HISTORY All-Time Lettermen A Aaron, Doyle 1988-90 Abbott, Bob 1967-68 Abdul Qawi, Rashid 1993-95 Acuff, John 1966-68 Adams, Mike 1975-76 Adler, Alfred 1941-42,46-47 Aguiera, Ralph 1951-52 Albrecht, Richard 1952 Alder, Alfred 1941-42 Alekna, Dave 1985-86 Allen, Harold 1949-50 Alter, Foster 1931 Altheide, Gary 1971-73 Alvers, Steve 1977-78 Anderson, Jeff 1970 Anderson, Larry 1999-2002 Anderson, Ottis 1975-78 Andreadis, John 1963 Andres, Omar 1993-94 Arcangeletti, Ray 1949-51 Archer, Mike 1973-75 Arenas, Alvario 1978 Arline, Darell 1999 Armstead, Jessie 1989-92 Arries, Verdun 1939-40 Ashman, Rod 1927-28 Atrio, Andy 1995-96 August, Phil 1973-76 Austin, Jimmy 1982 Axsom, Mozell 1977-80 Azer, Mike 1988-89 Azrak, Fred 1976-78 B Babb, Larry 1959 Bahen, John 1961, 63 Bailey, Don 1979-82 Bailey, Robert 1987-90 Bain, Tolbert 1984-87 Baker, Charles 1934-35 Baker, E.J. 1976-78 Baker, Frank 1965-66 Baker, Kary 1973-75 Banaszak, Pete 1963-65 Baratta, Andy 1979-82 Barbarino, Clem 1978-81 Barber, Rudy 1990-93 Barlow, John 1970 Barnes, Marlin 1994-95 Barnes, Mike 1970-72 Barnett, John 1966-68 Barnwell, Scott 1993 Barone, Steve 1973 Barrett, Pat 1969-70 Barrington, Glenn 1944 Barrow, Micheal 1989-92 Bartemus, Joe 1944 Barth, Robert 1963-65 Bartolovich, Joseph 1950-51 Barwick, Bill 1943 Bass, Robert 1992-93 Bates, Johnny 1930-32 Bates, Junior 1969-70 Bates, Larry 1974-75 Beard, Kevin 2000-02 Beary, James 1934 Beasley, Eric 1973 Bebber, Gene 1964 Beck, Frank 1963-65 Beckman, Witt 1971-72, 74 Beier, Tom 1965-66 Belk, Rocky 1980-82 Bell, Coleman 1990-92 Bellamy, Ray 1968-69 Bellinger, Rodney 1980, 82-83 Bender, Vic 1965 Benes, Edgar 1987-88 Bennett, Donnell 1991-93 Bennett, John 1961-63 Bennett, Phil 1955-56 Bennett, Woody 1976-77 Benson, Rowland 1962-63 Bentley, Albert 1982-83 Benton, Magic 1995-97 Berry, Kenny 1987-89 Bertani, Fred 1964 Bertucelli, Paul 1983-85 Best, Bobby 1968-70 Boone, Jamie 1979-82 Borek, Matthew 1938-40 Bosseler, Don 1953-56 Bouffard, Frank 1958-59 Bow, Johnny 1950-51 Bowman, Bob 1945,47 Boxx, Bernard 1950 Boyd, Tyra 1942 Boyle, Ralph 1976 Brandy, Don 1967-68 Brasington, Jack 1949 Brasington, Jack 1971-73 Bratton, Melvin 1984-87 Breckner, Dennis 1974-76 Breckner, Gary 1978, 80-82 Brennan, Don 1970 Brickman, Bill 1959 Brinkos, Bruce 1962-64 Brinkworth, Kevin 1993-94 Brion, Harold 1933-34 Britton, Matt 1988-91 Brodsky, Larry 1978-81 Broker, Nick 1940-41 Brooks, Nate 1995-98 Brophy, Jay 1979, 81-83 Broughton, Willie 1981-84 Brown, Andre 1985-88 Brown, Charlie 1963 Brown, Danny 1979-83 Brown, Delvin 1997-2000 Brown, Eddie 1983-84 Brown, Fred 1963-64 Brown, Freeman 1994-97 Brown, Greg 1980-82 Brown, Hurlie 1988-91 Brown, James 1944 Brown, Jerome 1983-86 Brown, Larry 1975-77 Brown, Robert 1963-64 Brown, Selwyn 1985-87 Browning, Jim 1976-78 Bruce, Darren 1987-88 Bruno, James 1961 Buccilli, Eugene 1951-53 Buccilli, Edward 1953 Buchanon, Phillip 1999-2001 Buck, Walter 1933 Budroni, Jason 1991-93 Bujalski, Stan 1970-72 Buoyoucas, Ted 1949-50 Burgess, James 1993-96 Burke, Mike 1971-72 Burney, Jack 1948 Burt, Jim 1978-80 Butkus, Arnold 1967-69 Butler, Rashad 2002 Byrd, Bobby 1990-91 Bythwood, Dinavon 1992 C Caesar, Mark 1989-92 Cain, Lamont 1994 Cain, Larry 1973-76 Calhoun, Kenny 1981-84 Callejas, Carlos 1996-97 Cameron, Dallas 1982-84 Cameron, Edward 1941, 45 Campbell, Chris 1998-2001 Campbell, Whitey 1946-49 Campoli, Sam 1974 Camut, Bert 1973-75 Canei, John 1979-82 Capello, Greg 1974 Capshaw, Freddie 1999-2002 Capraun, Bill 1972, 74 Carapella, Al 1948-50 Carbone, Marc 1995-96 Carbonneau, Harold 1927 Carden, N.J. 1943 Cardoso, Silvio 1971, 73 Carew, Hal 1966-67 Carey, Marcus 1990-93 Carey, Vernon, 2000-02 Carifeo, George 1946-47 Carifeo, Paul 1940-41, 43 Carlin, Bob 1967-68 Carney, Ed 1972-73 Carroll, Robert 1947-49 Carroll, Thomas 2002 Carroll, Wesley 1989-90 Cobia, Kyle 2001-02 Cochrane, Kelly 1969-71 Cochran, Rick 1982 Cohen, Alvin 1938 Cohen, Seymour 1940 Coleman, Gene 1977-79 Coley, Tony 1993-96 Colip, Tom 1968 Collins, Hank 1967-68 Collins, Ryan 1992-95 Comendeiro, Juan 1980-84 Condon, Thomas 1937 Conley, Leonard 1987-90 Conners, Dan 1961-63 Constantino, Anthony 1951-52 Cook, Cecil 1933-35 Cook, Charles 1978-80 Cooper, Mark 1978, 80-82 Copeland, Horace 1990-92 Corbin, Ken 1965-67 Corcoran, John 1938-39 Corey, Walter 1957, 59 Corker, Clarence 1973-74 Corrigan, Phil 1972-73 Corrigan, William 1945 Cortes, Julio 1983-84 Cosden, Craig 1975-77 Costa, Frank 1991-94 Costello, John 1958 Coughlin, Dan 1958 Coughlin, Tom 1964-65 Courtney, Cliff 1927-29 Covington, Scott 1995-98 Cox, Greg 1984-87 Cox, James 1965-67 Crawford, James 1957-59 Crissy, Mike 1993-95 Cristiani, Tony 1971-73 Cristobal, Luis 1988-90 Cristobal, Mario 1989-92 Cronin, Joseph 1931 Crosland, Andy 1996-99 Crowe, Luke 1930-31 Crowell, Shannon 1987-90 Crudup, Derrick 2001-02 Crum, Maurice 1987-90 Csaky, Andrew 1936-38 Csaky, John 1936 Cummins, Mike 1970 Cunio, Bob 1954-56 Curci, Fran 1957-59 Curry, Shane 1988-90 Curtright, Don 1964-65 Czaplinski, Richard 1948-50 Czipulis, Bob 1966-68 D Daanen, Jerry 1965-67 Daly, Mike 1972-74 Dangel, Al 1959-60 Daniels, John 1977-80 Dangerfield, Ken 1999-2001 Daphnis, Gerard 1993-96 Dansky, Walter 1931-34 Davenport, Najeh 1998-2001 David, Sam 1948-50 Davies, Arthur 1947-49 Davis, Doug 1958-59 Davis, Ed 1984-86 Davis, Jeff 1979, 82-83 Davis, Marvin 1993-96 Dawkins, Dale 1987-89 Deakins, David 1982 Deas, Lonnie 1943 Deiderich, Harry 1957 Del Bello, Jack 1948-50 Delegal, Lucious 1983-84 DelGranoe, Edward 1945 Del Vecchio, Pat 1996, 98-99 Della Valle, Robert 1952-55 DeLonga, Leonard 1947 DeMarco, Mario 1945-48 Demopoulis, George 1973-75 Dennis, Chris 1974-77 Dennison, Glenn 1981-83 Dentel, Robert 1960-62 Dermigny, Samuel 1945-47 DeRoss, Bill 1967-68 deShaw, Ricou 1976 DeTroia, Tony 1956 Dunn, Bo 1970-72 Dunn, Eddie 1936-38 Dunn, Gary 1973-75 Dunn, Raymond 1941-42, 46 Dye, Jimmy 1966-67 E Eastburn, Brian 1978 Eberst, Bruce 1989-92 Edwards, Eddie 1974-76 Eggert, Robert 1959-61 Eisnor, Bill 1943 Eldredge, Dave 1946 Ellis, Donald 1985-88 Ely, Bruce 1974 Erickson, Craig 1987-90 Erwin, Lou 1969 Etheredge, Carlos 1989-92 Evans, John 1976-78 Evans, Leon 1979-81 Evans, Mark 1989 F Fagan, Kevin 1983-85 Fahrney, Emerson 1933 Fantigrassi, Joe 2000-02 Feagles, Jeff 1985-87 Felicione, Frank 1964 Fenton, John 1976, 78-80 Fenwick, William 1930 Fenwick, Bill 1932 Ferguson, Bryan 1975-77 Ferguson, Danyell 1992, 94-96 Ferguson, John 1980 Ferguson, John 1948-49 Ferguson, Ralph 1943 Fernandez, Jack 1980, 83 Fernandez, Sam 1960-61 Ferrante, Lou 1942, 46 Fersch, Harry 1962-64 Fetrow, Mike 1974 Fieler, Ralph 1947-50 Fisher, William 1951-52 Fitzgerald, Markese 1998-2001 Fitzpatrick, Tony 1982-83 Flaharty, Shon 1984 Flanagan, Tim 1978-80 Fleming, Bruce 1982-85 Flynn, Thomas 1947-49 Fogler, Floyd 1932 Folkins, Allan 1966-68 Foote, Norman 1932 Foreman, Chuck 1970-72 Fortay, Bryan 1989 Fortney, Denny 1994-97 Foster, Harvey 1961-63 Fox, Terrence 1938-40 Fowler, Otis 1989 Francis, Corwin 1991-94 Franklin, Alfred 1927-30 Franks, Daniel 1997-99 Frantz, William 1945-47 Frazier, Frank 1978-81 Frederick, Anthoney 1980 French, Norman 1951-54 Fritzsce, Ron 1959-60 Frohbose, Bill 1971-73 Fulcher, Mondriel 1996-99 Fullerton, Chuck 1967-68 Fullington, Darrell 1984-87 G Gagliardi, George 1941-42 Gaiero, Augustus 1934 Gaines, Robert 1950 Gaitan, Jorge 1996-98 Gaiter, Tony 1994-96 Galente, Tony 1977-78 Ganong, Ray 1975-76 Garcia, Bobby 1987-89 Garcia, Carlos 1995-97 Garden, David 1964 Garrigus, Carl 1952, 54 Gary, Cleveland 1986-88 Gaunt, Steve 1970-72 Geathers, Jason 2000-02 Geatz, Phil 1956-58 Geiger, Joe 1971 Gent, Mark 2002
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H I S T O R Y
All-Time LettermenAAaron, Doyle 1988-90 Abbott, Bob 1967-68Abdul Qawi, Rashid 1993-95Acuff, John 1966-68Adams, Mike 1975-76Adler, Alfred 1941-42,46-47Aguiera, Ralph 1951-52Albrecht, Richard 1952Alder, Alfred 1941-42Alekna, Dave 1985-86Allen, Harold 1949-50Alter, Foster 1931Altheide, Gary 1971-73Alvers, Steve 1977-78Anderson, Jeff 1970Anderson, Larry 1999-2002Anderson, Ottis 1975-78Andreadis, John 1963Andres, Omar 1993-94Arcangeletti, Ray 1949-51Archer, Mike 1973-75Arenas, Alvario 1978Arline, Darell 1999Armstead, Jessie 1989-92Arries, Verdun 1939-40Ashman, Rod 1927-28Atrio, Andy 1995-96August, Phil 1973-76Austin, Jimmy 1982Axsom, Mozell 1977-80Azer, Mike 1988-89Azrak, Fred 1976-78
