State over TCU, Baylor and Houston. Personal: Born April 4, 1985, in Philadelphia... Son of Maurice and Margaret Cummings... Has a younger brother, Marcelis... Majoring in education at Oklahoma State. Cummings Statistics Year...G... UA... A...Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds. QBH Totals Maurice Cummings Defensive Line :: 6-4 :: 275 :: Sr. Rosebud, Texas/Rosebud-Lott Damian Davis Wide Receiver :: 6-5 :: 180 :: Fr. Mart, Texas/Mart Another true freshman who earned playing time in 2007 Figures to be a big part of the Cowboys future at receiver. Personal: Chose the Cowboys after considering Arizona, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas A&M... Played for head coach Rusty Nail at Mart... Has expressed an interest in playing basketball as well in Stillwater. 65 Steve Denning Offensive Line :: 6-5 :: 295 :: Jr. Southaven, Miss./NW Mississippi CC Moved into the starting lineup one month into the season and is entrenched as a starter at one guard spot (Junior): Started the final eight games of the season at guard after center David Washington was lost to injury Had a solid season on an offensive line that allowed just five sacks in Big 12 play, led the league in rushing and ranked among the national top 10 in total offense Is one of five starters up front that will return next season (including Washington) (Sophomore): Spent his sophomore season as an important reserve up front and saw action throughout the season (Redshirt): Denning redshirted after transferring to Oklahoma State from Northwest Mississippi Community College. Junior College: Spent one season at Northwest Mississippi Community College... A starter at guard for the Rangers. High School: A two-time all-region selection for Coach Calvin Aldridge at Southaven High School... Played both offensive line and defensive end... Was also a powerlifter for two years. Personal: Born Oct. 21, Son of Daniel and Emily Denning... Has two sisters, Linda and Rosemary, and two brothers, his twin, Michael, and a younger brother, Mark... Michael plays at Northern Illinois after also beginning his career at Northwest Mississippi... Majoring in business/economics at Oklahoma State. 10 Tommy Devereaux Wide Receiver :: 6-0 :: 185 :: Sr. Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville Completing his career with a solid senior season that has included the first touchdowns of his career (Senior): Played in all 12 games and caught seven passes Had a 39-yard touchdown reception against Kansas and a 24-yard TD catch at Baylor Hauled in one catch for 14 yards in the season opener at Georgia... Brought in two receptions for 21 yards, including a 16-yard grab at Troy... Caught one pass for seven yards in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Made one of his biggest plays of the year when he returned a kickoff 29 yards to set up the game-winning field goal in OSU s dramatic win over No. 25 Kansas State... With OSU trailing, and only 1:10 remaining, Devereaux fielded the kick and darted up the left sideline to help set the stage for the Cowboys final game-winning drive against the Wildcats (Freshman): Played in nine games and caught two passes as a rookie Had a 26- yard catch against undefeated Kansas and a 21-yard grab at OU in which he deflected the ball to himself over the top of a pair of Sooner defenders. High School: A talented receiver who led his team to the 2A Texas state championship... Had 1,082 receiving yards on 56 catches with 15 touchdown grabs... Recorded five interceptions on defense... Also had an 1,000-yard receiving season as a junior and had 10 interceptions that year... Was utilized in the return game as well... A first-team 2A all-stater as selected by the Associated Press... A top 15 receiver prospect, according to Texas Football... A firstteam all-district selection on both sides of the ball... A member of the Super CenTex first team... Also an all-state basketball player and participated in track and was an all-district selection in baseball (Junior): Played in all 13 games and caught three passes covering 37 yards... Longest reception was a 33-yarder against Florida Atlantic... Averaged 10.6 yards on his eight punt returns, including a 41-yarder against Missouri State... Had a pair of returns for 10 yards against Oklahoma... Returned four kickoffs during the season with a long of 27 against OU... Had a 23-yard return against Missouri State and had a 17-yard kickoff return at Houston (Sophomore): OSU s fourth-leading receiver with 13 catches for 129 yards... Also utilized as a runner and return man... Played in 11 games and started one... Caught one pass for 28 yards against Arkansas State... Broke off a 20-yard run against Missouri, and had a season-high five catches for 64 yards at Baylor (Redshirt): Devereaux s redshirt season at Oklahoma State after suffering an injury in the off-season INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 31

6 2003 (Freshman): Played in 10 games as a true freshman and caught four passes for 22 yards, while also rushing seven times for 17 yards and a touchdown... Scored his first career touchdown on a 14-yard reverse against Texas Tech. High School: One of the top overall athletes in the state of Texas who chose Oklahoma State over Texas A&M... Finished the 2002 season with more than 1,000 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns while starting on both sides of the ball at Duncanville... Texas Football listed him as one of the state s top 15 receivers, and he was a top-100 prospect according to the Dallas Morning News... Senior season was marred by injuries, but he still had one three-game stretch in which he had 14 carries for 306 yards and four touchdowns. Personal: Born Nov. 18, 1984, in Bossier City, La.... Son of Tommy, Sr., and Danita Devereaux... He has a brother, Jarrett... Education major. Devereaux s Statistics Year...G...Rec...Yds... TD... Lg Totals Matt Fodge Punter :: 6-1 :: 195 :: Jr. Garland, Texas/Garland Turned in another solid season and figures to be among the best in the country next year... A second-team all-big 12 selection and a first-team academic all-big 12 choice as a sophomore... A second-team All-America selection by Rivals in 2006, when he spent much of the season leading the nation in punting average By maintaining his career average through next season, he will rank among the best ever to punt at Oklahoma State A member of the 2007 all-big 12 team as selected by Rivals.com (Junior): Finished the year third in the Big 12 and No. 20 nationally with a 42.9-yard average Had a 65-yard punt at Troy that was the longest by a Big 12 player in Had 13 of his punts downed inside the 20 yard line He pinned the Longhorns at their own 1-yard-line twice and at their nine on another punt Had just three touchbacks all season Longest kicks of the season included the 65-yarder, a 60-yard punt against Kansas, a 58-yard punt at OU, a 54-yarder against Sam Houston State, a 52-yarder at Baylor and a 52-yarder against Florida Atlantic. 97 Marque Fountain Defensive End :: 6-2 :: 260 :: Sr. Missouri City, Texas/Hightower An active defensive lineman who had a strong stretch run... One of just a handful of Oklahoma State players to be part of four bowl teams during his career Was a redshirt in 2005 when OSU missed a bowl for the only time in the last five years (Senior): Finished with 37 tackles to rank second among OSU s defensive linemen in that category Also had 4.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage and two quarterback sacks Registered four tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Racked up three tackles, including one for loss, in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Matched a career high with six tackles at Troy... Broke up a pass against the Trojans as well for the first pass break-up of his career... Notched a solo tackle and had two quarterback hurries in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Credited with seven tackles, including one for loss, at Texas A&M... Did not play against Nebraska or Kansas State after sustaining an injury at Texas A&M... Had four tackles and registered a fourth-quarter sack against Texas... Made five tackles, four of which were unassisted, against Kansas Had OSU s lone sack at OU (Junior): Ended the season with 35 tackles to rank second among defensive linemen and tops among the defensive linemen that return for He led Oklahoma State and ranked sixth in the Big 12 with 13 tackles behind the line of scrimmage... Credited with 4.5 quarterback sacks for the third best total at OSU... Also led OSU with six quarterback hurries... Had a season-high six tackles against Oklahoma and Houston... Had at least one tackle behind the line of scrimmage in 10 of the 13 games, including three against Florida Atlantic (he also forced a fumble against the Owls), two vs. Kansas (including a sack), 1.5 against OU and 1.5 for four yards in losses in the Independence Bowl (Redshirt): Fought nagging injuries all season... Played the first two games of the season and recorded three tackles against Florida Atlantic, including a sack for minus-15 yards (Sophomore): Finished the season with 35 total tackles, seven of which were behind the line of scrimmage... Had one sack and four quarterback hurries... Had two solo tackles against Texas Tech and had two tackles and two quarterback hurries against Baylor... Led all linemen with a career-high six tackles, including one for loss, against Texas... Had four tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage, at OU... Credited with four tackles, including two for losses, in the win over Missouri... Had three tackles, a forced fumble, and a tackle for loss against Texas A&M and forced fumble in the win over Colorado... Credited with three tackles, two quarterback hurries and a sack against Tulsa... Four stops against UCLA (Sophomore): Ended the year as the nation s eighth ranked punter with an average of 44.9 yards per punt on 50 attempts... That average was the second best for a single season in OSU history... Had three punts in excess of 70 yards with a season-best 72-yarder in the season opener against Missouri State, a 71-yarder at Kansas and a 70-yard punt vs. Florida Atlantic... Fourteen of his punts were downed inside the opposition s 20-yard-line, including