All-Big 12

[Eric the Red]

Ruud made first team,

 

Josh Bullocks made second.

[Pedro Guerrero]

That's good to see Rudd get first team. I can't believe Benson and Johnson were the only unanimous picks. I figured White would of been. Does anybody know how many votes you have to get to be honorable mention? Tech had freakin 11 honorable mention players. It is pretty sad the only Husker offensive guys were honorable mention. If Herian wouldn't of got hurt he probably would of been at least second team. Didn't they have three teams and honorable mention last year? Must not of been enough deserving players this year.

[c-husker]

Anyone have a complete list?

[Benard]

Anyone have a complete list?

First-Team Offense

QB: Jason White, Oklahoma

RB: Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma; Cedric Benson, Texas

WR: Mark Clayton, Oklahoma; Terrence Murphy, Texas A&M

TE: Bo Scaife, Texas

OL: Jammal Brown, Oklahoma; Vince Carter, Oklahoma; Sam Mayes, Oklahoma State; Justin Blalock, Texas; Johnathan Scott, Texas

Returners: Willie Andrews, Baylor; Danny Amendola, Texas Tech

Kicker: Mason Crosby, Colorado

First-Team Defense

Line: David McMillan, Kansas; Atiyyah Ellison, Missouri; Dan Cody, Oklahoma; Mike Montgomery, Texas A&M; Adell Duckett, Texas Tech

LB: Barrett Ruud, Nebraska; Lance Mitchell, Oklahoma; Derrick Johnson, Texas

DB: Ellis Hobbs, Iowa State; Charles Gordon, Kansas; Donte Nicholson, Oklahoma; Michael Huff, Texas

Punter: Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor

Second-Team Offense

QB: Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M

RB: Darren Sproles, Kansas State; Vernon Morency, Oklahoma State

WR: Jarrett Hicks, Texas Tech; D'Juan Woods, Oklahoma State

TE: Brian Casey, Kansas State; Joe Klopfenstein, Colorado; David Thomas, Texas

OL: Joe Vaughn, Kansas; Jeromey Clary, Kansas State; Tony Palmer, Missouri; Sam Wilder, Colorado; Cale Stubbe, Iowa State; Davin Joseph, Oklahoma

Kicker: Todd Pegram, Texas A&M

Returner: Stephone Robinson, Colorado

Second-Team Defense

DL: Nick Leaders, Iowa State; Jonathan Jackson, Oklahoma; Larry Dibbles, Texas; Rod Wright, Texas

LB: Nick Reid, Kansas; James Kinney, Missouri; Aaron Harris, Texas

DB: Josh Bullocks, Nebraska; Brodney Pool, Oklahoma; Phillip Geiggar, Texas; Byron Jones, Texas A&M

Punter: John Torp, Colorado

Special Honors

Offensive player of the year: Jason White, Oklahoma QB

Defensive player of the year: Derrick Johnson, Texas LB

Offensive freshman, newcomer: Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma RB

Defensive freshman: Jordon Dizon, Colorado LB

Defensive newcomer: Tim Dobbins, Iowa State LB

Coach of year: Dan McCarney, Iowa State

[Eric the Red]

Chad Sievers was named first team academic all-american, he had a 4.0 in buisness admin and will graduate in December then pursue his master's

[Eric the Red]

