Jesse Ertz, Jordan Willis and Dante Barnett were named Kansas State’s 2016 offensive and defensive MVPs, while Colborn Couchman, Trent Tanking, Dominique Heath and Byron Pringle took home special teams MVP honors as the Wildcat football program held its annual awards ceremony Sunday at McCain Auditorium on the K-State campus.
Ertz enters the bowl season with the fifth-most rushing yards among FBS quarterbacks this season, which included three 100-plus games in 2016. He has combined for 18 touchdowns and needs just 107 total yards in the bowl game to move into the school’s single-season Top 10 for total offense.