ALL-AMERICANS OREGON STATE FOOTBALL OSU’S ALL-AMERICANS STEVE BROWN • 1972 SEAN CANFIELD • 2009 Steve Brown was a three-year varsity letterman Sean Canfi eld capped his excellent career by becom- The following individuals were selected fi rst, sec- from 1970-72. He earned All-American honors ing OSU’s fi rst ever Pac-10 Conference First Team ond or third team All-America by UPI, Associated (1972) by nine organizations and publications, in- and earning SI.com Honorable Mention Press or the Sporting News . Years selected in bold. cluding seven fi rst team selections, and he was a All-American. He compiled a single season school re- HERM ABRAHAM • 1916 two-time All-Pac-8, two-time All-Coast and two- cord completion percentage of 67.9 (303-446) as a Herm Abraham, was Oregon State’s fi rst All-Amer- time team defensive MVP selection. Brown came senior, resulting in 3,271 passing yards and 21 touch- ican in the sport. He led the Aggies to an upset at to OSU as a fullback before moving to the defen- downs. He led the league as a senior with a 251.6 Michigan State in 1915. He earned All-American sive side as a freshman. He had a school record yards per game passing average. For his career he honors by the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 186 tackles as a senior. As a junior he led the team threw for 5,970 yards and 38 touchdowns, both the 1916, after lettering three years. with 134 tackles and had four against fourth-highest total in school history at the time. TERRY BAKER • 1962 defending conference champion Stanford. He also TERRENCE CARROLL • 1997 had 22 tackles in that same ’71 game vs. Stanford. The Heisman Trophy winner was the nation’s most Terrence Carroll is one of the top safeties in the pro- At the conclusion of his OSU career he played in the heralded athlete after leading OSU to a 1962 Lib- gram’s history and earned Sporting News Freshman East-West Shrine Game, and Coaches erty Bowl victory over Villanova. Terry Baker was All-America honors in 1997 as a redshirt. He started All-American Bowl. Brown was the team captain a unanimous fi rst team All-American in 1962, and all 11 games for fi rst-year head coach , of the West in the Shrine Game and co-captain of in addition was named the Sportsman of the Year making 63 tackles, two interceptions and blocking the North Squad in the Hula Bowl where he made by Sports Illustrated, Helms Foundation Award re- two kicks. He would go on to be a catalyst for the 19 tackles and intercepted three passes. He also cipient, AP, UPI, and the Sporting News Player of program that ended a 28-year losing streak and he had 15 tackles and one in the Coaches the Year to name just a few. The two-time Oregon went on to help the team win the 2001 Fiesta Bowl All-American Bowl. He went on to play profession- State team MVP played in the 1962 College All-Star title as a senior. For his career he made 255 tackles ally for Calgary in 1973 and for the Portland Storm Game. Baker also excelled in basketball where he and nine interceptions. in 1974 before su! ering a career-ending knee injury. helped the 1963 team to the Final Four. He was in- ducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame BRANDON BROWNER • 2003 STEVE COURY in 1980. His number 11 is the only number retired at Brandon Browner played just two seasons at Or- OSU. He is (as of June 2009) the only individual to egon State leaving after his sophomore year to win the Heisman Trophy and play in the Final Four. pursue the NFL. Browner, a , was the Baker was the fi rst individual from the West Coast second OSU player in the history of the program to win the Heisman. He was drafted fi rst overall in to declare himself eligible for the NFL Draft prior 1963 by the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL. to the end of his college eligibility. He redshirted in TED BATES • 1958 2002 before earning 2003 Freshman All-American honors. The 6-4 Sylmar, Calif., native was the 2003 Ted Bates earned All-American acclaim as an of- Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. fensive lineman in 1958, and was also named an All- Pacifi c Coast Conference and All-Coast selection. He played in the 1957 Rose Bowl and was the recipi- ent of the 1958 Hayward Award for the top amateur athlete in the state. Bates played in the 1958 East- West Shrine and Hula Bowl games. He played four NFL seasons with the Chicago Cardinals. Bates was a 1996 inductee into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. INOKE BRECKTERFIELD • 1997 & 1998 Inoke Breckterfi eld is one of Oregon State’s top all-time defensive lineman. He concluded his ca- STEVE COURY • 1979 reer by being selected a third-team All-American Steve Coury was by most accounts Oregon State’s in 1998. Breckterfi eld played in the Hula Bowl af- MVP in the decade of the 1970’s. He was selected ter being selected fi rst team All-Pac-10. He won fi rst team all-league in the Pac-10 as a senior in the conference’s prestigious Morris Trophy, given 1979. The o! ensive MVP also earned second team to the league’s top defensive lineman. The Hono- All-Coast. He played in the Blue-Gray Classic and lulu native ended his career as the school’s all-time East-West Shrine games. Coury set the record for leader for quarterback sacks with 19.5 and tackles- career receiving yards (1,837) and receptions (135). for-loss with 55.5. Breckterfi eld signed a free agent He accounted for 142 receiving yards in a 1979 game. contract with Edmonton of the CFL following his The four-year letterman went on to play at Ottawa in collegiate career and later played for Winnipeg and 1980 before embarking on a coaching career. Toronto. VERN BURKE

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VERN BURKE • 1962 Vern Burke is still considered one the best receivers ever to wear an Oregon State uniform. He caught 69 passes for 1,007 yards in 1962, both NCAA re- cords at the time. At the time of his enshrinement into the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, he held records for the most passes caught in one game (12) and career receiving touchdowns (19). He was a consensus All-American in 1963 and played fi ve years of professional football. Burke played in the 1963 East-West Shrine and Hula Bowl games. He was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.

