Former Big 12 players still in the NFL playoffs
Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
I'll admit that I don't watch nearly as much NFL as I do college football. Sundays typically are my busiest day during the season and I'm usually fortunate if I can watch a quarter of any regular season NFL game.
But after the bowls are over, I can watch the playoffs with a critical eye. The NFL playoffs are a great spectacle and Sunday's two championship games are one of the four or five best days of sports of the year. Not quite as good as national championship day or New Year's Day to be sure, but still six hours of entertaining football to be savored.
I particularly like to catch up with some of the former players I used to cover during their Big 12 careers. And with free agency drastically altering rosters, it's tough to follow all of the player movement.
I took a quick look at the rosters of the four remaining teams, looking for former Big 12 players and how they are involved on their teams.
Here's a look at each remaining NFL team with Big 12 players and their uniform numbers noted.
- LB Stewart Bradley, Nebraska (55) -- Starting middle linebacker
- RB Correll Buckhalter, Nebraska (28) -- Second-string
- CB Joselio Hanson, Texas Tech (21) -- Second-string at left cornerback
- DE Darren Howard, Kansas State (90) -- Second-string at right defensive end
- DE Juqua Parker, Oklahoma State (75) -- Starter at left defensive end
- T Chris Parker, Nebraska (64) -- Second-string at left tackle
- LB Monty Beisel, Kansas State (52) -- Second-string at middle linebacker
- CB Ralph Brown, Nebraska (20) -- Second-string at left cornerback
- C Lyle Sendlein, Texas (63) -- Starter
- DE Antonio Smith, Oklahoma State (94) -- Starter at left defensive end
- DE Justin Bannan, Colorado (94) -- Starter
- C Chris Chester, Oklahoma (65) -- Second-string
- WR Mark Clayton, Oklahoma (89) -- Starter
- WR Yamon Figurs, Kansas State (16) -- Backup
- DT Kelly Gregg, Oklahoma (97) -- Reserve
- CB Corey Ivy, Oklahoma (35) -- Second-string at right cornerback
- P Sam Koch, Nebraska (4) -- Starting punter/holder
- TE Quinn Sypniewski, Colorado (88) -- Reserve roster
- CB Fabian Washington, Nebraska (31) -- Starter at left cornerback
- P Mitch Berger, Colorado (17) -- Starting punter
- NT Casey Hampton, Texas (98) -- Starter
- C Justin Hartwig, Kansas (62) -- Starter
- T Tony Hills, Texas (66) -- Third-string at left tackle
- P Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor (9) -- Reserve roster
- WR Limas Sweed, Texas (14) -- Backup
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