BBabb, Larry 1959Bahen, John 1961, 63Bailey, Don 1979-82Bailey, Robert 1987-90Bain, Tolbert 1984-87Baker, Charles 1934-35Baker, E.J. 1976-78Baker, Frank 1965-66Baker, Kary 1973-75Banaszak, Pete 1963-65Baratta, Andy 1979-82Barbarino, Clem 1978-81Barber, Rudy 1990-93Barlow, John 1970Barnes, Marlin 1994-95Barnes, Mike 1970-72Barnett, John 1966-68Barnwell, Scott 1993Barone, Steve 1973Barrett, Pat 1969-70Barrington, Glenn 1944Barrow, Micheal 1989-92Bartemus, Joe 1944Barth, Robert 1963-65Bartolovich, Joseph 1950-51Barwick, Bill 1943Bass, Robert 1992-93Bates, Johnny 1930-32Bates, Junior 1969-70Bates, Larry 1974-75Beard, Kevin 2000-02Beary, James 1934Beasley, Eric 1973Bebber, Gene 1964Beck, Frank 1963-65Beckman, Witt 1971-72, 74Beier, Tom 1965-66Belk, Rocky 1980-82Bell, Coleman 1990-92Bellamy, Ray 1968-69Bellinger, Rodney 1980, 82-83Bender, Vic 1965Benes, Edgar 1987-88Bennett, Donnell 1991-93Bennett, John 1961-63Bennett, Phil 1955-56Bennett, Woody 1976-77Benson, Rowland 1962-63Bentley, Albert 1982-83Benton, Magic 1995-97Berry, Kenny 1987-89Bertani, Fred 1964Bertucelli, Paul 1983-85Best, Bobby 1968-70
Boone, Jamie 1979-82Borek, Matthew 1938-40Bosseler, Don 1953-56Bouffard, Frank 1958-59Bow, Johnny 1950-51Bowman, Bob 1945,47Boxx, Bernard 1950Boyd, Tyra 1942Boyle, Ralph 1976Brandy, Don 1967-68Brasington, Jack 1949Brasington, Jack 1971-73Bratton, Melvin 1984-87Breckner, Dennis 1974-76Breckner, Gary 1978, 80-82Brennan, Don 1970Brickman, Bill 1959Brinkos, Bruce 1962-64Brinkworth, Kevin 1993-94Brion, Harold 1933-34Britton, Matt 1988-91Brodsky, Larry 1978-81Broker, Nick 1940-41Brooks, Nate 1995-98Brophy, Jay 1979, 81-83Broughton, Willie 1981-84Brown, Andre 1985-88Brown, Charlie 1963Brown, Danny 1979-83Brown, Delvin 1997-2000Brown, Eddie 1983-84Brown, Fred 1963-64Brown, Freeman 1994-97Brown, Greg 1980-82Brown, Hurlie 1988-91Brown, James 1944Brown, Jerome 1983-86Brown, Larry 1975-77Brown, Robert 1963-64Brown, Selwyn 1985-87Browning, Jim 1976-78Bruce, Darren 1987-88Bruno, James 1961Buccilli, Eugene 1951-53Buccilli, Edward 1953Buchanon, Phillip 1999-2001Buck, Walter 1933Budroni, Jason 1991-93Bujalski, Stan 1970-72Buoyoucas, Ted 1949-50Burgess, James 1993-96Burke, Mike 1971-72Burney, Jack 1948Burt, Jim 1978-80Butkus, Arnold 1967-69Butler, Rashad 2002Byrd, Bobby 1990-91Bythwood, Dinavon 1992
C Caesar, Mark 1989-92Cain, Lamont 1994Cain, Larry 1973-76Calhoun, Kenny 1981-84Callejas, Carlos 1996-97Cameron, Dallas 1982-84Cameron, Edward 1941, 45Campbell, Chris 1998-2001Campbell, Whitey 1946-49Campoli, Sam 1974Camut, Bert 1973-75Canei, John 1979-82Capello, Greg 1974Capshaw, Freddie 1999-2002Capraun, Bill 1972, 74Carapella, Al 1948-50Carbone, Marc 1995-96Carbonneau, Harold 1927Carden, N.J. 1943Cardoso, Silvio 1971, 73Carew, Hal 1966-67Carey, Marcus 1990-93Carey, Vernon, 2000-02Carifeo, George 1946-47Carifeo, Paul 1940-41, 43Carlin, Bob 1967-68Carney, Ed 1972-73Carroll, Robert 1947-49Carroll, Thomas 2002Carroll, Wesley 1989-90
Cobia, Kyle 2001-02Cochrane, Kelly 1969-71Cochran, Rick 1982Cohen, Alvin 1938Cohen, Seymour 1940Coleman, Gene 1977-79Coley, Tony 1993-96Colip, Tom 1968Collins, Hank 1967-68Collins, Ryan 1992-95Comendeiro, Juan 1980-84Condon, Thomas 1937Conley, Leonard 1987-90Conners, Dan 1961-63Constantino, Anthony 1951-52Cook, Cecil 1933-35Cook, Charles 1978-80Cooper, Mark 1978, 80-82Copeland, Horace 1990-92Corbin, Ken 1965-67Corcoran, John 1938-39Corey, Walter 1957, 59Corker, Clarence 1973-74Corrigan, Phil 1972-73Corrigan, William 1945Cortes, Julio 1983-84Cosden, Craig 1975-77Costa, Frank 1991-94Costello, John 1958Coughlin, Dan 1958Coughlin, Tom 1964-65Courtney, Cliff 1927-29Covington, Scott 1995-98Cox, Greg 1984-87Cox, James 1965-67Crawford, James 1957-59Crissy, Mike 1993-95Cristiani, Tony 1971-73Cristobal, Luis 1988-90Cristobal, Mario 1989-92Cronin, Joseph 1931Crosland, Andy 1996-99Crowe, Luke 1930-31Crowell, Shannon 1987-90Crudup, Derrick 2001-02Crum, Maurice 1987-90Csaky, Andrew 1936-38Csaky, John 1936Cummins, Mike 1970Cunio, Bob 1954-56Curci, Fran 1957-59Curry, Shane 1988-90Curtright, Don 1964-65Czaplinski, Richard 1948-50Czipulis, Bob 1966-68
DDaanen, Jerry 1965-67Daly, Mike 1972-74Dangel, Al 1959-60Daniels, John 1977-80Dangerfield, Ken 1999-2001Daphnis, Gerard 1993-96Dansky, Walter 1931-34Davenport, Najeh 1998-2001David, Sam 1948-50Davies, Arthur 1947-49Davis, Doug 1958-59Davis, Ed 1984-86Davis, Jeff 1979, 82-83Davis, Marvin 1993-96Dawkins, Dale 1987-89Deakins, David 1982Deas, Lonnie 1943Deiderich, Harry 1957Del Bello, Jack 1948-50Delegal, Lucious 1983-84DelGranoe, Edward 1945Del Vecchio, Pat 1996, 98-99Della Valle, Robert 1952-55DeLonga, Leonard 1947DeMarco, Mario 1945-48Demopoulis, George 1973-75Dennis, Chris 1974-77Dennison, Glenn 1981-83Dentel, Robert 1960-62Dermigny, Samuel 1945-47DeRoss, Bill 1967-68deShaw, Ricou 1976DeTroia, Tony 1956
Dunn, Bo 1970-72Dunn, Eddie 1936-38Dunn, Gary 1973-75Dunn, Raymond 1941-42, 46Dye, Jimmy 1966-67
EEastburn, Brian 1978Eberst, Bruce 1989-92Edwards, Eddie 1974-76Eggert, Robert 1959-61Eisnor, Bill 1943Eldredge, Dave 1946Ellis, Donald 1985-88Ely, Bruce 1974Erickson, Craig 1987-90Erwin, Lou 1969Etheredge, Carlos 1989-92Evans, John 1976-78Evans, Leon 1979-81Evans, Mark 1989
FFagan, Kevin 1983-85Fahrney, Emerson 1933Fantigrassi, Joe 2000-02Feagles, Jeff 1985-87Felicione, Frank 1964Fenton, John 1976, 78-80Fenwick, William 1930Fenwick, Bill 1932Ferguson, Bryan 1975-77Ferguson, Danyell 1992, 94-96Ferguson, John 1980Ferguson, John 1948-49Ferguson, Ralph 1943Fernandez, Jack 1980, 83Fernandez, Sam 1960-61Ferrante, Lou 1942, 46Fersch, Harry 1962-64Fetrow, Mike 1974Fieler, Ralph 1947-50Fisher, William 1951-52Fitzgerald, Markese 1998-2001Fitzpatrick, Tony 1982-83Flaharty, Shon 1984Flanagan, Tim 1978-80Fleming, Bruce 1982-85Flynn, Thomas 1947-49Fogler, Floyd 1932Folkins, Allan 1966-68Foote, Norman 1932Foreman, Chuck 1970-72Fortay, Bryan 1989Fortney, Denny 1994-97Foster, Harvey 1961-63Fox, Terrence 1938-40Fowler, Otis 1989Francis, Corwin 1991-94Franklin, Alfred 1927-30Franks, Daniel 1997-99Frantz, William 1945-47Frazier, Frank 1978-81Frederick, Anthoney 1980French, Norman 1951-54Fritzsce, Ron 1959-60Frohbose, Bill 1971-73Fulcher, Mondriel 1996-99Fullerton, Chuck 1967-68Fullington, Darrell 1984-87
GGagliardi, George 1941-42Gaiero, Augustus 1934Gaines, Robert 1950Gaitan, Jorge 1996-98Gaiter, Tony 1994-96Galente, Tony 1977-78Ganong, Ray 1975-76Garcia, Bobby 1987-89Garcia, Carlos 1995-97Garden, David 1964Garrigus, Carl 1952, 54Gary, Cleveland 1986-88Gaunt, Steve 1970-72Geathers, Jason 2000-02Geatz, Phil 1956-58Geiger, Joe 1971Gent, Mark 2002
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All-Time LettermenGreaves, Gary 1956-58Green, Cornelius 2000-02Green, David 1964Green, Jamaal 1999-2002Green, Yatil 1994-96Greene, Tirrell 1991-94Greenspan, Sidney 1952Greer, Casey 1989-92Greer, Wallace 1932Griffin, Keith 1980-83Griffin, McKinney 1977-78Griffin, Kevin 1969Griffiths, Rich 1972-74Grimes, Robert 1938-39Guimento, Charles 1937-39Guthrie, Stuart 1970
HHackett, Jack 1949-51Hagen, Arthur 1945Haggerty, Mike 1965-66Haines, Roger 1973-74Haji-Rasouli, Sherko 1999-2001Halas, George 1975-77Hall, Coy 1972-73Hall, Robert 1997-99Hallmon, Jack 1992-96Ham, Derrick 1995-98Ham, Eric 1986Hamlet, Anthony 1988-91Hamilton, George 1938Hamilton, Tom 1965-67Hancock, Gene 1944-46Handy, Darren 1988-90Hanley, Augustus 1937Hansen, Louis 1928-30Harden, Bobby 1986-89Hardy, Corries 1992-93Harrah, Dennis 1972-74Harrell, Robert 1944Harris, Derrick 1992-95Harris, Grant 1928Harris, Jonathan 1991-94Harris, Kelvin 1989-91Harris, Kevin 1987Harris, Orien 2002Harris, Ray 1966-67Harris, Reddic 1940Harris, Ron 1981-84Harris, Terris 1991-93Harrison, Claude 1943Harrison, Mike 1959-60Hart, Robert, III 1961-63Hart, Zachary 1999Hartsel, Paul 1966Harvey, Chris 2000-02Houck, Ed 1946-47Hauser, Francis 1927-30Haviland, Jim 1969-70Hawkins, Bill 1985-88Hayes, Bill 1957-58Hays, Bob 1979Hayward, Harry 1937-38Heckman, Charles 1931-33Heffernan, David 1983-84Hefti, Paul 1954-56Heinly, Ray 1966-68Hembrough, Chris 1983Henderson, James 1932-33Hendricks, Ted 1966-68Heninger, Larry 1959Henry, Charles 1984-87Henson, Steve 1969Herman, Jack 1959Hicks, Jason 1987,89Highsmith, Alonzo 1983-86Highsmith, Freddy 1986, 88Hildebrandt, Doug 1957-58Hildreth, Paul 1944Hill, Glenn 1975-77Hill, Quadtrine 2002Hill, Randal 1987-90Hipps, Quincy 1997-2000Hirschman, Chuck 1978, 80Hlasnick, Al 1942Hobbs, Chris 1977, 79-81Holder, Rod 1986-89Holmes, Kenny 1993-96Hopgood, George 1967-69Hornibrook, John 1971