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SCOTT CRICHTON • 2011 & 2012 VERNON EILERS • 1928 drafted in the second round by Bu" alo and later Scott Crichton was named to Freshman All-Amer- Vernon Eilers played at Oregon State from 1926-28 played for Oakland. ican teams by Yahoo!Sports.com, CBSSports.com, and was an All-American selection at guard as a se- RED FRANKLIN • 1933 Phil Steele, Sporting News and CollegeFootball- nior by Charles Parker. Helped Oregon State to a 7-1 Red Franklin earned All-American honors in 1933. news.com in 2011. Crichton started all 12 games at record in 1926. He had an outstanding career as a halfback and defensive end as a redshirt freshman leading the kick returner. At the time of his induction into the JOHN DIDION Beavers with 6.5 sacks, 14.5 tackles-for-loss and OSU Sports Hall of Fame, he held the second lon- set a school record with six forced . In 2012, gest kicko" return in school history with 94-yard Crichton posted 17.5 tackles-for-loss and 9.0 sacks gallop against Fordham and San Francisco during to garner All-America honorable mention status the 1933 season. He played three years for Brook- from SI.com. lyn of the NFL. Franklin was inducted into the State JOHN DIDION • 1967 & 1968 of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. In 1968, John Didion earned consensus All-Ameri- can honors as a center. As a junior, he was a second BILL ENYART team All-American selection by AP and UPI (1967). At the conclusion of his college career, he played in the Coaches All-America, Senior Bowl, Hula Bowl, College All-Star, and East-West Shrine games. He was drafted in the seventh round by the Wash- BILL ENYART • 1968 ington Redskins and enjoyed a pro career that in- Bill Enyart was the third all-time leading rusher in cluded stints with the Redskins, Saints, Bears and OSU history with 2,155 yards at the time of his in- Seahawks. duction into the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. JIM DIXON • 1926 He holds the OSU record for rushing yards in one Jim Dixon played at Oregon State from 1924-26 game with 299 against Utah in 1968. He was a fi rst and was an All-American and All-Coast left tackle team All-American in 1968 and was twice named selection as a senior. He later served as an assis- All-Pacifi c-8. Enyart also was a two-time CoSIDA tant coach at Oregon State from 1933-51. The Dixon Academic All-American. He was named the 1968 Recreation Center on campus is named in his honor. Hula Bowl Most Valuable Back. Enyart also played in the Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine, College All-Star and the All-American Bowl games. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was

OSU ALL-AMERICAN TIMELINE FIRST TEAM 1916 Herman Abraham, hb (by Newspaper Enterprise 1955 John Witte, t (Consensus) Association) 1956 John Witte, t (AFCA, Football Writers, Walter Camp) 1921 George “Gap” Powell, fb (Athletic World Magazine (SI), 1958 Ted Bates, ot (AFCA, Walter Camp) Football World, Malcom McLean) 1962 Terry Baker, qb (AFCA, FWAA) 1933 Norman “Red” Franklin , hb (United Press, Lawrence Perry) b (Walter Camp) 1933 Ade Schwammel, t (Associated Press, NY Post, Parke Davis) 1962 Vern Burke, se (Consensus) 1940 , t (NY Sun) 1964 Jack O’Billovich, lb (NEA) 1946 Bill Gray, c (----) 1967 John Didion, c (Consensus)

SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM 1926 Jim Dixon, t (International News Service) 1916 Herm Abraham, hb (Walter Camp) 1928 Howard Maple, qb (AP, NY Sun, Walter Eckersall) 1926 Jim Dixon, t (All-American Board) 1933 Norman “Red” Franklin, hb (All-Players, Dr. Lacy Lockert, George 1928 Vernon Eilers, g (Charles Parker) Currie Brooklyn Eagle, NY Post, NY Sun, 20 College Newspapers) Howard Maple, qb (All-American Board, Herbert Reed Outlook, UP) 1933 Ade Schwammel, t (Bill Cunningham, Charles Parker, 20 College 1930 Bill McKalip, e (North American Newspaper Alliance, UP, Newspapers) Walter Turnball) 1937 Joe Gray, b (AP) 1933 Norman “Red” Franklin, hb (AP, College Humor, Charles Parker, 1939 Eberle Schultz, og (All-Players, College Sportswriters, Bill Stern, Grantland Rice, Hearst, Tom Thorp N.Y. Journal) Dr. L.H. Baker, NY Sun, Paul Williamson, What’s What in Football) 1933 Ade Schwammel, t (Hearst, UP) 1940 Jim Kisselburgh, b (Bill Stern) 1939 Eberle Schultz, og (AP, Charles Parker, Dr. Lacy Lockert) 1941 Quentin