Dec. 18, 2009
EVANSTON, Ill. -- During the college football down time between the end of the regular season and the beginning of bowl games, there is no shortage of organizations bestowing their own lists of award winners, and the Wildcats have earned plenty of those nods following a successful 2009 campaign.
Following is a player-by-player breakdown of honors given to Outback Bowl-bound Northwestern by an assortment of publications and Web sites:
Neal Deiters
CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America honorable mention
Sporting News All-Big Ten freshman team
Rivals.com All-Big Ten freshman team
Stefan Demos
Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
Rivals.com All-Big Ten second team
Demetrius Fields
Sporting News All-Big Ten freshman team
Rivals.com All-Big freshman team
Drake Dunsmore
CollegeFootballNews.com All-Sophomore third team
Mike Kafka
Rivals.com All-Big Ten first team
CollegeFootballNews.com All-Big Ten
Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
Zeke Markshausen
Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
Sporting News All-Big Ten
Sherrick McManis
ESPN.com All-Big Ten
Phil Steele All-Big Ten first team
Rivals.com All-Big Ten second team
Al Netter
CollegeFootballNews.com All-Sophomore first team
Brad Phillips
Rivals.com All-Big Ten first team
CollegeFootballNews.com All-Big Ten
Phil Steele All-Big Ten second team
Quentin Williams
Rivals.com All-Big Ten freshman team
Corey Wootton
Phil Steele All-Big Ten third team