Nebraska Cornhuskers football honors and awards

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This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football honors and awards. Nebraska players have won twenty-nine major awards, including three Heisman Trophies, and the school's nine Outland Trophy winners are the most of any program.

Winners

Ndamukong Suh won five major national awards and was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2009

Finalists

National awards

The Rimington Trophy, awarded to the country's best center, is named for Nebraska All-American Dave Rimington

Player of the year

Player of the year by position

Coach of the year

Conference awards

Tommie Frazier was named Big Eight player of the year in 1995

Athlete of the year

Seven Nebraska players have been named conference male athlete of the year, across all sports.

Player of the year

Offensive
Defensive

Freshman of the year

Offensive
Defensive
  • Big Eight: Tyrone Byrd (1989), Trev Alberts (1990)
  • Big 12: Ralph Brown (1996)

Newcomer of the year

Offensive
Defensive

Coach of the year

Other conference awards

All-Americans

First-team all-conference selections

Nebraska has had 523 first-team all-conference selections: 446 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Big Eight,[n] fifty-nine in the Big 12, and eighteen in the Big Ten.[14]

MVIAA / Big Eight

  • Bill Chaloupka – 1907
  • Harold Cook – 1907
  • S. T. Frum – 1907
  • John Weller – 1907
  • Ernest Kroger – 1908
  • Owen Frank – 1909, 1910
  • LeRoy Temple – 1909, 1910
  • W. F. Chauner – 1910, 1911
  • Sylvester Shonka – 1910, 1911
  • Leon Warner – 1910, 1911
  • E. B. Elliott – 1911
  • E. Z. Hornberger – 1911
  • Vic Halligan – 1912, 1913, 1914
  • J. D. Harmon – 1912
  • J. T. M. Pearson – 1912
  • Leonard Purdy – 1912, 1913
  • Charles Beck – 1913
  • Guy Mastin – 1913
  • Dick Rutherford – 1913, 1914, 1915
  • Max Towle – 1913
  • E. L. Abbott – 1914, 1915
  • Roy Cameron – 1914
  • Guy Chamberlin – 1914, 1915
  • H. H. Corey – 1914, 1915, 1916
  • Warren Howard – 1914
  • Paul Shields – 1915
  • Hugo Otopalik – 1916
  • John Cook – 1917
  • Paul Dobson – 1917
  • Roscoe Rhodes – 1917
  • E. H. Schellenberg – 1917
  • Edson Shaw – 1917
  • Chick Hartley – 1921
  • Glen Preston – 1921, 1922
  • John Pucelik – 1921
  • Clarence Swanson – 1921
  • Joy Berquist – 1922, 1923
  • Chick Hartley – 1922
  • Dave Noble – 1922, 1923
  • Leo Scherer – 1922
  • Bub Weller – 1922
  • Adolph Wenke – 1922
  • Rufus Dewitz – 1923
  • Ross McGlasson – 1923
  • Choppy Rhodes – 1924, 1925
  • Ed Weir – 1924, 1925
  • Harold Hutchinson – 1925
  • Glenn Presnell – 1926, 1927
  • Lonnie Stiner – 1926
