Hall of Famers

Hall of Famers ................................................................ 150

Consensus All-Americans

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All-Americans

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Top Plays

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Top Games

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Top Seasons

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Top Careers

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Class Rankings

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Individual Records

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Defensive Records

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Team Records

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Coaching Records

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Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar

Stadium Records

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Year-by-Year Results

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All-Time Scores

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Series Records

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Bowl Recaps

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All-Time Lettermen

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Mountaineers in the Pros

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for 20 touchdowns that season, while earning ECAC Player of the Year

honors and finishing fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. During his junior

campaign, Harris threw for 17 touchdowns and ran for six, while setting

school records for most total offense and quarterback rushing yards.

He was a voted first-team All-America, named the ECAC Player of the

Year and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting. Drafted by the

Los Angeles Raiders in the 1990 NFL Draft, Harris spent several seasons

playing in the Canadian Football League, Arena Football League and

other semi-pro leagues. In 1999, he was inducted into the WVU Sports

Hall of Fame.

ROBERT LEE

“SAM” HUFF

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / INDUCTED: 1982 AS A PLAYER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1980 AS A PLAYER

A name synonymous with West Virginia football,

Robert Lee “Sam” Huff ranks among the all-time

great NFL linebackers. At West Virginia, Huff was a 6-1, 230-lb. tackle

before being drafted in the third round by the New York Giants in 1956.

Shortly thereafter, the Farmington, W.Va., native became one of the

greatest and most publicized linebackers in pro football history and the

first defensive football player to make the cover of Time magazine. CBS

produced a half-hour pro football documentary entitled “The Violent

World of Sam Huff.” A fierce competitor and a great rival of Green Bay

Packers linebacker Ray Nitsche, Huff earned Pro Bowl status five times,

first as a Giant, and then as a Washington Redskin, where he finished his

career in 1969. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

in 1980 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

ALFRED EARLE

“GREASY” NEALE

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / INDUCTED: 1969 AS A COACH

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1967 AS A COACH

A noted player and coach, “Greasy” Neale’s

affiliation with West Virginia lasted three years as

head football coach from 1931-34. Prior to his stay in Morgantown,

Greasy (a nickname he had carried since childhood), was a three-sport

standout at West Virginia Wesleyan before embarking on an eight-year

major league baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds. While a baseball

player, Neale also found time to play professional football in the fall.

Upon his retirement as an athlete, Neale became a college coaching

gypsy, guiding some of the nation’s finest football programs before

taking the NFL Philadelphia Eagles coaching job in 1941. Introducing the

“naked reverse”, man-to-man shifting defenses, the stutter series and

a primitive form of the 4-3 defense during his pro football coaching

tenure, Neale guided the Eagles to the 1949 NFL title. The Parkersburg

native was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and

the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969. He died November 2, 1973, in

Lake Worth, Fla.

BRUCE LEE

BOSLEY

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1982 AS A PLAYER

West Virginia’s second-ever consensus All-American

in 1955, Bruce Bosley was inducted into the College

Football Hall of Fame in 1982. A native of Fresno,

Calif., who grew up in Green Bank, W.Va., Bosley played on the 1954

Sugar Bowl team for the Mountaineers. That squad finished as the 10th-

ranked team in the nation. He went on to a long and prosperous NFL

career with the San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons for 13 seasons.

A four-time Pro Bowl pick in 1960, 1965, 1966 and 1967, Bosley is

a member of the San Francisco 49ers all-time team. The 6-2, 240-lb.,

center retired in 1969. He died April 25, 1995, in San Francisco, Calif.

ROBERT CLECKER

“BOBBY” BOWDEN

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 2006 AS A COACH

Bobby Bowden, the No. 2 all-time win leader

among college football coaches had an impressive

44-year coaching career which included two

national championship. He served as head coach at West Virginia

University from 1970-75, compiling a record of 42-26 with two Peach

Bowl appearances. The Birmingham, Ala., native graduated from Howard

College (now Samford) in 1953 and began his coaching career as an

assistant coach from 1954-55. He moved on to South Georgia Junior

as head coach between 1956-58, before returning to his alma mater

as head coach from 1959-62, posting a 31-6 record. His first stint at

Florida State came in 1963 when he coached the wide receivers. He

came to Morgantown in 1966 as offensive coordinator under Jim Carlen,

before becoming the head coach in 1970. He left Morgantown in 1976

to become the head coach at Florida State and compiled a 316-97-4

record for an overall career mark of 389-129-4. He is the only coach in

Division I-A football history to have enjoyed 14-straight 10-win seasons.

His FSU teams finished an unprecedented 14-straight seasons in the Top

5 of the Associated Press College Football Poll, won the College Football

National Championship in 1993 and 1999 and is 21-8-1 in bowl games.

MAJOR CLAYBOURNE

HARRIS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 2009 AS A PLAYER

A three-year starter at quarterback, the dynamic

Major Harris became the first player in NCAA history

to rush for more than 2,000 yards and pass for more

than 5,000 yards in his career. As a freshman, Harris led the Mountaineers

to the 1987 Sun Bowl. The following season, the quarterback led West

Virginia to an undefeated season and a match-up with Notre Dame for

the national championship in the 1988 Fiesta Bowl. He accounted

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DONALD EUGENE

“DON” NEHLEN

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 2005 AS A COACH

The winningest coach in WVU history with a 149-93-4

record, Don Nehlen served as Mountaineer head man

from 1980-2000. During his 21 years as head coach in

Morgantown, Nehlen guided the Mountaineers to 13

bowl games and two bids for national titles playing Notre Dame in the 1989

Fiesta Bowl and Florida in the 1994 Sugar Bowl. He coached 15 first-team

All-Americans, 82 all-conference players and 51 players that went on to play

professional football. His resume included coaching stints in the Blue-Gray,

East-West Shrine and Hula Bowl all-star games, and he served as president of

the 10,000-member American Football Coaches Association in 1997. Nehlen,

a two-time national coach of the year in 1988 and 1993, is a member of the

Mid-American Conference, Bowling Green, Gator Bowl, Chick-Fil-A Bowl and

WVU Sports Halls of Fame. He also served as head coach of his alma mater,

Bowling Green, from 1968-76, posting a 53-35-4 mark. The native of Canton,

Ohio, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

IRA ERRETT

“RAT” RODGERS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1953 AS A PLAYER

West Virginia’s preeminent all-around athlete, Ira Errett

“Rat” Rodgers gained fame as a hard-charging fullback

from 1917-19. Called one of “the finest football players

in the land” by syndicated columnist Grantland Rice,

Rodgers is unanimously considered West Virginia’s finest pre-World War II

football player. A consensus All-American in 1919, Rodgers gained national

notoriety after a 25-0 whipping of Princeton, against which he passed for

162 yards and two touchdowns. For the season Rodgers accounted for 147

points. Later an amateur state golf champion, the Bethany, W.Va., native

remained at West Virginia as football (1920-25, 1943-45), baseball (1921-42)

and golf coach (1949). Rodgers was inducted into the College Football Hall of

Fame in 1953. He died February 22, 1963, in Morgantown.

FLOYD

“BEN” SCHWARTZWALDER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1982 AS A COACH

A two-sport letterman at West Virginia in football and

wrestling from 1930-32, he achieved great success

as a head coach on the prep and collegiate level. He

coached high school football for six seasons in West Virginia and Ohio,

winning two state championships at Parkersburg (W.Va.), prior to enlisting

in the U.S. Army during World War II. Following his discharge, he was the

head coach at Muhlenberg (N.J.) College from 1946-48, compiling a 25-5

record. He left there to become head coach at Syracuse, serving as head

man there from 1949-73. His teams were an impressive 153-91-3, went to

seven bowls, winning the national championship in 1959, and captured four

Lambert Trophies (1952, 1956, 1959 and 1966). He was National Coach of the

Year in 1959 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

He died in 1993 at age 83.

CLARENCE WILEY

“DOC” SPEARS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1955 AS A COACH

A coach at West Virginia from 1921-24, Clarence “Doc”

Spears was responsible for developing West Virginia’s

great football fortunes of the early 1920s. During his

coaching tenure in Morgantown, the school played in its first bowl game (East-

West) in 1922, produced its first unbeaten team (also 1922), defeated Pitt, 9-6

that 1922 season (considered among the greatest wins in school history) and

helped build a football stadium. A cordial and delightful man off the field,

Spears was the opposite on it, evoking confrontations with sportswriters,

alumni and fans alike. After his brief tenure in Morgantown where he also

doubled as a practicing medical doctor, thus earning the nickname “Doc,”

Spears also coached at Minnesota and Oregon among others, until retiring in

1935 to devote his full time to medicine, practicing in Ypsilanti, Mich. Spears

was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He died February

1, 1964, in Jupiter, Fla.

JOSEPH LEE

“JUMBO JOE” STYDAHAR

PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME / INDUCTED: 1967 AS A PLAYER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1956 AS A PLAYER

A brilliant, but under-recognized two-sport athlete at

West Virginia until his graduation in 1936, “Jumbo Joe”

Stydahar lost that distinction after surprisingly being the first player taken

by the Chicago Bears in the 1936 NFL draft -- the first player ever selected

by the organization. Born in Kaylor, Pa., and later a standout at Shinnston

High (W.Va.), Stydahar was a giant of a man (6-4, 245-lbs.) who became a

perennial NFL all-star at tackle. A sixty-minute performer with the “Monsters

of the Midway,” Stydahar played without a helmet, one of the last performers

to do so. He participated on three NFL championship teams with the Bears

and was named to the official all-NFL team from 1937-40. He sandwiched a

two-year stint in the Navy (1943-44) in the middle of his pro career, which

finished in 1946. Following his playing career, Stydahar coached the 1951 Los

Angeles Rams to the NFL championship, the organization’s first and only title.

Stydahar was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956 and the

Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He died March 23, 1977, in Beckley, W.Va.

FIELDING HARRIS

“HURRY UP” YOST

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 1951 AS A COACH

Always in a hurry, thus the nickname “Hurry Up,”

Fielding Harris Yost gained national acclaim as a college

football coach at Michigan at the turn of the century.

Yost’s travels included a stop at West Virginia, where he

earned a law degree and played football in 1895-96. After his two years at

WVU, the Fairview, W.Va., native took the Michigan coaching job at age 30 in

1900. Four years later, he showed his appreciation for his alma mater at West

Virginia by beating the Mountaineers 130-0, a score that didn’t endear him to

the West Virginia faithful. That 1904 Michigan squad was called the “Point-

A-Minute” team. Later the athletic director at Michigan, he was singularly

instrumental in building the nation’s largest football stadium at Michigan. He

was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. He died August

20, 1946, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

DARRYL VICTOR

TALLEY

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME /

INDUCTED: 2011 AS A PLAYER

The 12th Mountaineer to be inducted into the College

Football Hall of Fame, 1982 consensus All-American

Darryl Talley was one of the most dominant defenders

in West Virginia University and Buffalo Bills history. A four-year starter at

linebacker for the Mountaineers from 1979-82, Talley amassed 484 career

tackles – the most by any WVU player when his playing career ended. His

five tackles for loss in 1980 versus Penn State still stand as a WVU single-

game record. For his career, Talley had 282 unassisted tackles , 202 assisted

tackles, 28 tackles for loss and 19 quarterback sacks from 1979-82. The native

of East Cleveland, Ohio, went on to stardom in Buffalo as a starter for 12

outstanding seasons at linebacker from 1983-94, never missing a game while

playing for the Bills. Talley is the Bills’ all-time leading tackler with 1,137 career

takedowns. He also recorded 38 ½ sacks and 11 interceptions as a Bill. Talley

spent the 1995 campaign with the Atlanta Falcons and played one more year

with the Minnesota Vikings in 1996 before retiring.

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travel 90 yards

against Nebraska in the Kickoff Classic. The

Setauket, N.Y., native was the 56th player taken in the 1995

NFL draft by the Chicago Bears (second round), the highest

specialist taken since 1979. He also played for the Kansas

City Chiefs and was named to the Walter Camp Football

Foundation All-Century College Football Team for the 1900’s.

STEVE

SLATON

RUNNING BACK, 2006

This three-year starter was a quick-

footed and speedy runner who ran

for a school record 1,744 yards and

16 touchdowns in 2006, helping

lead the Mountaineers to a second-straight 11-win season.

He was second in the nation in all-purpose yards, fourth in

rushing yards per game and tied for No. 12 in scoring. Slaton

finished with a complete sweep, earning both unanimous and

consensus All-America honors. He ran for over 1,000 yards all

three years, helping the Mountaineers to three-straight 11-win

seasons and Top 10 rankings. While he was at WVU, he finished

his career among the Top 10 active players nationally in career

rushing yards, career rushing yards per game, career rushing

touchdowns, career yards per carry, scoring touchdowns, total

points and points per game and all-purpose yards per game.

He also was named the most valuable player of the 2006 Sugar

Bowl, finishing with a bowl record 204 yards against Georgia.

DARRYL

TALLEY

LINEBACKER, 1982

Coach Don Nehlen’s first consensus

All-America pick in 1982 (third ever at

WVU), linebacker Darryl Talley captured

first team All-America status on nine

teams that season. A vicious hitter who finished his career

as the school’s all-time leading tackler, Talley was among the

first great Nehlen players that elevated West Virginia football

nationally. Selected in the second round by the Buffalo Bills

in 1983, the Cleveland, Ohio, native became a fixture on four

Buffalo Super Bowl teams. Talley was a two-time NFL all-pro

with the Bills.

GRANT

WILEY

LINEBACKER, 2003

Four-year starter who anchored

the Mountaineer defense from his

linebacker post. Surpassed fellow

consensus All-American Darryl Talley to become the school’s

all-time leading tackler in 2003. Finished his career with

492 total tackles in becoming WVU’s ninth consensus All-

American. The Trappe, Pa., native displayed the knack for

making big plays for the Mountaineer defense and finished

his career as WVUs career leader in tackles for loss with 47.5.

AARON

BEASLEY

CORNERBACK, 1995

This Pottstown, Pa., native captured

first team All-America honors from five

different sources during a 1995 season

in which he nabbed five interceptions. The year prior as a

junior, Beasley led the nation with 10 picks. Of his 19 career

interceptions (second all-time at WVU), three went for TDs. A

Jim Thorpe and Football News defensive player of the year

semifinalist as a senior, Beasley was a third-round selection

of the Jacksonville Jaguars and played in the NFL for nine

seasons with the Jaguars, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons.

BRUCE

BOSLEY

TACKLE, 1955

This Green Bank, W.Va., resident earned

consensus All-America honors as a

tackle in 1955, ending a 36-year West Virginia consensus

drought. A terrific all-around player, Bosley played on the 1954

Sugar Bowl team and helped WVU to a three-year 31-7 mark.

A second-round selection by the San Francisco 49ers in 1956,

the 1953 Academic All-American was a four-time all-pro as

a member of the 49ers during his 13-year NFL career. Bosley

was a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

MIKE

COMPTON

CENTER, 1992

West Virginia’s fifth consensus All-

American used equal amounts of brains

and muscle to gain national acclaim.

A native of Richlands, Va., Compton was cited by seven

different sources for his consensus tag at center. One of four

Rotary Lombardi Award finalists, he was a NCAA Today’s Top

Six winner and was selected to speak on behalf of all NCAA

student-athletes at the 1993 NCAA Convention in Dallas. A

third-round pick by the Detroit Lions in 1993, the Academic

All-American was a fixture at guard and center for the Lions

for eight seasons before moving on to New England, where

he won two Super Bowl rings with the Patriots. He also played

one season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

CANUTE

CURTIS

LINEBACKER, 1996

One of West Virginia’s most decorated

defenders, linebacker Canute Curtis was

the anchor of the nation’s No. 1-rated

defense in 1996. The BIG EAST defensive

player of the year and the school’s all-time sack leader with

342, the Amityville, N.Y., native was a finalist for the Butkus

Award, the Football Writers Association Bronko Nagurski

Award and the Football News defensive player of the year. He

was a sixth-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals.

