Friday, December 25, 2009

All-Decade Defense Team


Ok so yesterday I posted my college football All-Decade Team for offense so today I'll post for defense.

Picking the LBs were hard because there have been some great ones


LB:
  1. AJ Hawk (Totaling 95 total tackles (16.5 for loss) '05 Lombardi Award and two-time All-America (2004 and '05))
  2. Rey Maualuga (2x All-Pac-10 pick, All-American for 2008 defense allowed fewer PPG than any other team this decade)
  3. Patrick Willis (Despite only 22 starts, he finished his career with 355 tackles, 33 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.)

DB:
  1. Sean Taylor (All-American in '03, finalist for the Thorpe Award, Big East DPOY, tied a single-season record with 10 INTs, including a stretch of one in 4 straight)
  2. Ed Reed (2x All-American in '00 and '01. He led the nation in interceptions (9) in '01 and ended his career as the school's all-time leader)
  3. Antoine Cason (first-team All-America and the Jim Thorpe Award winner in '07, 183 tackles and 15 interceptions during his career)
  4. Derrick Strait ( Freshman All-American for the 2000 national championship team,hree-time All-Big 12 selection, two-time All-America and winner of the 2003 Nagurski and Thorpe awards)

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