1987 CORNHUSKER HONORS

OTHER SEASONS

ALL-AMERICA
JOHN McCORMICK, OG.............Football Writers, Football News, Kodak, AP
NEIL SMITH, DT..............................................Sporting News
STEVE TAYLOR, QB............................................Football News
BRODERICK THOMAS, DE..........................................Walter Camp

SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
JOHN McCORMICK, OG....................................................UPI
NEIL SMITH, DT..........................................Football News, AP
BRODERICK THOMAS, DE...............................AP, UPI, Sporting News

THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
STEVE TAYLOR, QB.......................................................AP

ALL-BIG EIGHT
LeROY ETIENNE, LB.....................................................W-H
STEVE FORCH, LB.......................................................UPI
KEITH JONES, IB..............................................AP, UPI, W-H
KEVEN LIGHTNER, OT....................................................UPI
JOHN McCORMICK, OG................................................AP, W-H
TIM ROTHER, DT....................................................AP, W-H
NEIL SMITH, DT...............................................AP, UPI, W-H
STEVE TAYLOR, QB..................................................AP, UPI
BRODERICK THOMAS, DE.........................................AP, UPI, W-H

SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG EIGHT
TOM BANDERAS, TE..................................................AP, UPI
LeROY ETIENNE, LB.................................................AP, UPI
CHARLES FRYAR, CB.................................................AP, UPI
KEVEN LIGHTNER, OT.....................................................AP
JOHN McCORMICK, OG....................................................UPI
BOB SLEDGE, OT........................................................UPI
ROD SMITH, SE.........................................................UPI
TIM ROTHER, DT........................................................UPI
JAKE YOUNG, C.....................................................AP, UPI

HONORABLE-MENTION ALL-BIG EIGHT
MARK BLAZEK, S.........................................................AP
STEVE FORCH, LB........................................................AP
LEE JONES, DT..........................................................AP
BOB SLEDGE, OT.........................................................AP
ROD SMITH, SE..........................................................AP

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
MARK BLAZEK, S.....................................3.974, Social Sciences
JEFF JAMROG, DE............................3.629, Business Administration

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
MICAH HEIBEL, FB.......................................3.589, Mathematics

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA DISTRICT VII ALL-ACADEMIC
JAKE YOUNG, C..............................................3.516, Finance

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG EIGHT
TOM BANDERAS, TE................................3.27, Business Management
CLETE BLAKEMAN, QB..........................3.38, Business Administration
MARK BLAZEK, S......................................3.97, Social Sciences
MICAH HEIBEL, FB........................................3.58, Mathematics
JEFF JAMROG, DE.............................3.63, Business Administration
JOHN KROEKER, P.............................3.57, Business Administration
JOHN McCORMICK, OG..........................3.19, Business Administration
JEFF TOMJACK, SS.......................................3.50, Pre-Medicine

HONORABLE MENTION ACADEMIC ALL-BIG EIGHT
ROD SMITH, SE...............................3.18, Business Administration
JAKE YOUNG, C......................................3.52, Business Finance

FIESTA BOWL DEFENSIVE PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
NEIL SMITH, DT

JAPAN BOWL DEFENSIVE PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
NEIL SMITH, DT

BIG EIGHT PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK
OFFENSE
STEVE TAYLOR, QB......................................UCLA, Arizona State
KEITH JONES, IB..................................South Carolina, Colorado
JOHN McCORMICK, OG.........................................Oklahoma State
TOM BANDERAS, TE.................................................Missouri
DEFENSE
TIM ROTHER, DT.......................................................UCLA
NEIL SMITH, DT...................................................Colorado

TELEVISED GAME-DAY AWARDS
STEVE TAYLOR, QB—ESPN Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. UCLA, Sept. 12;
ABC Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. Arizona State, Sept. 26;
CBS Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. Oklahoma State, Oct. 17

KEITH JONES, IB—ESPN Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. South Carolina,
Oct. 3; ESPN Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. Colorado, Nov. 28 

LeROY ETIENNE—CBS Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. Oklahoma, Nov. 21,
NBC Nebraska Player-of-the-Game vs. Florida State, Jan. 1

JOHN McCORMICK—CBS Leadership Award, Oklahoma State, Oct. 17

MARK BLAZEK—CBS Leadership Award, Oklahoma, Nov. 21