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University of Minnesota Athletics
FB: Eslinger Named To 2004 FWAA All-American Team
12/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
A two-time All-Big Ten selection, Eslinger helped the Gophers average 446.3 yards of total offense, which ranks third-best in the Big Ten, 13th in the nation and is the second- highest average in school history. He was also a key component in Minnesota averaging 255 rushing yards per game, which leads the Big Ten, ranks fifth nationally and represents the second-highest average in school history. Eslinger, who was a Rimington Trophy finalist, is the unquestioned leader of an offensive line that has allowed just nine sacks in 11 games, the second-best mark in the Big Ten and the fewest at Minnesota since 1970. Eslinger was part of a line that has accumulated 300 yards of total offense in a school- record 26 straight games, and he helped the Gophers become the only school in the nation to both run and pass for at least 2,000 yards the past six seasons.
The FWAA All-America Team, the second-longest continuously-published team in college football, has been a staple of college football since 1944. But this is the first time in 15 years the team has been shown on television, during a program sponsored by Cingular.
Football Writers Association of America's 61st All-America Team OFFENSE QB Alex Smith, Utah (6-4, 212, Jr., La Mesa, Calif.) RB J.J. Arrington, California (5-10, 210, Sr., Nashville, N.C.) RB Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma (6-2, 210, Fr., Palestine, Texas) WR Braylon Edwards, Michigan (6-3, 208, Sr., Detroit, Mich.) WR Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue (6-1, 182, Sr., Yakima, Wash.) TE Heath Miller, Virginia (6-5, 255, Jr., Swords Creek, Va.) OL David Baas, Michigan (6-5, 323, Sr., Sarasota, Fla.) OL Jammal Brown, Oklahoma (6-6, 313, Sr., Lawton, Okla.) OL Alex Barron, Florida State (6-6, 308, Sr., Orangeburg, S.C.) OL Chris Kemoeatu, Utah (6-4, 338, Jr., Kahuku, Hawaii) C Greg Eslinger, Minnesota (6-3, 285, Jr., Bismarck, N.D.) DEFENSE DL Dan Cody, Oklahoma (6-5, 270, Sr., Ada, Okla.) DL Shaun Cody, USC (6-4, 295, Sr., Hacienda, Calif.) DL Jonathan Goddard, Marshall (6-0, 245, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.) DL Erasmus James, Wisconsin (6-4, 283, Sr., Pembroke Pines, Fla.) DL David Pollack, Georgia (6-3, 261, Sr., Snellville, Ga.) LB Michael Boley, Southern Miss (6-3, 228, Sr., Athens, Ala.) LB Derrick Johnson, Texas (6-4, 230, Sr., Waco, Texas) DB Marlon Jackson, Michigan (6-1, 196, Sr., Sharon, Pa.) DB Carlos Rogers, Auburn (6-1, 200, Sr., Augusta, Ga.) DB Antrel Rolle, Miami (6-1, 202, Sr., Homestead, Fla.) DB Ernest Shazor, Michigan (6-4, 229, Sr., Detroit, Mich.) SPECIALISTS K Mike Nugent, Ohio State (5-10, 180, Sr., Centerville, Ohio) P Brandon Fields, Michigan State (6-6, 234, So., Toledo, Ohio) KR Reggie Bush, USC (6-0, 200, So., Spring Valley, Calif.)