two in the Independence Bowl... Other impressive punts included a 61-yarder at Houston, a 60-yarder at Texas Tech, a 58-yarder at Arkansas State and a 56-yard effort at Texas (Freshman): Won the starting job as a true freshman and ended the season with a 39.9-yard average on 65 punts... Twenty of his punts were downed inside the opponents 20 and 16 resulted in a fair catch. High School: As a senior in 2004, Fodge was accurate as well as showing great leg strength... Was successful on 10-of-12 field goal attempts with a long of 52 yards... Also punted for an average of 42 yards per kick and 80 percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks... During his career, Fodge connected on 26-of-33 field goals... Was a first-team all-district selection as both a kicker and punter according to the Dallas Morning News. Personal: Born Sept. 16, Son of Jeff and Glenda Fodge... Majoring in general business at Oklahoma State. Fodge s Statistics Year...G... No...Yards... Lg...Avg...TB...FC... I Totals (Freshman): Contributed as a reserve lineman his freshman year, playing in 11 games, including the SBC Cotton Bowl... Made 18 tackles, including four for loss, with two sacks and five quarterback hurries. High School: As a senior, registered 104 total tackles, including six sacks and was first-team all-greater Houston, and was the district MVP... A first-team all-district selection as both a junior and senior... Finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club s defensive player of the year in In addition to OSU, Fountain was also recruited by Arizona, Iowa State, LSU, Texas Tech, Kansas and Colorado State. Personal: Born March 15, 1985, in Oxford, Miss.... Son of Michael and Miami Fountain... Majoring in sociology at Oklahoma State. Fountain s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds... QBH Totals Fountain also has 4 forced fumbles and 1 pass deflection in his career INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

7 24 Kendall Hunter Running Back :: 5-8 :: 180 :: Fr. Tyler, Texas/John Tyler Was expected to redshirt in 2007 but played his way into an important role on the squad and ended the season as OSU s third leading rusher Named to The Sporting News all-big 12 freshman team (Freshman): Led OSU with a 6.7-yard average Ran for 663 yards and four scores Also caught nine passes for 113 yards to rank sixth on the squad in receiving Carried the ball 16 times for 125 yards at Troy in his second game at the collegiate level... His 125 rushing yards in that game were the most for an OSU true freshman since David Thompson rushed for 155 yards against Kansas on Oct. 30, Followed that performance up with a 113-yard (on 14 carries) performance in OSU s win over Texas Tech That effort was highlighted by a 46-yard touchdown scamper... His performances against Troy and Texas Tech made him the first OSU true freshman since Jamaal Fobbs, in 1997, to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games... Carried the ball eight times for 57 yards (7.1 yards per carry) with a 33-yard touchdown run against Florida Atlantic in his first game at the collegiate level... Also caught a 47-yard touchdown pass in the game against the Owls... Found the end zone for his third touchdown in his first four career games when he broke loose for a nine-yard run to cap the scoring in OSU s 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Piled up 64 yards on only nine carries (7.1 yards per carry) against the Bearkats... Rushed for 82 yards on just 10 carries at Texas A&M, highlighted by a 24-yard carry... Carried the ball 10 times for 67 yards, highlighted by a 33-yard touchdown scamper, in the Cowboys win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Also made two catches for 37 yards in OSU s road win over the Huskers... Carried the ball nine times for 65 yards (7.2 yards per carry) in the Cowboys win over No. 25 Kansas State... Added 77 yards on 15 carries in OSU s win at Baylor. High School: Rushed for 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior... Also had 29 receptions for 429 yards... Recorded a 1,000-yard rushing season as a junior... Career totals included 2,799 rushing yards, 3,396 all-purpose yards and 32 touchdowns... A secondteam all-state pick... A top 20 prospect in Texas, according to Texas Football magazine... A first-team all-east Texas selection... Two-time first-team all-district selection... Selected as America s No. 40 prospect at running back by Rivals. Personal: Also considered TCU, Iowa State, Kansas State and Baylor among others... Born Sept. 16, 1988, in Tyler... Son of Freddie and Kenneth Hunter... Undecided on a major... Played for Thomas Brooks at John Tyler High School... Also ran track. Hunter s Rushing Statistics Year...G... Att... Yds...TD... Long... Avg.G (Junior): Finished third on the team with 69 tackles, including 39 solo stops... Had eight tackles behind the line of scrimmage, including two sacks... Started 10 games at middle linebacker... Had a season-best 11 tackles and recovered a fumble against Houston... Had nine stops against Oklahoma... Recorded eight tackles against Texas... Against Texas A&M, he was credited with 3.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, including a quarterback sack... Broke up a pass against Baylor and Texas A&M... Had six tackles against Alabama in the bowl game (Sophomore): Was the third-leading tackler for the Cowboys with 74 in 11 games... Included in his defensive statistics were five tackles for loss, one sack and recovered two fumbles... Recorded a career-high 17 tackles against Texas A&M, and also reached doublefigure tackles with 10 against Missouri... At Texas A&M, he had three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery... Had eight tackles, a forced fumble and a sack in the Bedlam matchup (Freshman): Saw significant action at linebacker as a true freshman with eight tackles in eight games played... Credited with a tackle against Missouri and three tackles against Iowa State... Made three stops against SMU and had a tackle against Tulsa in his first career action. High School: Named preseason third-team all-super Team by Texas Football... As a senior, he had 74 tackles, four sacks, two fumbles forced, and two fumble recoveries... Earned all-district and all-state honors in addition to being placed on the Dallas Morning News Texas top 100 list. Personal: Born July 31, Son of Theresa Johnson... Has one brother, Brandon, and a sister, Renatta... Majoring in education at Oklahoma State. Johnson s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total... TFL-Yds... Sacks-Yds. QBH Totals *Recorded an interception in 2007 at Nebraska 61 David Koenig Offensive Line :: 6-5 :: 295 :: Sr. Cape Coral, Fla./Cape Coral Hunter s Receiving Statistics Year...G... Rec...Yds...TD... Long Rodrick Johnson Linebacker :: 6-3 :: 255 :: Sr. Galveston, Texas/Ball Finished his senior season seeing action as a linebacker and defensive end (Senior): Assisted on a tackle for loss in the season opener at Georgia... Registered two tackles, including an assisted tackle for loss in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Registered a season high with five tackles at Troy, including 1.0 tackles for loss... Recorded three tackles in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Enjoyed one of his best games of the year when he logged three tackles, one of which came for loss, as part of OSU s win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Recorded his first career interception when he picked off a Sam Keller pass in the Cowboys win over the Huskers in Lincoln... Notched a solo tackle against Texas... Notched a pair of tackles against Kansas... Got his first start of the season at OU and responded with 11 tackles, including seven solo stops The start was the 12th of his career. A standout offensive lineman for the Cowboys who has been in the starting lineup for the each of the past two seasons... A second-team All-America pick by Rivals.com and a second-team all-big 12 choice by the coaches and a first-team selection by Rivals Will enter the bowl game with a team-best 36 straight starts under his belt and 39 overall starts Honorable mention all-conference selection by the Associated Press in 2006 Has seen action at guard and tackle during his stay in Stillwater (Senior): The anchor of the Cowboy offensive line as the only senior starter OSU s offensive line allowed just 11 sacks all season and a league-low five in conference play Cowboys also led the Big 12 in rushing for the second straight season and ranked among America s top 10 in total offense (Junior): A key member of the improving Cowboy offense and helped pave the way for an OSU attack that ranked seventh nationally in rushing and scoring and 16th in total offense... Started all 13 games at left guard... In five of OSU s 13 games he was selected by the staff as OSU s most physical offensive lineman (Sophomore): Started all 11 games at left guard (Freshman): Koenig opened the year as the starter at left guard before suffering an injury... He started the first three games and returned to action against Texas Tech. 2003: His redshirt season at Oklahoma State INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 33