BRIAN

JOZWIAK

OFFENSIVE TACKLE, 1985

Mammoth offensive tackle Brian

Jozwiak became Coach Don Nehlen’s

second consensus All-American in

1985. Jozwiak gained consensus status at offensive tackle

by earning first team All-America honors from five different

sources. The seventh player taken in the 1986 NFL draft by

the Kansas City Chiefs, the Catonsville, Md., resident was just

the fifth Mountaineer to be taken in the first round of the NFL

draft. Jozwiak played three NFL seasons before injury forced

him into early retirement.

DAN

MOZES

CENTER, 2006

Dan Mozes was named the Rimington

Award winner, signifying the top

center in the nation. He helped lead

the Mountaineers to two 11-win seasons, two Top 10 final

rankings and set the best four-year record in the school’s

history. Mozes finished with a complete sweep, earning

both unanimous and consensus All-America honors. He was

a leader on one of the most explosive offenses in college

football, ranking No. 2 nationally in rushing, No. 3 in scoring,

No. 5 in total offense and No. 6 in fewest sacks allowed. West

Virginia averaged 303 yards per game rushing, 38.9 points a

game and 461.4 yards per game of total offense. He signed a

free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings.

IRA ERRETT

“RAT” RODGERS

FULLBACK, 1919

Hailed as one of the nation’s

finest pre-World War II football

players, Ira Errett Rodgers is

considered by several historians to be West

Virginia’s finest all-round athlete. West Virginia’s

first consensus

pick in 1919 at fullback, the Bethany,

W.Va., native amassed the single greatest season of any West

Virginia player in 1919, leading the nation in scoring with 147

points. National syndicated columnist Grantland Rice labelled

Rodgers “the finest all-round football player in the land” that

season. Rodgers was enshrined in the College Football Hall

of Fame in 1953.

TODD

SAUERBRUN

PUNTER, 1994

Considered among the top punters in

NCAA football history, Todd Sauerbrun

established an NCAA standard 48.4

punting average in 1994 on the way to consensus All-America

status. Sauerbrun also set NCAA marks in career punting

average (46.1) and season punts traveling longer than 50 yards

(32). The AT&T national Long Distance Award winner earned a

clean sweep of All-America teams in 1994 and had one punt

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1985 Brian Jozwiak, offensive tackle

Walter Camp, Associated Press, United

Press International, Football News,

Playboy

1984 Willie Drewrey, special teams

Sporting News

1984 Rob Bennett, tight end

Walter Camp

Paul Woodside, place-kicker

Playboy

1983 Paul Woodside, place-kicker

Sporting News

1982 Darryl Talley, linebacker

Associated Press, United Press

International, Sporting News, Kodak,

Football News, WTBS, Football Writers

Association of America, Newspaper

Enterprise Association

1974 Danny Buggs, wide receiver

Time

1973 Danny Buggs, wide receiver

American Football Coaches’ Association

(Kodak)

1970 Dale Farley, linebacker

Sporting News

Jim Braxton, tight end

Associated Press

1969 Carl Crennel, middle guard

Playboy

1955 Sam Huff, tackle

NEA Service, Look, Jet, NBC-TV

Bruce Bosley, tackle

Colliers, International News Service,

United Press, Sporting News, New

York News, Williamson Rating System,

Hearst Newspapers, Paramount

News, All-America Board, Boston

Record-American, Gridiron Weekly,

Players’ (Norman Sper)

1953 Bob Orders, center

NEA Service (Harry Wismer)