  • Blue Howell – 1927, 1928
  • Ted James – 1927, 1928
  • Dan McMullen – 1927, 1928
  • Roy Randels – 1927
  • Clifford Ashburn – 1928
  • Marion Broadstone – 1928, 1930
  • Glen Munn – 1928
  • Lafayette Russell – 1928
  • Clair Sloan – 1928, 1929
  • Steve Hokuf – 1929, 1930, 1932
  • Ray Richards – 1929
  • Harold Frahm – 1930
  • Elmer Greenberg – 1930
  • Hugh Rhea – 1930, 1931
  • Lawrence Ely – 1931, 1932
  • George Koster – 1931
  • Everett Kreizinger – 1931
  • George Sauer – 1931, 1932, 1933
  • Corwin Hulbert – 1932
  • Chris Mathis – 1932
  • Lee Penney – 1932, 1933
  • Clair Bishop – 1933
  • Hubert Boswell – 1933
  • Warren DeBus – 1933
  • Bruce Kilbourne – 1933
  • Bernie Masterson – 1933
  • Frank Meier – 1933, 1934
  • Gail O'Brien – 1933
  • Henry Bauer – 1934
  • Lloyd Cardwell – 1934, 1935, 1936
  • Bernard Scherer – 1934, 1935
  • Sam Francis – 1935, 1936
  • Jerry LaNoue – 1935
  • Fred Shirey – 1935, 1936, 1937
  • Charles Brock – 1936, 1937, 1938
  • Ron Douglas – 1936
  • Les McDonald – 1936
  • Elmer Dohrmann – 1937
  • Ted Doyle – 1937
  • Johnny Howell – 1937
  • Bob Mehring – 1937
  • Jack Dodd – 1938
  • Warren Alfson – 1939, 1940
  • Harry Hopp – 1939, 1940
  • Herman Rohrig – 1939
  • Forrest Behm – 1940
  • Vike Francis – 1940
  • Walter Luther – 1940
  • Roy Petsch – 1940
  • Ray Prochaska – 1940
  • Ed Schwartzkopf – 1940
  • George Abel – 1941
  • Dale Bradley – 1941
  • Fred Preston – 1941
  • Charles Duda – 1942
  • Vic Schleich – 1942
  • Gerald Moore – 1945
  • John Sedlacek – 1945
  • Dick Hutton – 1946
  • Tom Novak – 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
  • Carl Samuelson – 1946, 1947
  • Sam Vacanti – 1946
  • Charles Toogood – 1949, 1950
  • Fran Nagle – 1950
  • Bobby Reynolds – 1950
  • Don Strasheim – 1950
  • Dennis Emanuel – 1951, 1952
  • Jerry Minnick – 1951, 1952, 1953
  • Bill Schabacker – 1951, 1952
  • Frank Simon – 1951
  • Don Boll – 1952
  • Clayton Curtis – 1952
  • John Bordogna – 1953
  • Ted Connor – 1953
  • Charles Bryant – 1954
  • Don Glantz – 1954
  • Bob Smith – 1954
  • Rex Fischer – 1955
  • Willie Greenlaw – 1955
  • Jon McWilliams – 1955
  • LaVerne Torczon – 1955, 1956
  • Jerry Brown – 1956
  • Don Olson – 1959
  • Don Purcell – 1960
  • Bill Thornton – 1961
  • Bob Brown – 1962, 1963
  • Dennis Claridge – 1962, 1963
  • Tyrone Robertson – 1962
  • Lloyd Voss – 1963
  • Walt Barnes, MG – 1964,[o] 1965
  • Tony Jeter, TE – 1964, 1965
  • Larry Kramer, OT – 1964
  • Kent McCloughan, DB – 1964
  • Lyle Sittler, C – 1964
  • Ted Vactor, DB – 1964
  • Freeman White, SE – 1964, 1965
  • LaVerne Allers, OG – 1965, 1966
  • Dennis Carlson, OT – 1965
  • Mike Kennedy, LB – 1965
