Oklahoma State University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Josh Sills
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 325
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sarahsville, OH
- High School:
- Meadowbrook
2018 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2020 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2020 First Team All-Big 12 (AP)
2021 Team Capitan (voted by teammates)
2021 Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year
2021 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
A graduate transfer offensive lineman who spent the first four years of his career at West Virginia and last two years at Oklahoma State ... Earned All-Big 12 honors in three seasons during his career ... Started for more than two seasons at WVU and earned all-conference honors in 2018 ... Played in 27 career games and started 24 times at WVU, then started 23 of OSU’s 25 games played in his two years as a Cowboy ... Earned a reputation as a key vocal leader in the locker room at OSU.
2021 (Senior): A first team All-Big 12 pick by both the coaches and the AP ... Voted a team captain by his teammates ... Second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... The Cowboy coaching staff credited him with 41 knockdown blocks on the year to lead the team and with 21 pancake block to tie for the team lead ... On the field for 986 plays during the season to rank as the second-most on the OSU offensive line ... Received votes from the league’s head coaches as the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year to earn honorable mention recognition for the award ... Made a key fourth-quarter fumble recovery in OSU territory to help the Cowboys defeat Oklahoma in the regular-season Bedlam finale ... Served as a game captain against Tulsa, Texas, West Virginia, Notre Dame ... Was included on the watch list for the Outland Trophy.
2020 (Junior): A first team All-Big 12 selection by the AP and an honorable mention by the league’s coaches ... One of two OSU offensive linemen who started all 11 games during the season ... Played several positions to fill in for injuries as he started six times at left guard, once at left tackle and the final four games at right tackle ... His 844 snaps on year ranked as the most on the Cowboy offensive line ... His 35 knockdowns also led the Cowboy offensive line ... Served as a game captain vs. West Virginia and Texas Tech.
2019 (at West Virginia): Started the first two games of the season before missing the remainder of the year.
2018 (Sophomore at West Virginia): Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team by the league’s coaches ... Started 12 games at guard ... Saw action on 970 plays, including 835 on offense ... Paved the way for the offense to average 512.3 yards of total offense per game, ranking No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 8 nationally ... Part of the offense that averaged 40.3 points per game to rank No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 10 nationally ... Part of an offense which ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 and No. 4 nationally for most passing yards per game (351.3) ... The WVU offense rushed for more than 150 yards in seven games and 200 in two games ... The offense produced 500 or more yards of total offense in eight games, including two with more than 600 yards.
2017 (Freshman at West Virginia): Played in 13 games and started 10, five at right guard and five at left guard ... Saw action on 681 plays on offense ... Finished with a team-leading 13 knockdown blocks and was second on the team with 13 domination blocks, according the WVU coaching staff ... Recorded a season-high four domination blocks as the offensive line was named the WVU Offensive Champion against Kansas ... Registered three knockdowns in the season opener against Virginia Tech ... Member of the offensive line that only allowed 4.1 tackles for loss per game, ranking No. 8 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big 12 ... Paved the way for the offense to average 309.3 passing yards to rank No. 13 nationally ... Held opponents to 1.5 sacks per game, which ranked No. 25 in the country and No. 2 in the Big 12 ... Led the way for 1,000-yard rusher Justin Crawford ... The offense rushed for more than 200 yards in six games and 250 in two games, and also produced 500 or more yards of total offense in six games, including the first five games to begin the season.
2016 (at West Virginia): Redshirted.
High School: A two-year starter for Coach Jeff Twiddy at Meadowbrook ... Also handled kicking and punting duties, averaging 41.9 yards per punt ... Connected on 2-of-2 field goal attempts with a long of 43 yards and had 18 touchbacks on kickoffs ... Set the school single-season extra point record with 27 and also the career mark with 69 made ... Named AP All-Ohio Division IV First Team (2015) and AP All-Ohio Division IV Honorable Mention (2014) ... Selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game (2016) ... A two-time AP All-East Division IV District First Team (2014-15) ... The East Central Ohio League Gray Division Offensive Lineman of the Year (2015) ... A two-time All-East Central Ohio League Gray Division First Team selection (2014-15) ... The East Central Ohio League Gray Division Defensive Lineman of the Year (2014).
Personal: Joshua Matthew Sills was born Jan. 26, 1998 ... Son of John and Kim Sills ... Majored in agribusiness management at West Virginia ... In graduate school at Oklahoma State.