8 High School: Oklahoma State went to Florida to find him... A multi-year starter at Cape Coral High School, and was named first-team all-district after his senior season... A participant in the John Carrigan Florida All-Star game... In addition to OSU, Minnesota, Rutgers and Central Florida recruited this talented lineman. Personal: Born June 4, Son of Bob and Cindy Koenig... His older brother, Doug, was a four-year letterwinner for the Cowboys... Also has a younger brother, Daniel... Majoring in management at Oklahoma State... Enjoys boating and fishing in his spare time. 17 Jacob Lacey Cornerback :: 5-11 :: 175 :: Jr. Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest An honorable mention all-big 12 corner selection by the league coaches Tied for third in the Big 12 and ranked No. 29 nationally with five interceptions Had four picks in Big 12 play Was also third in the league in passes defended (13) In conference play he defended 11 passes to rank second in the conference Has started 25 straight games entering the bowl for the third longest streak on the team (Junior): Ended the season fourth on the squad with 62 tackles Had the biggest day of his career with three interceptions against Texas... His three picks were the most for OSU since Tony Banfield had three against OU in Registered five tackles, including a career-high two tackles for loss and a sack in the season opener at Georgia... Made five tackles at Troy, logging a pass break-up in that contest against the Trojans as well... Doubled his existing career high when he posted 12 tackles (11 of which were unassisted) in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Also broke up three passes in OSU s win over the Red Raiders... Recorded six tackles and picked off the first pass of his collegiate career when he intercepted a Rhett Bomar throw in OSU s 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Made five tackles at Texas A&M... Logged eight tackles, five of which were unassisted, in OSU s win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Broke up a pass in the road win over the Huskers as well... Recorded five tackles and broke up a pass as part of OSU s dramatic win over No. 25 Kansas State... Made a tackle and broke up a pass against Kansas... Turned in a six-tackle effort as part of OSU s win at Baylor Had an interception at OU that set up the Cowboys inside the five and led to an OSU score Also had four tackles against the Sooners (Sophomore): Started all 13 games at corner and finished seventh on the team with 48 tackles, including 33 solo stops... Tied for second on the team with five pass breakups... Also had a pair of tackles behind the line of scrimmage for five yards in losses... Had six tackles at Kansas State and Texas and five stops against Houston and Texas Tech... Made a tackle for a two-yard loss in Manhattan against the Wildcats... Credited with half-tackles behind the line of scrimmage against Arkansas State and Houston... Had three tackles in the bowl game against Alabama (Freshman): Made a significant impact in the secondary as a true freshman, playing in 10 games and starting against Texas Tech... Finished the season with 14 tackles, one behind the line of scrimmage, and a pass deflection in 10 games... Played well on special teams, where he led the squad with seven tackles... Had two tackles in his collegiate debut against Montana State... Best game of the season came in the upset win over Texas Tech with four tackles, including one for a loss, and a pass break up... Had multiple tackles in seven games. High School: A two-way performer in high school, rushing for 1,200 yards and scoring 14 touchdowns during his senior season... Also had 650 yards passing and one touchdown... First-team all-district and the offensive MVP in District 11-5A in In addition to Oklahoma State, Lacey had recruiting interest from Kansas, Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin. 4 Patrick Lavine Linebacker :: 6-3 :: 225 :: So. Houston, Texas/Jersey Village Has recorded 147 tackles over the last two seasons to lead OSU during that span Leads the 2007 team with 77 tackles Became a linebacker at Oklahoma State after spending most of his prep playing time at safety (Sophomore): Finished the regular season No. 20 in the Big 12 in tackles Included on the watch list for the Butkus Award which recognizes the nation s top collegiate linebacker... Set a new career high with 13 tackles and matched a career high with two tackles for loss in the Cowboys win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Recorded 10 tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Texas A&M... Led all players with 10 tackles in the Cowboys 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Added a half-tackle for loss, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry against the Owls... Notched four tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Credited with eight tackles and scooped up a fumble at Troy... Played a key role in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech, logging three tackles and four passes broken up in that victory... Notched four solo tackles and a pass break-up in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Made four tackles in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Led the team with seven tackles against Texas... Logged eight tackles, with one coming for loss, in OSU s win at Baylor Had four tackles, including one for a loss, at OU (Freshman): A Freshman All-America selection by Rivals and a member of the Big 12 all-frosh team as selected by The Sporting News Saw action in all 13 games... Got his first career start against Houston and moved into the starting lineup permanently against Kansas... Finished second on the squad with 70 tackles... Fourth on the team with nine tackles behind the line of scrimmage... Came up big in OSU s win over North Division champ Nebraska with 11 tackles, including a quarterback sack, and caused a fumble that was returned for a touchdown... Had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage in each of the last seven regular-season games... Lone interception of the season helped OSU clinch the road win at Kansas... Also had 11 tackles at Texas and made eight stops against KU and Texas A&M... Had four tackles and a pass break-up against Alabama in the bowl game Winner of the Dick Bogert Award as OSU s outstanding freshman defender. High School: Played both linebacker and defensive back... As a senior, Lavine registered 63 tackles and had a pair of interceptions... Committed to Oklahoma State during the summer before his senior season... Prep honors included Scout.com s Southwest top 100 and Texas Football all-super Team... Finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club area defensive player of the year... Named all-greater Houston and first-team all-district as a defensive back... Second-team all-district as a punt returner and was a Dallas Morning News top 100 prospect. Personal: Born Nov. 11, Son of Ken and Jennifer Herndon... Has a younger brother, Jalen... Undecided on a major. Lavine s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total... TFL-Yds...PBU...Int Totals *Recovered a fumble at Troy (2007) 54 Andrew Lewis Offensive Line :: 6-5 :: 295 :: So. Joplin, Mo./Joplin Personal: Born May 28, Son of James and Francine Lacey of Garland... Has one brother, James... Majoring in economics at Oklahoma State. Lacey s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total...TFL-Yds... PBU...Int Totals One of the big stories of the year for OSU Began the season at guard and moved to center when David Washington was lost for the season due to injury in game three Will provide the Cowboys with flexibility next season when Washington returns (Sophomore): Opened the first three games of the season at left guard and moved to center for the final nine games His development was critical to the Cowboy offense that ranked No. 8 nationally in rushing and allowed just 11 sacks in 12 games and only five in Big 12 play (Freshman): Saw spot duty throughout his redshirt freshman season, including a season-high 26 snaps in his college debut against Missouri State INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

9 2005 (Redshirt): Redshirted his first year on campus. High School: Played both ways at Joplin High School... Was the center on offense and a tackle on defense... First-team all-state selection as a center... First team all-conference at both center and defensive end... Courted by Missouri State and North Texas, but chose the Cowboys because of the Cowboy coaching staff. Personal: Born Feb. 20, Son of Steve and Lesa Lewis... Dad played at Texas A&M... Has a brother, William, and a sister, Elizabeth... Business major... Enjoys hunting and fishing. Personal: Born Nov. 15, Son of Neil Moore and Toni Neal... Majoring in education at Oklahoma State. Moore s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total... TFL...PBU...Int Totals Has 2 fumble recoveries 93 Jonathan Lewis Defensive Line :: 6-2 :: 280 :: So. Amarillo, Texas/Newman Smith 19 Jeremy Nethon Linebacker :: 6-0 :: 225 :: Sr. Beggs, Okla./Beggs One of several young defensive linemen in the Cowboy rotation in (Sophomore): Played in seven games and ended the regular season with three tackles to his credit (Freshman): Saw action in three games and was credited with a pair of tackles. High School: Arrived in Stillwater in January of 2006 after graduating from high school early... As a senior, had 61 tackles, 10 quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery... Recorded 52 total tackles, two sacks and 10 tackles for losses as a junior... Honors included southwest top 100 by Scout.com, first-team all-district as a junior and a senior according to the Dallas Morning News... A Dallas Morning News top 100 player... Kansas State, SMU and Utah were also in the recruiting race. Personal: Born Oct. 2, Son of Walter and Pamela Lewis. 