  • Frank Solich, FB – 1965
  • Larry Wachholtz, DB – 1965, 1966
  • Kaye Carstens, DB – 1966
  • Bob Churchich, QB – 1966
  • Wayne Meylan, MG – 1966, 1967
  • Kelly Petersen, C – 1966
  • Bob Pickens, OT – 1966
  • Lynn Senkbeil, LB – 1966
  • Carel Stith, DT – 1966
  • Harry Wilson, HB – 1966
  • Dick Davis, FB – 1967
  • Jim McCord, DT – 1967
  • Dennis Richnafsky, OE – 1967
  • Joe Armstrong, OG – 1968
  • Ken Geddes, LB/MG – 1968, 1969
  • Dana Stephenson, DB – 1968, 1969
  • Bob Liggett, DT – 1969
  • Jim McFarland, TE – 1969
  • Jerry Murtaugh, LB – 1969, 1970
  • Bill Kosch, DB – 1970, 1971
  • Donnie McGhee, OG – 1970
  • Bob Newton, OT – 1970
  • Joe Orduna, IB – 1970
  • Ed Periard, MG – 1970
  • Johnny Rodgers, HB/WB – 1970, 1971, 1972
  • Paul Rogers, K – 1970
  • Dave Walline, DT – 1970
  • Jim Anderson, DB – 1971
  • Joe Blahak, DB – 1971, 1972
  • Rich Glover, MG – 1971, 1972
  • Willie Harper, DE – 1971, 1972
  • Larry Jacobson, DT – 1971
  • Carl Johnson, OT – 1971
  • Jeff Kinney, IB – 1971
  • Dick Rupert, OG – 1971
  • Jerry Tagge, QB – 1971
  • Bob Terrio, LB – 1971
  • Daryl White, OT – 1972, 1973
  • Frosty Anderson, SE – 1973
  • John Dutton, DT – 1973
  • Steve Manstedt, DE – 1973
  • Rik Bonness, C – 1974, 1975
  • Marvin Crenshaw, OT – 1974
  • David Humm, QB – 1974
  • Bob Martin, DE – 1974, 1975
  • Tom Ruud, LB – 1974
  • Dave Butterfield, DB – 1975, 1976
  • Mike Fultz, DT – 1975, 1976
  • Wonder Monds, DB – 1975
  • Vince Ferragamo, QB – 1976
  • Bob Lingenfelter, OT – 1976
  • Ray Phillips, DE – 1976
  • Clete Pillen, LB – 1976
  • Dan Schmidt, OG – 1976
  • Tom Davis, C – 1977
  • I. M. Hipp, IB – 1977
  • Greg Jorgensen, OG – 1977
  • Jim Pillen, LB – 1977, 1978
  • George Andrews, DE – 1978
  • Rick Berns, IB – 1978
  • Kenny Brown, WB – 1978, 1979
  • Kelvin Clark, OT – 1978
  • Rod Horn, DT – 1978, 1979
  • Steve Lindquist, OG – 1978
  • Junior Miller, TE – 1978, 1979
  • John Havekost, OG – 1979
  • Derrie Nelson, DE – 1979, 1980
  • Jarvis Redwine, IB – 1979, 1980
  • Dean Sukup, K – 1979
  • Kelly Saalfeld, C – 1979
  • Tim Smith, SE – 1979
  • Kerry Weinmaster, MG – 1979
  • David Clark, DT – 1980
  • Andra Franklin, FB – 1980
  • Russell Gary, S – 1980
  • Dave Rimington, C – 1980, 1981, 1982
  • Randy Schleusener, OG – 1980
  • Roger Craig, IB – 1981
  • Tony Felici, DE – 1981, 1982
  • Turner Gill, QB – 1981, 1982, 1983
  • Dan Hurley, OT – 1981
  • Jeff Krejci, S – 1981
  • Ric Lindquist, CB – 1981
  • Mike Rozier, IB – 1981, 1982, 1983
  • Sammy Sims, LB – 1981
  • Jamie Williams, TE – 1981, 1982
  • Jimmy Williams, DE – 1981
  • Steve Damkroger, LB – 1982
  • Mike Mandelko, OG – 1982
  • Randy Theiss, OT – 1982
  • Bret Clark, S – 1983, 1984