Greenough, c (AP) 1939 Len Younce, g (Hearst) 1964 Rich Koeper, ot (AP) 1940 Jim Kisselburgh, b (AP) 1970 Craig Hanneman, dt (AP) 1940 Vic Sears, t (Bill Cunningham) 2000 DeLawrence Grant, de (Rivals.com, Sporting News) 1941 Quentin Greenough, c (Bill Stern, Dr. Lacy Lockert) 2000 Ken Simonton, rb (AP, College Football News, College and Pro 1941 George Peters, b (Hearst) Football News, Gannett News Service, The Football News, 1992 Fletcher Keister, og (AP) Sporting News, Walter Camp) 1998 Inoke Breckterfi eld, de (AP) 2001 Dennis Weathersby, cb (Sporting News) 2000 Chris Gibson, c (College Football News, AP) 2005 Alexis Serna, k (AP, Walter Camp) 2000 DeLawrence Grant, de (College Football News) 2006 Sammie Stroughter, wr (Rivals.com) 2002 Steven Jackson, rb (AP) pr (SI.com) 2002 Dennis Weathersby, cb (College Football News) 2007 Alexis Serna, k (Athlon Sports) 2003 Steven Jackson, rb (AP) 2008 Andy Levitre, ot (AP) 2004 Mike Hass, wr (AP) 2009 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (Sporting News, Walter Camp) 2004 Mitch Meeuwsen, s (AP) 2009 James Rodgers, all-purpose (AP) 2006 Sammie Stroughter, all-purpose (AP) 2008 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (AP, Rivals.com)

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CHRIS GIBSON • 2000 JOE GRAY • 1937 QUENTIN GREENOUGH • 1941 Chris Gibson lettered from 1998-2001 and is con- “The Gray Ghost” was one of the most outstand- Quentin Greenough played two seasons at Oregon sidered one of the program’s all-time best o en- ing halfbacks in Oregon State history. As a senior, State and stared at center in the 1942 Rose Bowl sive centers. He was a third team All-American as in 1937, he received All-America honorable mention. against Duke. As a senior he was named All-Coast a junior (2000) by the Associated Press and the Gray was also a fi rst team All-Coast pick in his fi nal and second team All-American (1941). He played in College Football News after helping the team to the season and was mentioned on several other All- the 1944 East-West Shrine Game. He later served Fiesta Bowl title. He was a fi rst team All-Pac-10 se- Coast teams as a junior. At the time, he was called as an assistant coach at Oregon State. Greenough lection in 2000 and second team in 2001. Gibson the greatest running and passing back ever to play was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall also played in the O’ahu Bowl. at Oregon State. Gray was the fi rst OSU player ever of Fame in 1981. DeLAWRENCE GRANT • 2000 drafted in the fi rst round by the NFL (Chicago). CRAIG HANNEMAN • 1970 DeLawrence Grant lettered at Oregon State as a de- A three-year letterman defensive lineman from fensive end during the 1999 and 2000 seasons, after 1968-70, Craig Hanneman was selected a second transferring from El Camino College. Grant, who is team All-American in 1970 and fi rst team All-Pac-8 one of the quickest defensive lineman in the history and All-Coast. He was named OSU’s 1968 Rookie of the program, was a second team All-American by of the Year, 1970 defensive MVP and team captain. the Sporting News and Rivals.com, and third team by Hanneman’s top games included 13 tackles versus the College Football News (2000). Grant was a fi rst UCLA and 12 against California in the ’70 season. team All-Pac-10 selection as a senior and was drafted He also recovered two fumbles against Houston in the third round by the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. and had three tackles for loss for 33 yards against BILL GRAY BILL GRAY • 1943 & 1946 Oklahoma. At the conclusion of his senior season, he played in the Hula Bowl, Coaches All-American Bill Gray earned fi rst team All-American status at Bowl and East-West Shrine Game. He was drafted center in 1946 after helping OSU to a 7-1-1 record. in the sixth round by the and He was part of the freshman squad for OSU in 1942, played for the club from 1972-73. He concluded his before having his football career interrupted by professional career with the WWII. Assigned to a V-12 program while awaiting or- from 1974-76. ders in Southern California, Gray earned All-Amer- ica honorable mention while playing for USC. After his tour with the Marine Corps, Gray returned to Oregon State to fi nish his football career. Following his graduation, he was drafted by the NFL’s Wash- ington Redskins, where he played two seasons.

