Ngata wraps up more awards.Byline: The Register-Guard Oregon defensive tackle Haloti Ngata Etuini Haloti Moala Ngata (pronounced na-ta) (born January 21, 1984 in Inglewood, California) is a football player for the Baltimore Ravens. Ngata, of Tongan ancestry,[1] has been named to two more all-America teams, which raises him to the level of being only the second `consensus' all-American in football for the Ducks. The latest honors for the 6-foot-5, 340-pound junior came from the Football Writers Association of America The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also selects the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner, the Outland Trophy and Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. magazine. Ngata was named Thursday a member of the Walter Camp Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was a sports writer and football coach known as the "Father of American Football". Along with John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Glenn Scobey Warner, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most significant people in the team. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the UO media services office, a player named to `more than one major all-America team' is a consensus selection, based on NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association guidelines. The only other Duck so honored, according to the UO media services office, was defensive back and running back Mel Renfro in 1962. Before Ngata, the last Oregon player who was a first-team all-American on any of the widely recognized teams was cornerback Alex Molden in 1995. Oregon counts 20 players in its listing of first-team all-America selections. Only two before Ngata played on the defensive line, and both George Christensen in 1931 and Raymond Morse in 1934 were two-way players. The Sports Illustrated team, available online at SportsIllustrated.com, also honored two other Ducks. Cornerback Aaron Gipson was a second-team selection by the magazine while quarterback Kellen Clemens received honorable mention. Pac-10 football coaches earlier named Ngata as the co-winner of the Pat Tillman Award for being the league's top defensive player. He was also a finalist for the Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior lineman, and a finalist for the Bronco bronco: see mustang. Nagurski Award as the nation's top defensive player. Last month, Ngata became the first defensive lineman in 18 years to claim the team's most valuable player honor, with nose tackle Rollin Putzier sharing the award in 1987. Ngata is fourth on the team in tackles with 59 and is second in the Pac-10 Conference in tackles by a defensive lineman. CAPTION(S): Haloti Ngata, the Pac-10's co-defensive player of the year, is only the second "consensus" all-American in Oregon football history. |
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