1952 Paul Bischoff, end

Paramount News

1924 Walter “Red” Mahan, guard

Midweek Pictorial, Metropolitan News

1924 Fred Graham, end

Referee Tom Thorp

1922 Russ Meredith, tackle

New York World

1919 Russ Bailey, center

Sioux City Tribune, Philadelphia Press

Ira Errett Rodgers, fullback

Walter Camp, Frank G. Menke, The

Knickerbocker, Chicago Tribune,

Pittsburgh Post, Newark Sunday Call,

St. Louis Star, New Haven Register,

Troy (N.Y.) Record, Ohio State Journal,

Philadelphia Press

1917 Ira Errett Rodgers, fullback

Newark Sunday Call

Russ Bailey, center

Frank G. Menke, A.M. Weyland, Chicago

Tribune, Pittsburgh Sun, Pittsburgh Press,

New York Evening Journal

1916 Ira Errett Rodgers, fullback

Frank Cavanaugh, New York Sun, Newark

Sunday Call

FIRST TEAM

2012 Tavon Austin, all-purpose

American Football Coaches Association,

Associated Press, CBSSports.com,

FoxSports.com, Pro Football Weekly,

Phil Steele, SI.com

Stedman Bailey, wide receiver

Football Writers Association of America,

CBSSports.com, Phil Steele, SI.com

2011 Tavon Austin, all-purpose

CBSSports.com, Phil Steele

2010 Robert Sands, safety

Sporting News

2008 Pat White, quarterback

Playboy

Pat McAfee, punter/kicker

CBSSports.com

2007 Ryan Stanchek, offensive tackle

Football Writers Association of America

Steve Slaton, running back

Playboy

2006 Steve Slaton, running back

Associated Press, Walter Camp,

American Football Coaches Association,

Football Writers Association of America

and Sporting News

Dan Mozes, center

Playboy, American Football Coaches

Association, Associated Press, Walter

Camp, Football Writers Association of

America, The Sporting News, Rivals.com

2004 Adam Jones, defensive back

Collegefootballnews.com,

Collegesportsreport.com

2003 Grant Wiley, linebacker

Associated Press, Football Writers

Association of America, Southern

Football Weekly, The Sporting News,

CNNSI.com, CSTV,

Collegefootballnews.com

1998 John Thornton, defensive tackle

Sports Network

1996 Canute Curtis, linebacker

American Football Coaches Association,

Associated Press, Football News, Football

Writers Association of America, College

Sports, Scripps-Howard, American

Football Quarterly

1995 Aaron Beasley, defensive back

American Football Coaches Association,

Walter Camp, Football News, United Press

International, College Sports

1994 Todd Sauerbrun, punter

American Football Coaches Association,

Walter Camp, Associated Press, Football

News, United Press International, Football

Writers Association of America, College

Sports, College-Pro Football Weekly

1993 Rich Braham, offensive tackle

Kodak, United Press International

1992 Mike Compton, center

Playboy, Kodak, Walter Camp, Football

News, Sporting News, Associated Press,

United Press International

1989 Major Harris, quarterback

Kodak/AFCA, Playboy

1988 Rick Phillips, offensive tackle

Scripps-Howard

Bo Orlando, strong safety

Newspaper Enterprise Association

Chris Haering, linebacker

Newspaper Enterprise Association

SECOND TEAM

2012 Tavon Austin, wide receiver

Walter Camp, CBSSports.com, Phil Steele

Stedman Bailey, wide receiver

Walter Camp, Associated Press,

FoxSports.com

2011 Tavon Austin, all-purpose

Yahoo! Sports

2010 Keith Tandy, cornerback

SI.com

2008 Pat McAfee, punter

Walter Camp

Ryan Stanchek, offensive tackle

Walter Camp

2007 Ryan Stanchek, offensive tackle

Sporting News, Walter Camp

2005 Garin Justice, offensive tackle

The Sporting News

Dan Mozes, center

Associated Press

1995 Aaron Beasley, defensive back

Associated Press

1994 Aaron Beasley, defensive back

Football News, United Press

International, College Sports

1993 Rich Braham, offensive tackle

Associated Press

1989 Major Harris, quarterback

Associated Press, Football News

1988 Chris Parker, defensive tackle

Associated Press

Rick Phillips, offensive tackle

Associated Press, United Press

International

Brian Smider, offensive tackle

Sporting News

1985 Brian Jozwiak, offensive tackle

Newspaper Enterprise Association

1984 Brian Jozwiak, offensive tackle

Associated Press

Fred Smalls, linebacker

Newspaper Enterprise Association

1983 Paul Woodside, place-kicker

United Press International

1982 Paul Woodside, place-kicker

United Press International

1981 Mark Raugh, tight end

United Press International

1973 Danny Buggs, wide receiver

Associated Press, United Press

International, Football News

1969 Carl Crennel, middle guard

Associated Press

1967 Carl Crennel, middle guard

Associated Press

1966 Garrett Ford, halfback

Associated Press, United Press

International

1963 Pete Goimarac, center

Associated Press

1955 Bruce Bosley, tackle

Associated Press

1953 Bruce Bosley, tackle

International News Service

Gene “Beef” Lamone, guard

Associated Press

Bob Orders, center

Central Press

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1971 B.C. Williams, guard

Associated Press

1968 Carl Crennel, middle guard

Associated Press

1962 Jerry Yost, quarterback

Associated Press

1957 Chuck Howley, guard

Williamson Rating System

1955 Sam Huff, tackle

United Press International

1954 Gene “Beef” Lamone, guard

Associated Press, NEA Service, Chicago

Tribune, Williamson Rating System

1953 Tommy Allman, fullback

NEA Service

Bob Orders, center

United Press International, Football Digest

1935 Joe Stydahar, tackle

NEA Service

1925 Walter “Red” Mahan, guard

Associated Press, International News

Service, All-America Board, Chicago

Tribune, A.M. Weyland

1924 Walter “Red” Mahan, guard

Walter Camp

1923 Charles “Trusty” Tallman, end

Athletic World

1919 Joe Harrick, tackle

Chicago Tribune

1917 Ira Errett Rodgers, fullback

A.M. Weyland

FOURTH TEAM

2011 Don Barclay, offensive line

Phil Steele

Bruce Irvin, defensive line

Phil Steele

2010 Chris Neild, defensive line

Phil Steele

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

2009 Reed Williams, linebacker

2006 Jay Henry, linebacker

2004 Jeff Berk, offensive tackle

1998 Eric de Groh, center

1983 Jeff Hostetler, quarterback

1981 Oliver Luck, quarterback

ANSON MOUNT SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

AWARD SELECTED BY PLAYBOY

2006 Jay Henry, linebacker

1998 Eric de Groh, center

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ALL-AMERICA TEAM

PRESENTED BY COSIDA

FIRST TEAM

2007 Reed Williams, linebacker

2006 Jay Henry, linebacker

2005 Jay Henry, linebacker

1998 Eric de Groh, center

1994 Matt Taffoni, linebacker

1992 Mike Compton, center

1983 Jeff Hostetler, quarterback

1981 Oliver Luck, quarterback

1980 Oliver Luck, quarterback

1970 Kim West, kicker

1955 Sam Huff, tackle

1954 Fred Wyant, quarterback

1952 Paul Bischoff, end

SECOND TEAM

2009 Reed Williams, linebacker

2008 Doug Slavonic, defensive lineman

2006 Dan Mozes, center

2004 Jeff Berk, guard

1997 Eric de Groh, center

1996 Eric de Groh, center

1993 Dave Mayfield, defensive back

1988 John Stroia, offensive guard

1972 John Harcharic, safety

1970 Dan Hannahs, linebacker

1958 Terry Fairbanks, end

1956 Joe Kopnisky, end

1955 Fred Wyant, quarterback

1953 Bruce Bosley, tackle

THIRD TEAM

1953 Fred Wyant, quarterback

CFA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE TEAM

1994 Matt Taffoni, linebacker

1993 David Mayfield, safety

Matt Taffoni, linebacker

1992

Mike Compton, center

1991 Alex Shook, tight end

CFA GOOD WORKS TEAM

2008 Tito Gonzales, wide receiver

1995 Eric de Groh, center

1994 David Mayfield, defensive back

1993 Mike Booth, defensive end

1952 Ben Dunkerley, tackle

Associated Press

1934 Tod Goodwin, end

NEA Service

1925 Walter “Red” Mahan, guard

NEA Service

1924 Walter “Red” Mahan, guard

NEA Service

1923 Charles “Trusty” Tallman, end

Walter Camp

1922 Nick Nardacci, halfback

Chicago Tribune

Joe Setron, guard

Walter Camp

1919 Russ Bailey, center

Walter Camp, Chicago Tribune

1917 Paul “Monk” Hager, end

NEA Service

Frank Ice, tackle

New York Sun

THIRD TEAM

2011 Tavon Austin, all-purpose

Associated Press

2010 Chris Neild, nose tackle

Rivals.com

Keith Tandy, cornerback

Rivals.com

2009 Scott Kozlowski, punter

Phil Steele

2008 Pat McAfee, punter

Associated Press, Phil Steele

2007 Ryan Stanchek, offensive tackle

Associated Press

2003 Quincy Wilson, running back

Associated Press

2002 Avon Cobourne, running back

Associated Press

1998 Eric de Groh, center

Associated Press

1997 Amos Zereoue, running back

Sporting News

Henry Slay, defensive tackle

Associated Press

1993 Mike Collins, safety

Football News

1989 Reggie Rembert, wide receiver

Associated Press

1988 Chris Haering, linebacker

Associated Press

Major Harris, quarterback

Associated Press

John Stroia, offensive guard

Associated Press

1982 Paul Woodside, place-kicker

Associated Press

1981 Mark Raugh, tight end

Associated Press

Darryl Talley, linebacker

Associated Press

1972 Gerald Schultze, center

Associated Press

CONSENSUS

ALL-AMERICANS

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TOP PERFORMANCES

FIELD GOAL

Paul Woodside vs. Louisville/1984 .........................................55

Brad Cooper vs. UCF/2004 ......................................................54

Paul Woodside vs. Syracuse/1984 ..........................................53

Tyler Bitancurt vs. TCU/2012 ...................................................52

Pat McAfee vs. Cincinnati/2008 ..............................................52

Pat McAfee vs. Villanova/2008 ...............................................52

Jay Taylor vs. Pitt/1997

...........................................................52

Pat McAfee vs. Pitt/2006 .........................................................51

Jon Ohliger vs. Syracuse/2000 ................................................50

Paul Woodside vs. Pacific/1983 ..............................................50

Ed Kenna vs. Grove City/1901 .................................................50

Pat McAfee vs. Syracuse/2007 ................................................49

Brad Carroll vs. Louisville/1989 ...............................................49

Charlie Baumann vs. East Carolina/1988 ................................49

Paul Woodside vs. Florida/1981 .............................................49

Bill McKenzie vs. Maryland/1977 ............................................49

Ken Juskowich vs. Kentucky/1968 .........................................49

PUNT

Todd Sauerbrun vs. Nebraska/1994 ........................................90

Mark Fazzolari vs. Virginia Tech/1999 ....................................78

Ralph Anastasio vs. Virginia/1957 ...........................................78

Mark Fazzolari vs. Idaho/2000 ................................................76

Brian West vs. Syracuse/1996 .................................................76

Pat McAfee vs. Rutgers/2006 ..................................................75

Morris Drobeck vs. Washington & Jefferson/1932 .................75

Phil Brady vs. Virginia Tech/2004 ............................................73

Greg Hertzog vs. Kent/1990 ....................................................73

