Frogs Prominent On Postseason Honor Roll
12/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 28, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Twenty-one TCU football players have garnered postseason accolades, including seven All-Americans, while head coach Gary Patterson has received five National Coach of the Year honors.
TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes won the Lott Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award in addition to becoming just the second two-time consensus All-American in TCU history.
Included below is an updated list, as of Dec. 28, of postseason honors for the 2009 Horned Frog football team.
Gary Patterson, Head Coach
*George Munger Award winner
*Woody Hayes Award winner
*National Coach of the Year, Associated Press
*National Coach of the Year, Walter Camp Football Foundation
*National Coach of the Year, Sporting News
*Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Finalist
*Region Coach of the Year, American Football Coaches Association
*Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
*Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year, Sporting News
Dick Bumpas, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
*Broyles Award Finalist
Tanner Brock, LB
*Second-Team Freshman All-American, Phil Steele's College Football Preview
Marcus Cannon, OT
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Tank Carder, LB
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Andy Dalton, QB
*Honorable-Mention All-American, SI.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, CollegeFootballNews.com
*Manning Award Finalist
*Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year
*Mountain West Conference Offensive Most Valuable Player, Sporting News
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Wayne Daniels, DE
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Ross Evans, PK
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Evan Frosch, WR
*Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Cory Grant, DT
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Antoine Hicks, WR
*Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Jerry Hughes, DE
*Lott Trophy winner
*Ted Hendricks Award winner
*First-Team All-American, Walter Camp Football Foundation
*First-Team All-American, Associated Press
*First-Team All-American, American Football Coaches Association
*First-Team All-American, Football Writers Association of America
*First-Team All-American, Sporting News
*First-Team All-American, SI.com
*First-Team All-American, CollegeFootballNews.com
*First-Team All-American, CBSSports.com
*First-Team All-American, Rivals.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, Pro Football Weekly
*Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year
*Mountain West Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player, Sporting News
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
*Rotary Lombardi Award Finalist
*Bronko Nagurski Trophy Finalist
*Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist
*Second-Team All-Decade, CollegeFootballNews.com
Tejay Johnson, S
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Jeremy Kerley, PR
*Second-Team All-American, Rivals.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, CollegeFootballNews.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, Pro Football Weekly
*Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of the Year
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference (Return Specialist)
*Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference (Wide Receiver)
Jake Kirkpatrick, C
*First-Team All-American, SI.com
*Third-Team All-American, Rivals.com
*Rimington Trophy Finalist
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Marshall Newhouse, OT
*Third-Team All-American, Rivals.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, SI.com
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Rafael Priest, CB
*Third-Team All-American, Sporting News
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Nick Sanders, CB
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Matthew Tucker, TB
*Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, Sporting News
Joseph Turner, TB
*Second-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Daryl Washington, LB
*Second-Team All-American, Sporting News
*Third-Team All-American, Rivals.com
*Honorable-Mention All-American, Pro Football Weekly
*Dick Butkus Award Semifinalist
*First-Team All-Mountain West Conference
Ed Wesley, TB
*Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Jimmy Young, WR
*Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Players Mentioned
