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Five Tigers Named to AP All-America Teams
Senior TE Martin Rucker and freshman WR/KR Jeremy Maclin headlined five Missouri football players that were named to the Associated Press All-America team on Tuesday. With today's awards, the pair also earn Consensus All-America honors at their respective positions, marking the first time in Mizzou history that two Tigers earned such distinction in the same season.
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Martin Rucker Named 1st-Team All-American University of Missouri senior tight end Martin Rucker (St. Joseph, Mo.) was named a first-team All-American today by the American Football Coaches' Association (AFCA). Rucker becomes the 27th All-American in school history and the first at MU since defensive end Justin Smith in 2000. He is also Mizzou's first All-American tight end since Kellen Winslow won the honor in 1978. |
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Eight Tigers Named 1st-Team All-Big 12 by Media To the victors go the spoils, and the spoils are definitely rolling in for the Missouri Tiger football team, as eight players from the No. 1-ranked team in the nation have been named first-team All-Big 12 by the Associated Press. The team, voted on by 20 scribes who cover the league on a regular basis, features 17 Tigers in all receiving honors, and the eight first-teamers is an MU record - Mizzou had eight first-team selections combined in the last five seasons alone (from 2002-2006), and only 18 total in the previous 11 years of Big 12 play (1996-2006). |