FIRST TEAM 1967 Jess Lewis, dt (NEA) 2005 Alexis Serna, k (AFCA) 1967 Jon Sandstrom, g (AFCA) 2007 Roy Schuening, og (Pro Football Weekly, ESPN) 1968 John Didion, c (AFCA, FWAA) 2008 Andy Levitre, ot (AFCA, Pro Football Weekly) 1968 Bill Enyart, fb (UPI) 2010 , dt (AP, SI.com) 1972 Steve Brown, lb (Walter Camp) 2012 Jordan Poyer, cb (Consensus) 2000 Ken Simonton, rb (AFCA, Rivals.com) 2004 Mike Hass, wr (ESPN.com) 2005 Mike Hass, wr (AP, ESPN.com, Walter Camp) 2009 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (AP) FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS 2012 Markus Wheaton, wr (CBSSports.com) FIRST TEAM FOURTH TEAM 2000 , lb (The Football News, Sporting News) 2009 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (Phil Steele) 2001 Mitch Meeuwsen, s (FWAA) 2003 Brandon Browner, db (Rivals.com, Sporting News) HONORABLE MENTION 2005 Keenan Lewis, cb (Rivals.com) 1977 Jim Walker, c (AP) 2005 Jeremy Perry, ot (FWAA, Sporting News) 1997 Inoke Breckterfi eld, de (----) 2008 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (FWAA, Phil Steele) 2000 Chris Gibson, c (CNN/SI.com, The Football News) Freshman of the Year (CBS Sports.com, Sporting News) 2000 Ken Simonton, rb (CNN/SI.com) 2009 Michael Philipp, ot (College Football News) 2001 Ken Simonton, rb (Football News) 2011 Scott Crichton, de (Yahoo!Sports, Phil Steele, CBSSports.com, 2003 Steven Jackson, rb (College Football News) Sporting News, College Football News) 2003 Richard Seigler, lb (College Football News) 2011 Sean Mannion, qb (FWAA) 2006 Alexis Serna, k (SI.com) 2012 Isaac Seumalo, c, (Phil Steele, CBSSports.com, FoxSportsNext.com) 2009 Sean Canfi eld, qb (SI.com) 2009 Justin Kahut, k (SI.com) SECOND TEAM 2009 Jacquizz Rodgers, rb (College Football News, SI.com) - sophomore 1997 Terrance Carroll, s (TSP) fi rst team (CFN) 2009 James Rodgers, wr (College Football News, SI.com) HONORABLE MENTION all-purpose (SI.com) 2000 Dennis Weathersby, cb (The Football News) 2012 Scott Crichton, de (SI.com) 2005 Keenan Lewis, cb (Sporting News) 2011 Dylan Wynn, de (College Football News) COLLECTIVE ROSTER 1917 Meier Newman, b (Stars of 1917) 1917 Ozburn Walker, t (Stars of 1917)

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MIKE HASS • 2004 & 2005 MIKE HASS ANDY LEVITRE • 2008 Mike Hass was named fi rst team All-American in Andy Levitre is one of the most technically sound 2005 by the Walter Camp Foundation, ESPN.com o ensive linemen in Oregon State history. Levitre and the Associated Press. His honors as a senior earned Coaches Association and included earning the Biletniko Award as the na- Pro Football Weekly First Team All-America honors tion’s premier receiver after making a school record as a senior in 2008 and was named as an Associ- 90 receptions for a Pac-10 record 1,532 yards. He ated Press Second Team All-American. He was a concluded his career with 19 100-yard plus receiv- 2008 Pac-10 First Team, 2007 Second Team and ing yards games and was the fi rst player in Pac-10 2006 Honorable Mention selection. A co-team cap- history with three 1,000-plus receiving yards sea- tain in 2008, was the Pac-10’s Tom Hansen Medal sons. He caught at least one pass in his last 30 winner and a four-time Pac-10 all-academic per- games. For his career he accumulated 3,924 yards former. Levitre was taken in the second round by receiving, third in the history of the Pac-10 (Troy the Bu alo Bills in the 2009 NFL Draft. JUSTIN KAHUT • 2009 Walters, Stanford, 4.047). He was selected to play JESS LEWIS • 1967 in the East-West Shrine Game following his senior Justin Kahut (K-hoot) earned honorable mention Jess Lewis was a 1967 All-American and two-time season. Hass was also selected the Male Oregon All-America honors in 2009 from SI.com. In his All-Pac-8 Conference defensive tackle. He was se- Amateur Athlete of the Year (Hayward Award) at junior season of 2009 he made 22 fi eld goals (27 lected the team MVP in 1969. He also was a stand- the Oregon Sports Awards. Mike earned third team att.), one short of the single season OSU record. Ka- out wrestler, capturing three conference and two Associated Press All-American status as a junior hut made four goals in wins over UCLA and Oregon NCAA wrestling titles. In addition, Lewis competed in 2004. The fi rst team All-Pac-10 Conference se- in ‘09, earning Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for