26 Quinton Moore Safety :: 5-11 :: 185 :: Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland A member of the Cowboy secondary corps who saw duty as a starter and a prominent reserve Started the final three games of the season (Junior): Finished the regular season sixth on the team with 53 tackles, including 40 solo tackles Had a career day with 14 tackles, 11 of which were unassisted, against Kansas, then came back the next week to record 11 tackles (eight solo), an interception, a forced fumble and a pass break up in helping OSU to a win at Baylor... Blocked a punt at Troy... Also logged three tackles in that contest... Posted five tackles in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Made one of the biggest defensive plays of that game when he forced and recovered a fumble to end a Wildcat drive that had propelled KSU into field-goal range... Made six tackles against Texas... Saw action on special teams in the season opener at Georgia... Posted two tackles, including an assisted tackle for loss in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Made two tackles in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Logged four tackles, three of which were solo, in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Broke up a pass against the Bearkats as well... Registered four tackles in the Cowboys win over Nebraska in Lincoln (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games on defense and special teams... Accumulated 23 tackles... Recovered a fumble and returned it 10 yards against Missouri State... Had a season-best five tackles against Florida Atlantic and four stops against Missouri State... Had three stops against Houston and Texas Tech (Freshman): Played in 10 games as a true freshman and made 11 tackles... Recorded four tackles against Missouri and also broke up a pass against Arkansas State. High School: One of the top-rated and most sought-after defensive back prospects in the state of Texas... Arizona, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas State and Texas Tech all joined Oklahoma State in his recruiting... As a senior, accumulated 108 total tackles, two interceptions, five pass deflections, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal... A first-team all-district and was the district s MVP... Named all-greater Houston. Had a solid senior season interrupted by injury, but returned to action against Baylor and Oklahoma in the final two regular-season games Defensive MVP of the 2006 Independence Bowl (Senior): Played in 10 games and started five Recorded 40 tackles Registered seven tackles, one of which was a sack, in the season opener at Georgia... Logged five tackles, four of which were unassisted, in the Cowboys 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Logged six tackles in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Matched a season high with 11 tackles at Texas A&M, logging three solo and eight assisted tackles against the Aggies... Made seven stops, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble in the win at Nebraska... Logged a solo tackle, forced a fumble and registered a quarterback hurry as part of OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Did not play against Texas or Kansas (Junior): Saw action in every game and accumulated 51 tackles to rank sixth on the team... Broke up three passes on the season and caused a fumble on punt coverage at Texas Tech... Thirty-three of his tackles were solo stops... Made five starts at outside linebacker - the first four of his career... Had five tackles against five opponents: Arkansas State, Houston, Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma... Credited with a tackle for a loss at Arkansas State... Against the Crimson Tide, he recorded 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, and had a tackle for a two-yard loss as OSU limited Alabama to 276 yards of total offense. 2005: Redshirt (Sophomore): Played in nine games and was credited with 10 tackles... Had three stops vs. Missouri (Freshman): Saw action in all 13 games as a true freshman... Posted 16 total tackles, including five special-teams stops... Had three tackles in three straight games (Missouri State, SMU and Louisiana-Lafayette). High School: One of the top high school prospects in Oklahoma, ranked high by all services... As a senior, had 190 carries for 1,667 yards and 15 touchdowns and caught seven passes for 208 yards... Defensive numbers included 167 total tackles with five sacks, six interceptions and two fumble recoveries... Career included 3,477 rushing yards and 342 receiving yards with 11 interceptions and more than 300 tackles... All-state pick by The Oklahoman, Tulsa World and the Oklahoma Coaches Association... Also played tennis, basketball and ran track... Recruited by Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Personal: Born Nov. 15, Son of Rodney and Pamela Tate... Has a sister, Julie, and a brother, Jason... Education major... Enjoys building models, playing pool and listening to music in his free time... Comes from a long line of OSU alumni... Father played at Texas and in the NFL. Nethon s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total... TFL...PBU...Int Totals Has 1 forced 2 fumbles and recovered 1 fumble 2007 INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 35

10 15 A talented member of the OSU receiving corps who was also a second-team academic all-big 12 selection in 2006 Played a much bigger role down the stretch of the 2007 season. Seth Newton Wide Receiver :: 6-3 :: 195 :: Jr. Girard, Kan./Girard 2007 (Junior): Ended the season with eight catches for 171 yards for an average of 21.4 yards per reception Enjoyed the best day of his career to date when he led the team with four receptions for a career-high 62 yards with one touchdown in OSU s win at Baylor... Teamed with Zac Robinson for a 30-yard touchdown pass on the Cowboys second play from scrimmage to set the tone early for OSU s win in Waco... Provided one of the early highlights of the season when he tossed a 33-yard TD pass to Jeremy Broadway in the second half of OSU s win over Texas Tech... Grabbed his first career touchdown reception when Zac Robinson found him downfield for a 41-yard strike as part of OSU s win at Nebraska... His 44-yard reception against Texas set a new career long Hauled in a 17- yard reception against Florida Atlantic (Sophomore): Played in 12 games as a sophomore... Caught his lone pass of the season in the opener against Missouri State for eight yards... Completed a pass for the second straight year when teamed up with Adarius Bowman for a 12-yard completion against Oklahoma (Freshman): Newton played in five games as a receiver... Did not catch a pass, but completed one for 13 yards on a throwback pass to Al Peña against Texas A&M. 2004: Redshirt. High School: Recruited by Oklahoma, LSU and Nebraska... Was rated No. 50 on Scout. com s southwest top 100 list and was first-team all-greater Houston and first-team all-district... Member of the Dallas Morning News top 100. Personal: Born Oct. 7, Son of Toyin and Dorothy Ojo... Planning to pursue a degree in business at Oklahoma State. Another member of the young corps of defensive linemen who has earned playing time in the Cowboy rotation (Freshman): Played in seven games and was credited with eight tackles during the season Best game was a three-tackle effort against Texas Tech Had a tackle for a twoyard loss against the Red Raiders. 2006: Redshirt. 94 Quencey Patrick Defensive Line :: 6-3 :: 275 :: Fr. Columbus, Ga./Pacelli Catholic High School: Rated as one of the top 40 prospects in the state of Georgia prior to his senior season... As a senior, he recorded 112 total tackles, including 13 sacks and three forced fumbles (one of which he returned for a touchdown)... Junior season numbers included 84 tackles and 11 sacks... Postseason honors included first-team all-state, region 2-A Defensive Player of the Year, and first-team all-big-city... Also recruited by Tulane, Alabama, Illinois and Mississippi. High School: Newton was one of the top receiver prospects in Kansas after a spectacular season for a district champion... Prep career statistics included 92 catches for 1,820 yards and 24 touchdowns... Had 26 kick returns for 457 yards and 31 punt returns for 785 yards and four touchdowns... Had seven career interceptions on defense... Three-year starter in basketball and a member of the National Honor Society... All-state and all-district... Spent some time at quarterback. Personal: Born June 2, Son of Roscoe and Dana Newton... Has two brothers, Travis and Zach, and one sister, Abby... Dad played receiver at Pittsburg State from and two of his cousins, Mark and Grady Newton, played football at Kansas State... Sports management major. Newton s Statistics Year...G...Rec...Yds...Avg... TD...Lg Totals Russell Okung Offensive Line :: 6-5 :: 290 :: So. Fort Bend, Texas/Bush An honorable mention all-conference selection by the league coaches as a true sophomore Enters the bowl game with 20 straight starts under his belt Beat the odds and became a starter in the offensive line as a true freshman (Sophomore): Started throughout the season and was one of the dominant players up front... Helped lead the Cowboys to top 10 national rankings in rushing and total offense while finishing fifth in the country in sacks allowed (11 in 12 games) OSU s offensive line gave up just five sacks in eight Big 12 games to easily lead the league in that category (Freshman): Moved into the starting lineup for the first time against Kansas and held the position of right tackle for the rest of the season (eight straight starts)... One of three freshmen who started at least one game on the offensive side... Helped OSU s offense to its fourth highest scoring season ever... Graded out as OSU s best offensive lineman against Nebraska and Texas Tech Ended the season by being voted as a member of The Sporting News all-big 12 freshman team and was named the Dick Bogert Award winner as OSU s top freshman. Personal: Born Nov. 21, Son of Anthony Patrick and Lisa Stevenson... Has two older brothers and three older sisters... Majoring in computer science. 13 Nathan Peterson Defensive End :: 6-2 :: 240 :: Sr. Tulsa, Okla./Union Ended his final season as a Cowboy by being named a first-team all-big 12 selection by Rivals.com and a second-team pick by the league coaches Led the Big 12 in conference games with six quarterback sacks Enters the bowl game No. 4 all-time at OSU with 20.5 quarterback sacks Was honorable mention all-conference as a junior A second-team academic all-big 12 selection in (Senior): Led OSU s down linemen with 43 tackles and easily topped the Cowboys and tied for the Big 12 lead with 14 tackles behind the line of scrimmage Had six quarterback sacks to rank fourth in the conference overall and first in conference games Caused havoc in the Baylor backfield, matching a career high with three sacks and establishing a new personal best with five tackles behind the line of scrimmage totaling 28 yards in losses in the win over the Bears, earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts... Preseason second-team all-big 12 honoree by Phil Steele and by Athlon Sports... Registered five tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Set a new career high by tallying nine tackles at Troy... Included in his totals against the Trojans were 2.0 tackles for loss... Had two sacks and recovered a fumble in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Registered a tackle for loss in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Recorded six tackles, two of which came for loss, at Texas A&M... Had four tackles in Lincoln... Registered three tackles, a sack and a quarterback hurry in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State (Junior): Had eight quarterback sacks to rank second on the OSU roster, fifth in the Big 12 and No. 44 in America in that category... Also second on the squad with 12 tackles for loss... Ended the season with 28 tackles... Had three tackles behind the line of scrimmage, two quarterback sacks and returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown against Nebraska and was rewarded with Big 12 Player of the Week honors... Had a sack in seven of the Cowboys games... Picked up a pair of sacks at Houston... Broke up a pass and forced a fumble against Baylor... Had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage against Alabama (Sophomore): Battled nagging injuries for most of the season, but played in nine games and recorded 19 tackles... Had 2.5 sacks and four tackles for loss... Sacks came against Montana State and Arkansas State INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

