Oklahoma State kept stacking up the hardware on Monday, landing two more Big 12 weekly honors after its win over UCF.
Linebacker Ethan Wesloski was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week, while kicker Sam Keltner took home Special Teams Player of the Week. It marked the third weekly honor this season for each Cowboy, and it tied the season high for any Big 12 player. As a team, Oklahoma State now has 11 Big 12 weekly honors this year, the most of any program in the conference.
Wesloski’s day against UCF looked a lot like the kind of all-over-the-field performance that gets coaches and voters’ attention. He piled up 17 total tackles for the second straight game, matching his career high.
That also made him the only FBS player with two 17-tackle games this season. Against UCF, four of his tackles stopped the Knights short of the line to gain on third down, and 11 of them came on gains of three yards or less.
He now leads all Power 4 players with an average of 10.6 tackles per game and has paced Oklahoma State in tackles four times through five games this season.
Keltner kept his perfect start rolling, knocking through both of his field goal tries Saturday - a 40-yarder and a 29-yarder. He is now 12-for-12 on field goals to begin his Oklahoma State career, which matches the seventh-longest streak in school history and stands as the longest to open a Cowboy career.
The only longer run since then came from Tanner Brown, who made 16 in a row across the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Keltner is also 19-for-19 on PAT attempts, and among FBS kickers with more than 10 field goal attempts, he remains the only one who has yet to miss.
Oklahoma State’s 2026 Big 12 weekly honors list now includes:
Drew Mestemaker - Offensive POTW vs. Oregon
Ethan Wesloski - Defensive POTW vs. Oregon
Sam Keltner - Special Teams POTW vs. Oregon
Offensive Line - Offensive Line OTW vs. Oregon
Defensive Line - Defensive Line OTW vs. Oregon
Drew Mestemaker - Offensive POTW vs. West Virginia
Ethan Wesloski - Defensive POTW vs. West Virginia
Sam Keltner - Special Teams POTW vs. West Virginia
Offensive Line - Offensive Line OTW vs. West Virginia
Ethan Wesloski - Defensive POTW vs. UCF
Sam Keltner - Defensive POTW vs. UCF
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