JJack, Sandy 1987-88Jackson, Clif 1995-97Jackson, Dennis 1974-76Jackson, Dusty 1976Jackson, Herb 1977-79Jackson, James 1997-2000Jahn, George 1942James, Donald 1952-53James, Edgerrin 1996-98James, Harvey 1941, 43, 46James, Herbert 1988-91Jastrab, Bob 1985Jefferson, David 1978-81Jelley, Thomas 1949-50Jenkins, Willie 1974-76Jennings, Kelly 2002Johns, Eddie 1960Johnson, Alex 1987-90Johnson, Andre 2000-02Johnson, Dan 1969-71Johnson, Don 1953-56Johnson, Dwayne 1992-94Johnson, J 1994-96Johnson, J.B. 1953Johnson, Jack 1955-56Johnson, James 1941Johnson, Ken 1976-78Johnson, Michael 1987Johnson, Taj 1994Johnston, Hal 1946-47Joiner, Jim 1977-80Jolla, Akieem 2002Jones, Aaron 1993-94Jones, Carl 1937-39Jones, Carlos 1993-96Jones, Chris C. 1994-97Jones, Chris T. 1991-94Jones, Claude 1989-91Jones, Daryl 1997-98, 2000-01Jones, Derwin 1984-87Jones, Don 1945Jones, Ernie 1973-75Jones, Greg 1982-84Jones, Jerome 1981-82Jones, Jimmie 1986-89Jones, K.C. 1993-96Jones, Larry 1991-94Jones, Trent 1994-97Jones, William 1929-30Joseph, Carlo 1995-97Joseph, Carlos 2000-02Joseph, William 1999-02Jupin, Eugene 1941Just, Jim 1973
KKalal, Tim 1988-89Kaldor, Joe 1941Kalina, David 1968-69Kalix, Martin 1934-35Kalombo, Bukasa 1989Kaplan, Phil 1943, 46Kasulin, Al 1941-42, 47Kavney, Hugh 1928-31Kearns, Tom 1939-41, 43Kehoe, Art 1979-80Kelleher, Dennis 1986-89Kelly, Jim 1979-82Kelly, Kenny 1998-99Kelly, Maurice 1970Kelly, Tim 2001-02Kendall, Jack 1941Kendrick, Jay 1946-47Kennedy, Cortez 1988-89Kennedy, Donald 1946Kichefski, Walter 1936, 38-39Kidwell, Dale 1927Kimbrough, Stanford 1931Kimbrough, William 1927-28King, Andre 1997-2000Kinsey, John 1943Kintigh, David 1983-86Kirkeide, Kevin 1991-92Klein, Morris 1942-43, 46Knust, Art 1951-53Kochifos, Andy 1956Kohlbrand, Joe 1983-84Kohut, Joe 1953-55
LaRussa, James 1952Latimer, Mike 1973-75Latimer, Clarence 1974Latimer, Don 1974-77Lawrence, Wayne 1969-70Lawson, Michael 1995-98Leary, Mike 1970-72Leavitt, James 1943LeCompte, Max 1944Lee, George 1931Lee, Hartford, Jr. 1940Lehn, Frank 1940-41Leonard, Dennis 1933-35Levitt, William 1943-45Lewis, D.G., Jr. 1933Lewis, Damione 1997-2000Lewis, James 1998-2001Lewis, LeeRoy 1964-65Lewis, Ray 1993-1995Ley, Chris 1985Liddell, Rick 1972-74Liebel, Robert 1965-66Lillimagi, Leo 1961, 63Lindstrom, Evan 1927-29Linning, Charles 1958-60Linus, James 1952-53Lipchick, Pete 1945Lipkvich, Gary 1971Lippett, Ronnie 1980-82Little, Earl 1993-96Livingston, Charles 1959-60Llinas, Jim 1980London, Diego 1989, 91-92Looram, Kevin 1973-75Lopez, Kenny 1990-93Losch, Jack 1954-55Losego, Richard 1961-62Lowe, Jack 1953Lubas, Ted 1951-53Ludwig, Steve 1974-75Lumelski, Zev 1991-94Lutes, Ed 1950-51Luttrell, Larry 1994Lyden, Joe 1949-50Lyons, Herman 1927-28
MMacDowell, Buz 1969-70MacIntyre, George 1958Mack, Rod 1996-99Mack, Tremain 1994-96Maddox, Maurice 1984, 86Mahon, Gary 1985-88Majewski, Bill 1968-69Makarevich, Frank 1975-76Maler, Jim 1976Mallios, Harry 1950-52Malloy, Gordon 1952-54Marcantonio, Steve 1972-74Marion, Fred 1978-81Mariscal, Dan 1985-86Mariutto, Don 1950-52Mark, Greg 1986-89Markowski, Stan 1959-60Marler, Sylvan 1945Marley, Rohan 1992-94Marshall, Alfonso 2000-02Marshall, Sheven 1998-99Martens, Raymond 1930Martin, Don 1974-75Martin, Leo 1949-51Martin, Sylvester 1953-55Martinez, Willie 1983-84Marucci, Jason 1990-92Maryland, Russell 1986-90Marzella, Sam 1942Mason, George 1975-77Mastellone, Pete 1948-50Masters, Brett 1981Masterson, Robert 1935-37Mastro, Salvadore 1934-36Matherson, Paul 1932Matthes, Dieter 1969-70Matlock, John 1963-65Matthews, Gralyn 1975-76Matthews, Wiley 1969-70Maulty, Stanley 1961-62Maxey, Marcus 2002Mayhew, Jon 1959-60Mazejka, Ernest 1945-47
McVeigh, John 1984-85Medearis, Rusty 1990-92, 94Melear, John 1951-52Mell, John 1944-46Melwid, John 1955Mercer, Ivan 1999-2000Mercier, Richard 1995-96, 98-99Mercurio, Marion 1928-30Michaels, George 1990-91Mick, Gary 1969, 71Middleton, John 1931-32Miller, Bill 1965-67Miller, Bill 1959-61Miller, Dan 1978-81Miller, Eric 1988-91Miller, Phil 1976Millican, Pat 1977-78Mills, Austin 1927-28Mills, Reuben 1959-60Minie, Steve 1984Mira, George, Sr. 1961-63Mira, George, Jr. 1984-87Mira, Joe 1965-67Miranda, Jesus 1976-77Mirilovich, Jon 1957-59Mirto, Joe 1965-67Mitchell, Eldridge 1972-73, 75-76Mitchell, Theron 1958Mollinea, Al 1981Monroe, Earl 1975-77Monroe, Karl 1976-78Montanti, Dennis 1964Mooney, George 1941-42Moore, Joe 1989-91Moore, Lenny 1982-83Moore, Mike 1982-84Morgan, Dan 1997-2000Morgan, Tim 1973-76Morris, Victor 1983-86Moser, Aaron 1998-2000Mosketti, Robert 1952Moskos, Jim 1957Moss, Santana, 1997-2000Moss, Sinorice 2002Moss, Winston 1983-86Mosso, Carl 1946-48Moyer, Ed 1945-48Mugler, Glenn 1952Mundrick, Scott 1970Murphy, Bill 1971Murray, Krishna 1995Musante, Andrew 1942Myers, Chris 2001-02Myers, Leonard, 1997-2000
NNardulli, Frank 1953Neal, Speedy 1980-83Nealon, Robert 1942Neely, Damond 1995, 97-98Nelson, Bob 1978-81Nettles, Nick 2000Newbill, Richard 1988-89Newcomb, Vester 1956-57Newman, Bob 1946Nicolas, Scott 1978-81Nixon, Herman 1976Nock, James 1964-65Nodoline, Frank 1957Nolan, Robert 1952-55Noppenberg, John 1937-39Novak, Andy 1946-49Novak, Jack 1958-59
OO’Boyle, Leo 1951O’Brien, Jim 1927-28O’Connell, Ken 1971O’Connor, Paul 1984-86O’Day, John, Sr. 1930-32O’Day, John, Jr. 1959-60O’Gara, Bob 1975-77O’Leary, Jack 1948O’Mahony, James 1960-62O’Neal, Maston 1940O’Neill, John 1985-88Oespovich, John 1937, 39Okell, George 1929-30, 32Oliver, Darryl 1983-86
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All-Time LettermenPatrick, Kevin 1990-93Patterson, Tom 1991-93Patton, Martin 1990-91Payne, Jack 1951-52Payton, Jarrett 1999, 2001-02Pearson, Malcolm 1991-94Peasley, John 1980Pegues, Chad 1995-97Peguese, Willis 1986-89Penny, J.C. 1984-86Pepsin, Thomas 1952-54Perez, Gregory 1968-69Perkins, Bill 1971Perriman, Brett 1984-87Perrin, Tom 1944Perry, Ricky 1992-94, 96Peterniche, John 1931-32Petetti, Carl 1991Petroski, Joseph 1941Petrowski, Pete 1933-35Pharms, Charles 1988-91Phillips, Stanley 1931-32, 34Phillips, Willie 1993-94Pickett, Booker 1993-96Pickett, Malcolm 1934Pierce, Jerry 1966-68Pigza, Mike 1985-88Pinckney, Vincent 1944-45Pinkston, Jim 1973-75Piper, Wally 1952Pisani, Dominic 1973-74Pittard, George 1937-39Plasman, Howard 1941Plevel, Joe 1956-58Pokorney, Jim 1978-80Pollock, Richard 1942Poole, Bill 1957-58Poore, James 1937-39Popovich, Jeff 1996-99Portis, Clinton 1999-2001Pratt, Thomas 1953-56Presnell, James 1952Prewitt, Dane 1992-95Procida, Sam 1944Proctor, Basil 1986Proctor, Ron 1971Provin, Scott 1986-87Puckett, Scott 1998-2001Puglisi, Frank 1931Pytel, Lew 1968-69
QQueer, Barry 1964
RRadford, Henry 1973Rajsich, Rob 1977-78Rakoczy, Gregg 1983-86Ramsbotham, Ernest 1930Raski, Stan 1937-39Ratesic, Patrick 1963-64Reed, Edward 1998-2001Reeh, Daryl 1971Reeves, Gene 1955Reichgott, George 1931-33Reinhart, Frank 1959-61Remmy, Fred 1958-59Reyes, Manny 1975-77Reynaud, Alan 1972-74Reynolds, Jerry 1960-62Rhodes, Jevon 1998-2000Richard, Chuck 1969-71Richardson, C.J. 1991-94Richt, Mark 1978, 1980-82Ridgley, Eugene 1994-97Riesman, Albert 1932Riley, Mike 1969-70, 72Riley, Patrick 1991-94Ritchie, Wilmore 1972-74Rizzo, Ben 1960-62Roan, Lorenzo 1979-81Roberts, Alfredo 1984-87Roberts, Fred 1981Roberts, Kevin 1975-77Robertson, Cushman 1930Robey, Steve 1970-71Robinson, Fred 1981-83Robinson, Oscar 1974Robinson, Ray 1940-41
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DAN CONNERS (T, 1963)Received first-team All-America accolades from The Sporting News...played both ways for theHurricanes...on defense, he established a UM total tack-les record (64) as a senior...finished his UM career with202 total tackles...second-round draftee of the AFL’sOakland Raiders...still with the Raider organization inplayer personnel...native of St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania.
AL CARAPELLA (T, 1950)Was Miami’s first first-team All-America selection byAssociated Press...a converted fullback, Carapellabecame a star on the defensive line...led Miami to a 9-0-1 record and a berth in the 1951 Orange Bowl (NewYear’s Day)...native of Tuckahoe, New York.
JIM DOOLEY (HB, 1951)Named first-team All-America by Associated Press...firstplayer at Miami to have his jersey retired (42)...was a 60-minute player for the Canes...started both ways as a jun-ior and senior...set several season and career intercep-tion marks...topped the 1,000-yard rushing mark in hisUM career...set UM bowl record with four interceptionsvs. Clemson in 1952 Gator Bowl...member of Gator BowlHall of Fame...UM’s first first-round selection into the NFL(Chicago Bears)...head coach of the Chicago Bears from1968-71 (20-36, .357)...native of Miami, Florida.
NICK CHICKILLO (G, 1952)Named first-team All-America by Associated Press...atwo-way player for the Hurricanes at tackle andguard...speed, quickness and durability enabled Chickilloto get downfield and deliver blocks...native of WestScranton, Pennsylvania.
FRANK McDONALD (E, 1954)Named first-team All-America by The Sporting News...ledthe Hurricanes in pass receiving in each of the 1952-54seasons...finished his UM career with 69 receptions for855 yards...as a sophomore, McDonald accumulated hishighest yardage total catching 32 passes for 418yards...seventh-round draftee of the BaltimoreColts...native of Nutley, New Jersey.