Jack Gocke vs. Temple/1935 ..................................................72

Gregg Pugnetti vs. Coastal Carolina/2010 ...............................71

Pat McAfee vs. Cincinnati/2007 ..............................................71

INTERCEPTION RETURN

Tom Pridemore vs. Penn State/1977 ................................... 100

Marcus Mauney vs. Virginia Tech/1974 ..................................99

Harry Marker vs. West Virginia Wesleyan/1932 ......................98

Vann Washington vs. Louisiana Tech/1994 ...........................97

Tom Pridemore vs. Temple/1975 ............................................87

Jim Moss vs. Syracuse/1961 ...................................................87

Bo Orlando vs. East Carolina/1987 .........................................84

Barrett Green vs. Rutgers/1997 *.............................................83

David Mayfield vs. Rutgers/1993 .............................................82

Russ Meredith vs. Gonzaga/1922 ...........................................80

* - non-touchdown

PUNT RETURN

Victor Rabbits vs. Virginia Military/1955 ..................................99

Danny Buggs vs. Tulane/1972 ................................................95

Fulton Walker vs. Boston College/1977 ..................................88

John Mallory vs. The Citadel/1966 ..........................................88

John Mallory vs. George Washington/1965 ...........................86

Fulton Walker vs. Virginia Tech/1979 .....................................85

John Mallory vs. William & Mary/1967

...................................85

Nick Nardacci vs. Allegheny/1923 ..........................................85

Willie Drewrey vs. Florida State/1982 .....................................82

KICKOFF RETURN

Tavon Austin vs. Kansas State/2012 .................................... 100

Tavon Austin vs. Marshall/2011 ........................................... 100

Shawn Terry vs. Maryland/2001 .......................................... 100

Shawn Terry vs. Syracuse/2000 ........................................... 100

Nate Terry vs. Temple/1997 ................................................. 100

Nate Terry vs. East Carolina/1997 ........................................ 100

Kerry Marbury vs. Penn State/1972...................................... 100

Shawn Terry vs. Mississippi/2000 ...........................................99

Tavon Austin vs. Connecticut/2009 ........................................98

Darius Reynaud vs. Maryland/2006 ........................................96

Arthur Owens vs. Penn State/1973 .........................................95

Eugene Napoleon vs. Maryland/1987 ....................................94

Willie Drewrey vs. Syracuse/1984 ...........................................93

TOP GAMES

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS/YARDS

Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 ...........................................56/687

Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 ...............................................67/468

Geno Smith vs. Clemson/2012 ........................................48/433

Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ..................................49/431

Geno Smith vs. James Madison/2012 ............................41/429

Pat White vs. Pitt/2006 ....................................................38/424

Marc Bulger vs. Missouri/1998 ........................................52/424

Geno Smith vs. Kansas/2012 ..........................................28/412

Jarrett Brown vs. East Carolina/2009 .............................. 34/407

Mike Sherwood vs. Pitt/1968 ..........................................47/407

Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 .......................................49/402

Geno Smith vs. Rutgers/2010 ..........................................39/396

TOP PLAYS

TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE

Pat Randolph vs. Northern Illinois/1986 .................................96

Noel Devine vs. Syracuse/2008 ..............................................92

Robert Walker vs. Syracuse/1993 ...........................................90

Eddie Dugan vs. Waynesburg/1952 ........................................90

Lynn Osborne vs. Pittsburgh Athletic Club/1896 .....................90

Noel Devine vs. Pitt/2009 ........................................................88

Arthur Owens vs. Virginia Tech/1974......................................85

Robert Moss vs. Marquette/1955 ............................................84

Kerry Marbury vs. Temple/1971 ..............................................83

San Pinion vs. West Virginia Wesleyan/1938 .........................83

Harry Marker vs. Georgetown/1932 ........................................83

Tavon Austin vs. Rutgers/2011 ...............................................80

Danny Buggs vs. Syracuse/1972 .............................................80

Edward Williams vs. Pitt/1969 .................................................80

Larry Tracewell vs. The Citadel/1962 ......................................80

NON-TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE

Noel Devine vs. Louisville/2008 ..............................................79

Noel Devine vs. Maryland/2007 ..............................................76

Jim Moss vs. William & Mary/1962 .........................................76

Major Harris vs. Boston College/1989 .....................................75

Arthur Owens vs. Kentucky/1974 ...........................................74

Joe Wilkerson vs. West Virginia Wesleyan/1912 ....................74

Ted Anderson vs. Virginia Military/1953 .................................71

Tavon Austin vs. Marshall/2012 ..............................................70

Noel Devine vs. Florida State/2010 .........................................70

Mike Sherwood vs. Pitt/1969 ..................................................70

Garrett Ford Sr. vs. William & Mary/1965 ................................67

Darius Reynaud vs. East Carolina/2007 ...................................64

Noel Whipkey vs. William & Mary/1956 .................................64

Bobby Moss vs. Syracuse/1955 ..............................................64

Steve Slaton vs. Cincinnati/2006.............................................63

Khari Mott vs. Pitt/1996...........................................................63

Glenn Holton vs. George Washington/1961 ...........................63

TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION/YARDS

FROM SCRIMMAGE

Danny Buggs from Ben Williams vs. Penn State/1973 ...........96

Travis Garvin from Rasheed Marshall vs. Virginia Tech/2003 .93

Thomas Yeater from Jerry Yost vs. Oregon State/1962 ..........92

Chris Potts from Bernie Galiffa vs. Duke/1971 ........................89

Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 .................87

Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ........84

Chris Henry from Rasheed Marshall vs. Rutgers/2003 ............83

Jay Kearney from Jake Kelchner vs. Missouri/1993 ...............83

Harry Sweeney from Fred Wyant vs. Fordham/1954..............83

Harry Blake from Bernie Galiffa vs. Temple/1971 ...................82

Rahsaan Vanterpool from Chad Johnston vs. Pitt/1994 .........81

Cedric Thomas from Dan Kendra vs. Richmond/1977 ............80

Terry Fairbanks from Richard Longfellow vs. Boston/1958 ....80

Tito Gonzales from Pat White vs. Oklahoma/2008 ................79

NON-TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION/YARDS FROM

SCRIMMAGE

Kay-Jay Harris from Rasheed Marshall vs. Miami/2003 ..........84

Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma State/2012 .75

Tavon Austin from Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011.........................72

Chris Henry from Rasheed Marshall vs. Rutgers/2004 ............69

James Jett from Greg Jones vs. Boston College/1990............68

Shawn Foreman from Marc Bulger vs. Rutgers/1996 .............65

Eddie Silverio from Mike Sherwood vs. Pitt/1968 ..................65

Khori Ivy from Brad Lewis vs. Boston College/2000 ...............64

Bob Dunlevy from Allen McCune vs. Syracuse/1965 ..............60

Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Syracuse/2012.............59

Chris Henry from Rasheed Marshall vs. Rutgers/2003 ............59

Gary Mullen from Oliver Luck vs. Temple/1981 ......................59

Brad Starks from Jarrett Brown vs. Auburn/2009 ...................58

Darius Reynaud from Pat White vs. Western Michigan/2007 .58

Jay Kearney from Darren Studstill vs. Rutgers/1993 ...............58

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TOTAL OFFENSE (continued)

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1998 ................................................ 38/394

Geno Smith vs. Marshall/2012 ........................................ 44/388

Pat White vs. North Carolina/2008 ..................................47/387

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011.......................................52/377

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma/2012 .....................................39/372

Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 ................................37/372

Major Harris vs. Boston College/1988

.............................39/372

Chad Johnston vs. Pitt/1994 ........................................... 51/370

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ............................62/363

Oliver Luck vs. Syracuse/1981 ........................................ 52/354

Chad Johnston vs. Purdue/1995 ..................................... 43/352

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1999 ...........................................49/351

Pat White vs. Louisville/2006 .......................................... 43/347

RUSHING YARDS CARRIES/YARDS

Tavon Austin vs. Oklahoma/2012 ...................................21/344

Kay-Jay Harris vs. East Carolina/2004 .............................25/337

Dustin Garrison vs. Bowling Green/2011 ........................32/291

Kerry Marbury vs. Temple/1971 ......................................22/291

Avon Cobourne vs. East Carolina/2002 ..........................30/260

Pat White vs. Syracuse/2006...........................................15/247

Amos Zereoue vs. Notre Dame/1997 ..............................32/234

Amos Zereoue vs. Rutgers/1998 .....................................35/228

Noel Devine vs. Colorado/2009 ...................................... 22/220

Pat White vs. Pitt/2005 ....................................................23/220

Pat White vs. Pitt/2006 ....................................................22/220

Steve Slaton vs. Pitt/2006 ............................................... 23/215