11 2004 (Freshman): Promising freshman campaign was derailed due to a knee injury that forced him to miss the final five games... Ended the season with 14 tackles, including six for loss with a team-high four quarterback sacks... Also had a quarterback hurry and forced two fumbles... Recorded three tackles with a sack and a forced fumble in the win over Colorado... In his first career start, against Iowa State, he had three sacks, forced a fumble and had four tackles for loss... Peterson finished tied for the team lead with seven tackles against the Cyclones. High School: One of the best players for one of the best high school teams in the country... Had 122 tackles on a loaded defense for the 2002 Class 6A state champions... His senior season, he fought off injuries to help Union into the state semifinals... All-state selection by the Tulsa World and The Oklahoman... Was recruited by Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Colorado and Tennessee... Widely considered the top prospect in the state of Oklahoma, and a national top-100 prospect. Personal: Born Dec. 22, Son of Mike Peterson and Shelley Smith... Comes from an orange family as his mother and father both attended OSU, as well as an uncle... Has four brothers: Scott, Blake, Dexter and Michael... Marketing major. Peterson s Statistics Year...G... UA...A... Total...TFL-Yds...Sacks-Yds Totals Peterson also has 3 forced fumbles in his career 87 Brandon Pettigrew Tight End :: 6-6 :: 260 :: Jr. Tyler, Texas/Lee In a conference loaded with tight ends, he was judged the best by the Big 12 coaches and was a first-team all-conference pick Has the total package with size, hands, speed and blocking ability Could reach the 1,000-yard mark in career receiving yards with a big bowl game Is currently No. 23 all-time at OSU with 67 career receptions (Junior): Finished third on the squad with 35 catches after grabbing 32 passes in his first two seasons on campus Averaged 15.7 yards per reception Caught four TD passes, including a 54-yard game winner against Texas Tech with 1:37 left in the game Produced one of the finest performances of his career against Texas with a career-high eight receptions for a career-best 87 yards with a touchdown Led the team with eight catches for 85 yards at Georgia, which included a 31-yard reception... Caught one pass for 23 yards against Florida Atlantic... Brought in two passes for 26 yards with one touchdown at Troy... Snared three passes for 50 yards, including a 36-yarder, vs. Sam Houston State... Made two catches for 39 yards at Texas A&M, with a long reception of 22 yards against the Aggies... Hauled in two receptions for 46 yards in the Cowboys win at Nebraska... Made one of the plays of the game when he scored on a 39-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter of the win over No. 25 Kansas State... Pettigrew caught Robinson s short pass, shed a would-be Wildcat tackler, then outran the KSU secondary before diving past one last Kansas State defender to get the ball across the goal line for the score... Collected four receptions for 48 yards in OSU s win at Baylor (Sophomore): Completed his second year as a starter at tight end and was an honorable mention all-big 12 pick... Finished third on the Cowboy squad with 24 receptions covering 310 yards... Averaged 12.2 yards per catch... Had four TD receptions... Led OSU at the Independence Bowl with four catches covering 65 yards, including a 30-yard grab... Had five catches for 58 yards and a touchdown at Kansas State... Had a season-best 31-yard grab against the Wildcats... Had two touchdown catches against Baylor and caught a touchdown pass at Arkansas State (16 yards)... Had two receptions for 40 yards against OU but both were of the highlight-reel variety with Sooners ricocheting off of him on both plays (Freshman): Played in all 11 games and started nine at tight end, including the last seven... Finished the season with 11 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown... Had one catch for 17 yards against Montana State, and had a 21-yard grab against Missouri... Recorded two catches in the upset win over Texas Tech, and scored his only touchdown of the season against Baylor. 2004: Redshirt. High School: Was primarily a blocker in high school, and also saw some action on defense... Came on strong during his senior season and was considered one of the best tight end prospects in Texas... An all-district and all-east Texas player as a senior... One of three players from Lee High School to be named to the Texas all-state... Also recruited by Texas A&M, TCU, SMU and Arkansas. Personal: Born Feb. 23, Son of Henry and Elaine Pettigrew... Has one brother, Reginald, and two sisters, Yi-Laundria and La Tashwa... Economics major. Pettigrew s Statistics Year...G...Rec...Yds...Avg... TD...Lg Totals Ricky Price Safety :: 6-1 :: 195 :: Jr. Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls Made the conversion from receiver to safety in the spring and was impressive in his first season in the secondary (Junior): Finished second on the team with 74 tackles, including 46 solo stops Had five tackles at Georgia in his first game in the Cowboy secondary Set a new career high with nine tackles at Texas A&M... Registered five tackles in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Fully extended on a dive that threw off the concentration of Texas Tech s Michael Crabtree enough to force Crabtree to drop what would have been a Texas Tech goahead touchdown with 19 seconds remaining... Made eight tackles (six solo) against Kansas... Added a seven-tackle performance in OSU s win at Baylor... Registered a pair of tackles in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Logged six tackles at Troy... Posted four tackles (three unassisted) and had a sack of Bearkat quarterback Rhett Bomar in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Recorded five stops in the Cowboys win over Nebraska... Logged five solo tackles in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Made four stops, three of which were unassisted, against Texas Led OSU and set a career high with 13 tackles at Oklahoma (Sophomore): Saw action in every game and caught four passes covering 92 yards in his final year as a receiver... His 23-yard average per reception was best among all Cowboys... Had a 43-yard catch at Arkansas State and a 39-yard grab at Houston... Caught two passes against the Cougars... Also had a 10-yard reception in the win over Nebraska (Freshman): Had an impact as a true freshman... Played in all 11 games, starting eight, and finished with 16 catches for 238 yards... Caught three balls for 63 yards against Missouri and had two catches for 28 yards against Oklahoma... Had two receptions against Texas, and had a 36-yard reception against Texas A&M. High School: Price was a defensive back prospect out of Cypress Falls High School... A two-way starter in high school as a wide receiver and defensive back... Led his high school secondary in tackles as a senior... Named MVP in Max Emfinger s High School All-American Game with 11 receptions for 198 yards and three touchdowns... First-team all-district performer on offense and defense, and was also recruited by Missouri. Personal: Born Sept. 16, Son of Roderick and Exie Price... Has one brother, JaRod, and a sister, Latasha... Enjoys lifting weights in his free time and is majoring in economics at Oklahoma State. Price s Receiving Stats Year...G...Rec...Yds...Avg... TD...Lg Totals Price s Defensive Stats Year...G... UA...A... Total... TFL...PBU...Int INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 37

12 14 Bobby Reid Quarterback :: 6-3 :: 235 :: Jr. Houston, Texas/Galena Park North Shore An athletic signal caller who already dots the OSU record book for passing and total offense Has made 22 career starts at quarterback Is seventh all-time at OSU with 3,143 passing yards Is No. 15 all-time at Oklahoma State in total offense with 3,797 yards A second-team academic all-big 12 pick who is expected to earn his degree in education in December (Junior): Played in seven games and started the first two contests of the season Completed 29 of his 49 pass attempts Completed 16 of his 30 pass attempts at Georgia for 191 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown pass to Adarius Bowman Was 6-of-9 through the air for 72 yards at Texas A&M Rushed for 32 yards against Florida Atlantic (Sophomore): Blossomed into one of the Big 12 s top offensive players in An established threat running and throwing... A semifinalist for the Davey O Brien Award (nation s top quarterback) in Led Oklahoma State s offensive renaissance in Is already seventh all-time at OSU in career passing yards (2,868) and 13th all-time in total offense (3,507 yards)... Ended the season as the nation s 16th-rated passer... Winner of the Thurman Thomas Award as OSU s outstanding offensive player Started all 13 games at quarterback after re-securing the job during the spring... Set new OSU single-game record for completion percentage for 10 attempts (9-of-10 for 90 percent against Baylor)... Had the best and third best total offense games in OSU history in a three-week span with a record 457 yards of total offense at Kansas and the third best total offense output against Houston (366 yards)... His 411 passing