FRAN CURCI (QB, 1959)A first-team All-America by Associated Press...also gar-nered Academic All-American honors...had 1,328 yardsin total offense as a senior...in 1959, completed 100 of195 passes for 1,068 yards...led UM in punt returns (7 for46 yards)...played one season for the Dallas Texans ofthe AFL before being called to the armedservices...served as UM’s head football coach for the1971 and 1972 seasons finishing with a record of 9-13(.409) ...head football coach at the University of Kentuckyfrom 1973-81, compiling a 47-51-2 record and leading theUK to the 1976 Southeastern Conference title, UK’s firstsince 1950 and its only SEC crown since then...member
of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame...native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
BILL MILLER (WR, 1960 & 1961)Was a consensus All-America in 1961...named first-teamAll-America by Associated Press, United PressInternational, Newspaper Enterprise Association, TheSporting News, Football Writers Association of Americaand the American Football Coaches Association as asenior...became the first UM junior to earn first-team All-America honors in 1960 (Football Writers Association ofAmerica) when he caught 26 passes for 413 yards andfive touchdowns...third-round draftee of the NFL’sMinnesota Vikings and second-round pick of the DallasTexans (AFL)...native of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
GEORGE MIRA (QB, 1962 & 1963)A first-team All-America by Look Magazine (FootballWriters Association of America), Associated Press andCBS Television...one of only four players in UM footballhistory to have his jersey retired (10)...finished fifth in the1962 Heisman Trophy balloting...rewrote the UM recordbook...led the nation in total offense as a senior (2,318yards)...tied an NCAA record for career pass completions(368)...named Amateur Athlete of the Year in the state ofFlorida in 1962...nicknamed “The Matador”...secondround draftee of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers...alsoplayed with the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts,Miami Dolphins and Birmingham of the World Football
League...member of Florida Sports Hall of Fame...native of Key West, Florida.
H I S T O R Y
1950-1965All-Americans
DENNIS HARRAH (OT, 1974)Received first-team All-America honors from TheSporting News and Time magazine...named first-teamAll-South Independent by Associated Press in 1973 and1974...first-round draftee of the Los AngelesRams...native of Charleston, West Virginia.
RUBIN CARTER (MG, 1974)Was first-team All-America by United Press Internationaland Kodak...named first-team All-South Independent byAssociated Press in 1973 and 1974...ended his careerwith 306 total tackles...holds the UM school mark for tack-les in a season by a defensive tackle (98, 1973) and istied for seventh in total tackles in a season with147...fifth-round draftee of the Denver Broncos...native ofFt. Lauderdale, Florida.
TONY CRISTIANI (MG, 1972 & 1973)Named first-team All-America by the Football WritersAssociation of America and the Walter Camp FootballFoundation...named first-team All-South Independent byAssociated Press...had 279 total tackles at UM...as asenior, tallied 102 total tackles...in 1972, recorded 84tackles including 15 quarterback sacks...native ofBrandon, Florida.
BURGESS OWENS (DB, 1972)Named first-team All-America by Time magazine and TheSporting News...earned first-team All-South Independentteam honors...recorded 160 tackles, eight interceptionsand three fumble recoveries in his Miami career...mostvaluable defensive player of the 1973 Senior Bowl...first-round draftee of the New York Jets...native ofTallahassee, Florida.
HAROLD SEARS (LB, 1971)Named first-team All-America by AssociatedPress...named Associated Press Lineman of the Weekfor his 26-tackle (21 solos) performance vs. Notre Dame(October 9, 1971)...recorded 117 total tackles as a sen-ior...served as a Navy radio man for 15 months inVietnam at Cam Ranh Bay...native of Glendale,California.
TOM BEIER (DB, 1966)Was named a consensus All-America following UM’s1966 (8-2-1) campaign...first-team All-America byNewspaper Enterprise Association, Associated Press,United Press International, Football Writers Associationof America, America Football Coaches Association,Central Press and New York Daily News...still holds theUM record for career tackles by a cornerback (120) andthe season mark for tackles by a CB (73)...tenth-rounddraftee of the Miami Dolphins...native of Fremont, Ohio.
TED HENDRICKS (DE, 1966, 1967 & 1968)Miami’s second inductee into the Pro Football Hall ofFame (1990) after playing for the Baltimore Colts,Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers...one of fourUM inductees in the National Football FoundationCollege Football Hall of Fame...a three-time All-American...the only football player in UMhistory toreceive All-America honors three consecutive years...oneof only four players in UM football history to have his jer-sey retired (89)...as a senior in 1968, was named UnitedPress International Lineman of the Year; WashingtonTouchdown Club Knute Rockne Memorial Award recipi-ent in 1968...a consensus All-American in 1967 and
1968...named first-team All-America by UPI, AP, FWAA, Newspaper EnterpriseAssociation, The Football News, The Sporting News, Time magazine, CentralPress, The New York Daily News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation in‘68...finished fifth in the 1968 Heisman Trophy balloting...still holds the career all-time UM mark for tackles by a defensive end (227) and fumble recoveries (12)...hada UM season-record five fumble recoveries in 1968...second-round draftee of theBaltimore Colts in 1969...native of Miami, Florida.
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All-Americans1966-1976
LESTER WILLIAMS (DT, 1981)Received first-team All-America honors by the WalterCamp Football Foundation, Playboy, Kodak, andMizlou...named first-team All-America and Lineman ofthe Year by Parade magazine...holds the UM careerrecord for most tackles by a defensive tackle(210)...tallied 76 tackles, including 58 solos, five sacksand two fumble recoveries as a senior...first-rounddraftee of the New England Patriots...native of Miami,Florida.
JAY BROPHY (LB, 1983)Named first-team All-America by The FootballNews...named first-team All-South Independent as asenior and junior...led the Miami defense to its inaugu-ral football national championship in 1983...tallied 308total tackles in his UM career...had 133 tackles in 1983,and 135 in ‘82 to lead the team...second-round drafteeof the Miami Dolphins...native of Akron, Ohio.
EDDIE BROWN (WR, 1984)Earned first-team All-America honors from AssociatedPress and Kodak...set a UM single-game receivingyardage record with 220 on 10 catches versus BostonCollege in 1984...became the first Hurricanes receiverto surpass 1,000 yards in a season by catching 59passes for 1,114 yards in 1984...ended his career with1,754 yards (on 89 receptions) and 13 TDs, schoolrecords at the time...first-round draftee of theCincinnati Bengals...native of Miami, Florida.
WILLIE SMITH (TE, 1985)Earned first-team All-America honors by Walter Camp,Kodak and Associated Press and ranked as the mostprolific pass receiver in Hurricanes history...in two sea-sons, caught 114 passes, best ever by a Hurricanestight end...set reception records for a season (66,1984) and a single game (12 vs. Maryland,1984)...10th-round draftee of the ClevelandBrowns...native of Jacksonville, Florida.
DON LATIMER (MG, 1977)Named first-team All-America by The SportingNews...played in the 1978 Blue-Gray Classic and SeniorBowl...set a UM record with 15 QB sacks as asenior...high school teammate of Eddie Edwards...first-round draftee of the Denver Broncos...native of FortPierce, Florida.
DON SMITH (DT, 1978)Received first-team All-America accolades from Kodakand The Sporting News...named to the Associated PressAll-South Independent team...pre-season Playboy All-America in 1978...in 1977, named first-team AP All-SouthIndependent and winner of the Jack Harding MemorialMVP Award...first-round draftee of the AtlantaFalcons...native of Palm Harbor, Florida.
JIM BURT (MG, 1980)Was named first-team All-America by the NewspaperEnterprise Association...member of the All-SouthIndependent team by Associated Press...1981 PeachBowl Most Valuable Player (Defensive)...holds the UMall-time record for fumble recoveries in a game with fourversus Vanderbilt (November 15, 1980)...all-time careerrecord holder for tackles by a middle guard (177) andassists by a middle guard (86)...signed as a free agent bythe New York Giants...won Super Bowl championships asa member of the New York Giants and San Francisco49ers...native of Orchard Park, New York.
FRED MARION (DB, 1981)Received first-team All-America honors by United PressInternational, Kodak and The Football News...holds theUM career mark for most assists by a safety (152)...heldthe UM career mark for interceptions (16 for 170 yards)and consecutive games with an interception (4), until bro-ken by Bennie Blades (1984-87)...had a team-leadingseven interceptions during the 1980 campaign... fifth-round draftee of the New England Patriots...native ofGainesville, Florida.
H I S T O R Y
All-Americans1977-1986
VINNY TESTAVERDE (QB, 1986)Won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, theDavey O’Brien Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year,Washington (D.C.) Touchdown Club College Athlete ofthe Year, consensus All-American status in 1986…onlythe fourth player in UM football history to have his num-ber (14) retired...as a starter, led Miami to a 21-1 regu-lar season mark...ranks third in all-time passingyardage (6,058); tied for second in touchdown passesthrown (48)...most memorable performance was inMiami’s 28-16 win over top-ranked Oklahoma in 1986,completing 75 percent of his passes (21 of 28) for 261yards and four touchdowns...first player chosen in the
1987 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...currently plays for the New YorkJets...native of Elmont, New York.
BENNIE BLADES (DB, 1986 & 1987)A first-team All-America by the Associated Press,Kodak, United Press International, The Sporting News,The Walter Camp Foundation and the Football WritersAssociation of America as a senior in 1987...named tothe AP and UPI first teams in 1986...as a senior, wasawarded the Jim Thorpe Award recognizing thenation’s premier defensive back...ended his career asUM’s all-time leader for interceptions (19) and inter-ception return yards (305)…also set UM records forconsecutive games with an interception (5); total tack-les by a safety (286) and unassisted tackles by a safe-ty (155)...in 1986, led the nation in interceptions (.91
per game)...first-round draftee of the Detroit Lions (3rd pick overall)...native of FortLauderdale, Florida.
CLEVELAND GARY (RB, 1988)A first-team All-America by The Football News...as asenior in 1988, was the Hurricanes’ statistical leader inreceptions (57 catches) and rushing (480 yards), whileranking second in receiving (655 yards) and scoring(66 points)...his 57 receptions are most by a UM run-ning back...finished his UM career rushing for 650yards on 142 carries and 12 touchdowns and caught67 passes for 794 yards and six scores...first-rounddraftee of the Los Angeles Rams...native ofIndiantown, Florida.
DANIEL STUBBS (DE, 1987)A first-team All-America by the Associated Press,Kodak, United Press International, The Walter CampFootball Foundation and the Football WritersAssociation of America...named one of three finalistsfor the 1987 Outland Trophy...one of four finalists forthe 1987 Lombardi Trophy...UM’s all-time sacks leaderwith 39.5 career sacks...recorded 267 total tackles and25 tackles for loss as a Hurricane...second-rounddraftee of the San Francisco 49ers...native of RedBank, New Jersey.
STEVE WALSH (QB, 1988)The Football News College Player of the Year in1988...a first-team All-America by the AssociatedPress, ESPN and the Football Writers Association ofAmerica as a junior in 1988...finished fourth in the 1988Heisman Trophy balloting and was named to the APAll-South Independent first team...led UM to a 23-1record as a starter...finished his UM career tied for firstin touchdown passes (48)...as a sophomore, led UM toa 12-0 mark and a national championship(1987)...upon graduation, bypassed his final year of eli -gibility and was a first-round draftee of the DallasCowboys (supplemental draft)...native of St. Paul,
Minnesota.
GREG MARK (DE, 1989)Was named to the Associated Press and Kodak All-American teams anchoring the nation’s top-rankeddefensive line...was one of 12 Lombardi Award semifi-nalists, while also being named the South Jersey andNew Jersey College Football Player of the Year...fin-ished his Hurricane career with 253 tackles, 95 quar-terback pressures and 34.5 total sacks...third-rounddraftee of New York Giants...currently the defensiveline coach for the Hurricanes...native of Pennsauken,New Jersey.
MAURICE CRUM (LB, 1990)Earned first-team All-America status by the AssociatedPress, Walter Camp Foundation and The FootballNews...one of five finalists for the 1990 Butkus Award,saluting the nation’s top linebacker...led the team intackles in 1988, 1989 and 1990...finished his UMcareer with 354 stops...played on the Hurricanes base-ball team for one-and-a-half seasons...signed as a freeagent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...native ofTampa, Florida.
RUSSELL MARYLAND (DT, 1990)The first UM player to win the coveted Outland Trophyas the nation’s top interior lineman...a consensus All-American, Maryland was recognized as a first-teamchoice by AP, UPI, Kodak, the Walter Camp FootballFoundation, The Football News and The SportingNews as a senior...UPI lineman of the year...finishedhis Hurricanes career with 279 tackles, 25 tackles forloss and 20.5 sacks...an Iron Arrow recipient...firstplayer chosen in the 1991 NFL Draft by the DallasCowboys...native of Chicago, Illinois.
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All-Americans1986-1991
DARRIN SMITH (LB, 1991 & 1992)Named first-team UPI All-American as asenior...became UM’s first National FootballFoundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athleterecipient...1992 first-team All-BIG EAST and semi-finalist for the Butkus Award for the second straightyear...as a junior was named first-team All-Americanby The Football News, earned second-team honors bythe Associated Press and was co-Defensive Player ofthe Year in the BIG EAST....finished career as fourth-leading tackler in UM history...had 18 tackles (ten solo)against FSU as a junior...second-round draftee of theDallas Cowboys...native of Miami, Florida.