in the 1968 World University and Olympic Games. lection in 2004 broke the league record for receiv- each (for his career he was selected three times). He was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports ing yards when he collected 293 at Boise State on He had two game-winning fi eld goals on the last Hall of Fame in 1981. Sept. 10 and later would add his name in the OSU play – a 33-yard boot at UNLV in 2009 and a 24-yard record book for pass receptions in one game with kick at Arizona in 2008. Kahut also was a three-time 14 at Arizona State – all in ‘03. He led the Pac-10 and Pac-10 Honorable Mention academic selection. For was third in NCAA Division I for receiving yards per his career he made 39 of 52 fi eld goal attempts and game at 114.9 as a junior. He came to OSU originally was good on 84 of 88 extra point tries. as a walkon. FLETCHER KEISTER • 1992 STEVEN JACKSON • 2002 & 2003 Fletcher Keister earned third team All-American Steven Jackson earned third-team All-American by honors in 1992 after serving as the team’s co-cap- the Associated Press and honorable mention All- tain. The o ensive guard earned the team’s MVP American by College Football News and Sports Illus- honor. Keister, from Albany, Ore., started 24 con- trated in 2003. He was a unanimous All-Pacifi c-10 secutive games to end his career. He signed a free Conference selection as a junior (’03) after rushing agent contract with the Houston Oilers after his se- for 1,545 yards. He fi nished the ’03 season 10th nior season. in the nation for rushing and had 19 100-yard plus JIM KISSELBURGH • 1940 rushing games for his career, including 239 vs. Cali- Jim Kisselburgh played fullback for OSU from 1938- fornia (’02), 230 vs. Stanford (’02), 227 vs. Fresno 40 earning All-America honorable mention as a se- State (’02) and California (’03). Jackson, who an- nior. Kisselburgh was selected in the sixth round of nounced after his MVP performance in the Las Ve- the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams. gas Bowl (149 yards, 5 tds vs. New Mexico) that he was entering the NFL Draft, fi nished his career 10th JESS LEWIS on the Pac-10 career rushing list with 3,625 yards. RICH KOEPER He was named fi rst team All-Pac-10 and third team KEENAN LEWIS • 2005 All-American as a sophomore (2002) after rushing Keenan Lewis fi nished his career as one of the most for 1,690 yards, the sixth-highest total by any con- celebrated in Oregon State history. ference player and most by a Pac-10 athlete from a Lewis made 47 starts during his career (third-high- school other than USC. Jackson was taken by the est ever at OSU as of 2008) after earning a starting St. Louis Rams in the fi rst round of the 2004 NFL spot as a freshman. In 2005, as a freshman, Lewis Draft. earned College Football News Third Team Freshman All-American and was honorable mention by the STEVEN JACKSON Sporting News . Lewis was taken in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. SEAN MANNION • 2011 Sean Mannion took over the starting position in RICH KOEPER • 1964 game three of his redshirt freshman season. He Rich Koeper was one of the greatest o ensive line- fi nished the season having thrown for 3,328 yards men in Oregon State’s history. He played in the 1962 and completed 64.5 percent (305-473) of his Liberty Bowl and 1965 Rose Bowl. He earned sec- passes and 16 touchdowns. Along the way he es- ond team All-American honors as a senior (1964). tablished single game records for passes thrown Koeper also was an All-Pac-8 pick as a senior and (66) and completed (40) at Arizona State. Mannion fi rst team All-Coast his junior and senior seasons. was named a fi rst team Freshman All-American by of 1963 and ‘64. He played in the 1964 Hula Bowl. the Football Writers Association of America. He was drafted by Green Bay and played three sea- HOWARD MAPLE • 1928 sons in the NFL. He later served as an assistant Howard Maple lettered at Oregon State from 1926- coach for the late Dee Andros. 28. He was a second team All-American quarter- back as a senior (1928). He earned All-Coast rec- ognition twice. Knute Rockne called him “the ideal quarterback.” He went on to play pro football for the Chicago Cardinals and baseball for the Washington Senators. Maple was inducted into the State of Or- egon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.