Andrew Wood vs. Boston College/1971.........................24/214

RUSHING YARDS -- TWO CONSECUTIVE GAMES YARDS

Avon Cobourne

vs. Cincinnati (193), East Carolina (260)/2002

.......................453

Tavon Austin

vs. Oklahoma (344), Iowa State (74)/2012

........................... 418

Amos Zereoue

vs. Syracuse (189), Rutgers (228)/1998

.................................417

Steve Slaton

vs. Georgia (204), Marshall (203)/2006

................................. 407

Pat White

vs. Pitt (220), USF (129)/2005

................................................397

Noel Devine

vs. Syracuse (188), Auburn (207)/2008

................................. 395

Amos Zereoue

vs. Notre Dame (234), Pitt (151)/1997

...................................385

Avon Cobourne

vs. East Carolina (260) and Maryland (123)/2006

................. 383

Amos Zereoue

vs. Marshall (174), East Carolina (199)/1997

.........................373

Dustin Garrison

vs. Bowling Green (291), Connecticut (80)/2011

..................371

Amos Zereoue

vs. Rutgers (228), Boston College (143)/1998

.......................371

Kerry Marbury

vs. East Carolina (76), Temple (291)/1971

.............................367

Robert Walker

vs. Pitt (163), Syracuse (198)/1993

........................................361

RUSHING YARDS -- THREE CONSECUTIVE GAMES YARDS

Avon Cobourne

vs. Cincinnati (193),

East Carolina (260) and Maryland (123)/2002

.......................576

Amos Zereoue

vs. Virginia Tech (148),

Syracuse (189), Rutgers (228)/1998

......................................565

Amos Zereoue

vs. Syracuse (189),

Rutgers (228), Boston College (143)/1998

............................560

Avon Cobourne

vs. Wisconsin (79),

Cincinnati (193) and East Carolina (260)/2002

......................532

Robert Walker

vs. Louisville (161), Pitt (163), Syracuse (198)/1993

..............522

Kerry Marbury

vs. William & Mary (144),

East Carolina (75), Temple (291)/1971

..................................521

Avon Cobourne

vs. East Carolina (260),

Maryland (123) and Rutgers (133)/2002

...............................516

Steve Slaton

vs. Georgia (2004),

Marshall (203) and Eastern Washington (105)/2006.............512

Pat White

vs. Cincinnati (111),

Pitt (220) and South Florida (177)/2005

................................508

Steve Slaton

vs. Marshall (203),

Eastern Washington (105) and Maryland (195)/2006

........... 503

RUSHING ATTEMPTS CARRIES

George Allen vs. Georgetown/1933 ........................................45

George Allen vs. West Virginia Wesleyan/1933 ......................42

Amos Zereoue vs. Pitt/1997 ....................................................41

Quincy Wilson vs. Rutgers/2003 .............................................40

Amos Zereoue vs. Rutgers/1998 .............................................35

Avon Cobourne vs. Kent State/2001 .......................................35

Avon Cobourne vs. Ohio/2001 ...............................................35

Undra Johnson vs. Temple/1985 ............................................35

Edward Williams vs. South Carolina/1969 ..............................35

Quincy Wilson vs. Pitt/2003 ....................................................34

PASSING YARDS

Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 ................................................ 656

Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 .................................................... 463

Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ....................................... 450

Marc Bulger vs. Missouri/1998 ............................................. 429

Mike Sherwood vs. Pitt/1968 ............................................... 416

Geno Smith vs. James Madison/2012 ................................. 411

Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 ............................................ 410

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1998 ..................................................... 409

Geno Smith vs. Kansas/2012 ............................................... 407

Geno Smith vs. Clemson/2012 ............................................. 407

Chad Johnston vs. Pitt/1994 ................................................ 396

Chad Johnston vs. Purdue/1995 .......................................... 390

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011............................................ 388

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1998 ................................................ 380

Geno Smith vs. Cincinnati/2011 ........................................... 372

Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 ..................................... 371

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ................................. 364

Oliver Luck vs. Syracuse/1981 ............................................. 360

Marc Bulger vs. Navy/1998 .................................................. 354

Chad Johnston vs. Boston College/1996 ............................. 354

Marc Bulger vs. Georgia Tech/1997 ..................................... 353

Geno Smith vs. Rutgers/2010 ............................................... 352

PASS COMPLETIONS COMPLETIONS

Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 ...................................................45

Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 .......................................................38

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ....................................36

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011...............................................36

Geno Smith vs. James Madison/2012 ....................................34

Marc Bulger vs. Missouri/1998 ................................................34

Oliver Luck vs. Syracuse/1981 ................................................34

Geno Smith vs. TCU/2012 .......................................................32

Geno Smith vs. Marshall/2012 ................................................32

Geno Smith vs. Clemson/2012 ................................................32

Geno Smith vs. Marshall/2010 ................................................32

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1999 ...................................................32

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1998 ...................................................32

Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 ...............................................31

Brad Lewis vs. Maryland/2001 ................................................31

Geno Smith vs. Texas Tech/2012............................................30

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2012...............................................30

Geno Smith vs. Cincinnati/2011 ..............................................29

Dan Kendra vs. Syracuse/1975 ...............................................28

Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ..........................................27

Mike Sherwood vs. Pitt/1968 ..................................................27

Geno Smith vs. Marshall/2011 ................................................26

Pat White vs. North Carolina/2008 ..........................................26

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1998 ........................................................26

Marc Bulger vs. Virginia Tech/1998 .........................................26

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1997 ........................................................26

PASS ATTEMPTS ATTEMPTS

Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 .......................................................65

Gerald Fisher vs. Maryland/1951 .............................................57

Geno Smith vs. Texas Tech/2012............................................56

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ....................................54

Geno Smith vs. TCU/2012 .......................................................54

Brad Lewis vs. Maryland/2001 ................................................52

Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 ...................................................51

Chad Johnston vs. Virginia Tech/1996 ....................................51

Marc Bulger vs. Missouri/1998 ................................................50

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011...............................................49

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1999 ...................................................48

Oliver Luck vs. Syracuse/1981 ................................................48

Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ..........................................45

Geno Smith vs. Rutgers/2010 ..................................................45

Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 ...............................................44

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2012...............................................43

Geno Smith vs. Clemson/2012 ................................................43

Geno Smith vs. Cincinnati/2011 ..............................................43

Marc Bulger vs. Virginia Tech/1998 .........................................43

Marc Bulger vs. Miami/1998 ...................................................43

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1997 ........................................................43

Mike Sherwood vs. Virginia Tech/1968 ..................................43

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

Geno Smith vs. Baylor/2012 .....................................................8

Geno Smith vs. Clemson/2012 ..................................................6

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1998 ..........................................................6

Geno Smith vs. James Madison/2012 ......................................5

Pat White vs. Villanova/2008 ....................................................5

Brad Lewis vs. Mississippi/2000 ................................................5

Allen McCune vs. Pitt/1965 .......................................................5

Geno Smith vs. Oklahoma/2012 ...............................................4

Geno Smith vs. Texas/2012 ......................................................4

Geno Smith vs. Marshall/2012 ..................................................4

Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/2011 ............................................4

Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 ..........................................4

Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2010.................................................4

Geno Smith vs. Cincinnati/2010 ................................................4

Jarrett Brown vs. East Carolina/2009 ........................................4

Rasheed Marshall vs. UCF/2004 ................................................4

Rasheed Marshall vs. East Carolina/2003 .................................4

Marc Bulger vs. Pitt/1999 ..........................................................4

Marc Bulger vs. Missouri/1998 ..................................................4

Chad Johnston vs. Rutgers/1995 ..............................................4

Chad Johnston vs. Pitt/1994 .....................................................4

Major Harris vs. Pitt/1989 ..........................................................4

Jeff Hostetler vs. Oklahoma/1982 .............................................4

Oliver Luck vs. Temple/1980 .....................................................4

37 players with 3 - the latest is Geno Smith vs. Kansas/2012

TOP

PERFORMANCES

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RECEIVING YARDAGE CATCHES/YARDS

Stedman Bailey vs. Baylor/2012 .....................................13/303

Stedman Bailey vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ......................14/225

Tavon Austin vs. Baylor/2012 ......................................... 14/215

Stedman Bailey vs. Oklahoma/2012 ...............................13/205

Chris Henry vs. Syracuse/2003 .......................................... 6/209

Pat Greene vs. Pitt/1997 ..................................................12/205

