1991 Nebraska football honors

National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG
(one of 15 $18,000 postgraduate fellowships)
 
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG ($5,000 grant)
 
Columbus TD Club DB of Year Finalist
Tyrone Legette, Sr., CB (one of two)
 
Big Eight Offensive Player of Year
Keithen McCant, Sr., QB (Coaches)
 
First-Team Sophomore All-American
Derek Brown, So., IB (AP)
 
Second-Team All-America
Will Shields, Jr., OG (AP)
 
Third-Team All-America
Derek Brown, So., IB (AP, Football News)
Johnny Mitchell, So., TE (AP)
 
Big Eight Offensive Newcomer of Year
Calvin Jones, Fr., IB (AP, Coaches)
 
All-Big Eight
Brian Boerboom, Sr., OT (AP)
Jon Bostick, Sr., SE (Coaches)
Derek Brown, So., IB (AP, Coaches)
Tyrone Legette, Sr., CB (AP, Coaches)
Keithen McCant, Sr., QB (AP, Coaches)
Johnny Mitchell, So., TE (AP, Coaches)
Will Shields, Jr., OG (AP, Coaches)
Mike Stigge, Jr., P (Coaches)
Erik Wiegert, Sr., OG (Coaches)
 
Second-Team All-Big Eight
Brian Boerboom, Sr., OT (Coaches)
Jon Bostick, Sr., SE (AP)
Steve Carmer, Jr., SS (Coaches)
Curtis Cotton, Sr., CB (AP)
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG (AP, Coaches)
Travis Hill, Jr., OLB (AP)
Calvin Jones, Fr., IB (AP)
Mike Petko, Sr., ILB (AP)
Mike Stigge, Jr., P (AP)
Erik Wiegert, Sr., OG (AP)
 
Honorable-Mention All-Big Eight
Mike Anderson, So., ILB (Coaches)
Byron Bennett, So., PK (Coaches)
Tyrone Byrd, Jr., FS (Coaches)
Steve Carmer, Jr., SS (AP)
Curtis Cotton, Sr., CB (Coaches)
Travis Hill, Jr., OLB (Coaches)
Calvin Jones, Fr., IB (Coaches)
Lance Lewis, Jr., Fullback (Coaches)
John Parrella, Jr., DT (AP, Coaches)
Mike Petko, Sr., OLB (Coaches)
Jim Scott, Jr., C (Coaches)
William Washington, Jr., TE (Coaches)
David White, Jr., OLB (Coaches)
Kenny Wilhite, Jr., CB (Coaches)
 
GTE First-Team Academic All-America
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG, 3.591, Civil Engr.
Mike Stigge, Jr., P, 3.517, Pre-Vet. Med.
 
College Football Association Scholar-Athlete Team
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG, 3.591, Civil Engr.
Mike Stigge, Sr., P, 3.517, Pre-Vet. Med.
 
GTE Academic All-District VII
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG, 3.591, Civil Engineering
Mike Pekto, Sr., ILB, 3.402, Economics
Mike Stigge, Jr., P, 3.517, Pre-Vet. Med.
 
Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight
Trev Alberts, So., OLB, 3.35 Speech Comm.
Jon Bostick, Sr., SE, 3.08, Speech Comm.
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG, 3.94, Civil Engr.
Johnny Mitchell, So., TE, 3.15, Human Devel.
Mike Petko, Sr., OLB, 3.40, Economics
Mike Stigge, Jr., P, 3.52, Pre-Vet. Med.
Rob Zatechka, Fr., OT, 4.00, Biological Sci.
Bill Ziegelbein, Sr., C, 3.14, Mech. Engr.
 
Phillips 66 Big Eight Academic Honor Roll
George Achola, Sr., IB, 3.25, Pre-Law
Jason Baker, So., C, 3.10, Accounting
Troy Branch, So., ILB, 3.48, History
Shane Geiken, Sr., ILB, 3.14 Business Adm.
Matt Hilman, Jr., DT, 3.25, Criminal Just.
Tim Johnk, Sr., Fullback, 3.28, Elementary Ed.
Daryl Leise, Sr., TE, 3.41, Finance
Kevin Ramaekers, So., DT, 3.04, Human Devel.
Jim Scott, Jr., C, 3.47, Business Adm.
Paul Wightman, Jr., ILB, 3.22, Speech Comm.
 
National Offensive Player of Week
Calvin Jones, IB (KU game) (Sporting News, Sports Illus.)
 
NFF Top Five Performer
Keithen McCant, Sr., QB (Okla. State game)
 
Nebraska Players of Week 
Opp  Offense               Defense           
USU  Derek Brown, IB       Travis Hill, OLB  
CSU  Omar Soto, FB         Steve Carmer, SS  
UW   Jon Bostick, SE       Mike Anderson, ILB
ASU  Derek Brown, IB*      Tyrone Byrd, FS   
OSU  Keithen McCant, QB    Steve Carmer, SS  
KSU  Derek Brown, IB       Travis Hill, OLB  
MU   Keithen McCant, QB*   Mike Anderson, ILB
CU   Derek Brown, IB       Pat Engelbert, MG 
KU   Calvin Jones, IB*     Steve Carmer, SS  
ISU  Keithen McCant, QB    Trev Alberts, OLB 
OU   Johnny Mitchell, TE*  Travis Hill, OLB* 
Mia  Johnny Mitchell, TE   Tyrone Legette, CB
 *Big Eight Player of Week
 
Television Game Awards
ABC Honda Scholar-Athlete of Game
($3,000 to UNL general scholarship fund)
Johnny Mitchell, So., TE (Okla. game)
ABC Chevrolet Nebraska Player of Game
($1,000 for each to UNL general scholarship fund)
Derek Brown, So., IB (Wash. game)
Johnny Mitchell, So., TE (Okla. game)
ESPN VISA Nebraska Player-of-the Game
($1,000 to 1992 U.S. Olympic Team)
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG (Colo. game)
ESPN Toyota Leadership Award
Pat Engelbert, Sr., MG (Colo. game)
AT&T Long Distance Awards
Nate Turner, Sr., WB (Ariz. State game)
Calvin Jones, Fr., IB (Kansas game)
NBC Chevrolet Player of Game
Tyrone Legette, Sr., CB, Orange Bowl