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BILL McKALIP • 1930 GEORGE PETERS • 1941 JACQUIZZ RODGERS • 2008 & 2009 Bill McKalip earned three All-American honors in George Peters lettered as a back in 1940 and 1941. In 2008, Jacquizz Rodgers had what was arguably 1930, including by the United Press. “Wild Bill” as He received All-America honorable mention follow- the greatest impact of a freshman in the history of a senior earned All-Pacifi c Coast Conference and ing the 1941 season after helping the Beavers to the the program. Despite missing nearly all of the last Associated Press All-Northwest First Team. The Rose Bowl. Peters was taken in the eighth round of three games of the season due to injury, he became end played in the East-West Shrine game and went the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. the fi rst freshman to be named as the Pac-10 O! en- on to be a three-time All-Pro with Portsmouth and sive Player of the Year as well as the conference’s Detroit. He was inducted into the State of Oregon MICHAEL PHILIPP Freshman of the Year. With 1,253 yards, “Quizz” set Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. the Pac-10 mark for rushing yards by a freshman. MITCH MEEUWSEN • 2001 & 2004 He was named USA Today , Rivals.com and College- FootballNews.com Player of the Week after rushing Mitch Meeuwsen left OSU in 2004 as arguably the for 186 yards and two touchdowns in a victory over school’s top safety in the history of the program. then No. 1 USC. Surpassing the 100-yard plateau The 2004 Associated Press Third Team and ESPN. seven times, he was named Pac-10 Player of the com First Team All-American ended his career Week on three occasions en route to being named as the program’s career leader for interceptions the Rivals.com Freshman of the Year, College Foot- with 20. He was a semi-fi nalist for the Jim Thorpe ball News All-Freshman Team, Football Writers As- Award as a senior, given annually to the nation’s sociation Freshman All-American, CBS Sports.com premier defensive back. Meeuwsen, from Forest Freshman of the Year and Sporting News National Grove, started 40 consecutive games and played Freshman of the Year. The Associated Press and in three bowl games. He was invited to the Las Ve- Rivals.com selected Quizz as a third team All-Amer- gas All-American Classic following his senior year. ican. He fi nished his career as one of three players Several organizations named him to their Freshman MICHAEL PHILIPP • 2009 Michael Philipp was named to Freshman All-Ameri- in history to achieve 3,000 yards rushing and 1,000 All-American teams in 2001. He made 217 career can teams by Phil Steele and CollegeFootballNews. yards receiving in only three years, joining Ryan tackles. com in 2010. Philipp started all 13 games at left Benjamin of Pacifi c (1990-92) and Reggie Bush of MEIER NEWMAN • 1917 tackle, the fi rst true freshman to start on the o! en- USC (2003-05). He was taken in the fi fth round of Meier Newman, along with Ozburn Walker, earned sive line since 1997. the 2011 NFL Draft by the . All-American honors from the Stars of 1917 after lettering for the Aggies from 1915-17 and helped the GEORGE “GAP” POWELL • 1921 JAMES RODGERS Gap Powell lettered in football and track from 1918- Aggies to an upset at Michigan State in 1915. 21. He was a two-time All-Coast selection in football JACK O’BILLOVICH • 1964 and earned All-American honors in 1921. Powell was Jack O’Billovich earned All-American honors as a also the 1920 Pacifi c Coast Conference shot cham- junior (1964) and helped Oregon State to the 1965 pion. He was inducted into the State of Oregon Hall Rose Bowl. He also earned All-Coast as a junior and of Fame in 1982. All-Pac-8 as a senior. He was the team captain as a senior and went on to play in the Hula Bowl and JORDAN POYER • 2012 Jordan Poyer is arguably the best cornerback to East-West Shrine Game. O’Billovich played the 1967 ever play for Oregon State after being lightly re- season with the CFL’s Hamilton TigerCats. cruited to play football out of Astoria High School. He was a consensus All-America selection as a JACK O’BILLOVICH senior, the fi rst at OSU since John Didion in 1967, named to the All-America First Team from Walter Camp, AFCA, Sporting News and CBSSports.com JAMES RODGERS • 2009 among others. Named to the All-Pac-12 Conference James Rodgers scored Honorable Mention All- First Team as a senior and Second Team as a junior, America honors as a and as an all- he was a semi-fi nalist for the Bednarik Award (top purpose player from SI.com in his junior season. He defensive player) and Jim Thorpe Award (top cor- was named to the Pac-10 Conference’s First Team nerback) in 2012. He earned the Jim Thorpe Defen- as a junior as a wide receiver after making a school sive Back of the Week and Walter Camp Co-Player record 91 receptions. Rodgers set the school record of the Week after a three interception performance in 2009 for all-purpose yards with 2,328 and set a against Washington State. He ranked tied for sec- single game record with 303 yards vs. Oregon. He ond in the nation with seven interceptions as a se- was the fi rst OSU player to achieve 1,000 yards nior and fi nished his career with 13 to tie for fourth in rushing and 2,000 yards receiving. STEPHEN PAEA • 2010 OSU history. He was selected in the seventh round JON SANDSTROM • 1967 of the 2013 NFL Draft by the . Stephen Paea was one of the premier defensive Jon Sandstrom was a three-year starting defensive tackles in the nation as a senior. The two-time team lineman from 1966-1968. He was a fi rst team All- captain became