  • Irving Fryar, WB – 1983
  • Mike Knox, LB – 1983
  • Scott Raridon, OT – 1983
  • Dean Steinkuhler, OG – 1983
  • Mark Traynowicz, C – 1983, 1984
  • Mark Behning, OT – 1984
  • Doug DuBose, IB – 1984, 1985
  • Harry Grimminger, OG – 1984
  • Scott Livingston, P – 1984
  • Marc Munford, LB – 1984, 1985, 1986
  • Greg Orton, OG – 1984
  • Jeff Smith, IB – 1984
  • Scott Strasburger, DE – 1984
  • Bill Weber, DE – 1984
  • Brian Blankenship, OG – 1985
  • Dale Klein, PK – 1985
  • Bill Lewis, C – 1985
  • Tom Rathman, FB – 1985
  • Jim Skow, DT – 1985
  • Keith Jones, IB – 1986, 1987
  • Danny Noonan, MB – 1986
  • Chris Spachman, DT – 1986
  • Broderick Thomas, DE/OLB – 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Tom Welter, OT – 1986
  • LeRoy Etienne, ILB – 1987, 1988
  • Steve Forch, ILB – 1987
  • Keven Lightner, OT – 1987
  • John McCormick, OG – 1987
  • Tim Rother, DT – 1987
  • Neil Smith, DT – 1987
  • Steve Taylor, QB – 1987, 1988
  • Dana Brinson – 1988
  • Ken Clark, IB – 1988, 1989
  • Charles Fryar, CB – 1988
  • Willie Griffin, DT – 1988
  • Tim Jackson, FS – 1988
  • Andy Keeler, OG – 1988
  • Todd Millikan, TE – 1988
  • Lawrence Pete, MG – 1988
  • Bob Sledge, OT – 1988
  • Jake Young, C – 1988, 1989
  • Reggie Cooper, SS – 1989, 1990
  • Gerry Gdowski, QB – 1989
  • Doug Glaser, OT – 1989
  • Jeff Mills, OLB – 1989
  • Bruce Pickens, CB – 1989, 1990
  • Pat Tyrance, ILB – 1989, 1990
  • Kent Wells, DT – 1989
  • Mike Croel, OLB – 1990
  • Johnny Mitchell, TE – 1990, 1991
  • Tom Punt, OT – 1990
  • Will Shields, OG – 1990, 1991, 1992
  • Kenny Walker, DT – 1990
  • Brian Boerboom, OT – 1991
  • Jon Bostick, SE – 1991
  • Derek Brown, IB – 1991, 1992
  • Tyrone Legette, CB – 1991
  • Keithen McCant, QB – 1991
  • Mike Stigge, P – 1991
  • Erik Wiegert, OG – 1991
  • John Parrella, DT – 1991, 1992
  • Trev Alberts, OLB – 1992, 1993
  • Tyrone Byrd, DB – 1992
  • Calvin Jones, IB – 1992, 1993
  • Travis Hill, OLB – 1992
  • Jim Scott, C – 1992
  • Zach Wiegert, OT – 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Terry Connealy, DT – 1993
  • Lance Lundberg, OT – 1993
  • Ken Mehlin, C/OG – 1993
  • Barron Miles, CB – 1993, 1994
  • Kevin Ramaekers, DT – 1993
  • Troy Dumas, LB – 1994
  • Aaron Graham, C – 1994, 1995
  • Donta Jones, OLB – 1994
  • Lawrence Phillips, IB – 1994
  • Brenden Stai, OG – 1994
  • Ed Stewart, LB – 1994
  • Tyrone Williams, CB – 1994, 1995
  • Eric Anderson, OT – 1995
  • Chris Dishman, OT – 1995
  • Terrell Farley, LB – 1995
  • Tommie Frazier, QB – 1995
  • Ahman Green, IB – 1995
  • Christian Peter, DT – 1995
  • Aaron Taylor, OG – 1995
  • Jared Tomich, OLB – 1995
  • Grant Wistrom, OLB – 1995

