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Oklahoma TE Mark Andrews wins Mackey Award

Related Topics: Tight end, John Mackey Award

Oklahoma tight end Mark Andrews was announced Wednesday as the winner of the 2017 Mackey Award as the nation's best tight end.

Andrews has 58 catches for 906 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior this year.

Oklahoma's Mark Andrews (81) is brought down by West Virginia's Kyzir White (8) during a college football game between the Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. Oklahoma won 59-31. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

He's the first Mackey Award winner from Oklahoma and the first from the Big 12 since Missouri's Chase Coffman in 2008.