cb1954 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 DTs Rich Glover - Two time All American, won both the Outland and Lombardi trophies, placed 3rd in Heisman voting. Bob Devaney called him the greatest defensive player he ever saw. If you want to see one of the best defensive games ever by a Husker watch the 71 game vs Oklahoma. He had 22 tackles vs OUs All American center. Named first team DT on Sports Illustrated all century team. Jason Peter - All American, runnerup for Outland won by team mate Aaron Taylor DEs Willie Harper - Two time All American Grant Wistrom - Lombardi winner, two time All American LBs Jerry Murtaugh - Just plain mean. All American, held NUs career tackle record for over 30 years. (Murtaugh played when bowl game stats did not count and freshmen were ineligible. Broderick Thomas - Two time All American, finalist for both Lombardi and Butkis awards. Trev Alverts - Butkis winner, All American, Football News national defensive player of year Safties Mike Minter - All Conference, 4 year letterwinner. Mike Brown - All American, Jim Thorpe and Bronco Nagurski canidate. CBs Tyrone Williams - Two time first team all conference, 3 year starter. Ralph Brown - All American, 3 time first team all conference, 3 time Jim Thorpe canidate. 4 year starter. Quote Link to comment
DJR313 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Gotta throw the Barron out there. Small in stature, but always played big. Quote Link to comment
BOBELIEVER Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 few more that might be note-worthy : K. Vandenbosch Kelsay Brothers Eric Stokes Eric Warfield Jay Foreman Jamel Williams Barrett Ruud Quote Link to comment
Cy the Cyclone Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 And Marty Damkroeger.... Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Mine would have to be guys I used to watch play while attending Nebraska. There used to be a Pizza Parlor that we all would go to after the game and shoot the chit with some of the players. For the life of me I cannot remember the name. Anyone on here attend Lincoln in the early 90's remember the name? It might still be there today. It wasn't very big but it made the best damn pizza in town. Anways, here are my fav Defensive players..... John Parella (played Jr High football against him, he was a beast back then too!) Trev Alberts Terry Connealy (That guy could eat a large pizza in 3 mins flat!) Christian Peter Quote Link to comment
SkerMin8r Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Mine would have to be guys I used to watch play while attending Nebraska. There used to be a Pizza Parlor that we all would go to after the game and shoot the chit with some of the players. For the life of me I cannot remember the name. Anyone on here attend Lincoln in the early 90's remember the name? It might still be there today. It wasn't very big but it made the best damn pizza in town. Anways, here are my fav Defensive players..... John Parella (played Jr High football against him, he was a beast back then too!) Trev Alberts Terry Connealy (That guy could eat a large pizza in 3 mins flat!) Christian Peter Where was it...the pizza parlor that is? I was there in the late 80's early 90's... Quote Link to comment
PowerofRed#1 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 D. Williams was a pass rushing stud. Fast and tough, he was a great linebacker and when he rushed the end on passing plays he was a force. Quote Link to comment
SkerMin8r Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 DTs Rich Glover - Two time All American, won both the Outland and Lombardi trophies, placed 3rd in Heisman voting. Bob Devaney called him the greatest defensive player he ever saw. If you want to see one of the best defensive games ever by a Husker watch the 71 game vs Oklahoma. He had 22 tackles vs OUs All American center. Named first team DT on Sports Illustrated all century team. Hmmm...I hadn't thought of Glover. I recind my previous statement regarding Steve Warren...I'll put him at #2... Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Rich Glover Christian and Jason Peter Grant Wistrom Jared Tomich Tyrell Farley Jamel Washington Trev Alberts Ralph Brown Mike Minter Mike brown Punter: Darin Erstad, Un-recognized MVP of the 1994 National Championship Game, played 01-01-1995. He kept us in the game by making kicks that never allowed Miami to have good field position. The Punter is a Defensive Weapon. >>>T_O_B Quote Link to comment
REDSTEEL Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Jared Tomich Tyrell Farley Mike Brown Barron Miles Danny Noonan Really surprised that Kenny Walker wasn't mentioned. Quote Link to comment
pctopeka Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 All of these are very good choices...BUT...I gotta' go with Steve Warren and Terrell Farley. Warren was...IMO...the BEST nose tackle to ever play at Nebraska. And TF...well...'nuff said... You obviously never saw Rich Glover play. He, along with Tom Novak and Wayne Mehlen, were the all-time best defensive players at Nebraska. Glover intimidated entire offenses. He was double-teamed, sometimes triple-teamed, on almost every play. Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Punter: Darin Erstad, Un-recognized MVP of the 1994 National Championship Game, played 01-01-1995. He kept us in the game by making kicks that never allowed Miami to have good field position. The Punter is a Defensive Weapon. Quote Link to comment
FootballGoof Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 He may not be considered one of the all time best, but when considering favorite defensive players, which is what the original post asked for, one of my all time favorites was Kenny Walker. The things that he overcame in his life and the way the fans rallied around him was very uplifting. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Mine would have to be guys I used to watch play while attending Nebraska. There used to be a Pizza Parlor that we all would go to after the game and shoot the chit with some of the players. For the life of me I cannot remember the name. Anyone on here attend Lincoln in the early 90's remember the name? It might still be there today. It wasn't very big but it made the best damn pizza in town. Anways, here are my fav Defensive players..... John Parella (played Jr High football against him, he was a beast back then too!) Trev Alberts Terry Connealy (That guy could eat a large pizza in 3 mins flat!) Christian Peter Where was it...the pizza parlor that is? I was there in the late 80's early 90's... I wanna say around 13th and Q? Arghh this is going to bug me... Quote Link to comment
Hskr86 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Gotta be Rich Glover. He was 'the man' when I was just a little guy and falling in love with the Huskers for the first time (and also because my dad was going crazy over how great Glover was - "just watch how many guys they put on Rich this time"). Quote Link to comment
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