Don Fricke, center, 1960

• Pat Clare, back, 1960

• Jim Huge, end, 1962

• Dennis Claridge, back, 1963

• Jim Osberg, guard, 1965

• Tony Jeter, end, 1965*

• Marv Mueller, def. back, 1966

• Randy Reeves, def. back, 1969

• Jeff Kinney, off. back, 1971*

• Larry Jacobson, def. tackle, 1971*

• Frosty Anderson, off. back/end, 1973

• Rik Bonness, center, 1975*

• Tom Heiser, off. back, 1975

• Vince Ferragamo, quarterback, 1976*

• Ted Harvey, def. back, 1976-77

• Jim Pillen, def. back, 1978

• George Andrews, def. tackle, 1978*

• Rod Horn, def. tackle, 1978

• Kelly Saalfeld, off. line, 1979

• Randy Schleusener, guard, 1979-80* ±

• Jeff Finn, off. end, 1980

• Ric Lindquist, def. back, 1981

• Randy Theiss, off. line, 1981

• Dave Rimington, center 1981-82* ±

• Rob Stuckey, def. line, 1983-84

• Scott Strasburger, def. end, 1983-84 • Mark Traynowicz, center, 1984* ±

• Dale Klein, place-kicker, 1986

• Tom Welter, off. line, 1986

• Jeff Jamrog, def. end, 1987

• Mark Blazek, def. back, 1987-88

• John Kroeker, punter, 1988

• Gerry Gdowski, quarterback, 1989

• Jake Young, center, 1989* ±

• David Edeal, center, 1990

• Pat Tyrance, inside linebacker, 1990 ±

• Jim Wanek, guard, 1990

• Pat Engelbert, nose tackle, 1991

• Mike Stigge, punter, 1991-92

• Trev Alberts, outside linebacker, 1993* ±

• Terry Connealy, nose tackle, 1993-94

• Rob Zatechka, guard, 1993-94 ±

• Matt Shaw, tight end, 1994

• Aaron Graham, center, 1995* ±

• Grant Wistrom, def. end, 1996-97* ±

• Joel Makovicka, fullback, 1997-98

• Chad Kelsay def. end, 1998

• Bill Lafleur, punter, 1998

• Mike Brown, def. back, 1999*

• Kyle Vanden Bosch, def. end, 1999-2000

• Tracey Wistrom, tight end, 2001

• Chad Sievers, linebacker, 2004

 

*also an athletic All-American

± = NCAA Top Eight Award winner

[Pedro Guerrero]

According to the World Herald Ruud was a unanimous selection on the AP All Big 12. It doesn't list the teams it just names all the first team players.

[Eric the Red]

Kellen Huston made second team Academic all american

[Fanatic]

Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Nebraska and Nebraska players getting

awards, and I think kudos should go out to Ruud and Bullocks, but do you honestly think

Bullocks earned all Big XII honors or he got them because of his great season last year?

[gamecocks]

I think he got some of the votes from last year's stats. I personally think that Daniel had a better year than Josh.

[Benard]

I think he got some of the votes from last year's stats. I personally think that Daniel had a better year than Josh.

I'd agree he probs did, although josh did make quite a few tackles. The whole secondary got screwed over by the coaches this year imo.

[junior4949]

I think the one NU player that got shafted the most is our punter. Near the end of the season, almost half of his punts were inside the opponents 20 yard line. I believe he was something like 22 for 50 punts inside the 20. I realize his average wasn't as good as CU's punter, but with stats like he had you can't have a real long average when trying to pin someone deep. Those punts could have been real game changers had our offense & defense played a little more consistent.

 

If I were a pro scout, I would look a lot longer and harder at NU's punter than CU's punter. Our punter put up All American stats in my opinion. He was probably the MVP of the team along with Ross!

[Eric the Red]

Sievers earns academic honor

 

LINCOLN - Senior linebacker Chad Sievers has been selected as a first-team academic All-American, Nebraska's first since tight end Tracey Wistrom in 2001.

 

In addition to Sievers, cornerback Kellen Huston was a second-team academic All-American with a 3.90 grade-point average in pre-med/exercise science.

 

NU completed a 5-6 regular season with a 26-20 loss to Colorado, keeping the Huskers out of a bowl game for the first time since 1968. Sievers said that made it hard to think too much about individual awards.

 

"We weren't able to achieve all our team goals, and that's going to stick with me for a long time," Sievers said. "But my two individual goals when I came here were to be an academic All-American and be a Blackshirt, so those do mean something to me."

 

Sievers carried a 4.0 grade average through a college career that started with the 2000-01 school year at New Mexico State. The business administration major from Valley will graduate later this month and will begin work on his MBA in the spring.

 

Sievers thanked his parents, wife and NU's academic staff for pushing him and dedicated the honor to his late grandmother, Helen Torczon, who died last winter.

 

Nebraska had at least one first-team academic All-American in football every year between 1986 and 2001, and now a total of 60. Counting all sports, the Huskers stand at 219.

 

"I am just very thankful and thank God for blessing me with this," Sievers said. "To be with guys like Trev Alberts and those others are top-flight company."

 

 

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