Big 12

  • Chris Dishman, OG – 1996
  • Jon Hesse, LB – 1996
  • Mike Minter, DB – 1996
  • Jason Peter, DT – 1996, 1997
  • Aaron Taylor, C/OG – 1996, 1997
  • Jared Tomich, RE – 1996
  • Grant Wistrom, RE – 1996, 1997
  • Eric Anderson, OT – 1997
  • Ralph Brown, CB – 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Ahman Green, IB – 1997
  • Josh Heskew, C – 1998
  • Sheldon Jackson, TE – 1998
  • Mike Brown, DB – 1999
  • Eric Crouch, QB – 1999, 2001
  • Russ Hochstein, OG – 1999, 2000
  • Carlos Polk, MLB – 1999, 2000
  • Dominic Raiola, C – 1999, 2000
  • Steve Warren, DT – 1999
  • Tracey Wistrom, TE – 1999, 2000
  • Dan Alexander, IB – 2000
  • Dan Hadenfeldt, P – 2000
  • Keyuo Craver, CB – 2001
  • Dahrran Diedrick, IB – 2001
  • Toniu Fonoti, OG – 2001
  • Josh Brown, K – 2002
  • DeJuan Groce, KR – 2002
  • Josh Bullocks, FS – 2003
  • Matt Herian, TE – 2003
  • Richie Incognito, OT – 2003
  • Kyle Larson, P – 2003
  • Demorrio Williams, WL – 2003
  • Barrett Ruud, MLB – 2004
  • Adam Carriker, DE – 2005, 2006
  • Brandon Jackson, RB – 2006
  • Bo Ruud, LB – 2006
  • Zac Taylor, QB – 2006
  • Dane Todd, FB – 2006
  • Ndamukong Suh, DT – 2008, 2009
  • Prince Amukamara, DB – 2009, 2010
  • Larry Asante, S – 2009
  • Jared Crick, DT – 2009
  • Pierre Allen, DE – 2010
  • Jared Crick, DT – 2010
  • Lavonte David, LB – 2010
  • Eric Hagg, DB – 2010
  • Ricky Henry, OG – 2010

Big Ten

Lavonte David was named Big Ten linebacker of the year in Nebraska's first season in the conference
  • Rex Burkhead, RB – 2011
  • Lavonte David, LB – 2011
  • Alfonzo Dennard, DB – 2011
  • Brett Maher, K – 2011, 2012
  • Brett Maher, P – 2011
  • Spencer Long, OG – 2012
  • Eric Martin, DE – 2012
  • Taylor Martinez, QB – 2012
  • Daimion Stafford, S – 2012
  • Ameer Abdullah, RB – 2013
  • Ciante Evans, CB – 2013
  • Randy Gregory, DE – 2013, 2014
  • Kenny Bell, WR – 2014
  • Sam Foltz, P – 2015
  • Connor Culp, K – 2020
  • Austin Allen, TE – 2021

Retired numbers and jerseys

Nebraska has permanently retired the number of two players: Tom Novak, the only four-time all-conference selection in Nebraska history; and Bob Brown, the first All-American coached by Bob Devaney.[14] Novak's no. 60 and Brown's no. 64 have not been worn since being retired.[p]

Nebraska has retired the jersey of twenty-three other players, allowing the numbers to remain in circulation. The name and number of each honoree is displayed below the North Stadium press box at Memorial Stadium. Each major award winner has his jersey retired, typically in an on-field ceremony following the end of his collegiate career.[14] In 2017, the school recognized eight early College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including Guy Chamberlin, whose career predated the use of numbers on jerseys.[14]

No. Player Position Career Retired[q]
Retired numbers[p]
60Tom NovakC1946–19491949
64Bob BrownOT1961–19632004
Retired jerseys
1Clarence SwansonE1918–19212017
7Eric CrouchQB1998–20012002
12Bobby ReynoldsHB1950–19522017
15Tommie FrazierQB1992–19951996
20Johnny RodgersWB1970–19721972
25George SauerFB1931–19332017
30Mike RozierIB1981–19831983
33Forrest BehmOT1938–19402017
34Trev AlbertsLB1990–19931994
35Ed WeirOT1923–19252017
38Sam FrancisFB1934–19362017
50Dave RimingtonC1979–19821982
54Dominic RaiolaC1998–20002002
66Wayne MeylanMG1965–19672017
67Aaron TaylorOG1994–19971998
71Dean SteinkuhlerOG1980–19831983
72Zach WiegertOT1991–19941995
75Larry JacobsonDT1969–19711994
Will ShieldsOG1989–19921994
79Rich GloverMG1970–19721972
93Ndamukong SuhDT2005–20092010
98Grant WistromDE1994–19971998
Guy ChamberlinE1913–19152017

Academic honors and awards

Notes

References

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