• Carlos Polk is an AP All-American, American Football Coaches Association All-American and CollegeFootballNews.com All-American.

• Russ Hochstein is a Sporting News All-American.

• Kyle Vanden Bosch is a Verizon Academic All-American and recipient of the Vincent dePaul Draddy Award as the nation's top college football scholar-athlete.

• Dan Alexander is one of eight Doak Walker Award semifinalists.

• Tracey Wistrom is one of eight John Mackey Award semifinalists and a third-team AP All-American.

• Eric Crouch is one of eight Davey O'Brien Award semifinalists.

• Five Huskers make the coaches' all-conference first team, and four make the AP all-conference team.

• Four Huskers make the academic all-district team.

• Twenty Huskers make the academic all-conference first team.

• Athletic Dept. info on All-America candidates Dominic Raiola, Carlos Polk, Russ Hochstein, Eric Crouch, Tracey Wistrom and Kyle Vanden Bosch.