Rahsaan Vanterpool vs. Pitt/1994 ..................................... 9/205

David Saunders vs. Boston College/1996 ......................... 8/191

Calvin Phillips vs. Cal State Fullerton/1988........................ 5/190

Oscar Patrick vs. Penn State/1968 .................................. 10/190

Shawn Foreman vs. Missouri/1998 ................................11/189

Tavon Austin vs. LSU/2011 ............................................. 11/187

Zach Abraham vs. Pitt/1994 .............................................. 6/180

Tavon Austin vs. Maryland/2012 ....................................13/179

Antonio Brown vs. East Carolina/2000 ............................. 6/179

David Saunders vs. Rutgers/1996 ....................................11/178

RECEPTIONS CATCHES/YARDS

Stedman Bailey vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ......................14/225

Tavon Austin vs. Baylor/2012 ......................................... 14/215

Stedman Bailey vs. Oklahoma/2012 ...............................13/205

Stedman Bailey vs. Baylor/2012 .....................................13/303

J.D. Woods vs. Baylor/2012 ............................................ 13/114

Stedman Bailey vs. James Madison/2012 ......................13/173

Tavon Austin vs. Maryland/2012 ....................................13/179

Tavon Austin vs. Clemson/2012 .....................................12/123

Jock Sanders vs. Auburn/2009 .......................................12/115

David Saunders vs. Miami/1998 ........................................ 12/89

Shawn Foreman vs. Georgia Tech/1997 .........................12/110

Pat Greene vs. Pitt/1997 ..................................................12/205

Mickey Walczak vs. Syracuse/1981 .................................. 12/84

Stedman Bailey vs. Kansas/2012 .................................... 11/159

Tavon Austin vs. Oklahoma State/2012 ........................... 11/79

Tavon Austin vs. TCU/2012 ............................................. 11/101

Tavon Austin vs. James Madison/2012 .......................... 11/113

Shawn Foreman vs. Missouri/1998 ................................11/189

Tavon Austin vs. LSU/2011 ............................................. 11/187

David Saunders vs. Rutgers/1996 ....................................11/178

Tavon Austin vs. Maryland/2011 ....................................11/122

Tavon Austin vs. Texas Tech/2012 ...................................10/92

Tavon Austin vs. Texas/2012 .......................................... 10/102

Tavon Austin vs. Marshall/2012 ........................................ 10/53

Tavon Austin vs. Pitt/2011 ..............................................10/102

Jock Sanders vs. USF/2010 ............................................... 10/31

Noel Devine vs. Marshall/2010 ......................................... 10/62

Antonio Brown vs. Maryland/2001 .................................10/108

Shawn Foreman vs. Boston College/1997 .....................10/153

Rahsaan Vanterpool vs. Ball State/1994 .........................10/115

Mark Raugh vs. Syracuse/1981 ......................................... 10/91

Oscar Patrick vs. Penn State/1968 .................................. 10/190

ALL-PURPOSE RUNNING YARDS

Tavon Austin vs. Oklahoma/2012 ........................................ 572

Steve Slaton vs. Pitt/2006 .................................................... 345

Garrett Ford Sr. vs. Pitt/1965 ................................................ 341

Kay-Jay Harris vs. East Carolina/2004 .................................. 337

Kerry Marbury vs. Temple/1971 ........................................... 323

Robert Gresham vs. Richmond/1969 ................................... 312

Stedman Bailey vs. Baylor/2012 .......................................... 303

Tavon Austin vs. LSU/2011 .................................................. 287

Tavon Austin vs. Baylor/2012 .............................................. 286

Rahsaan Vanterpool vs. Pitt/1994 ........................................ 284

Amos Zereoue vs. Syracuse/1998........................................ 282

Andrew Buie vs. Texas/2012................................................ 281

Avon Cobourne vs. East Carolina/2002 ............................... 274

Tavon Austin vs. Louisville/2011 ......................................... 271

Danny Buggs vs. William & Mary/1972 ................................ 268

Tavon Austin vs. Iowa State/2012 ....................................... 261

Amos Zereoue vs. Tulsa/1998 ............................................. 257

- includes rushing, receiving, kickoff return and punt return yards

SCORING (KICKERS ONLY LISTED BELOW)

Ira Errett Rodgers vs. Marietta/1919 ........................................37

Ira Errett Rodgers vs. Ohio Wesleyan/1919 ............................37

Steve Slaton vs. Louisville/2005 .............................................36

Woody Bruder vs. Bethany/1924 ............................................35

Stedman Bailey vs. Baylor/2012 .............................................30

George Allen vs. Marquette/1934 ...........................................30

Ira Errett Rodgers vs. Gettysburg/1917 ....................................30

Stedman Bailey vs. Oklahoma/2012 .......................................24

Tavon Austin vs. Clemson/2012 .............................................24

Steve Slaton vs. Western Michigan/2007 ...............................24

Pat White vs. Syracuse and Louisville/2006 ...........................24

Steve Slaton vs. Pitt/2006 .......................................................24

Kay-Jay Harris vs. East Carolina/2004 .....................................24

Kay-Jay Harris vs. Temple/2004 ..............................................24

Quincy Wilson vs. Pitt/2003 ....................................................24

Avon Cobourne vs. Rutgers/2001 ...........................................24

Ira Errett Rodgers vs. West Virginia Wesleyan/1916 ...............24

Ira Errett Rodgers vs. Marshall/1915 .......................................24

KICK SCORING

Frank Nester vs. Villanova/1972 .............................................19

Ken Juskowich vs. Villanova/1967 .........................................16

Tyler Bitancurt vs. Liberty/2009 ...............................................15

Pat McAfee vs. Rutgers/2006 ..................................................15

Ken Juskowich vs. Pitt/1967 ...................................................15

Jay Taylor vs. Rutgers/1999 ....................................................14

Jay Taylor vs. Miami (Ohio)/1999............................................14

Charlie Baumann vs. Bowling Green/1988 .............................14

Paul Woodside vs. Rutgers/1982 ............................................14

Paul Woodside vs. Syracuse/1982 ..........................................14

12 players with 13- the latest is Tyler Bitancurt vs. Bowling Green/2011

MOST PUNTS

Chuck Brooks vs. Penn State/1973 .........................................12

Thad Kucherawy vs. Kentucky/1969 ......................................12

Brian West vs. Syracuse/1995 .................................................11

Mark Fazzolari vs. Virginia Tech/2001 ....................................10

Todd Sauerbrun vs. Pitt/1994 ..................................................10

Steve Superick vs. Boston College/1985 ................................10

Steve Superick vs. Temple/1982 .............................................10

Curt Carion vs. Penn State/1980 .............................................10

Thad Kucherawy vs. Virginia Military/1967 .............................10

28 players with 9 - the latest is Scott Kozlowski vs. Rutgers/2009

HIGHEST PUNT AVERAGE (MIN. 3 ATT.)

Todd Sauerbrun vs. Nebraska/1994 .................................... 60.1

Pat McAfee vs. Oklahoma/2008 ......................................... 58.5

Corey Smith vs. Pitt/2011 .................................................... 57.2

Ralph Anastasio vs. Virginia/1957 ....................................... 57.0

Greg Hertzog vs. Kent/1990 ................................................ 53.7

Greg Hertzog vs. Virginia Tech/1990 ................................... 53.0

Pat McAfee vs. Connecticut/2007 ....................................... 52.7

Pat McAfee vs. Rutgers/2006 .............................................. 52.7

Todd Sauerbrun vs. Eastern Michigan/1993 ....................... 52.2

Steve Superick vs. East Carolina/1982 ................................ 51.5

Todd Sauerbrun vs. Virginia Tech/1992 .............................. 49.6

Greg Hertzog vs. Maryland/1989 ........................................ 49.6

Curt Carion vs. Pitt/1980 ...................................................... 49.6

TOP SEASONS

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS/YARDS

Geno Smith/2012 ....................................................... 584/4,356

Geno Smith/2011 ....................................................... 582/4,352

Marc Bulger/1998 .......................................................452/3,515

Pat White/2007 ..........................................................413/3,059

Major Harris/1989 .......................................................400/2,994

Geno Smith/2010 ....................................................... 478/2,980

Pat White/2006 ..........................................................344/2,874