DARRYL WILLIAMS (FS, 1991)Earned first-team All-America status by AssociatedPress, Kodak, and the Walter Camp FootballFoundation as a junior in 1991...named second-teamAll-American by The Sporting News...first-team All-BIGEAST...led the secondary with 84 tackles (49 solo) in1991...had three interceptions, including a 27-yardtouchdown return against San Diego State...added 18tackles (10 solo) against Florida State...first-rounddraftee (28th overall) of the Cincinnati Bengals...nativeof Miami, Florida.
KEVIN WILLIAMS (WR/KR, 1991)A first-team All-American and Kickoff Returner of theYear by The Sporting News and Punt Returner of theYear by the Football Writers Association of America asa sophomore...the BIG EAST Special Teams Player ofthe Year in 1991 and first-team All-BIG EAST...hadthree consecutive games with punt returns for scores,just one shy of the NCAA record...totaled 217 returnyards on seven attempts against Penn State, includinga 91-yard punt return for a score, the longest in Miamihistory...had 1,183 all-purpose yards in 1991...netted560 yards on 36 punt returns, a 15.6-yard average
MICHEAL BARROW (LB, 1992)Named first-team All-American by the Walter CampFootball Foundation and The Football News...unani-mous selection as the BIG EAST Defensive Player ofthe Year...runner-up for the Butkus Award...seventh in1992 Heisman Trophy voting with 64 points...led theteam with 136 tackles (80 solo) as a senior...led UMwith 19 tackles (14 solo) and three stops for lossagainst Penn State, including a memorable tackle forloss on fourth-and-one on the Miami five-yard line...fin-ished career as the third-leading tackler in Miami histo-ry...second-round draftee of the Houston Oilers...cur-rently plays for the New York Giants...native of
Homestead, Florida.
RYAN McNEIL (DB, 1992)A first-team All-American by Kodak, Walter Camp andThe Football News...named All-BIG EAST by thecoaches two consecutive years...semi-finalist for theJim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s best defensiveback...recorded 36 tackles (23 solo) and two intercep-tions as a senior, returning one for a 36-yard touch-down against San Diego State...second-round drafteeof the Detroit Lions...native of Fort Pierce, Florida.
GINO TORRETTA (QB, 1992)Second Hurricane to win the Heisman Trophy...a first-team All-American by The Football News and was theWalter Camp Player of the Year...the most honoredplayer in school history...earned AP, Kodak, WalterCamp and The Football News All-America status...wonthe Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the MaxwellTrophy and the Davey O’Brien national quarterbackaward...unanimous selection as BIG EAST OffensivePlayer of the Year in 1991 and 1992...NCAA Today’sTop Six Award winner, Hitachi/CFA Scholar AthleteAward winner, Toyota Leadership Award winner andChevrolet offensive player of the year...finished Miami
career with 11 school passing records, including career attempts (991), completions(555), yards (7,690), total offense (7,772), and most passing yards in a game (485vs. San Diego St.)...drafted in the seventh round by the Minnesota Vikings...nativeof Pinole, California.
KEVIN PATRICK (DE, 1993)Earned first-team All-American honors from both theAssociated Press and Kodak...named BIG EASTDefensive Player of the Year his senior campaign andwas a first-team All-BIG EAST selection in both his jun-ior and senior years...started 19 consecutive regular-season games and totaled 30 career starts...recorded23 career sacks for 175 yards...led Miami his final yearin both sacks (10 for a loss of 70 yards) and tackles forloss (11 for a loss of 21 yards)...signed as a free agentby the Los Angeles Rams...native of Lake Worth,Florida.
LEON SEARCY (OT, 1991)Earned first-team All-America honors from the FootballWriters Association of America, and second-team All-American by The Sporting News, The Football Newsand Associated Press...first-team All-BIG EAST...start-ed every game his last three seasons...first-round pick(11th overall) of the Pittsburgh Steelers...native ofOrlando, Florida.
H I S T O R Y
All-Americans1991-1993
WARREN SAPP (DT, 1994)A consensus All-American and the first UM player towin the Lombardi Award...Heisman Trophyfinalist...Defensive Player of the Year by ABC Sports,Sports Illustrated, Football Writers Association ofAmerica, The Football News, Touchdown Club ofAtlanta, Touchdown Club of Columbus and The BIGEAST Conference...led a defense that ranked No. 1 inthe NCAA in total defense, scoring defense and passdefense...had 84 tackles and led UM in sacks (10.5),tackles for loss (9), fumbles caused (4), fumble recov-eries (3), and quarterback pressures (25)...first-rounddraft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (12th over-
all)...native of Plymouth, Florida.
RAY LEWIS (LB, 1995)Named first-team All-American by the AssociatedPress...one of three finalists for the Butkus Award andcame within one vote of tying Illinois senior KevinHardy for the trophy...entered the season as a memberof the Playboy All-America Team...a unanimous selec-tion as first-team All-BIG EAST by a vote of the con-ference head coaches...started all three of his years atUM, never taking a redshirt year... led the Miamidefense in tackles in both his sophomore and juniorseasons, setting consecutive records for solo tacklesby a MLB with 91 in 1994 and 95 in 1995...total tacklenumbers of 152 in 1994 and 160 in 1995 rank fourth
and second in the UM annals for tackles in a season at all positions...led Miami intackles for an incredible 22 consecutive games...first-round draft pick of theBaltimore Ravens (26th overall), leading the team to the Super Bowl title in2000...native of Lakeland, Florida.
K.C. JONES (C, 1996)An Associated Press first-team All-America...three-time first-team All-BIG EAST selection...a semifinalistfor the Lombardi Award...Outland Trophy semifinal-ist...one of the most talented offensive linemen to everplay at Miami...four-year starter at center…battledthrough knee injuries to start 41 games duringcareer...his performance and effort grades areunprecedented in UM history...intense competitor whoonce ripped the face mask off the helmet of a defensiveteammate during practice... signed as a free agent withthe Denver Broncos...native of Midland, Texas.
RICHARD MERCIER (OG, 1999)Earned first-team All-American honors from TheSporting News...a two-time All-BIG EAST first-teamselection...one of the most dominating offensive line-men in Miami history...was the team leader in pancakeblocks during both his junior and seniorcampaigns...tied Mike Sullivan for the UM record incareer starts (48)...played every down for Miami overhis final two seasons...invited to play in the SeniorBowl, Hula Bowl, East-West Shrine Game and theFlorida Citrus All-Star Gridiron Classic...a fifth-rounddraft choice of the Baltimore Ravens...native of
DAN MORGAN (LB, 2000)The first player in college football history to win theButkus Award, Nagurski Award and the BednarikAward in the same season...a consensus first-team All-American (Associated Press, Football WritersAssociation, The Football News, The Sporting News,Walter Camp, and National FootballFoundation)...named National Defensive Player of theWeek after a 17-tackle outing (14 unassisted stops) inwin over Florida State...BIG EAST Defensive Player ofthe Year...three-time first-team All-BIG EAST...set UMcareer record for tackles iwith 532 (a BIG EASTrecord)...a first-round (11th) pick of the NFL’s Carolina
Panthers in the 2001 Draft…native of Coral Springs, Florida.
SANTANA MOSS (WR/PR, 2000)A consensus first-team All-America...seventh inHeisman Trophy voting, receiving three first-placevotes...the 2000 BIG EAST Offensive and SpecialTeams Player of the Year (only player in league historyto win both awards in same year)...set Miami careerrecords for receiving yards (2,546), all-purpose yards(4,402), punt return yards (1,196), and punt returntouchdowns (6)...returned four punts for touchdownsduring the 2000 season...unanimous first-team All-BIGEAST selection...a semifinalist for the BiletnikoffAward...originally attended UM on a track scholar-ship...a first-round (16th) pick by the New York Jets in
the 2001 NFL Draft...native of Miami, Florida.
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All-Americans1994-2001
JOAQUIN GONZALEZ (OT, 2000 & 2001)A first-team All-America by the Football WritersAssociation of America in 2000 and 2001…first-teamAll-America by CNNSI.com in 2001...second-team All-America by College Football News in 2000 and 2001and by ABC Sports in 2001...won the 2001 DraddyAward...led offensive lines that allowed five quarter-back sacks in more than 650 passing plays over the2000 and 2001 seasons...two-time first-team All-BIGEAST selection in 2000-2001...only offensive linemanin BIG EAST history to earn the conference’s Rookie ofthe Year Award in 1998...walk-on who enrolled on anacademic scholarship before earning a football grant-
in-aid...seventh-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2002 NFLDraft...nativeof Miami, Florida.
BRYANT McKINNIE (OT, 2000 & 2001)The 2001 Outland Trophy winner…a first-team All-American by The Football News in 2000 and a con-sensus first-team All-American in 2001 (AssociatedPress, Football Writers Association, The FootballNews, The Sporting News, Walter Camp, and NationalFootball Foundation)...2001 National Player of the Yearby CNNSI.com…2001 College Football OffensivePlayer of the Year by Football News...did not allow aquarterback sack during his UM career...two-timeunanimous first-team All-BIG EAST selection...a 2000midseason All-American by CNNSI.com after his per-
JEREMY SHOCKEY (TE, 2001)A first team All-America by CNNSI.com in 2001…afinalist for the 2001 John Mackey Award…left the pro-gram after his junior season in 2001 to apply for theNFL Draft…unanimous first team All-BIG EAST selec-tion in 2001 by the league’s coaches…a two-time firstteam All-BIG EAST pick, earning the honor as a soph-omore in 2000 despite not starting a game…led UM incatches in 2001 with 40 for 519 yards (13.0 avg.) andseven touchdowns…finished his career with 61 catch-es for 815 yards and 10 touchdowns…ranks amongUM’s most productive tight ends ever in catches(sixth), receiving yards (sixth) and touchdowns (tied for
second)…his game-winning touchdown catch against Florida State in 2000 madehim a Miami legend…leading receiver in Miami’s drive to the 2001 national cham-pionship…signed with Miami as an unheralded player out of Northeast OklahomaA&M JC in the summer of 2000…was discovered by then-offensive coordinatorLarry Coker at NEO...first-round draft pick of the New York Giants in the 2002 NFLDraft…native of Ada, Oklahoma.
EDWARD REED (SS, 2000 & 2001)A consensus first-team All-America selection in 2000 and2001…one of college football’s finest defenders over the2000 and 2001 seasons...a first-team All-American by theFootball Writers (FWAA), Associated Press, The FootballNews, The Sporting News, and the American FootballCoaches Association (AFCA) both years...consensusfirst-team All-BIG EAST in 2000 and 2001...set UMcareer records for interceptions (21) and interceptionreturn yards (389)...intercepted nine aerials in 2001 (sec-ond-best in UM history)…intercepted eight passes (third-best in UM history)...returned interceptions for touch-downs five times…produced turnovers or blocked kicks
that led to 106 points…led a defense that recorded a UM record 45 takeaways inthe 2001...also excelled in track and field, winning the javelin at the 1999 BIG EASTOutdoor Track & Field Championships...a first-round draft pick of the BaltimoreRavens in the 2002 NFLDraft...a native of St. Rose, Louisiana.
WILLIS McGAHEE (RB, 2002)A consensus first-team All-America in 2002 byAssociated Press, American Football CoachesAssociation (AFCA), Football Writers Association(FWAA), CNNSI.com, Walter Camp, The SportingNews and collegefootballnews.com...a HeismanTrophy Finalist (4th)...2002 BIG EASTCo-OffensivePlayer of the Year...unanimous first-team All-BIGEASTby the coaches...a Doak Walker Award final-ist...a Walter Camp Player of the Year Award final-ist...declared for the NFLDraft after his third year atUM (sophomore season)...rushed for 1,753 yards on282 carries (6.2 avg.) and scored 28 touchdowns in his
first season as a starter...accumulated 2,108 all-purpose yards...averaged 134.8yards rushing per game...rushed for 100 yards a UMrecord 10 times in2002...rushed for more than 200 yards twice (204 at Florida, 205 vs. Virginia Tech)in 2002...one of only five players in college football history to rush for 1,500+ yardsand score 25+ touchdowns in a single season...tied the UM single-game carriesmark with 39 rushes vs. Virginia Tech...set eight UM single-season records (rushingyards, rushing attempts, all-purpose yards, rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns,touchdowns in a game, total points, 100-yard rushing games, rushing yards pergame)...native of Miami, Florida.
JEROME McDOUGLE (DE, 2002)A first-team All-America by the American FootballCoaches Association (AFCA)...a Hendricks AwardFinalist in 2002...a Lombardi Award sem-finalist in2002…a two-time first-team All-BIG EAST selection(2001-2002)…made 14 quarterback sacks over his twoseasons at UM...made 55 tackles (31 solos) with 16tackles for losses along with seven sacks in2002...credited with 26 quarterback hurries in2002...had a whopping 74 hurries over his two seasonsat UM...native of Pompano Beach, Florida.
