2006 Husker Award Winners

2007 Nebraska Football | 2006 Season Review 2006 Husker Award Winners National Awards Big 12 Player-of-the-Week Honors AFCA Good Works Team Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week: Dane Todd, FB (1 of 11) Marlon Lucky, IB, vs. Troy, Sept. 23 Wuerffel Award Finalist Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week: Dane Todd, FB (1 of 11) Bo Ruud, LB, vs. Missouri, Nov. 4 Lombardi Award Watch List Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week: Kurt Mann, C Barry Turner, DE, vs. Colorado, Nov. 24 Adam Carriker, DE Rimington Award Watch List Post-Graduate Academic Scholarships Kurt Mann, C Walter Byars Scholarship (from NCAA) Lott Trophy Watch List Dane Todd, FB Adam Carriker, DE Dr. Prentice Gautt Scholarship (from Big 12) Manning Award Watch List Dane Todd, FB Zac Taylor, QB CoSIDA Academic Honors Davey O’Brien Award Watch List ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American: Zac Taylor, QB Dane Todd Gr. FB 4.00 Biological Sciences Butkus Award Watch List CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team: Corey McKeon, LB Dane Todd Gr. FB 4.00 Biological Sciences Lou Groza Award Watch List CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team: Jordan Congdon, PK Andy Christensen So. OG 3.56 Construction Management Biletnikoff Award Watch List J.B. Phillips So. TE 3.73 Marketing Nate Swift, WR Brandon Rigoni Sr. S 3.79 Psychology Big 12 Honors Academic All-Big 12 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year: First-Team Football Academic All-Big 12 (15): Zac Taylor (AP, Coaches, Kansas City Star, Houston Chronicle, Name Yr. Major Hometown Austin American-Statesman, Dallas Morning News) Lance Brandenburgh** Jr. Business Administration Overland Park, Kan. Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year: Adam Carriker Sr. Business Administration Kennewick, Wash. Adam Carriker (Coaches) Andy Christensen So. Construction Management Bennington, Neb. First Team: Jordan Congdon So. Undecided San Diego, Calif. Zac Taylor, QB (AP, Coaches, KC Star, Houston Chronicle, Austin American- Andy Kadavy Sr. Elementary Education Seward, Neb. Newton Lingenfelter Sr. Mechanized Systems Mgmt. Plainview, Neb. Statesman, Dallas Morning News, San Antonio Express News) Kurt Mann*** Gr. Mechanized Systems Mgmt. Grand Island, Neb. Adam Carriker, DE (AP, Coaches, Austin American-Statesman, KC Star, Matt O’Hanlon So. Secondary Education Bellevue, Neb. Waco Tribune-Herald) Todd Peterson** So. Nutritional Science & Dietetics Grand Island, Neb. Brandon Jackson, IB (AP, San Antonio Express News, Houston Chronicle, J.B. Phillips*** Jr. Marketing Colleyville, Texas Waco Tribune-Herald) Zach Potter So. Business Administration Omaha, Neb. Bo Ruud, LB (Coaches) Brandon Rigoni*** Sr. Psychology Lincoln, Neb. Dane Todd, FB (Coaches) Andrew Shanle*** Gr. Family & Consumer Science St. Edward, Neb. Second Team: Dan Titchener So. Marketing Cheyenne, Wyo. Adam Carriker, DE (Dallas Morning News) Dane Todd*** Gr. Biological Sciences Lincoln, Neb. Cortney Grixby, CB (Waco Tribune-Herald) Second-Team Football Academic All-Big 12 (7): Brandon Jackson, IB (Coaches, KC Star, Dallas Morning News) Name Yr. Major Hometown Marlon Lucky, All-Purpose (AP, San Antonio Express News, Houston Chronicle) Isaiah Fluellen Gr. German Ramstein, Germany Jay Moore, DE (Coaches) Matt Herian Sr. History Pierce, Neb. Maurice Purify, WR (Coaches) Josh Mueller Jr. Business Administration Columbus, Neb. Chris Patrick Jr. Criminal Justice Ithaca, Mich. Bo Ruud, LB (Waco Tribune-Herald) Clayton Sievers** So. Communication Studies Elkhorn, Neb. Matt Slauson, OT (AP, KC Star, San Antonio Express News, Houston Chronicle, Nate Swift** So. Sociology Hutchinson, Minn. Waco Tribune-Herald) Zac Taylor Sr. Communication Studies Norman, Okla. Zac Taylor, QB (Waco Tribune-Herald) **two-time honoree; ***three-time honoree Honorable Mention: Greg Austin, OG (AP) Team Season Awards Stewart Bradley, LB (AP, Coaches) Offensive MVP: Zac Taylor, QB Brett Byford, C (AP, Coaches) Defensive MVP: Adam Carriker, DE Tierre Green, S (AP) Special Teams MVP: Rickey Thenarse, CB Cortney Grixby, CB (AP, Coaches) Offensive Scout Team MVP: Sam Keller, QB Marlon Lucky, IB (Coaches) Defensive Scout Team MVP: Tony Sullivan, DE Kurt Mann, C (AP) Nebraska Senior Awards Corey McKeon, LB (AP, Coaches) Guy Chamberlin Trophy: Zac Taylor, QB Jay Moore, DE (AP) Tom Novak Award: Greg Austin, OG Maurice Purify, WR (AP) Cletus Fischer Native Son Award: Dane Todd, FB Bo Ruud, LB, (AP) Andrew Shanle, S (Coaches) Nebraska Scholarships Matt Slauson, OT (Coaches) Brook Berringer Memorial Scholarship: Cortney Grixby, CB First-Team Freshman All-Big 12: Jake Young Memorial Scholarship: Kurt Mann, C Ndamukong Suh, DT (Sporting News) Postseason Game Participants Senior Bowl: Stewart Bradley, LB; Adam Carriker, DE; Jay Moore, DE East-West Shrine Game: Zac Taylor, QB; Matt Herian, TE Inta Juice All-Star Game: Barry Cryer, DT

5 National Titles • 803 All-Time Wins • 282 Consecutive Sellouts • 3 Heisman Trophy Winners