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SMU Football News
6-9-06
Sturdivant Named To Nagurski Trophy Watch List
Senior One Of 58 On Pre-Season List
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior Joe Sturdivant is among 58 players on the
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List for the 2006 season, the Football
Writers Association of America announced today.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded to the best defensive player in
college football, has been a staple of the FWAA's awards since 1993. It
is sponsored by the Charlotte Touchdown Club, which has held the annual
awards banquet since 1995.
Sturdivant, who has started games in each of his first three seasons on
the Hilltop, was SMU's Defensive Co-MVP along with Rolando Humphrey and
Justin Rogers in 2005. He was a second-team All-C-USA honoree and was
twice named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week - becoming
the only defensive player in the league to win the honor multiple times
in 2005. He led the Mustangs in tackles and pass breakups and ranked
first in passes defended (14) and was fourth in stops (112) in
Conference USA. His 112 tackles were 33 more than his closest teammate,
and he had nine or more tackles in nine games. He has previously been
tabbed a pre-season All-Conference USA performer by Blue Ribbon College
Football and was a first-team pick on Dave Campbell's Texas Football's
All-Texas College Team.
The 2006 banquet is set for Monday, Dec. 4, at the Westin Hotel in
Charlotte, where five finalists will vie for the prize. Louisville
defensive end Elvis Dumervil won the 2005 Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
The FWAA All-America Committee selects the Bronko Nagurski winner from
the association's 11-man All-America defensive team in late November.
Players may be added from the Bronko Nagurski Watch List during the
course of the 2006 season.
For the sixth straight season, the FWAA will select Bronko Nagurski
National Defensive Players of the Week, beginning with games the week of
Sept. 2 and running through the middle of November. Each national player
of the week will be added to the trophy's watch list throughout the
season.
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