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Past Oklahoman All-State football players and coaches of the year
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2009: Demarco Cobbs, Tulsa Central
2008: Jeremy Smith, Tulsa Union
2007: Kye Staley, Guthrie
2006: Gerald Jones, Millwood
2005: Matt Edmonds, Mustang
2004: J.R.
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Published: December 26, 2009
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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2009: Demarco Cobbs, Tulsa Central
2008: Jeremy Smith, Tulsa Union
2007: Kye Staley, Guthrie
2006: Gerald Jones, Millwood

Wes Welker, a former Heritage Hall and Texas Tech standout who is now an NFL receiver, was The Oklahoman's 1999 Offensive Player of the Year. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Archive
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2005: Matt Edmonds, Mustang
2004: J.R. Moore, Carl Albert
2003: Reggie Smith, Edmond Santa Fe
2002: Donovan Woods, Millwood
2001: Matt Warren, Putnam City North
2000: Kejuan Jones, Jenks
1999: Wes Welker, Heritage Hall
1998: Josh Blankenship, Tulsa Union
1997: Matt Holliday, Stillwater
1996: Jarrod Reese, Seminole
1995: Justin Matthews, John Marshall
1994: Justin Fuente, Tulsa Union
1993: Marcus Nash, Edmond Memorial
1992: James Allen, Wynnewood
1991: Trent Fisher, Putnam City North
1990: Rafeal Denson, Ardmore
1989: Cale Gundy, Midwest City
1988: Dewell Brewer, Lawton
1987: Dewell Brewer, Lawton
1986: Glen Bell, Muskogee
1985: Mike Gundy, Midwest City
1984: Glen Braxton, Idabel
1983: Lydell Carr, Enid
1982: Glynn Walker, Clinton
1981: Mike Cutter, Putnam City West
1980: Brad Calip, Hobart
1979: Brent Dennis, Blanchard
1978: Reuben Jones, Tulsa McLain
1977: Kelly Phelps, Putnam City, and Scott Tinsley, Putnam City West
1976: Steve Hammond, Del City
1975: J.C. Watts, Eufaula
1974: Joe Hough, Putnam City
1973: Melvin Barrens, Tulsa Washington
1972: Joe McReynolds, Purcell
1971: Larry Briggs, Vian
1970: Edward Gholson, Lawton
1969: John Winesberry, Tulsa Washington
1968: James Williams, Clinton
1967: Roy Bell, Clinton
1966: Dale Holt, Enid
1965: Rick Baldridge, Lawton, and Steve Owens, Miami
1964: San Tol DeBose, Star Spencer
1963: Jim Burger, Lindsay
1962: Ben Hart, Douglass
1961: Mike Ringer, Pauls Valley
1960: Pete Mosley, Miami
1959: Mike Miller, Northwest Classen, and Jay Wilkinson, Norman
1958: Bill Willis, Ada
1957: Danny Griffin, Frederick
1956: Ron Hartline, Lawton
1955: Brewster Hobby, Midwest City
1954: Olen Treadway, Muskogee
1953: Charles Joseph, Seminole
1952: Jay O'Neal, Ada
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2009: Emmanuel Maxwell, Midwest City
2008: Daytawion Lowe, Carl Albert
2007: Beau Bentley, Bixby
2006: Austin Box, Enid
2005: Gerald McCoy, Southeast
2004: Reggie Smith, Edmond Santa Fe
2003: Phillip Dillard, Jenks
2002: Blake Smith, Tulsa Union
2001: Bryan Pickryl, Jenks
2000: Brent Watson, Moore
1999: Adam Doiron, Duncan
1998: Justin Thomas, Star Spencer
1997: Rocky Calmus, Jenks
1996: Cory Callens, Jenks
1995: Donavon Laviness, Midwest City
1994: R.W. McQuarters, Tulsa Washington
1993: Dusty Loveless, Norman
1992: Tyrell Peters, Norman
1991: Sean Wells, Jenks
1990: Phillip Kinney, Lawton Eisenhower
1989: Kerry Sharpe, Checotah
1988: Will Shields, Lawton
1987: Mike Filson, Edmond
1986: Randy Wallace, Midwest City
1985: Harold Jones, Bristow
1984: Terry Pritchard, Moore
1983: Richard Davis, Jenks
1982: Tim Condrin, Jenks, and Jon Phillips, Jenks
1981: Craig Vosburgh, Tulsa Bishop Kelley
1980: Doug Maritan, Tulsa Memorial
1979: Tim Randolph, Midwest City
1978: Kenny Sutton, Duncan
1977: Rob Shaff, Putnam City
1976: Richard Turner, Edmond Memorial
1975: Jerry Greenwood, Bristow
1974: Chuck Roberts, Ada, and Sherwood Taylor, Ada
1973: James Norton, Davenport
1972: Ross Murphy, Tulsa Memorial
1971: Lee Roy Selmon, Eufaula
1970: Bob Lorenz, Clinton
1969: Kyle Davis, Altus
1968: John Carter, Northwest Classen
1967: Larry Newton, Eufaula
1966: Danny Hardaway, Lawton
1965: Ken Mendenhall, Enid
1964: Randy Meacham, Clinton
1963: Keith Lavender, Lawton
1962: Jim Riley, Enid
1961: Thurman Edwards, Seminole
1960: Rod Cutsinger, Elk City
1959: Larry Vermillion, Chickasha
1958: Jim Mihlhauser, Lindsay
1957: Glen Cunningham, Bristow
1956: Jerry Tillery, El Reno
1955: Billy Jack Moore, Ada, and Jerry Thompson, Ada
1954: Ras McAdams, Ada
1953: Benton Ladd, Capitol Hill
1952: John Bell, Enid
Editor’s note: In 1992, the Offensive Player of the Year replaced the Back of the Year; and the Defensive Player of theYear replaced the Lineman of the Year.
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