Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel (offensive), UCF DB Demari Henderson (defensive), Iowa State RB Abu Sama III (newcomer) and Texas Tech PK Gino Garcia (special teams) claimed Big 12 football awards for Week 11. Gabriel picked up his third honor of the season and the sixth of his career while the others earned their first recognition.

Gabriel became the first player in OU history and the first FBS player this season to account for eight touchdowns, as the Sooners beat West Virginia 59-20 to move into a second-place tie in the Big 12. The previous school record of seven total touchdowns was held by Heisman Trophy winners Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. Gabriel, whose 473 yards of total offense were his most as a Sooner, completed 23 of 36 passes (64%) for a season-high 423 yards and five touchdowns and rushed 11 times for 50 yards and a career-high-tying three scores without a turnover. He led the Sooners to nine scores (eight TDs) on his 11 drives, including each of the first five as OU took a 31-7 lead against a Mountaineers team that gave up just seven total points to BYU the previous week. His five passing TDs were the most nationally on the week and his three rushing TDs were tied as the most by a quarterback on the week (only one player, a running back, had more rushing TDs). Nine of his 23 completions went for over 20 yards, including a season-long 63-yarder to Nic Anderson and a 60-yard TD pass to Drake Stoops. Gabriel moved from 14th place to 11th in career FBS passing touchdowns (120). He needs one more to move into a three-way tie for ninth place (with BYU’s Ty Detmer and Georgia’s Aaron Murray) and three more to tie former OU quarterback Landry Jones for eighth place. Gabriel leads the Big 12 in completions per game (22.9), completion percentage (.705), pass efficiency rating (172.1), passing offense (306.9), passing TDs (25), points responsible for per game (21.6) and yards per pass attempt (9.4). He ranks second nationally among quarterbacks with his 11 rushing TDs (one behind the leader). Gabriel graduated from OU with a degree in multidisciplinary studies and is pursuing a master’s in human relations.

Facing No. 15 Oklahoma State, Henderson turned in one of his top defensive performances in the 45-3 win with a pair of interceptions and a fumble recovery. The sophomore defensive back became the first UCF player since 2019 to secure three turnovers in the same game. Henderson is one of 11 players in the Big 12 with multiple interceptions in a game this season and just the seventh to accomplish the feat in a conference game. A human communication major, he finished the contest with four tackles to lead the Knights’ defense as UCF held OSU without a touchdown for the first time in more than a calendar year. It was the fewest points UCF has allowed since a 62-0 win against Florida A&M on Aug. 29, 2019. Averaging 180.1 rushing yards per game, Oklahoma State had -6 rushing yards at halftime and ended the game with just 52, which is the fewest for the program since Nov. 15, 2014.

True freshman running back Sama had the best game of his young career for the Cyclones, rushing eight times for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Iowa State’s 45-13 win at BYU. The business student averaged 13.8 yards per carry as ISU went for a season-high 234 yards rushing as a team. Sama scored on dashes of 59 yards and a highlight-reel 13-yard run.

Garcia connected on the game-winning field goal with three seconds remaining, finding the uprights from 30 yards out to send Texas Tech to a 16-13 victory over No. 16 Kansas. Garcia’s field goal helped push the Red Raiders to their first top-25 road win since 2018 and only the eighth during the Big 12 era. It was one of three field goals on the day for Garcia, who also was successful from 32 and 31 yards out. It was the first game-winning kick of the senior university studies major’s career as he is now 5-for-6 on field goals during Big 12 play.