All Time Safety

[Pedro Guerrero]

This list was broken down to All Conference and All Americans like most of the other ones. I’m sure I missed some people because back in the day the guys were just listed as DB so I did my best to narrow them down but who knows. If you don’t see your guy select Other and type them in. This is #1 of 2 for the Safety position.

 

[cb1954]

In an old media guide Dana Stephenson is listed as a cornerback

 

[Pedro Guerrero]

In an old media guide Dana Stephenson is listed as a cornerback

I looked on www.huskers.com in 1968 he was listed as a Safety and in 69 was listed as a CB. When I made my list I just checked out the 68 roster so that is why he was listed here instead. Thanks for the information though. Like I said some of those older guys were hard to figure out if they were a CB or S because in a lot of the things had them listed as just a DB.

 

[Street Novelist]

easy: Mike Minter

2006 Inductee, Nebraska Football Hall of Fame

1996 First-Team All-Big 12 (AP)

1996 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)

1996 Big 12 Defensive Payler-of -the-Week (vs. Michigan State)

1996 Ton Novak Trophy Winner

1995 Second-Team All-Big 8 (AP)

1995 Big 8 Defensive Player-of-the-Week (Colorado

1993, 1995 Second-Team All Big 8 (Coaches)

not to mention having to recover from knee surgery in 94

 

[redout22]

Mike Brown

 

[cb1954]

Minter and/or Brown

"Yeah, it'd be him." - Charlie McBride on whether Mike Brown is the best player he ever coached.

 

[DeathCultArmaggedon]

Mike Brown. My favorite all-time Husker.

 

[huzkerbob]

Voted Brown, but just as well could have went with Minter. Both where amazing players for NU. Hard to believe Minter was only listed as 190lbs. his senior year. He played much bigger than that!

Have to admit, I probably didn't recognize any of the first 5 or so names on the list. Guess I need to do my homework. :dunno

 

[T_O_Bull]

Really tough... Brown or Minter.

T_O_B

 

[HuskerJosh]

Had to go with Brown, but that's certainly no slight on Minter. Or Bullocks, for that matter.

 

[Jonny Utah]

Mike Brown. That 1999 defense was a thing of beauty, and Brown was the glue of it all.

 

[trouble]

Brown for sure.

Minter isnt far behind though

 

[Pedro Guerrero]

Since Minter's stuff was posted a figured it was only fair to post Mike Brown's.

1999 Co-Captain

1999 First-Team All-American (Football Writers, CBS Sportsline, AP)

1999 Jim Thorpe Award Candidate

1999 Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player-of-the-Year Candidate

1999 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week vs. Iowa, Texas A&M, Kansas State

1999 First-Team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches)

1999 Guy Chamberlain Trophy Senior Award Winner

Three-Time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Nominee (1997, 1998, 1999)

Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (1997, 1998, 1999)

1998 First-Team All-Big 12 (Austin American Statesman, Houston Chronicle)

1998 School Position (DB) Record with 102 Tackles

Two-Time Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, 1997, 1998)

Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)

Ranks Second on the Husker Career Tackle Chart with 287

 

[VA Husker Fan]

It's asking a lot, but it would have been cool to see the resume and stats of all of the candidates on the All Time team.

 

[papersun87]

Minter is not only the best safety, but a stand-up guy as well.