[NU Sports] Something to argue over

[Dennis W. Brandt]

All-Time Cat Football Team



Offense

 

QB - Dan Persa

RB - Damien Anderson

FB - Matt Hartl

WR - D'Wayne Bates, Jeremy Ebert

TE - Drake Dunsmore

OT - Chris Hinton & Zach Strief

OG - Matt O'Dwyer & Trai Essex

C - Jack Rudnay

 

Defense

 

DE - Corey Wooten, Casey Dailey

DT - Luis Castillo, Barry Cofield

OLB - Kevin Bentley, Napoleon Harris

MLB - Pat Fitzgerald

CB - Sherrick McManis, Hudhaifa Ismaeli

SS - Brad Philips

FS - Chris Martin

 

Special teams

 

P - John Kidd

PK - Tony Long

KR - Brian Musso

ST headhunter - Steve Tasker

 

Coach - Ara Parseghian



The center and free safety positions gave me the most trouble.  Let's face it.  We haven't had many outstanding players at either position.  Wide receiver gave me trouble because we've had a number of worthy candidates over the years such as Flatley, Gissendaner, Buchanan, Simmons, Lane, and Brewer.  I deliberately avoided calling on older players because they played in a different era and were smaller.  Jack Rudnay was the exception because he was the one NU center I could recall who was considered outstanding.  By the way, there is a heart breaking article on Rudnay at http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=230223.