Not only is this the event’s first year in Las Vegas, it’s the first since conference realignment drastically altered the landscape of the league.
Shannon was found not guilty last month on a rape charge after a jury in Kansas spent less than two hours deliberating.
Texas Tech led the pack of Texas schools at No. 9, while former Pac-12 program Utah finished first in the poll.
The decade-long deal includes Texas Tech putting Adidas and Mahomes’ guardian logos on its college football jerseys.
The Big 12 will welcome Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah to the conference this season.
The Plano native also spent time at Texas Tech and Texas before transferring to Cal.
Corey Seager and Patrick Mahomes are among many with Texas ties who received ESPYS nominations.
Under the proposal, expansion of the 68-team field included both four- and eight-team models.
Shannon played three seasons in Lubbock before transferring to Illinois, where he helped lead them to the Elite Eight this past season.
The Mustangs and Longhorns each had 10 players appeared in the magazine’s preseason All-Texas teams, including Preston Stone and Quinn Ewers.
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