Taylor Lewan named 1st team All-American
Per @umichfootball, Taylor Lewan has been named a first team all-american by the Walter Camp organization. becoming the 127th first team all-american in Michigan Football history.
December 6th, 2012 at 7:25 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 7:25 PM ^
Congrats to Mr. Lewan! I bet there is a very short list of Michigan two-time first-teamers. I think he should go for it, though my hope is rapdly dwindling.
December 6th, 2012 at 7:39 PM ^
Willie Heston, Albert Benbrook, Benny Friedman, Chuck Bernard, Ted Petoskey, Tom Harmon, Alvin Wistert, Robert Wahl, Ron Kramer, Bill Yearby, Dave Brown, Mark Donahue, Jumbo Elliott, Mark Messner, Tripp Welborne, Greg Skrepenak, Charles Woodson, Steve Hutchinson, Marlin Jackson, and Jake Long.
Bennie Oosterbaan and Anthony Carter were 3 timers.
December 6th, 2012 at 7:54 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 2:59 AM ^
Wow, you couldn't blame anyone for leaving after an all american year but that is an incredible list.
Edit: Much more importantly, congrats to Mr. Lewan on a truely tremendous accomplishment.
December 6th, 2012 at 7:32 PM ^
well done young man!
December 6th, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 7:43 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
...5 yards downfield on his back.
December 6th, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 7:53 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:03 PM ^
You do know there are five guys on an Oline, right?
December 7th, 2012 at 3:01 PM ^
Please expound upon your remark.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:31 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 3:00 PM ^
Is the famous Hamburglar, of course. Come on man!
December 6th, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
Some trivia from the U-M Football All-Americans by Jersey Number page at mgoblue.com: Lewan is the fifth player wearing #77 to earn 1st-team All-American honors, following Arthur Walker, Paul Seymour, Jon Jansen, and Jake Long.
I wonder if anyone can answer this trivia question without going to that page: For which other two numbers have there been five Michigan All-Americans?
December 6th, 2012 at 8:09 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:13 PM ^
#1 is correct, and I suppose obvious, although I had never heard of the first player on the list.
There's only been one #7, though, surprisingly enough.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:22 PM ^
The other one is definitely tougher. A hint would be that it's also in the 70s.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:26 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:32 PM ^
Good guess. But there were only two for #76--Hutch and Stefan Humphries. and just one for #73--Bill Dufek.
Another hint: Jumbo.
December 6th, 2012 at 9:27 PM ^
took me a minute to find a photo of Mr. Elliot in a Michigan uni.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
way to go lewan!
December 6th, 2012 at 8:19 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:32 PM ^
I was gonna say the same thing.. he was basically responsible for Gardner's first fumble as he was beaten badly in the biggest game of the year..
December 6th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
Of course not, but I would agree that it is a microcosm of how the game turned out. O-line a weakness all year, but our lone bright spot got Doug Free'd (Cowboy humor) by an upstart freshman DE for ohio that could care less that 77 is a top ten draft pick when its Mich/Ohio.
December 6th, 2012 at 9:35 PM ^
Well, Craig Roh (not a stand out last year) did the same thing to Mike Adams.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:23 PM ^
Taylor did not practice the last few weeks of the season and was in a boot when not playing games... It started because I was criticizing his play in November and the OSU game. He also whiffed on Shazier on that 4th down play where Denard got blown up. Apparently he was basically playing on one leg... Talk about tough.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:22 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
Congrats Taylor. Thank you for your dedication to Blue. You have made us all proud of you.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
Congrats to Taylor....way to go. One more job that needs your skills arrives on January 1 against some dude from South Carolina. Kick some ass.
Go Blue!
December 7th, 2012 at 12:30 AM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:25 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
Those are consensus all-americans. Michigan has 78 of them including Molk. If Lewan is named 1st team all-american by 3 of the 5 orginaztions he will become Michigan's 79th consensus all-american.
The organizations are-
| Associated Press (AP) | TBA |
| American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) | X |
| Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) | 12/14 |
| Sporting News | X |
| Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) |
✔ |
December 6th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
MGoBlue had a little write-up as well (LINK)
Congratulations to Taylor for this honor, as well as being a Rimington Award winner and an all-Big Ten first team choice as well. A great year for him indeed.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
Not sure what you mean here; the Rimington is given to a center. I'm pretty sure that manbearfreak from Alabama won it this year.
December 6th, 2012 at 8:47 PM ^
I think he means the B1G's Pace-Rimington OL of the Year Award which Lewan received. Only guys to ever win the award are Michigan guys (Molk & Lewan).
December 6th, 2012 at 8:58 PM ^
Thanks.
In the MGoSpirit of renaming any and all trophies, I propose we call it the Backus-Hutchinson-Long-Jansen-Dierdorf-Molk Trophy from now on.
just to avoid confusion, ya know?
December 6th, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
December 6th, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
If we have 127 all-americans why do we only recognize 78?
edit: Wolverine Devotee answered it
December 6th, 2012 at 9:02 PM ^
Answered above but those are consensus all-americans. Which means they fit the NCAA's definition of consensus all-americans.
Michigan has 127 first team all-americans, 78 consensus all-americans (3/5 organizations must select) and 20 unanimous all-americans (Every selector recognizes as a first team all-american).
December 7th, 2012 at 8:31 AM ^
Thank you for the history lesson, I did not know there was more than 1 organization that voted but wow is that a stupid setup, why cant there just be 1 group of guys ala Heisman that says "you the best" and thats it.