TODD SIEVERS (K, 2001)A first team All-America CNNSI.com in 2001…a sec-ond-team All-America by The Sporting News, ABCSports in 2001…overcame diabetes to become one ofcollege football’s outstanding kickers…a first team All-BIG EAST selection in 2001…led the nation and theBIG EAST in field goals made per game (1.9 avg.) in2001…kicked four field goals in a close win overVirginia Tech to clinch a Rose Bowl berth…rankedfourth in the nation in scoring with 119 points (10.82avg.)…set a UM single-season scoring record for over-all points and kicking points in 2001…tied the schoolrecord for field goals made in a season with 21…was
21-of-26 (80.8 percent) on field goals in 2001…ranks among the all-time UM lead-ers in career field goals made (fourth, 45), scoring (second, 310) and kicking points(second, 310)…was fourth in voting for the Lou Groza Award in 2001…made acareer-long 53-yard field goal against Florida in 2002…native of Ankeny, Iowa.
KEN DORSEY (QB, 2002)A first-team All-America by the American FootballCoaches Association (AFCA) and the Walter CampFootball Foundation...a two-time Heisman TrophyFinalist (3rd in 2001, 5th in 2002)…the BIG EASTConference Offensive Player of the Year in 2001 &2002…a three-time first-team All-BIG EAST selection(2000-2002)…led UMon a 34-game win streak...ledUM to the 2001 national championship...led UM to thebrink of a national title in 2002...finalist for the JohnnyUnitas Award and the Davey O’Brien Award in2002...2001 Maxwell Award winner...MVP of the 2001Sugar Bowl and the 2002 Rose Bowl...winningest quar-
terback in UMhistory (38-2 record)...set eight UMcareer records (total offense,passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass completions, pass attempts, win percent-age, 200-yard games)...completed 222-of-393 passes for 3,369 yards and 28 touch-downs with 12 interceptions in 2002...passed for 422 yards at West Virginia...nativeof Orinda, California.
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All-Americans2001-2002
The Dave Rimington Trophy is one of college football’s newest annualawards, given each year since 1999 to college football’s outstandingcenter. It is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation for research andtreatment of cystic fibrosis. Brett Romberg became the first University ofMiami player to win the coveted award in 2002. The trophy is named forformer Nebraska center Dave Rimington, who was a first-team All-America center in 1981 and 1982 and was the only player to win theJohn Outland Trophy in both seasons as college football’s outstandinginterior lineman. The winner of the Rimington Trophy is determined byvoting for the Associated Press first-team All-America Team.
BRETT ROMBERG - 2002 RIMINGTON TROPHYFrom the beginning of his Miami career, Brett Romberg always earnedattention for being different. He was never shy to share an opinion andbecame a media favorite because of his quick wit and his willingness totalk about anything.
Romberg had many distinguishing characteristics as a Hurricane: hisCanadian heritage (he’s a native of Windsor, Ontario), his budding musi-cal career (he formed two rock bands while at UM), and his outrageouspersonality.
But Romberg was more than just a good quote. He was an outstandingfootball player with above average intelligence (he earned his under-graduate degree in business in less than four years and a graduatedegree in sports administration as his UM career was coming to aclose), a desire to excel and a willingness to do whatever it took to getthe job done. It was no coincidence that Miami’s 34-game winningstreak from 2000 to 2002 took place with Romberg at center.
Romberg had the versatility to play effectively at guard or tackle, but set-tled in as the center for his sophomore season in 2000. Considered bypro scouts “too squatty”, Romberg was never one to fit anyone’s mold.Either on the field, or off it. An accomplished singer and musician,Romberg always loved being the center of attention. His reputationalways preceded his arrival.
“If I walk into a room, people are waiting for me to say something or dosomething funny,” Romberg said. “Or something stupid or to defy some-thing or cause a scene. People are always looking for me to do that.”
He rarely let his audience down - either in a room or on the field.
Strength, dependability, leadership and intelligence. All were trade-marks of Romberg throughout his Miami career. But toughness mayhave been the most vital asset he displayed. He sustained a compoundfracture on the thumb of his right snapping hand during the 2000 gameagainst Louisiana Tech. The injury caused the bone to break through theskin. Romberg had the injury taped up and continued playing. He did notmiss a single snap the rest of the season.
“You couldn’t hurt Romberg with an ax,” said head coach Larry Coker. “Idon’t know that I’ve coached a tougher player.”
With Romberg at center, the Hurricanes won 35 of 37 games, oneNational Championship, three BIG EAST Conference championships, aSugar Bowl and a Rose Bowl. All with Romberg calling the blocking sig-nals for the offensive line.
Romberg never allowed a quarterback sack at center and led an offen-
Career Passing Efficiency: 152.80**-Indicates school record; t-indicates scoring play
In 1986, Vinny Testaverde became the first Hurricane to capture theHeisman Trophy. The senior quarterback outdistanced his nearest com-petitor by the second-highest margin of victory in the award’s history.Testaverde finished first in each of the six geographic regions, receiving678 of the 790 first-place votes cast.
A senior, Testaverde threw for 2,557 yards and 26 touchdowns with onlynine interceptions while leading Miami to an undefeated regular seasonand the nation’s number one ranking entering the Fiesta Bowl.Testaverde’s 1986 season ranks among the best of any player in histo-ry. In addition to winning the Heisman, Testaverde also was named win-ner of the Maxwell Award Winner (College Player of the Year), theDavey O’Brien Award (nation’s best quarterback) and was named aconsensus First-Team All-American.
Statistics and awards only tell part of the Testaverde story. A native ofElmira, New York, Testaverde came to Miami to compete with whatcould arguably be called the deepest quarterbacking crew ever assem-bled on a college team. At one point in the fall of 1982, the Miami rosterat quarterback included Testaverde, future NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly,and future NFL star Bernie Kosar, along with prep All-American KyleVanderwende and future Georgia head coach Mark Richt. When Kellyleft Miami after the ’82 season, Kosar beat out Testaverde for the start-ing job and Vinny bided his time as a reserve awaiting his chance toshine.
When Kosar left for the NFL following the 1984 season, Testaverde tookthe Miami offense to another level in 1985. He led the Hurricanes to aNo. 2 national ranking and a Sugar Bowl berth in his first season as thestarter, passing for 3,238 yards and completing 61.4 percent of his pass-es as the Hurricanes posted a 10-2 record. His spectacular debutearned him a fifth-place Heisman finish in 1985 and set up a run at theHeisman in 1986. And Testaverde responded with one of the best sea-sons in Miami’s rich quarterbacking history.
Kosar’s senior year was typical of the Miami quarterbacking legacy. Hewas a model of efficiency, producing a nation’s best efficiency rating of165.80 and only racking up the big numbers only when it was neces-sary. He perfectly guided Miami’s balanced attack and came up big inthe big games. Testaverde shined brightest when the spotlight was onthe Hurricanes as he led Miami to a 28-16 win over defending nationalchampion Oklahoma by completing 21-of-28 passes for 261 yards andfour touchdowns.
His unforgettable scramble in the second quarter of the Oklahoma gamewas his hallmark moment. It came to be known around Miami as “ThePlay”, even though it didn’t put points on the board.
Midway through the second period, Miami was driving in a scorelessgame. On second-and-nine from the OU 34-yard line, Testaverdedropped back to pass. He was forced from the pocket and ran to hisright, then reversed direction as a defender grabbed his jersey, leavinghis left shoulder pad flapping out from under his jersey. With noreceivers open, Testaverde ran to his left and stiff-armed another OUdefender before being forced out of bounds after a 10-yard gain for afirst down.
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The run set up the game’s first score, a six-yard pass from Testaverdeto tight end Alfredo Roberts for a 7-0 lead.
Only a motor scooter accident two days before the season finale againstEast Carolina slowed Testaverde down, but it wasn’t enough to dampena standout season in which the Miami senior stood out from the rest ofcollege football’s best players.
Miami quarterback Gino Torretta capped an illustrious career by bring-ing the Heisman Trophy back to the Coral Gables campus in 1992.Named the 58th winner of the Heisman, Torretta was the 47th seniorand 19th quarterback to win. Torretta still ranks as Miami’s all-timeleader with 7,690 passing yards, 555 completions and 7,722 yards intotal offense. He also had 123 consecutive pass attempts without aninterception. Torretta had 310 first-place votes compared to runner-upMarshall Faulk’s 164 and Garrison Hearst’s 140.
Torretta’s story has many parallels to the saga of Miami’s first Heismanwinner, Vinny Testaverde. Like Testaverde, Torretta was a superior ath-lete who had to wait his turn as the Miami quarterback rotation workeditself out. Like Testaverde, Torretta made the most of his opportunity tostar during his junior season and set up a Heisman run with a spectac-ular junior season. But Torretta took Testaverde’s model for success toanother level by racking up 11 school records.
A strong-armed passer from California, Torretta accepted the challengeto add to the legacy of Quarterback U. at Miami by turning down offersfrom several West Coast schools. He signed with Miami in 1988, thenwaited his turn behind fellow Hurricanes quarterbacks Steve Walsh andCraig Erickson. After redshirting in ’88, Torretta toiled in obscurity forthree years. He had a brief flirtation with the starting job during his red-shirt freshman season of 1989, starting four games while Erickson wasshelved with a fractured finger on his throwing hand. He responded withthree solid outings, including a spectacular 486-yard performanceagainst San Jose State, before getting a baptism by fire against FloridaState in Miami’s only lost of the ’89 season. He returned to a reserverole when Erickson came back the following week to complete Miami’s11-1 national championship season.
Torretta played sparingly in 1990 as a sophomore, seeing only mop-upduty but playing in all 11 regular season games of a 10-2 season. WithErickson moving on to the NFL after the ’90 season, Torretta was readyto take over the starting job. And he did so with spectacular results,debuting with a 297-yard outing against Arkansas on the road that fea-tured a 99-yard touchdown pass to Horace Copeland – Torretta’s firstTD pass as the starter. He went on to throw for 3,095 yards and 20touchdowns (with just eight interceptions) while completing 55.3 percentof his passes during that junior season and led Miami to the nationalchampionship. Playing on a Miami offense that ran the ball 48.4 percentof the time, he still racked up the highest passing yardage in a singleseason by a UM quarterback.
The 1992 season was to be Torretta’s coronation as the Heismanfavorite. But the season started amidst disaster as Hurricane Andrewripped through South Florida just 12 days before the season opener atIowa. Dealing with the emotional afermath, Torretta led the Hurricanesto a 24-7 win over the Hawkeyes on national television by passing for433 yards and two touchdowns. That performance established him asthe leader for the Heisman. While most Heisman campaigns are markedby some “signature” moment, consistency was Torretta’s hallmark. Hepassed for 289 yards against Arizona, threw for 252 against FloridaState, 350 against TCU, 249 against Virginia Tech, 363 against WestVirginia, 221 against Temple, 343 against Syracuse, and 310 againstSan Diego State.
If there was a game that typified Torretta’s career it was the win againstFlorida State. Miami trailed 16-10 with 9:05 left in the fourth period whenTorretta led the Hurricanes on a 58-yard scoring drive to take the lead.
Career Passing Efficiency: 132.00*-Indicates school record; t-indicates scoring play
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the most decorated football player in Miami history. Torretta took everyaward available to him in ’92: the Maxwell Award (best overall player),Davey O’Brien Award (top quarterback), Unitas Award (top senior quar-terback), consensus All-American, and every Player of the Year Award.
GINO TORRETTA - 1992 MAXWELL AWARD WINNERQuarterback Gino Torretta earned all the hardware he could in 1992 ashe led the Hurricanes to a perfect 12-0 record in the regular season onthe way to a No. 1 ranking and a Sugar Bowl berth. Torretta earned theMaxwell Award by passing for 3,060 yards and 19 touchdowns whilecompleting 56.7 percent of his passes. The Pinole, California, productrewrote the Miami record books during a spectacular senior season. Heleft UM with 11 records to his name, including career marks for passingyards (7,690), pass completions (555) and total offense (7,722 yards).He also set a record for consecutive passes thrown without an inter-ception (123).
KEN DORSEY - 2001 MAXWELL AWARD WINNERHurricanes quarterback Ken Dorsey joined a list of college football’sgreatest names when he received the 2001 Maxwell Award, given annu-ally to the outstanding college football player of the year. The MaxwellAward was begun in 1937 by the Robert W. Maxwell Memorial FootballClub in Philadelphia to honor excellence in college football. Dorsey wasthe third Miami Hurricane to win the Maxwell Award as he edged fellowfinalists Eric Crouch of Nebraska and Rex Grossman of Florida in theclosest vote in the 65-year history of the award. Dorsey led theHurricanes to a perfect (12-0) record and the 2001 NationalChampionship.
