Browne Named First Team All-American
11/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 25, 2003
TCU placekicker Nick Browne has been selected to the 25-man first team All-America squad according to the Football Writers Association of America, it was announced today. Browne becomes the first Horned Frog selected to the first team All-America squad since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2000.
Browne, a senior from Garland, Texas, has hit on eight straight, 20 of his last 21 and is 25-for-28 in field goal attempts this season. He has become the school's all-time single season kicking points leader with 107 this year while setting a school record with 25 field goals.He also holds the school's single game record with 19 kicking points and tied his own mark with five field goals in the win over Cincinnati.
A Groza Award semifinalist for the second straight year, Browne is tied for the nation's lead with an average of 2.27 field goals made per game and is eighth in the country in scoring (9.91 ppg). He has been named the C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week a record five times this season and nine times in his career. He sits atop the all-time scoring list for kickers at TCU with 284 points and is behind only LaDainian Tomlinson in career points at TCU regardless of position. He is also the school record holder for career field goals made, converting 62 of 78 attempts.
Browne was a pre-season all-America candidate and the defending placekicker on the first team Verizon academic all-America squad. He was Playboy's 2003 Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was a first team all-league selection a year ago and was the pre-season co-favorite to win the 2003 Special Teams Player of the Year award.
Here is the 2003 FWAA All-America team:
OFFENSE
QB Jason White, Oklahoma, 6-2, 221, Sr., Tuttle, Okla.
RB Kevin Jones, Virginia Tech, 6-0, 221, Jr., Chester, Pa.
WR Mark Clayton, Oklahoma, 5-11, 187, Jr., Arlington, Texas
WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh, 6-3, 225, Soph., Minneapolis, Minn.
WR Mike Williams, Southern California, 6-5, 230, Soph., Tampa, Fla.
TE Kellen Winslow, Miami (Fla.), 6-5, 250, Jr., San Diego, Calif.
OL Shawn Andrews, Arkansas, 6-5, 370, Jr., Camden, Ark.
OL Alex Barron, Florida State, 6-6, 316, Jr., Orangeburg, S.C.
OL Robert Gallery, Iowa, 6-7, 320, Sr., Masonville, Iowa
OL Jacob Rogers, Southern California, 6-6, 305, Sr., Oxnard, Calif.
C Jake Grove, Virginia Tech, 6-3, 300, Sr., Forest, Va.
DEFENSE
E Dave Ball, UCLA, 6-6, 275, Sr., Dixon, Calif.
E Kenechi Udeze, Southern California, 6-4, 285, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.
T Tommie Harris, Oklahoma, 6-3, 289, Jr., Killeen, Texas
T Chad Lavalais, LSU, 6-3, 292, Sr., Marksville, La.
LB Derrick Johnson, Texas, 6-4, 230, Jr., Waco, Texas
LB Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma, 6-2, 243, Sr., Fort Gibson, Okla.
LB Grant Wiley, West Virginia, 6-1, 235, Sr., Trappe, Pa.
B Will Allen, Ohio State, 6-2, 190, Sr., Dayton, Ohio
B Keiwan Ratliff, Florida, 5-10, 178, Sr., Columbus, Ohio
B Derrick Strait, Oklahoma, 5-11, 195, Sr., Austin, Texas
B Sean Taylor, Miami (Fla.), 6-3, 230, Jr., Miami, Fla.
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Nick Browne, TCU, 5-10, 172, Sr., Garland, Texas
P Dustin Colquitt, Tennessee, 6-2, 196, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn.
KR Antonio Perkins, Oklahoma, 6-0, 188, Jr., Lawton, Okla.