the second Beaver to earn the Pac- JORDAN POYER American as a junior (1967) and was a preseason 10 Conference’s Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the All-American in 1968. Sandstrom earned fi rst team Year honor in 2010 and added his second straight All-Pac-8 as a senior and was named the team’s Morris Trophy given to the league’s top defensive MVP. He played in the College All-Star Game, Hula linemen as voted on by the conference’s o! ensive Bowl, Senior Bowl and Coaches All-America Bowl linemen. Paea was selected to the Associated Press at the conclusion of his college career. Sandstrom and Sports Illustrated All-American First Team in was drafted in the third round in 1969 by the Atlanta 2010. Paea was selected in the second round of the Falcons and would also play for the CFL’s Winnipeg 2011 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. Blue Bombers. JEREMY PERRY • 2005 Jeremy Perry was named to the Sporting News Freshman All-American team in 2005. Perry start- ed all 11 games at left guard and concluded the sea- son earning Pac-10 Conference Co-Freshman of the Year honors.

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ROY SCHUENING • 2004 & 2007 ALEXIS SERNA • 2005 & 2006 SAMMIE STROUGHTER • 2006 Roy Schuening concluded his collegiate career as Alexis Serna earned All-America honors in 2005 Sammie Stroughter burst onto the scene in 2006 one of the best linemen in OSU history. Schuening by the American Football Coaches Association and as a big play threat at wide receiver and as a punt started a school record 50 games, all consecutive- was a second team member by the Associated returner after two seasons in the shadow of two- ly, during his career. As a senior in 2007, Schuening Press and Walter Camp Foundation. Serna was time All-American Mike Hass. Stroughter was receivied Pac-10 First Team honors and was named honored with the Lou Groza Award, signifying the named a third team All-American all-purpose player to the Pro Football Weekly All-America squad. He nation’s premier kicker in 2005. During his stellar by the Associated Press following one of the best was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention selection in sophomore season Serna made 23 of 28 fi eld goal seasons by a wide receiver in Oregon State his- 2005 and ‘06, and was a Sporting News All-Fresh- attempts and all 32 extra point tries. He tied the tory. Stroughter converted 74 receptions into 1,293 man Team member in 2004. Schuening was taken OSU record by making 15 consecutive fi eld goals yards including a 223-yard game at Washington. in the fi fth round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the St. during the 2005 season. He broke an OSU record In addition, Stroughter returned three punts for Louis Rams. and tied the Pac-10 record with a 6-for-6 perfor- touchdowns during the season to set a school re- EBERLE SCHULTZ • 1939 mance at Washington, earning him Pac-10 Special cord, including a memorable 70-yard return in one Teams Player of the Week honors. Serna came to of the biggest upsets in OSU history over No. 3 USC. Eberle Schultz played both ways on the line, but OSU originally as a walkon. He signed a contract He was drafted by the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers earned most of his accolades for his play on the to play for the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the at the conclusion of his career at Oregon State. o! ensive side of the ball. He earned fi rst team All- conclusion of his OSU career. Coast honors in 1939 and helped Oregon State JIM WALKER • 1977 post a 9-1-1 mark that season. He was drafted by ISAAC SEUMALO • 2012 Jim Walker earned Associated Press Honorable Philadelphia in the fourth round of the NFL Draft and Isaac Seumalo was named to the Freshman All- Mention honors as a center his senior season in played a total of six pro seasons, including stops in America Team by Phil Steele, CBSSports.com and 1977. He also was a member of the All-Pac-8 Con- Pittsburgh and Cleveland. FoxSportsNext.com. He was named as the No. 6 ference and All-Coast second teams. The team ADOLPHE “ADE” SCHWAMMEL • 1933 Top Freshman by Athlon Sports. Thrust into the captain also played in the Challenge Bowl in Seattle. starting center role from the fi rst day of fall camp, He signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Ade Schwammel lettered in football from 1931- Isaac became the fi rst freshman to start at center Buccaneers following his senior year. 33, earning fi rst team All-American and All-Pacifi c for OSU since 1978 and was one of only two true Coast as a senior (1933). He was one of the key OZBURN WALKER • 1917 freshmen to start their season-openers at center in players in the now illegal “pyramid play.” Schwam- Ozburn Walker, along with Meier Newman, earned the nation. He was an All-Pac-12 Conference honor- mel played in the 1934 East-West Shrine Game. He All-American honors from the Stars of 1917 after able mention selection. won two professional titles in his six years with the playing just one season for the Aggies. Green Bay Packers. ISAAC SEUMALO VIC SEARS • 1940 DENNIS WEATHERSBY Vic Sears was an All-American lineman in 1940, becoming the second lineman in school history to earn such acclaim. He lettered three seasons and was drafted in the fourth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers at the conclusion of his college career. He never played for the Steelers, but played for Phila- delphia for 10 years. Sears, who played in the 1941 East-West Shrine Game, was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.