Quarterback Gino Torretta was honored as the 1992 recipient.Quarterback Vinny Testaverde captured the award in the 50th anniver-sary year, 1986 season. Bernie Kosar was a finalist for the award in1984 and Steve Walsh was a finalist in 1988. Dorsey, who led No. 1Miami (11-0) to a perfect season and a spot in a national title game inthe Rose Bowl, was chosen over Grossman and Crouch.
“With all the talented guys here, I’m just happy to be here with thoseguys,” Dorsey said. “I’m most proud of being 25-1 in my career. As aCalifornian I cannot wait for the Rose Bowl. I just can’t imagine this. Imean, the other guys are so good. I’m excited that people think aboutme that way.”
The Maxwell, voted on by Division I-A coaches, the Football WritersAssociation of America and members of the Philadelphia-basedMaxwell Football Club, goes to the best all-around player in college foot-ball. Dorsey completed 184 of 318 passes for 2,652 yards with 23 touch-downs and nine interceptions during the 2001 regular season.
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“I’ve never been around a kid who deserved this more than Dan. He’sbeen a phenomenal player for us, but even a better person. Our footballprogram could not have enjoyed the resurgence that we had withoutDan. He’s carried our defense the last three years.”
– Butch Davis, Miami head coach
Named after the former Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker, DickButkus, the Butkus Award is the most prestigious award a linebacker incollegiate football can receive. The award was established in 1985 bythe Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando and is annually presented to thenation’s best linebacker. Middle linebacker Dan Morgan won the awardin 2000, the first Miami player to win the award after three predecessorswere finalists. Ray Lewis was a finalist in 1995, Michael Barrow reachedthe final round in 1992 and Maurice Crum was a finalist in 1990.
DAN MORGAN - 2000 BUTKUS AWARDDan Morgan’s magical season almost never happened.
As a junior in 1999, linebacker Dan Morgan produced one of the great-est seasons any defensive player has had at the University of Miami ashe made 139 tackles. But his buddy, middle linebacker Nate Webster,constantly overshadowed him. Morgan and Webster seriously ponderedturning pro after the ’99 season. Webster was so conflicted about thedecision that he tried to withdraw his paperwork announcing his inten-tion to make himself eligible for the 2000 NFL Draft, but discoveredthere was no turning back. Meanwhile, Morgan constantly questionedhimself during the offseason about whether he was making the correctdecision to stay one more season at UM.
Less than a year later, Morgan probably questioned why he everthought of leaving. A starter since his true freshman season, Morganhad constantly been ignored or dismissed as Miami’s “other linebacker”behind the ballyhooed Webster. Morgan came to Miami as a fullback,but it became clear during freshman two-a-days in 1997 that he wasborn to play linebacker. He flourished in the role and became one of theprogram’s mainstays through its most trying times as the Hurricanesrebuilt.
By 2000, Morgan had moved from outside linebacker to the middle.Finally, after three years in which he was the true heart of Miami’sdefense. A player with a warrior’s heart and a shark’s mentality on thefield. A quiet guy off it. Now the man in the middle, Morgan took hisgame – and the Miami defense – to a higher level. It’s no coincidencethat the resurgence of Miami football in 2000 coincided with Morgan’semergence as America’s finest defensive player.
Miami had produced strong Butkus Award candidates before. MauriceCrum was a finalist in 1990. Micheal Barrow was a finalist in 1992. Thegreat Ray Lewis was runner-up in 1995 – by one vote in the final ballot-ing. But no Hurricanes linebacker had won the honor. Morgan, a two-time semifinalist for the coveted award, had such a dominant season in2000 that there was no questioning his selection as the 2000 ButkusAward winner. Morgan received more votes than fellow finalists RockyCalmus of Oklahoma and Keith Adams of Clemson.
The team’s leading tackler in 2000 (his third time to lead UM in tackles)with 138, Morgan was a model of consistency throughout the season.He was at his finest in Miami’s critical games. Morgan was valiant indefeat at Washington, making 20 tackles (13 solos) and recovering afumble. He was spectacular in the win over top-ranked Florida State,making 17 stops (13 solos), forcing a fumble and intercepting a pass atthe goal line that ended an FSU scoring threat in the final seconds of thefirst half. He added 11 stops against Virginia Tech as the Hurricanesended Tech’s 19-game win streak and assumed control of the BIGEAST race, and he was dominant in the Sugar Bowl win over Floridawith 12 tackles and an interception.
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RUSSELL MARYLAND - 1990 OUTLAND TROPHYHe was a graduate student in psychology whose friends referred to himas “The Conscience”. “I hate to give people wrong advice,” RussellMaryland said one day in 1990. “I hate to make bad decisions. That’swhat I probably fear the most, the fear of making a bad decision.”
Clearly, Maryland’s decision to return to play for Miami in 1990 and turndown what would surely have been a large pro contract was not a baddecision. The then-21-year old Maryland’s decision to return as a fifth-year senior and pass up the big money for another year was typicallymature. Maryland’s mature outlook allowed him to keep personal goalsin the proper perspective. When asked during his senior season at UMwhat his proudest achievement would be, he answered: “To be able tocome back to the Orange Bowl someday and say, ‘I used to play here –we never lost a game. This is our house’.”
As a defensive tackle, Maryland didn’t need to brag. His performancespoke volumes about his worth. In 1990, Maryland made 96 tackles (54solos), had 10.5 quarterback sacks, seven tackles for losses, had 19quarterback pressures, forced five fumbles and broke up two passes.He was college football’s dominant lineman in 1990. Maryland went onto be the first pick in the 1991 NFL Draft.
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“If you do something wrong, he’s the guy who will scold you. I think heinvented right and wrong.”
– Mike Sullivan, Miami offensive lineman
The Outland Trophy is one of college football’s oldest annual awards,given each year since 1946. The Outland has been presented since1946 by the Football Writers Association of America in honor of the out-standing interior lineman in the country. Defensive tackle RussellMaryland became the first University of Miami player to win the covetedaward in 1990. Miami offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie joined Marylandon the impressive list of honorees by winning the award in 2001. TheOutland Trophy is presented annually by the Greater Omaha SportsCommittee.
BRYANT MCKINNIE - 2001 OUTLAND TROPHY“As a boy, Bryant McKinnie was too big to play with youngsters his ageand too young to play with youngsters his size. By age 10, he wore asize-10 shoe. By age 15, he was 6-5. Growing up in Woodbury, N.J., hetried other sports such as wrestling and basketball. He took a year ofpiano lessons. He even attended step aerobics classes with his mother.He played on the junior varsity during his freshman year at WoodburyHigh, but sat out the next season after a disagreement with a coach.Instead, he played the bass drum in the band and also was involved inthe choir. McKinnie came back to football his junior year as a 6-6 defen-sive end. By his senior year, he had grown 2 more inches. He made 56tackles and had 13 sacks and started getting attention from Division I-Aschools. He signed with Iowa but did not qualify academically. That’swhen he landed at Lackawanna Junior College in Scranton, Pa. And itmight have been the best thing that ever happened to him. The coachthere is Mark Duda, a former defensive tackle with the St. LouisCardinals who played college football at Maryland . . . McKinnie startedall 22 games during his two seasons at Lackawanna, never allowing asack. He intended to go to Iowa, but when Hayden Fry resigned ascoach, most of his staff was fired. Duda contacted Miami’s Kehoe andsaid he should check out McKinnie.”
- Bob Harig, St. Petersburg Times, October 12, 2001
Bryant McKinnie’s rise from obscure talent to dominant force was asswift and steady as the rising fortunes of Miami football during the 2000and 2001 seasons. McKinnie, a physical curiosity when he began hisMiami career, capped an impressive career when he beat out Nebraskaoffensive guard Toniu Fonoti and 2000 Outland Trophy winner JohnHenderson of Tennessee for the award.
McKinnie, a 6-foot-9, 336-pound senior from Woodbury, N.J., neverallowed a sack during his college career and anchored a line whichaveraged 5.5 yards per rushing attempt on the way to an undefeatedseason and the national championship. In his hallmark performance,McKinnie dominated Syracuse All-America defensive end DwightFreeney in Miami’s 59-0 victory, holding Freeney without a quarterbacksack in 52 plays. McKinnie’s performance set the pace for an offensethat rushed for a season-best 331 yards and accumulated 566 yardsagainst the Orangemen.
That outing was typical of McKinnie’s entire career at Miami, where heplayed two seasons after transferring from Lackawanna Junior Collegeprior to sitting out the 1999 season as a redshirt. A virtual unknownstarting the 2000 season, McKinnie made a name for himself in Miami’s27-24 victory over Florida State at the Orange Bowl. FSU’s JamalReynolds managed just one assisted tackle in the game. McKinnie shutdown Reynolds, a first-team All-American, the Lombardi winner, a first-round NFL draft pick.
Once McKinnie made a name for himself, opponents tried to make a
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The Rotary Club of Houston presents the Lombardi Award annually tothe offensive or defensive lineman or linebacker who best combinesathletic performance with the characteristics of discipline of the lateVince Lombardi, the former coach of the Green Bay Packers andWashington Redskins. The first Lombardi Award was given in 1970. Thelegendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, Lombardi first made aname for himself as the smallest but toughest member of Fordham’s“Seven Blocks of Granite,” renowned in their day (1934-37) as the bestline in college football.
WARREN SAPP – 1994 LOMBARDI AWARD WINNERWarren Sapp was so dominant in 1994 there was talk in college footballcircles that he may break the long drought of defensive players winningthe Heisman Trophy.
While Sapp finished sixth in the Heisman voting, he was clearly thefinest defensive player in college football in 1994 and may have beenthe most dominant player in the game that season.
For his performance, the consensus All-American became the firstMiami Hurricane to win the Rotary Lombardi Award, given annually tothe nation’s top lineman.
Sapp was named Defensive Player of the Year by ABC Sports, SportsIllustrated, Football Writers Association of America, The Football News,Touchdown Club of Atlanta, Touchdown Club of Columbus and The BIGEAST Football Conference. He led a Miami defense that led the NCAAin total defense, scoring defense and pass defense.
Sapp earned Player of the Game honors from ABC vs. Washington, theBIG EAST Network vs. Rutgers and ESPN vs. Florida State He had 84tackles and led the Hurricanes in sacks, tackles for loss, fumblescaused, fumble recoveries, and quarterback pressures.
Sapp was a first-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (12thchoice overall) in the 1995 NFL Draft.
The Jim Thorpe Award for the best defensive back in college footballwas created in 1986. It was conceived by former Oklahoma City talkshow host Ed Sossen and W. Lynne Draper, the Jim Thorpe Associationexecutive director. The award was immediately accepted as one of thenation’s top college football honors. Winners are judged on their per-formance on the field, athletic ability, and character. A watch list of out-standing defensive backs is determined at the beginning of the seasonand a Jim Thorpe Association screening committee composed of formerplayers, coaches, journalists and representatives of major conferencesdetermines the winner.
BENNIE BLADES – 1987 THORPE AWARD WINNERA toaster kept Bennie Blades humble. His role as a leader made himgrow up. At the dawn of the 1987 season, the Miami Hurricanes need-ed leadership. There was no questioning the enormous potential of theteam. But, just days prior to the season opener against Florida, theeventual national champions were in trouble. The departure of VinnyTestaverde, Alonzo Highsmith and Jerome Brown - three players whoselarger than life personalities shaped the Hurricanes in 1985 and 1986 –had left the Hurricanes without a personality.
Bennie Blades could tell selfishness was about to engulf his team andhe was compelled to do something. A self-described “soft-spoken type”,Blades went to team chaplain Rev. Leo Armbrust and requested heremind the team what it’s proper priorities should be: to put the teamgoals ahead of individual goals. To remind them that individual honorsonly came via team achievement. Before playing a down in 1987,Blades had already made his biggest play of the season. Just in casehe would begin to become part of the problem, a friend purchased aspecial birthday present for Blades. A toaster with an inscription read-ing, “Bennie and the Toastettes”, a mockery of Blades’ nickname for theMiami secondary, “Bennie and the Jets”. “Whenever your head gets toobig,” Blades’s friend said. “Just make toast and it will bring you back toreality.”
Blades led the ’87 Hurricanes to the national championship and a 12-0record. He made 124 tackles, intercepted five passes, was named aconsensus First-Team All-America and ended his career as UM’s all-time leader for interceptions (19) and interception return yards (305). Healso set UM records for consecutive games with an interception (5); totaltackles by a safety (286) and unassisted tackles by a safety (155). Hehad led the nation in interceptions in 1986 (.91 per game) and becamea first-round draftee of the Detroit Lions (the 3rd pick overall) in the 1988NFL Draft.
Blades shared the Thorpe Award with Oklahoma’s Rickey Dixon. Bothfinished with 144 points in balloting by a 15-member committee. FloridaState’s Deion Sanders was third in the voting with 125 points.BLADES’ 1987 GAME-BY-GAME STATSOpponent UT AT TT Int TD FR FF
The last of the 60-minute men, Chuck Bednarik starred at both line-backer and center for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and was a three-year All-American at the University of Pennsylvania playing on bothsides of the ball. The Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia annuallypresents an award for College Defensive Player of the Year in his name.Voters for the award are NCAA head football coaches, members of theMaxwell Football Club and sports journalists from across the country.
DAN MORGAN – 2000 BEDNARIK AWARD WINNERA native of the Philadelphia area, Dan Morgan grew up learning from hisfather, Dan Sr., the legend of “Concrete Charlie” Bednarik. So it wasonly appropriate that the heart and soul of Miami’s 2000 defense covet-ed the award bearing Bednarik’s name almost as much as he did theButkus Award. When you consider all the great defensive players whoattended Miami, from Jerome Brown to Warren Sapp, from Ray Lewisto Jessie Armstead, it speaks volumes that Dan Morgan finished hiscareer as the school’s all-time leader in tackles with 532. “I don’t thinkone individual could do much more for a program than Danny hasdone,” Miami coach Butch Davis said. “He is a great player on game dayand he has been a terrific role model for our younger players. He’s asphysically gifted as anyone, he has great instincts and he is as tough acompetitor as I’ve ever seen.” The Maxwell Football Club’s voters rec-ognized that, selecting Morgan as the Collegiate Defensive Player of theYear. Morgan set a school record with 42 consecutive starts and hebecame the first player in the school’s history to have 100 or more tack-les in each of his four seasons.
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Dan Morgan 2000
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy was created to honor the best defensivecollege football player in the country and is voted on by the more than1,000 members of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).The Nagurski Trophy honors the memory of former University ofMinnesota All-American Bronko Nagurski. Created in 1993 by theFWAA, the Nagurski Trophy is presented by the Charlotte TouchdownClub. The award was established to compliment the Heisman Trophy,which is rarely presented to a defensive player.
Nagurski was a consensus all-American defensive tackle for Minnesotain 1929, and also made all-America teams that year as a fullback, theonly man ever picked at two positions. Nagurski played at the Universityof Minnesota from 1927-1929, then joined the NFL’s Chicago Bears. Hewas a charter member of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fameand the NFL Hall of Fame, and in 1969 was elected to the FWAA’s all-time team. In 1995, the FWAA named their College Football DefensivePlayer of the Year award in his honor. Nagurski died at the age of 81 inJanuary of 1980.
DAN MORGAN – 2000 NAGURSKI TROPHY WINNERBronko Nagurski would have liked Dan Morgan. Few winners of theBronko Nagurski Trophy probably resembled its namesake more thanMorgan. The team’s leading tackler in 2000 (his third time to lead UM intackles) with 138, Morgan was a model of consistency throughout theseason. Morgan became the all-time career tackles leader at Miami with512, breaking the BIG EAST record along the way. For his efforts, hewas named a consensus first-team All-American and became the firstplayer in college football history to win the Butkus, Nagurski andBednarik awards in the same season. Football News named him itsNational Defensive Player of the Year, an honor he also won on the con-ference level as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
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WARREN SAPP – 1994 NAGURSKI TROPHY WINNEROutspoken. Challenging. Tenacious. Dominating. Just a few of the
Nagurski Awardwords used by teammates and coaches to describe the player many sayis the greatest defensive lineman ever to wear a University of MiamiHurricanes uniform. How good was Warren Sapp at Miami? Goodenough for people to argue he was better than Ted Hendricks, betterthan Jerome Brown, better than Rubin Carter, better than Jim Burt, bet-ter than Russell Maryland, better than Cortez Kennedy. That’s a prettyimpressive list. And it takes a pretty impressive player to earn that kindof comparison. Sapp was dominant on a 1994 defense that was out-standing. Due largely to his disruptive play, Miami’s defense led thenation in total defense, pass efficiency defense and scoring defense. Ajunior in 1994, Sapp made 84 tackles (37 solos), 10.5 quarterbacksacks, 25 quarterback pressures, nine tackles for losses, caused fourfumbles, recovered three fumbles, and broke up five passes. Sapp’s1994 season earned him the Nagurski Trophy, the Lombardi Award, aspot as an Outland Trophy finalist, Football News Defensive Player ofthe Year, BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Year and asixth-place finish in Heisman Trophy voting.
VINNY TESTAVERDE - 1986A senior in 1986, Vinny Testaverde threw for 2,557 yards and 26 touch-downs with only nine interceptions while leading Miami to an undefeat-ed regular season and the nation’s number one ranking entering theFiesta Bowl. Testaverde’s 1986 season ranks among the best of anyplayer in history as he was named a consensus First-Team All-Americanand earned the O’Brien, Heisman and Maxwell Awards. Testaverdeguided the Hurricanes to the brink of the national title in an 11-1 season.
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The Davey O’Brien National College Quarterback Award is presentedeach year by the Fort Worth Club in Texas. The honor, begun in 1981,is reserved for the nation’s most outstanding player at the quarterbackposition, and carries with it a $10,000 grant to the scholarship programof the honoree’s university. Hurricane Gino Torretta was honored as therecipient of the 1992 Davey O’Brien Award. Torretta joined formerHurricane Vinny Testaverde, who won the award in 1986. Both SteveWalsh (1988) and Craig Erickson (1990) were runners-up in theirrespective years.
GINO TORRETTA - 1992University of Miami quarterback Gino Torretta was a senior in 1992 andhe almost led the Hurricanes to their second consecutive national title.Torretta threw for 3,060 yards while completing almost 57 percent of hispass attempts. Five times Torretta exceeded 300 yards passing, includ-ing a 433-yard effort against Iowa in the season opener. Efficiency washis trademark as he threw only seven interceptions in 402 pass attemptswhile throwing 19 touchdown passes in an 11-1 season for Miami.
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Vinny Testaverde was the first Hurricane towin the Davey O’Brien Award.
GINO TORRETTA - 1992University of Miami quarterback Gino Torretta was the secondHurricanes quarterback to earn the Johnny Unitas Award, capping abrilliant 1992 season with the honor. A senior, Torretta threw for 3,060yards while completing almost 57 percent of his pass attempts. Thatseason’s Heisman Trophy winner, Torretta’s victory in the Unitas votingcapped a season unparalleled in Miami history as he became the mostdecorated football player in Miami annals. Torretta took every awardavailable to him in ’92: the Maxwell Award (best overall player), DaveyO’Brien Award (top quarterback), Unitas Award (top senior quarter-back), consensus All-American, and every Player of the Year award.
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CRAIG ERICKSON - 1990He’s often overlooked in all the talk about Miami’s rich quarterbackinghistory, but Craig Erickson built a record of accomplishment at theUniversity of Miami that few have matched. The starting signal caller in1989 and 1990, Erickson led the Hurricanes to the 1989 NationalChampionship and a 21-3 record over the 1989-90 seasons. His 3,363yards is only surpassed once in Miami annals. Six times he surpassed300 yards passing in a game, twice throwing for more than 400. Threetimes he tied the school record with four touchdown passes. In additionto winning the Unitas Award, Erickson placed eighth in balloting for theHeisman Trophy.
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JOAQUIN GONZALEZ - 2001University of Miami offensive tackle Joaquin Gonzalez was named win-ner of the “Academic Heisman,” the HealthSouth Draddy Award, in aceremony honoring 16 national scholar-athletes at the National FootballFoundation’s 44th Annual Awards dinner last December in New YorkCity.
The HealthSouth Draddy Award, known as the “Academic Heisman,” isthe ultimate honor a college football scholar-athlete can achieve. Withthe honor, Gonzalez joined an elite list of previous winners includingPeyton Manning of Tennessee (1997), Danny Wuerffel of Florida (1996),and Kyle Vanden Bosch of Nebraska (2000). The Vincent dePaulDraddy Trophy provides the winner with a $25,000 scholarship towardspostgraduate study. Since 1990, 11 scholar-athletes have been fortu-nate to walk away from the Awards Dinner with this much-acclaimed tro-phy.
One of the nation’s top offensive tackles and a major factor in an offen-sive line that yielded only three quarterback sacks in 2000, JoaquinGonzalez epitomized the term “scholar-athlete.” The 6-foot-6, 298-pound Dean’s List member was a three-time Arthur Ashe Jr. SportsScholar Team member, being named to the First Team in 2000, was afour-time BIG EAST Academic All-Conference selection and an IronArrow inductee in 2000 (the highest academic honor bestowed to anyUM student or staff member). Gonzalez received a Bachelor’s Degreein Business Administration in May of 2001 and received a Master’s ofBusiness Administration in December of 2001.
Athletically, Gonzalez’s accomplishments were equally impressive. TheFootball Writers Association named him First Team All-America twice, in2000 and 2001, and he was named a second-team All-America numer-ous times. Gonzalez was selected to the First Team All-BIG EAST Teamin both 2000 and 2001 and was the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year in1998 - the first recipient of the award to earn All-Conference Academichonors in the same season.
A native of Miami, Gonzalez was extremely active in the community aswell, serving as a motivational speaker at local elementary schools andparticipating in the “Read To Win” program. He was a seventh-rounddraft pick of the Cleveland Browns in the 2002 NFL Draft.
Academic HeismanH I S T O R Y
Joaquin Gonzalez 2001
University of Miami football players have won 12 of the major awardspresented annually to college football’s finest players. Three players –linebacker Dan Morgan (1997-2000), quarterback Vinny Testaverde(1982, 1984-86) and quarterback Gino Torretta (1988-92) have wonmore awards than the rest. But Torretta, who won every major nationalplayer of the year award in 1992, also took home academic awards.
GINO TORRETTA - 1992
Torretta became college football’s most honored player in 1992 when hedominated both academic and athletic awards. He graduated from UMin three-and-a-half years with a bachelor’s degree in business adminis-tration and left the University with a 26-2 record as a starting quarter-back. Torretta was Miami’s first recipient of the NCAA’s prestigious “TopSix” award. He also won the Heisman Trophy, the Davey O’Brien Award(best quarterback), the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (best seniorQB), the Maxwell Award (outstanding player), the Walter Camp Playerof the Year award, was named Football News Offensive Player of theYear, won the Toyota Leadership Award, Hitachi/CFA Scholar-AthleteAward, Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Year Award, BIG EASTOffensive Player of the Year (unanimous) and was named consensusfirst-team All-American.
*Heisman Trophy*Maxwell Award*Davey O’Brien Award*Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award*Walter Camp Player of the Year*Consensus All-American*Football News Offensive Player of the Year*Toyota Leadership Award*Hitachi/CFA Scholar-Athlete Award*Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Year*BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year (unanimous)
WARREN SAPP - 1994
The most dominant player in college football, regardless of position, dur-ing the 1994 season was Miami defensive tackle Warren Sapp. Thatdominance was recognized by the fact that Sapp, in addition to winningthe Lombardi Award (outstanding down lineman) and Nagurski Award(outstanding defensive player), finished high in the voting for theOutland Trophy (outstanding interior lineman) and Heisman Trophy(outstanding player). Sapp was a consensus All-American and wasnamed National Defensive Player of the Year by six entities: FootballWriters Association of America, ABC Sports, Sports Illustrated, TheFootball News, the Touchdown Club of Atlanta, and the TouchdownClub of Columbus (Ohio). Few players, if any, have dominated gamesfrom the defensive tackle as Sapp did during the 1994 season.
*Lombardi Award*Nagurski Award*Finalist for Outland Trophy*6th place, Heisman Trophy balloting*Consensus All-American*FWAA National Defensive Player of the Year*Football News National Defensive Player of the Year*ABC Sports National Defensive Player of the Year*Sports Illustrated National Defensive Player of the Year
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Honored PlayersMiami’s Most
DAN MORGAN - 2000
Morgan became college football’s most decorated defensive player fora single season with his “Triple Crown” performance in 2000. The firstMiami player to win the Butkus Award, he added the Nagurski Award(National Defensive Player of the Year) and Bednarik Award (NationalDefensive Player of the Year) to his collection. He is the only player incollege football history to win all three major defensive honors in thesame season.
Each season the players and coaches of the University of Miami foot-ball team select a most valuable player, to be awarded the Jack HardingMVP Award at the annual football banquet. In 2002, quarterback KenDorsey was presented the honor.
Given since 1964, this honor is the highest performance-based award aHurricanes player can attain from his teammates. The award is namedfor former UM head coach and athletic director Jack Harding whocoached the Hurricanes football team from 1937-42 and 1945-47.Harding relinquished his coaching duties after the 1947 season andtook over as athletic director, a post he held until his death March 11,1963.
As football coach, Harding oversaw the program’s rise into a major pro-gram. His 1938 team was his best, traveling to Gainesville and handingFlorida an upset loss in the first meeting between the schools. His teamsposted major intersectional wins over Michigan State, Auburn, NorthCarolina State, Clemson and Florida that put Miami football “on themap”.
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Harding was an accom-plished athlete in his own right, lettering in football for legendary coach-es Glenn “Pop” Warner and Jock Sutherland, in addition to earning var-sity letters in baseball and basketball.
