Kansas State football coaches usually honor a handful of players with weekly awards following games, but they took a different approach after studying the team’s 51-14 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday.
The Wildcats singled out defensive end Kyle Ball as their player of the week, choosing not to share the accolade with any of his teammates on offense or special teams for the first time all season.
Why? The answer boils down to one word — effort.
“Kyle made some plays in the ballgame, but I think the thing you see about him is a young guy that just plays as hard as he possibly can snap after snap,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said.