VIC SEARS KEN SIMONTON • 2000 & 2001 Ken Simonton lettered from 1998-2001 and is con- sidered one of the school’s best running backs ever. Simonton concluded his career with a school re- cord 5,044 yards and at the time of his graduation was one of only six players in Pac-10 history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in three di! erent seasons. His DENNIS WEATHERSBY • 5,044 yards ranked second most ever in the con- 2000, 2001 & 2002 ference, trailing only USC’s Charles White. When he Dennis Weathersby was arguably Oregon State’s left OSU, he held 11 school rushing marks. Simonton top cornerback in the history of the program. He rushed for 100-plus yards 26 times during his 46- lettered from 1999-2002 and helped the program game OSU career, including three 200-yard plus compete in the Fiesta, O’ahu and Insight Bowls. marks. Simonton led OSU to the Fiesta and O’ahu Weathersby was a standout on the fi eld and in the Bowls, but he may be most remembered for scoring classroom. He earned fi rst team District VIII All-Ac- the winning touchdown in the 1998 triple-overtime ademic honors as a junior and senior. As a senior he RICHARD SEIGLER • 2000 & 2003 victory over Oregon. Simonton’s professional career was a semifi nalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given Richard Seigler is one of OSU’s top linebackers in included stops in Bu! alo, San Francisco and Calgary. the history of the program. He earned recogni- annually to the nation’s premier defensive back, tion as a freshman in 2000 by being named to KEN SIMONTON earned second team All-American by the Sporting the Freshman All-American teams by the Sporting News and third team All-American by Colllege Foot- News and Football News . The four-year letterman ball News . He concluded his career by being select- was a 2004 fourth round NFL Draft selection of the ed to play in the East-West Shrine Game and was San Francisco 49ers. The Las Vegas native was a later a fourth round selection in the NFL Draft by the two-time All-Pac-10 Conference selection (2002, Cincinnati Bengals. ’03) and was a co-team MVP after his senior year. Seigler played in the Fiesta, Insight and Las Vegas Bowls during his career, and at the conclusion of his OSU playing days competed in the East-West Shrine Game and was named All-America honor- able mention by College Football News . Seigler left OSU fourth for career tackles with 356.

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MARKUS WHEATON • 2012 MARKUS WHEATON Markus Wheaton fi nished his career as one of the most prolifi c receivers in Oregon State history. As a senior he tied the single season school-record with 91 receptions en route to setting the school’s career record with 227 catches. His 2,994 career receiving yards are third on OSU’s all-time list, and 3,744 all-purpose yards are ninth at OSU. A Pac-12 Conference First Team selection as a senior and honorable mention as a junior, CBSSports.com honored Wheaton with Third Team All-America ac- colades. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. JOHN WITTE • 1955 & 1956 John Witte was a two-time All-American selection (1955-56), the only OSU player to ever achieve such status at the time of his playing career. He played in the 1957 Rose Bowl game against Iowa. He also was an outstanding wrestler, fi nishing sec- ond at the NCAA Championships as a freshman. He was inducted into the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. JOHN WITTE

DYLAN WYNN • 2011 Dylan Wynn was named a Freshman All-American honorable mention by College Football News in 2011. Wynn started seven games at defensive end re- cording 5.5 tackles-for-loss. He set a school record with fi ve recoveries as a true freshman. LEN YOUNCE • 1939 Len Younce received All-American honorable men- tion following the 1939 season. Younce, an of- fensive guard, along with linemate Eberle Schultz opened big holes for Jim Kisselburgh (All-American in 1940) as the Beavers fi nished the season 9-1-1. He was an 8th round draft choice of the in 1941. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 and entered the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.

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