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.