Pat White/2008 ..........................................................465/2,816

Rasheed Marshall/2004 ..............................................411/2,747

Jarrett Brown/2009 ....................................................413/2,610

Major Harris/1988 .......................................................320/2,525

Oliver Luck/1981 ........................................................ 434/2,497

Jeff Hostetler/1983 .....................................................404/2,416

Marc Bulger/1997 .......................................................375/2,372

Bernie Galiffa/1972 .....................................................394/2,345

Rasheed Marshall/2002 ..............................................432/2,282

RUSHING YARDS CARRIES/YARDS

Steve Slaton/2006 ......................................................248/1,744

Avon Cobourne/2002 .................................................335/1,710

Amos Zereoue/1997 ..................................................281/1,589

Noel Devine/2009 ......................................................241/1,465

Amos Zereoue/1998 ..................................................283/1,462

Quincy Wilson/2003 ..................................................282/1,380

Pat White/2007 ..........................................................197/1,335

Avon Cobourne/2001 .................................................267/1,298

Robert Walker/1993 ...................................................214/1,250

Robert Gresham/1969 ................................................206/1,155

Adrian Murrell/1992....................................................222/1,145

Avon Cobourne/1999 .................................................224/1,138

QUARTERBACK RUSHING YARDS CARRIES/YARDS

Pat White/2007 ..........................................................197/1,335

Pat White/2006 ..........................................................165/1,219

Pat White/2008 .............................................................191/974

Pat White/2005 .............................................................131/952

Major Harris/1989 ..........................................................155/936

Rasheed Marshall/2004 .................................................169/861

Rasheed Marshall/2002 .................................................173/666

Major Harris/1987 ..........................................................143/615

Major Harris/1988 ..........................................................134/610

Jarrett Brown/2009 .......................................................117/466

Oliver Luck/1979 ........................................................... 204/407

Jarrett Brown/2007 .........................................................49/327

Darren Studstill/1991 ....................................................... 88/307

Rasheed Marshall/2003 .................................................101/303

FULLBACK RUSHING YARDS CARRIES/YARDS

Jim Braxton/1969 .......................................................... 199/843

Walter Easley/1980 .......................................................189/833

Dick Leftridge/1965 .......................................................144/774

Pete Wood/1971 ........................................................... 145/724

Pete Wood/1970 ........................................................... 131/713

Ron Lee/1975 ................................................................155/623

Larry Krutko/1956..........................................................124/584

Ron Lee/1974 ................................................................115/543

Dick Leftridge/1964 .......................................................125/534

Walter Easley/1976 .......................................................124/493

RUSHING ATTEMPTS

Avon Cobourne/2002 ........................................................... 335

Amos Zereoue/1998 ............................................................ 283

Quincy Wilson/2003 ............................................................ 282

Amos Zereoue/1997 ............................................................ 281

Avon Cobourne/2001 ........................................................... 267

Steve Slaton/2006 ................................................................ 248

Noel Devine/2009 ................................................................ 241

Garrett Ford Sr./1966 ............................................................ 236

Avon Cobourne/2000 ........................................................... 224

Avon Cobourne/1999 ........................................................... 224

Amos Zereoue/1996 ............................................................ 222

Adrian Murrell/1992.............................................................. 222

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS

Ira Errett Rodgers/1919 ............................................................19

Steve Slaton/2006 ...................................................................18

Amos Zereoue/1997 ...............................................................18

Steve Slaton/2007 ...................................................................17

Steve Slaton/2005 ...................................................................17

Avon Cobourne/2002 ..............................................................17

Pat White/2006 .......................................................................16

Kerry Marbury/1972.................................................................16

Pat White/2007 .......................................................................14

Noel Devine/2009 ...................................................................13

Rasheed Marshall/2002 ...........................................................13

Amos Zereoue/1998 ...............................................................13

Shawne Alston/2011 ...............................................................12

Quincy Wilson/2003 ...............................................................12

Jim Braxton/1969 ....................................................................12

RECEIVING YARDS CATCHES/YARDS

Stedman Bailey/2012 ................................................. 114/1,622

Tavon Austin/2012 .....................................................114/1,289

Stedman Bailey/2011 ................................................... 72/1,279

Tavon Austin/2011 .....................................................101/1,186

David Saunders/1996 ................................................... 76/1,043

Chris Henry/2003 .......................................................... 41/1,006

Shawn Foreman/1998 ....................................................63/948

Shawn Foreman/1997 ....................................................77/928

David Saunders/1998 ...................................................... 77/883

Antonio Brown/2000 ......................................................51/877

Chris Henry/2004 .............................................................52/872

Reggie Rembert/1989 ......................................................47/850

Rahsaan Vanterpool/1994 ..............................................50/849

Khori Ivy/2000 ................................................................. 47/806

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TIGHT END RECEIVING YARDS CATCHES/YARDS

Lovett Purnell/1995 .........................................................37/614

Mark Raugh/1981 ............................................................64/601

Nate Stephens/1972........................................................36/577

Lovett Purnell/1994 .........................................................41/547

Anthony Becht/1999 ....................................................... 35/510

Dave Jagdmann/1973 .....................................................30/424

Mark Raugh/1982

............................................................32/423

Anthony Becht/1998 ....................................................... 29/393

Nate Stephens/1971........................................................24/393

Rich Duggan/1978 ...........................................................23/372

RUNNING BACK RECEIVING YARDS CATCHES/YARDS

Jim Braxton/1970 ............................................................27/565

Steve Slaton/2006 ...........................................................27/360

Steve Slaton/2007 ...........................................................26/350

Mickey Walczak/1981 .....................................................49/338

Robert Alexander/1980 ...................................................31/329

Andrew Buie/2012 ..........................................................28/318

Jim Braxton/1969 ............................................................18/276

Noel Devine/2010 ...........................................................34/258

Adrian Murrell/1992.........................................................17/244

Tom Gray/1985 ...............................................................26/233

Dustin Garrison/2011 .......................................................24/201

Noel Devine/2008 ...........................................................35/185

Amos Zereoue/1998 .......................................................23/184

Kay-Jay Harris/2004 ........................................................ 20/181

Garrett Ford Sr./1965 .......................................................16/179

Noel Devine/2009 ...........................................................22/177

Note: Jim Braxton also played tight end in 1970

RECEPTIONS CATCHES/YARDS

Stedman Bailey/2012 ................................................. 114/1,622

Tavon Austin/2012 .....................................................114/1,289

Tavon Austin/2011 .....................................................101/1,186

David Saunders/1998 ...................................................... 77/883

Shawn Foreman/1997 ....................................................77/928

David Saunders/1996 ................................................... 76/1,043

Stedman Bailey/2011 ................................................... 72/1,279

Jock Sanders/2009 ..........................................................72/688

Jock Sanders/2010 ..........................................................69/728

Darius Reynaud/2007 ...................................................... 64/733

Mark Raugh/1981 ............................................................64/601

Shawn Foreman/1998 ....................................................63/948

J.D. Woods/2012 .............................................................61/637

Tavon Austin/2010 ..........................................................58/787

Jock Sanders/2008 ..........................................................53/462

Khori Ivy/1999 ................................................................. 53/666

Chris Henry/2004 .............................................................52/872

Antonio Brown/2000 ......................................................51/877

Rich Hollins/1983 ............................................................ 50/781

Oscar Patrick/1968 .......................................................... 50/770

Antonio Brown/1999 ......................................................50/462

Rahsaan Vanterpool/1994 ..............................................50/849

TIGHT END RECEPTIONS CATCHES/YARDS

Mark Raugh/1982 ............................................................64/601

Lovett Purnell/1994 .........................................................41/547

Lovett Purnell/1995 .........................................................37/614

Nate Stephens/1972........................................................36/577

Anthony Becht/1999 ....................................................... 35/510

Mark Raugh/1983 ............................................................32/423

Dave Jagdmann/1973 .....................................................30/424

Anthony Becht/1998 ....................................................... 29/393

Randy Swinson/1977 ...................................................... 25/357

Nate Stephens/1971........................................................24/393

RUNNING BACK RECEPTIONS CATCHES/YARDS