Academic All-Americans

Nebraska has a nation-leading 70 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American football selections. The selections are made by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Four Huskers on the following list — Fricke, Clare, Osberg and Jeter — were named Academic All-American by groups other than CoSIDA. Oberlin was also named by a different group but has been certified by CoSIDA.

 

• Bob Oberlin, center, 1952-53
• Don Fricke, center, 1960
• Pat Clare, back, 1960
• Jim Huge, end, 1962
• Dennis Claridge, back, 1963
• Jim Osberg, guard, 1965
• Tony Jeter, end, 1965*
• Marv Mueller, defensive back, 1966
• Randy Reeves, defensive back, 1969
• Jeff Kinney, offensive back, 1971*
• Larry Jacobson, defensive tackle, 1971*
• Frosty Anderson, offensive back/end, 1973
• Rik Bonness, center, 1975*
• Tom Heiser, offensive back, 1975
• Vince Ferragamo, quarterback, 1976*
• Ted Harvey, defensive back, 1976-77
• Jim Pillen, defensive back, 1978
• George Andrews, defensive tackle, 1978*
• Rod Horn, defensive tackle, 1978
• Kelly Saalfeld, offensive line, 1979
• Randy Schleusener, guard, 1979-80* ±
• Jeff Finn, offensive end, 1980
• Ric Lindquist, defensive back, 1981
• Randy Theiss, offensive line, 1981
• Dave Rimington, center 1981-82* ±
• Rob Stuckey, defensive line, 1983-84
• Scott Strasburger, defensive end, 1983-84
• Mark Traynowicz, center, 1984* ±
• Dale Klein, place-kicker, 1986
• Tom Welter, offensive line, 1986
• Jeff Jamrog, defensive end, 1987
• Mark Blazek, defensive back, 1987-88
• John Kroeker, punter, 1988
• Gerry Gdowski, quarterback, 1989
• Jake Young, center, 1989* ±
• David Edeal, center, 1990
• Pat Tyrance, inside linebacker, 1990 ±
• Jim Wanek, guard, 1990
• Pat Engelbert, nose tackle, 1991
• Mike Stigge, punter, 1991-92
• Trev Alberts, outside linebacker, 1993* ±
• Terry Connealy, nose tackle, 1993-94
• Rob Zatechka, guard, 1993-94 ± %
• Matt Shaw, tight end, 1994
• Aaron Graham, center, 1995* ±
• Grant Wistrom, defensive end, 1996-97* ±
• Joel Makovicka, fullback, 1997-98
• Chad Kelsay defensive end, 1998
• Bill Lafleur, punter, 1998
• Mike Brown, defensive back, 1999*
• Kyle Vanden Bosch, def. end, 1999-2000%
• Tracey Wistrom, tight end, 2001
• Chad Sievers, linebacker, 2004
• Dane Todd, fullback, 2005
• Kurt Mann, center, 2005
• Austin Cassidy, defensive back, 2010-11
• Rex Burkhead, running back, 2011-12
• Spencer Long, offensive line, 2013
• Chris Weber, linebacker, 2017
 

* Also an athletic All-American | ± NCAA Top VIII Award | % Draddy Trophy winner (“Academic Heisman”)

Note: Rimington and Tyrance are members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame.