Less than a week after tying the Big 12 record with his fourth kickoff return for a score this season, Kansas State’s Morgan Burns was named to the USA Today Sports All-America team as a kick returner on Tuesday.
Burns joins three other Big 12 players on the 25-man first team, with TCU receiver Josh Doctson, Baylor receiver Corey Coleman and Baylor offensive lineman Spencer Drango.
Burns returned three kickoffs for 201 yards in Saturday’s 24-23 win over West Virginia, which included his 97-yard go-ahead touchdown return in the fourth quarter.
It was his fourth kickoff-return score of the year and the fifth of his career, as he tied both the K-State and Big 12 records.