yards at Kansas represent the second best total in OSU history and he is No. 19 at O-State with 281 yards passing vs. Houston... Completed his sophomore season with 2,226 passing yards for the sixth best total in OSU history... Has the second best total offense mark for a single season with 2,766 yards... Had a 75-yard TD pass at Houston (11th longest at OSU), and a 72-yarder vs. Missouri State (16th best at Oklahoma State)... Ended the season with a passing efficiency of just one season after posting an efficiency rating of just over Had 24 touchdown passes and just 11 interceptions... Also rushed for 500 yards while completing 55.4 percent of his passes... Had a season-best 56-yard run against Nebraska to set up the Cowboys first score... Led OSU to come-from-behind wins against Nebraska (from a 16-0 deficit) and Kansas (from a 17-0 deficit)... Finished No. 18 nationally in the points responsible for category with 13.3 per game... Rushed for 85 yards against Houston... Had multiple touchdown passes in seven games, including five at Kansas and four against Missouri State... Three of his 11 interceptions came in one game... Led OSU on a 10-play, 74-yard drive that consumed 3:18 and culminated with a game-winning field goal with eight seconds remaining against Alabama in the Independence Bowl. Reid s Rushing Statistics Year...G...Att... Yds... Avg...TD... Lg Totals A steady hand on special teams and an outstanding student who has studied abroad and has future plans for law school Academic all-big 12 selection (Sophomore): The Cowboy holder on extra points and special teams Also a backup punter (Freshman): The holder for OSU on extra points and field goals. 2005: Redshirt. 38 High School: A two-year starter at quarterback... Earned all-conference and all-district honors... Also the starting punter, averaging 39.6 yards per attempt... Served as goalkeeper for the Bulldogs soccer team and was named all-district and all-conference in that sport... Named to the Oklahoma roster as a quarterback and kicker for the 68th annual Oil Bowl and was instrumental in Oklahoma s 38-7 win over Texas... Kept the Texas squad pinned inside the 20-yard line throughout the first half with his punts, and had two field goals in the game. Personal: Born Aug. 11, Son of Steve and Karen Reynolds... Has a sister, Layne, who is a 2006 OSU graduate... Majoring in business... Traveled with former OSU president Dr. David Schmidly to Cambridge, England during the summer of 2006 as part of a special two-week seminar for OSU s top honor students. 85 Cole Reynolds Punter/Holder :: 6-2 :: 225 :: So. Edmond, Okla./Memorial Jason Ricks Kicker :: 6-2 :: 200 :: Jr. Austin, Texas/Westwood 2005: Started five games at quarterback including the upset win over Texas Tech... Finished the season with 602 yards on 52-of-108 passing with two touchdowns and four interceptions... Had 61 carries for 139 yards rushing and five receptions for 24 yards... In his debut, he rushed for 82 yards and had two catches. 2004: Sat out as a redshirt. High School: One of the top quarterback prospects in the country... Ran the option more than he threw the ball in leading his team to an unbeaten championship season... North Shore rolled over all opponents to the Class 5A state championship... As a senior, he accounted for 38 touchdowns - 22 passing and 16 rushing - and a combined 2,650 yards... Houston Touchdown Club s Offensive Player of the Year and all-greater Houston, all-district and the district MVP... Named to both the national and Texas top 100 recruiting lists, and attended the prestigious Elite 11 quarterback camp... Recruited by Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Kansas State and Ohio State, along with many others... Rated by Tom Lemming of ESPN as one of the top 100 prospects in the country. Personal: Born Dec. 13, Son of Winston and Rajika Reid... Has a brother, Jerrick... Education major. Reid s Passing Statistics Year...G...Att... Cmp...Int...Yds...TD...Lg... Pct... Eff Totals , Currently ninth all-time at Oklahoma State with 219 career points Has excellent range Sat out the 2005 season with injury but returned with a solid (Junior): Led OSU with 62 points Was 8-of-14 on field-goal attempts, including 7-of-8 inside of 30 yards Connected on three field goals in three tries at Texas A&M and was 2-of-2 against Kansas State, including the game winner with eight seconds remaining from 26 yards out Connected on 38 of his 39 extra-point tries (Sophomore): Scored 77 points for the 19th best single-season total in OSU history... Connected on 10-of-12 field-goal attempts and on 47 of his 49 extra-point tries... Hit on a 53-yarder in the season opener against Missouri State... Hit all seven of his field-goal tries from inside 40 yards... Hit a pair of three-pointers against Florida Atlantic and Kansas State... Had a 47-yarder at Texas Tech... Kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining in the bowl win over Alabama... Also had a 28-yarder in the second quarter against the Crimson Tide (Redshirt): Ricks sat out his sophomore season as a redshirt with an injury (Freshman): Ricks led the Cowboys in scoring with 80 points... Was 11-of-16 on field goals and 47-of-49 on PATs... The 80 points were an OSU freshman scoring record and the 15th best total in school history... Selected to The Sporting News Big 12 all-freshman team... Was 7-of-7 on his PATs against Baylor, while missing a 45-yard field goal attempt... Kicked the 28-yard game winning field goal against Missouri... Was 2-of-3 on field-goal attempts and 2-of-2 on extra points against the Tigers... Hit his lone FG attempt, from 38 yards, against SMU and hit a 19-yarder vs. Tulsa... Connected on his first career field goal try from 35 yards, against UCLA INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

13 High School: Over his last two prep seasons, he averaged more than 40 yards per punt... Set a school record with 13 field goals as a junior and equaled that by going 13-of-15 on field goal tries as a senior with a long of 49 yards... As a junior, was a first-team all-district pick as a punter, kicker and wide receiver, and was named second-team all-centex as a kicker and punter... As a senior, was all-district as kicker and punter and first-team all-centex as a kicker and second-team as a punter... Had six receptions for 150 yards and three field goals in a 36-6 win over Dewey... Was also recruited by Arizona, Texas A&M and Texas. Personal: Born Aug. 23, Son of Ron and Lynn Ricks... Has a brother, Aaron... General business major. Ricks Career Statistics Field Goals PATs Year...G...Att...Made...Lg...Pct...Att...Made...Pct Totals By Kick...< >50... LG...BLK Totals Zac Robinson Quarterback :: 6-3 :: 205 :: So. Littleton, Colo./Chatfield Moved into the starting lineup at Troy and responded with a season that saw him begin to re-write the school record book Set a new OSU mark in total offense in a season (3,299) in a single game (486 yard vs. Texas) and passing yards in a game (430 vs. Texas) Accumulated OSU s second best total of passing yards in a season (2,522) Had five of the top 18 total offense performances in OSU history Ended the regular season listed among America s top 100 rushers (91st with 65 yards per game), No. 18 in passing efficiency (146.77) and No. 28 in total offense (274.9 yards per game) His 777 rushing yards are the second most ever by an OSU quarterback (Sophomore): Rushed for 100 yards in three games, making him the first OSU quarterback in 34 years who can make that claim Led the Cowboys to fourth-quarter comefrom-behind wins over Texas Tech and Kansas State... Completed 30-of-42 of his pass attempts with two touchdowns in the school-record 430-yard effort against the Longhorns... Added a rushing touchdown in that contest as well... Passed for 200 yards and rushed for 100 yards twice, accomplishing the feat in wins over Texas Tech (211 passing and 116 rushing) and at Baylor (202 passing and a career-high 144 rushing)... Saw action in the Georgia game as a quarterback, a running back and as a wide receiver, completing a fiveyard pass to fellow quarterback Bobby Reid and carrying the ball once for seven yards to set up a Dantrell Savage touchdown on the ensuing play... Stepped in for an injured Bobby Reid in the second quarter against Florida Atlantic and led the Cowboys to a 42-6 rout of the Owls by completing 14-of-20 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns, including a 77- yard connection with Adarius Bowman in the third quarter... The 77-yard strike ties for the ninth-longest pass-and-catch hookup in Oklahoma State history and was the longest since Logged his first career start the following week at Troy, where he completed 18-of- 37 passes for 191 yards and connected with tight end Brandon Pettigrew for a four-yard touchdown pass... Carried the ball nine times for 61 yards at Troy... Completed 16-of-32 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-winning 54-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Pettigrew with 1:37 remaining in OSU s come-from-behind win over Texas Tech... Rushed 13 times for 116 yards with two touchdowns in the win over Texas Tech, marking the first 100-yard rushing performance for an OSU quarterback since Tony Lindsay rushed for 126 yards against Colorado in With that rushing effort, Robinson became only the second OSU quarterback since 1977 to rush for 100 yards in a game... Put up 279 passing yards as part of a 19-of-28 showing in OSU s 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Connected with Adarius Bowman on a 29-yard touchdown pass and with Dantrell Savage on a 16-yard touchdown pass against the Bearkats... Completed 10-of-17 passes for 158 yards and a touchdown before leaving the Texas A&M game early with an injury... Returned to lead OSU to a win over Nebraska in Lincoln the next week by completing 12-of-19 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown... Rushed nine times for 33 yards and a touchdown against the Huskers as well... Completed 11-of-25 passes for 181 yards and had three touchdown passes in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State, adding 109 rushing yards to lift the Cowboys over the Wildcats... Connected on 22-of-37 passes for 276 yards with two touchdowns and added 14 carries for 90 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown against Kansas... Broke a 57-yard run against the Jayhawks that set a new career long and stands as the longest run for any Cowboy this year Enters the bowl game having tossed just one interception in his last four games and only two in his last seven games for a total of just two interceptions in his last 181 attempts (Freshman): Passed for 345 yards (25-of-51) and three touchdowns while rushing for 144 yards as a freshman... Played virtually all of the final three quarters in the overtime game against Texas A&M and saw significant playing time against Oklahoma... Tossed three touchdown passes against the Aggies... Had nine carries for 90 yards against Baylor, including a two-yard TD run, and had a five-yard run against Alabama. 