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ALL-AMERICA HONORS BIG TEN PLAYER OF YEAR First Team Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of Year • Lavonte David, LB • Lavonte David A L L - T I M E L I S T S (AFCA,* CBS, ESPN, PH, YAH) Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of Year Hall-of-Fame honorees • Brett Maher, PK (YAH) • Alfonzo Dennard Major trophy winners Second Team Bakken-Andersen Kicker of Year All-Americans & Scorecard • Lavonte David, LB (AP,* WC,* SI) • Brett Maher Academic All-Americans • Alfonzo Dennard, CB (PH) Eddleman-Fields Punter of Year Third Team • Brett Maher

• Alfonzo Dennard, CB (YAH) Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree Fourth Team • Jared Crick ACADEMIC & OTHER • Brett Maher, PK (PH) Honorable Mention CoSIDA ACADEMIC HONORS ALL-BIG TEN • Rex Burkhead, RB (SI) First-Team Academic All-American First Team • Brett Maher, PK (SI) • Austin Cassidy, S • Ameer Abdullah, KR (YAH) • Lavonte David, LB (PFW) • Rex Burkhead, IB • Rex Burkhead, RB Honorable Mention Freshman All-America (Coaches, Media, ESPN, PH) Second-Team Academic All-American • Sean Fisher, LB • Kenny Bell, WR (CFN) • Lavonte David, LB * NCAA-recognized All-America teams (Coaches, Media, ESPN, PH, YAH) Academic All-District VII First Team • Alfonzo Dennard, DB • Rex Burkhead, RB • Austin Cassidy, DB NATIONAL AWARDS (Coaches, Media, ESPN, PH, YAH) • Ben Cotton, TE • Sean Fisher, LB • Spencer Long, OL Vlade Award (Most Accurate Kicker) • Brett Maher, P • Brett Maher, PK (Winner) (Coaches, Media, PH, YAH) • Brett Maher, PK Allstate AFCA Good Works Team ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (Coaches, Media, ESPN, PH, YAHH) • Jared Crick, DT (1 of 11) • Justin Blatchford • Rex Burkhead Second Team Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) • Austin Cassidy • Will Compton • Ameer Abdullah, KR (PH) • Mike Caputo, C (Semifinalist: 1 of 10) • Corey Cooper • Ben Cotton • Rex Burkhead, RB (YAH) • Jake Cotton • Jon Damkroger Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) • Mike Caputo, C (Coaches) • Jim Ebke • Tyler Evans • Austin Cassidy, S (Semifinalist: 1 of 127) • Spencer Long, OL (Media, PH) • Sean Fisher* • Harvey Jackson Chuck Bednarik Award (Defensive player) • Marcel Jones • Tyler Legate Third Team • Lavonte David, LB (Semifinalist: 1 of 16) • Luke Lingenfelter • Jake Long • Mike Caputo, C (PH) Doak Walker Award (Running back) • Spencer Long • Jay Martin • Rex Burkhead (Semifinalist: 1 of 10) Honorable Mention • Josh Mitchell • Brent Qvale • Mike Caputo, C (Media) • Wil Richards • Trevor Roach Lou Groza Award (Place-kicker) • Austin Cassidy, S (Media) • Andrew Rodriguez • Baker Steinkuhler • Brett Maher, P/PK (Semifinalist: 1 of 20) • Will Compton, LB (Coaches, Media) • Kevin Thomsen • Lance Thorell Lott Trophy (Defensive player) • C.J. Zimmerer • Ben Cotton, TE (Coaches, Media) • Lavonte David, LB (Semifinalist: 1 of 8) • Marcel Jones, OT (Coaches, Media) Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Spencer Long, OG (Coaches) TEAM SEASON AWARDS • Jared Crick (Candidate: 1 of 30) • Cameron Meredith, DE (Media) Team MVPs : • Daimion Stafford, S (Media) Lavonte David, LB, and Rex Burkhead, IB NATIONAL PLAYER OF WEEK • Baker Steinkuhler, DT (Coaches, Media) Offensive MVP : Taylor Martinez, QB AT&T National Player of Week All-Freshman Team Defensive MVP : Alfonzo Dennard, CB • Taylor Martinez, QB (vs. Ohio State) • Ameer Abdullah, KR (YAH) Special Teams MVP : Brett Maher, P/PK Lott IMPACT Defensive Player of Week • Ameer Abdullah, PR (ESPN, YAH) Offensive Scout Team MVP : Branson Marsh, QB • Lavonte David, LB (vs. Ohio State) • Ameer Abdullah, RB (ESPN) Defensive Scout Team MVP : Wil Richards, S • Lavonte David, LB (vs. Michigan State) • Kenny Bell, WR (YAH, ESPN) Walk-On of the Year : Spencer Long, OL • Tyler Moore, OL (ESPN) NEBRASKA SENIOR AWARDS KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS BIG TEN PLAYER OF WEEK Guy Chamberlin Trophy : Lavonte David, LB • AFCA = American Football Coaches Assn. Tom Novak Award : Mike Caputo, C • AP = Associated Press Offensive Player of Week • Taylor Martinez, QB (vs. Ohio State) Cletus Fischer Native Son Award : Jared Crick, DT • CBS = CBS Sports Bobby Reynolds Award : Lance Thorell, DB • CFN = CollegeFootballNews.com Defensive Player of Week • Coaches = Big Ten coaches • Lavonte David, LB (vs. Iowa) Pat Clare Award : Marcel Jones, OL • ESPN = ESPN.com Special Teams Player of Week • FWAA = Football Writers Assn. of America • Brett Maher, P/PK (vs. Chattanooga) NEBRASKA SCHOLARSHIPS • Media = Big Ten media • Ameer Abdullah, KR (vs. Fresno State) Brook Berringer Memorial Scholarship : Ben Cotton • PFW = Pro Football Weekly • Brett Maher, P/PK (vs. Ohio State) Jake Young Memorial Scholarship : Brent Qvale • PH = Phil Steele • Brett Maher, P/PK (at Penn State) George Sullivan Endowed Scholarship : Sean Fisher • SI = Sports Illustrated Freshman Player of Week • SN = Sporting News • Ameer Abdullah, KR (vs. Fresno State) • WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation NEBRASKA SEASON CAPTAINS • YAH = Yahoo.com Offense: Rex Burkhead, IB Defense: Lavonte David, LB Special Teams: Brett Maher, PK/P