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12-10-2005, 05:41 PM
Minnesota (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) center Greg Eslinger won the Outland Trophy on Thursday night as the nation's top lineman to become the first Gophers (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) player to win the award since 1962.
The other finalists were Oregon (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) defensive tackle Haloti Ngata and Auburn (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) offensive tackle Marcus McNeill.
Eslinger is part of an offense that averaged a school record 497.8 yards this season and ranked third in the nation in rushing with 279.9 yards per game.
He is the third Minnesota (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) player to win the Outland, joining tackle Bobby Bell in 1962 and guard Tom Brown in 1960.
Huff wins Thorpe Award
Texas (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) safety Michael Huff won the Thorpe Award as the best defensive back in the country on Thursday night.
Huff beat out Virginia Tech (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) cornerback and Clemson (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) cornerback Tye Hill to become the first Longhorns (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) player to win the award.
Huff has 97 tackles and two interceptions for the second-ranked Longhorns (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior holds school records for most career interceptions returned for a touchdown with four and most touchdowns scored by a defensive player with five.
Auburn (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)'s Carlos Rogers won the award last season.
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
The other finalists were Oregon (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) defensive tackle Haloti Ngata and Auburn (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) offensive tackle Marcus McNeill.
Eslinger is part of an offense that averaged a school record 497.8 yards this season and ranked third in the nation in rushing with 279.9 yards per game.
He is the third Minnesota (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) player to win the Outland, joining tackle Bobby Bell in 1962 and guard Tom Brown in 1960.
Huff wins Thorpe Award
Texas (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) safety Michael Huff won the Thorpe Award as the best defensive back in the country on Thursday night.
Huff beat out Virginia Tech (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) cornerback and Clemson (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) cornerback Tye Hill to become the first Longhorns (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) player to win the award.
Huff has 97 tackles and two interceptions for the second-ranked Longhorns (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior holds school records for most career interceptions returned for a touchdown with four and most touchdowns scored by a defensive player with five.
Auburn (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)'s Carlos Rogers won the award last season.
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.