2005: Redshirted. High School: Generally regarded as one of the top athletes in the state of Colorado... A highly-coveted prospect who also starred as a receiver... Caught 39 passes for 850 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior... Rivals.com rated Robinson a three-star prospect and the 10th-ranked dual-threat quarterback target in the country... Was also rated the ninth-best overall prospect in Colorado, regardless of position... Senior season quarterback numbers included 1,475 passing yards and 15 touchdowns with just six INTs... Also had 1,078 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns... Numerous honors included first-team all- Colorado, first-team all-state, Jefferson County offensive MVP, and all-conference honors as both a quarterback and punter... Recruited by Kansas State, Oklahoma, Colorado, Colorado State and Arizona State. Personal: Born Sept. 29, 1986, in Edmond... Son of Russ and Myra Robinson... Has a brother, Chase, and two sisters, Katie Ann (an OSU student) and Taylor... Majoring in general business... Mom is an OSU grad and father was a student-athlete at Oklahoma. Robinson s Passing Statistics Year...G...Att... Cmp...Int...Yds...TD...Lg... Pct... Eff , Totals , Robinson s Rushing Statistics Year...G... Att...Yds...Avg... TD... Lg Totals Zac Robinson, QB 2007 INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 39

14 Dantrell Savage Running Back :: 5-9 :: 195 :: Sr. 22Columbus, Ga./Mississippi Gulf Coast CC Savage s Statistics Year...G... Att...Yds...Avg... TD... Lg , Totals , A first-team all-big 12 selection by the conference coaches as well as Associated Press Ended the season with nine straight 100-yard rushing games after rushing for just 55 yards through the first three games of the season due to injury Ended the regular season as the No. 18 rusher in the country with an average of yards per game and 1,172 yards Has an impressive 5.9-yard average per rush Honorable mention all-big 12 by the Associated Press during his junior season... Was clocked at 4.3 in the 40 before arriving in Stillwater... Culminated his first season on campus by being named the offensive MVP in the PetroSun Independence Bowl Academic all-big 12 selection in 2007 (second team) His string of nine straight 100-yard rushing games is the third longest in OSU history behind Terry Miller and Barry Sanders Closing in on 2,000 career rushing yards and would become just the 15th player in OSU history to reach the 2,000-yard mark (Senior): Eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season as part of the Cowboys win at Baylor, making him the 11th player in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season... Included on the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which recognizes the top running back in the country... Preseason first-team all-big 12 selection by Athlon Sports... Carried the ball 10 times for 55 yards and one touchdown at Georgia in the season opener... Did not play against Florida Atlantic or Troy due to injury... Bounced back to carry the ball 25 times for 130 yards with one touchdown in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Carried the ball 15 times for 115 yards, highlighted by a 22-yard rush in OSU s 39-3 win over Sam Houston State... Notched the first receiving touchdown of his career when he took a short pass from Zac Robinson and scampered 18 yards for a score against the Bearkats... Posted his third straight 100-yard rushing game when he carried the ball 21 times for 110 yards at Texas A&M... Connected with Adarius Bowman for a 29-yard touchdown pass at Texas A&M in which he threaded the ball through two defenders in the end zone... Added a career-high five receptions for a career-high 47 yards against the Aggies... Enjoyed a career day with 25 carries for 212 yards in leading the Cowboys to a win at Nebraska, marking his fourth straight 100-yard rushing game since returning from injury... His 212-yard effort at Nebraska marked the first 200-yard game for a Cowboy since Vernand Morency busted loose for 261 yards at UCLA in 2004 and earned him Big 12 Player of the Week accolades... Carried the ball a career-high 28 times for 124 yards and a touchdown in Oklahoma State s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Made one of the biggest plays of the season when he hauled in a 24-yard reception down the sideline with under a minute remaining to get the Cowboys into field goal range and set up the game-winning score in OSU s win... Had a big day against Texas, carrying the ball 23 times for 103 yards with a touchdown and adding five catches for 84 yards, both of which were career-high totals... His 18-carry, 106-yard effort against Kansas gave him more rushing yards than any Jayhawk opponent in Carried the ball 16 times for 112 yards with two rushing touchdowns in the win over Baylor and ran for 108 yards and a score and caught a touchdown pass against OU (Junior): Was slowed early by a fall camp injury... Played in 11 games and easily led OSU with a 6.5-yard-per-carry average... Of the nation s top 50 rushers, only three averaged more yards per carry... Made his OSU debut in the third game of the season and rushed for 97 yards against Florida Atlantic... Ran for more than 100 yards in five of the last seven games of the season... Ran for 134 yards against Texas A&M in an effort that included a 60-yard TD run that gave OSU the lead with just over three minutes remaining... Ran for 117 yards and two scores against Nebraska... Rushed for 116 yards with one TD against Baylor and 120 yards and a touchdown against Texas Tech... Ran for 112 yards on 19 carries against Alabama... On the game-winning drive against the Tide, Savage had a run of 23 yards and a 26-yard catch-and-run on a third-and-nine screen play... Had touchdown runs of 70 yards (FAU), 60 yards (A&M), 25 (Tech), 20 and 18 (Nebraska) yards... Caught eight passes for 48 yards on the season. Junior College: Spent two seasons dazzling the junior college ranks at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where he rushed for 1,249 yards, an average of 138 yards per game, and was one of the top rushers in the JUCO ranks as a sophomore... Named an honorable mention NJCAA and J.C. Gridiron News All-American, and was a first-team allconference selection... As a freshman, he rushed for 800 yards and scored a touchdown. 20 Andre Sexton Safety :: 6-1 :: 210 :: So. Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls Wrapping up his sophomore season and is already a very experienced Cowboy safety with two years as a starter under his belt A first-team Freshman All-America selection by the Football Writers Association of America in Completed a heavily decorated rookie season by leading the Cowboys with 79 tackles and followed that up 59 tackles as a sophomore... Named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year by the league coaches, secondteam academic all-big 12, honorable mention all-conference by the coaches and Associated Press in Big 12 all-freshman selection by The Sporting News a year ago (Sophomore): Preseason second-team all-big 12 honoree by both Phil Steele and Athlon Sports... Steele tabbed Sexton as the No. 7 strong safety in the nation... Recorded his first career interception when he picked off the first ball thrown in Boone Pickens Stadium in 2007 and returned it 14 yards for a defensive touchdown on the first play from scrimmage in Oklahoma State s 42-6 home-opening win over Florida Atlantic... Made six tackles and picked off a pass in the end zone as part of OSU s win at Baylor... Had 10 tackles at Texas A&M... Registered seven tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Logged four tackles and a pass break-up at Troy... Posted five tackles in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Slowed by injury but still played in OSU s 39-3 win over Sam Houston State, logging one tackle... Made five tackles in OSU s win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Three tackles in OSU s win over No. 25 Kansas State... Recorded five tackles, including his first sack of the season against Texas... Made four tackles against Kansas Had a season-best 11 tackles, including one for a two-yard loss, at OU (Freshman): Started all 13 games for the Cowboys at safety and led OSU in solo tackles (57), total tackles (79) and forced fumbles (3)... On the Big 12 stat sheet, he finished No. 23 in tackles and sixth in forced fumbles... Had a season-high 15 tackles against Texas A&M and had 10 against Houston, nine vs. Texas and eight against Kansas and Arkansas State... Two of the tackles against the Longhorns were behind the line of scrimmage and he also recovered a fumble against Texas... Had 8.5 tackles for loss on the season... Had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage and a pass break-up in the Independence Bowl. 2005: Redshirted in 2005 after suffering an injury in the preseason. High School: As a senior, he recorded 126 tackles and also had three interceptions, seven fumble recoveries, three blocked punts, two blocked field goals and a pair of special teams touchdowns... Blocked a potential game-winning extra point in an overtime game against Jersey Village... Houston Touchdown Club defensive player of the year as well as first-team all-greater Houston, first-team all-district and the District 17-5A s defensive MVP. Personal: Born April 14, Son of Ernest and Fay Sexton... Has two sisters, Gabrielle and Chante... Majoring in sports management at Oklahoma State. Sexton s Statistics Year...G...UA... A...Total... TFL-Yds... Sacks-Yds...FF...Int-Yds Totals High School: His high school numbers were impressive with 1,418 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns... Had 13 receptions for 167 yards and a pair of touchdowns... Recruited by Mississippi State, Southern Miss and Troy. Personal: Born Feb. 15, Son of Monica Hubbard... Has a younger brother, Arsenio Brundidge, and a younger sister, Lastanicha... An education major INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE

15 92 A mid-year enrollee who is a critical part of OSU s defensive line rotation (Junior): Started three games as a junior and played in 11 Finished the season with 13 tackles, including nine solo stops Posted his first career tackle in the season opener at Georgia... Registered two tackles, one of which was for loss, in the Cowboys 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Matched a season-high with two tackles at Troy... Assisted on a tackle at Texas A&M... Set a new career high with three tackles in OSU s win at Nebraska... Made a pair of tackles against Texas and against Kansas. Junior College: Enrolled at OSU in January and participated in spring football... A first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America selection... Rivals listed him as the 30th best two-year player in the country and SuperPrep placed him 11th among the nation s junior-college transfers... Scout s JCFootball.com considered Tea a top-10 prospect and the nation s best junior college defensive tackle Spent three seasons at Snow and redshirted his first year on campus... Had 24 tackles as a sophomore, including nine stops behind the line of scrimmage... Credited with 3.5 quarterback sacks and a forced fumble... Twice named as Snow s defensive Player of the Week... Snow finished 2006 ranked second in the country and the Badger defense was among the nation s top 15 each of the past two seasons. High School: Played just one season of high school football but was named a first-team all-stater at East Anchorage High School. Personal: Last name is pronounced Teh... Prefers to be called Junior... Born Dec. 20, 1986, in Anchorage, Alaska... Plans to major in sociology. Tea s Statistics Year... G...UA... A...Total... TFL-Yds Tonga Tea, Jr. Defensive Line :: 6-0 :: 310 :: Jr. Anchorage, Alaska/Snow CC 2004 (Freshman): Van Zant played in eight games as a true freshman and recorded five tackles. High School: A ferocious cornerback at Tyler Lee and considered one of the top defensive back prospects in Texas... Finished his career with 21 interceptions, had 39 tackles and 10 passes defended his senior season... Named all-district, all-east Texas, and listed on the Texas top-100 prospect list... Chose Oklahoma State over Texas A&M, Colorado, SMU, TCU and Arizona. Personal: Born Aug. 18, Son of Andre and Alice Van Zant... Has four brothers: Dominique, Mark, Carlos and Andre, Jr.... Martel is majoring in sports management at Oklahoma State. Van Zant s Statistics Year...G...UA... A...Total... TFL-Yds...Int-Yds... PD Totals Martel Van Zant, CB 7 Martel Van Zant Cornerback :: 6-1 :: 210 :: Sr. Tyler, Texas/Lee Had a strong junior season in his first year as a full-time starter... Uses an interpreter to communicate after being born deaf... Was a 2006 nominee for the annual Football Writers Association of America Courage Award... Winner of the Mike Johnson Award as the OSU player exhibiting outstanding spirit and enthusiasm Senior season was partially derailed by injury but still saw action in 11 games (Senior): Made six tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Came back to post three tackles in Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Logged four tackles, three of which were of the solo variety, at Troy... Logged four tackles in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Did not play against Sam Houston State after sustaining an injury... Returned to action at Texas A&M but did not make any tackles in his limited role in that contest... Made two tackles and forced a fumble in OSU s win over Nebraska in Lincoln... Stuffed a swing pass against Kansas when he dropped Jayhawk running back Brandon McAnderson for a loss of one yard in the third quarter of that contest Had seven tackles, including six solos, at OU Started the first four games of the season (Junior): Started every game at one corner and finished fourth on the squad with 67 tackles, including 45 solo stops... Intercepted passes against Arkansas State and Baylor... Led Oklahoma State with six pass break-ups... Had 10 tackles at Kansas and eight in the win over Nebraska... Credited with seven stops at Texas and Texas Tech, and against Alabama... Against the Crimson Tide, he was also credited with a tackle for a loss, a pass break-up and a forced fumble... Had tackles for loss against Florida Atlantic and Texas... Had a sack against FAU (Sophomore): Played in eight games and started the final four of his sophomore season, compiling 26 tackles, including two behind the line of scrimmage (both vs. Colorado)... Broke up a pair of passes... Made three tackles and broke up a pass against eventual national champion Texas... Had a then-career best six tackles against OU INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE 41

16 8 Donovan Woods Linebacker :: 6-2 :: 230 :: Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Millwood Capped his career by being named an honorable mention all-big 12 linebacker Finished third on the team with 73 tackles Has been a starting quarterback, linebacker and safety in his OSU career (Senior): Enjoyed a career day in the Cowboys win over Nebraska in Lincoln, setting a new career high with 12 tackles, matching a career high with 2.0 tackles for loss, registering a sack and forcing a fumble in OSU s win over the Huskers... Made nine tackles, one of which was for loss in OSU s win at Baylor... Posted three tackles in the season opener at Georgia... Notched his first interception of the season when he picked off a Sean Clayton pass in the third quarter of Oklahoma State s 42-6 win over Florida Atlantic... Logged eight tackles at Troy and had a pass break-up in that contest as well... Notched six tackles, four of which were unassisted, in the Cowboys win over Texas Tech... Was very active in the Cowboys 39-3 win over Sam Houston State, recording three solo tackles including a sack of Bearkat quarterback Rhett Bomar... Broke up a pass and notched a quarterback hurry against Sam Houston State as well... Made five tackles, including one for loss, at Texas A&M... Made seven tackles, forced a fumble and registered a quarterback hurry in the Cowboys win over No. 25 Kansas State... Logged four tackles (three of which were unassisted) against Texas... Made eight stops against Kansas and five vs. OU (Junior): Started 12 games at safety (lone exception was Kansas) and collected 62 tackles to rank fifth on the team and second among the secondary... Broke up four passes... Returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown against Baylor... Thwarted a Texas A&M scoring threat with a red zone interception... His other interception in 2006 came in the bowl win... Also had five tackles against Alabama... Had a season-high 11 tackles against the Texas A&M and 10 stops at Houston... Had tackles behind the line of scrimmage against Houston (half), A&M (half), and Texas Tech... Forced a pair of fumbles to rank second at OSU in that category. Woods Statistics Passing Year...G...Att...Cmp... Int... Yds...TD...Lg... Pct Totals Rushing Year...G...Att... Yds...TD... Lg Totals Total Offense Year...G...Rush...Pass...Total... Avg/G Totals Defense Year...G...UA... A...Total... TFL-Yds...Int-Yds... PD Totals (Sophomore): Started the final five games at free safety after opening the season as the starting quarterback... First defensive start came at Iowa State... Ended the season with 32 tackles, including four behind the line of scrimmage, two interceptions and a forced fumble, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup... At quarterback, he was 17-of-32 passing for 163 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 61 yards... Passed for 117 yards in the seasonopening win over Montana State... Recorded his first-career tackle, a tackle for loss, against Arkansas State and had seven tackles against Texas A&M and Iowa State... Intercepted his first pass against Texas Tech... Had a big game against Oklahoma with seven stops, including two behind the line of scrimmage, and returned an interception 31 yards. Donovan Woods, LB 2004 (Freshman): Completed 97-of-187 passes for 1,628 yards and 13 touchdowns with a touchdown pass in nine consecutive games... Also rushed for a score in nine of the 11 games... His 13 TD passes set an OSU freshman record and he averaged 35.3 yards per scoring toss... Had 1,855 yards of total offense, another OSU freshman QB record... Set a career high in passing yards with 224 against Texas (12-of-18) with a TD pass while also rushing 16 times for 41 yards and a score... Threw for 207 yards in the loss to Oklahoma... Rushed for a career-best 71 yards on 10 carries, including a 34-yard touchdown run, in the win over Missouri... Woods set career highs in completions (15) and attempts (26) against Texas A&M while also tossing a touchdown pass... He also had 11 carries for 38 yards with a one-yard scoring run... He had his best passing game of the year with three touchdowns against Colorado and completed 8-of-11 passes for 193 yards with an interception in the win over the Buffs... Accounted for three touchdowns against SMU, scoring on a one-yard keeper, while also throwing a pair of TD passes... Made his first-career start in his first collegiate game and finished with 19 yards rushing on four attempts, including a 15-yard TD scamper against UCLA. 2003: Redshirt. High School: One of the top recruits in the state of Oklahoma after leading Millwood to three consecutive Class 2A state championships... Senior stats included 119 carries for 1,081 yards and 15 touchdowns... Completed 132-of-244 passes for 2,453 yards and 32 touchdowns while throwing just six interceptions. Personal: Born July 27, Son of Lawrence and Juana Woods... Has three brothers and two sisters... Majoring in general business INSIGHT BOWL GUIDE