Louisville Dominates Big East Football Awards
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In a very exciting day for the Louisville football program, the Big East announced their 2012 season awards. Coach Charlie Strong will share Coach of the Year honors with Rutgers coach Kyle Flood.
Teddy Bridgewater was named Offensive Player of the Year and was named to the All Big East first Team.
Louisville had four players in the All Big East 1st Team and four players on the second team.
Complete Award List
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ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM |
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OFFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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WR |
Alec Lemon * |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-2 |
204 |
Crofton, Md./Arundel |
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WR |
DeVante Parker |
Louisville |
So. |
6-3 |
205 |
Louisville, Ky./Ballard |
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OT |
Eric Lefeld |
Cincinnati |
So. |
6-6 |
287 |
Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater |
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OT |
Justin Pugh |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-5 |
297 |
Holland, Pa./Council Rock South |
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OG |
Austen Bujnoch |
Cincinnati |
Jr. |
6-5 |
285 |
Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder |
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OG |
Antwan Lowery |
Rutgers |
Jr. |
6-4 |
305 |
Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus |
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C |
Mario Benavides |
Louisville |
Sr. |
6-4 |
280 |
Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos |
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TE |
Travis Kelce |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-6 |
260 |
Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights |
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QB |
Teddy Bridgewater |
Louisville |
So. |
6-3 |
218 |
Miami, Fla./Northwestern |
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RB |
Ray Graham |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
5-9 |
190 |
Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth |
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RB |
Montel Harris |
Temple |
Sr. |
5-10 |
207 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian |
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K |
Maikon Bonani |
USF |
Sr. |
5-10 |
176 |
Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales |
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RS |
Matt Brown |
Temple |
Sr. |
5-5 |
165 |
Baltimore, Md./Peddie School/Milford Academy |
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DEFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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DL |
Dan Giordano |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-4 |
260 |
Frankford, Ill./Lincoln-Way East |
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DL |
Trevardo Williams * |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
233 |
Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury |
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DL |
Aaron Donald |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-0 |
275 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills |
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DL |
Scott Vallone |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-3 |
275 |
Central Islip, N.Y./St. Anthony’s |
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LB |
Greg Blair |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-2 |
252 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Schenley/Lackawanna CC |
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LB |
Sio Moore |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
229 |
Apex, N.C./Apex |
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LB |
Yawin Smallwood |
Connecticut |
So. |
6-3 |
235 |
Worcester, Mass./Doherty |
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LB |
Khaseem Greene * |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-1 |
230 |
Elizabeth, N.J./Avon Old Farms |
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CB |
Adrian Bushell |
Louisville |
Sr. |
5-11 |
184 |
DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Valley CC |
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CB |
Logan Ryan |
Rutgers |
Jr. |
6-0 |
190 |
Berlin, N.J./Eastern |
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S |
Duron Harmon |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-1 |
200 |
Magnolia, Del./Caesar Rodney |
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S |
Shamarko Thomas |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
5-10 |
206 |
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
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P |
Brandon McManus |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-3 |
190 |
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
* unanimous selection
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ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM |
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OFFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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WR |
Mike Shanahan |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
6-5 |
225 |
North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin |
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WR |
Devin Street |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-4 |
190 |
Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty |
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WR |
Brandon Coleman |
Rutgers |
So. |
6-6 |
220 |
Accokeek, Md./Bishop McNamara |
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OT |
Alex Kupper |
Louisville |
Sr. |
6-3 |
298 |
Louisville, Ky./Trinity |
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OT |
Kaleb Johnson |
Rutgers |
So. |
6-4 |
300 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Edward H. White |
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OT |
Martin Wallace |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-6 |
300 |
New York, N.Y./Beacon School |
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OG |
Adam Masters |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-4 |
298 |
Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman |
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OG |
Mark Popek |
USF |
Sr. |
6-7 |
299 |
Plant City, Fla./Plant City |
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C |
Ryan Turnley |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
6-6 |
320 |
Hopewell, Pa./Hopewell |
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QB |
Ryan Nassib |
Syracuse |
Gr. |
6-3 |
227 |
West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep |
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TE |
Ryan Griffin |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-6 |
247 |
Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry |
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RB |
George Winn |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
5-11 |
210 |
Southfield, Mich./Detroit Jesuit |
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RB |
Jawan Jamison |
Rutgers |
So. |
5-8 |
200 |
Stark, Fla./The Bolles School |
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K |
Brandon McManus |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-3 |
190 |
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
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RS |
Nick Williams |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
5-10 |
184 |
East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School |
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DEFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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DL |
Walter Stewart |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-5 |
249 |
Ashville, Ohio/Teays Valley |
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DL |
Cory Grissom |
USF |
Sr. |
6-2 |
316 |
La Grange, Ga./Troup County |
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DL |
Brandon Sharpe |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-1 |
255 |
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
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DL |
John Youboty |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-4 |
250 |
Houston, Texas/Klein |
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LB |
Preston Brown |
Louisville |
Jr. |
6-2 |
255 |
Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest |
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LB |
Sam Barrington |
USF |
Sr. |
6-1 |
230 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Terry Parker |
|
LB |
Tyler Matakevich |
Temple |
Fr. |
6-1 |
220 |
Stratford, Conn./St. Joseph’s/Milford Academy |
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CB |
Dwayne Gratz |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-0 |
198 |
Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway |
|
CB |
Blidi Wreh-Wilson |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
190 |
Edinboro, Pa./General McLaine |
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S |
Calvin Pryor |
Louisville |
So. |
6-2 |
213 |
Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe |
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S |
Hakeem Smith |
Louisville |
Jr. |
6-1 |
187 |
Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale |
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S |
Jason Hendricks |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-0 |
180 |
Brooklyn, N.Y./Hudson Catholic |
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P |
Pat O’Donnell |
Cincinnati |
Jr. |
6-5 |
222 |
Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central |
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P |
Justin Brockhaus-Kann |
USF |
Sr. |
6-2 |
214 |
Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs |
