June 30, 2006
Sixty-four days and counting down until kickoff against Georgia Tech on Sept. 2 (see the countdown ticker on the right side of the front page from und.com for the exact hour and minutes until kickoff). Thirty-eight days and counting down until Football Media Day on Sunday, Aug. 6. The und.com Summer Football Fix continues...
As the summer progresses, the preseason pundits have released a number of different lists for the 2006 college football season. Here is a list of preseason accolades that the Irish players and team have accumulated over the past month. This list will be updated periodically during the month of July.
TEAM UNIT RANKINGS
- Lindy's #3 Backfield
- Lindy's #4 Receivers
- Lindy's #6 Offensive Line
- Athlon Sports #1 Quarterback Unit
- Athlon Sports #4 Wide Receiver Unit
- The Sporting News #3 Backfield
- The Sporting News #10 Defensive Line
- Phil Steele's #1 Quarterback Unit
- Phil Steele's #10 Offensive Line
- Phil Steele's #5 Defensive Backs
TEAM NATIONAL PRESEASON RANKINGS
Athlon Sports #2
CBSSportsline.com Magazine #4
ESPN.com #8 (post-spring)
FoxSports.com #11
Lindy's #1
Phil Steele's #7
Street and Smith's #4
The Sporting News #1
Player Accolades:
Victor Abiamiri
- Athlon Sports Second Team All-America
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation Third Team All-America
- Lindy's #8 Defensive End
- Phil Steele's #11 Defensive End
- The Sporting News #5 Defensive End
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
James Aldridge
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-Independent
John Carlson
- Phil Steele's #28 Tight End
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Maurice Crum
- The Sporting News #14 Inside Linebacker
- Phil Steele's #43 Inside Linebacker
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
David Grimes
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-Independent (kick returner)
Ryan Harris
- Athlon Sports Second Team All-America
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation Third Team All-America
- Lindy's #7 Offensive Tackle
- Phil Steele's #17 Offensive Tackle
- The Sporting News #6 Offensive Tackle
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Derek Landri
- Insider's Football News Third-Team All-America
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation Honorable Mention All-America
- Lindy's #8 Defensive Tackle
- Phil Steele's #26 Defensive Tackle
- The Sporting News #8 Defensive Tackle
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Trevor Laws
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation Honorable Mention All-America
- Lindy's #18 Defensive Tackle
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Bob Morton
- Phil Steele's #38 Offensive Guard
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Rhema McKnight
- Phil Steele's #55 Wide Receiver
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Chinedum Ndukwe
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Brady Quinn
- Athlon Sports First Team All-America
- CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America
- Insider's Football News First Team All-America
- Lindy's First Team All-America
- Phil Steele's First Team All-America
- Rivals.com First Team All-America
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation First Team All-America
- The Sporting News First Team All-America
- Lindy's #1 Quarterback
- Phil Steele's #1 Quarterback
- The Sporting News #1 Quarterback
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Mike Richardson
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-Independent
Asaph Schwapp
- Phil Steele's #15 Fullback
Jeff Samardzija
- Athlon Sports First Team All-America
- CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America
- Rivals.com First Team All-America
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation First Team All-America
- Lindy's Second Team All-America
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-America
- The Sporting News Second Team All-America
- Insider's Football News Third Team All-America
- Lindy's #3 rated wide receiver
- Phil Steele's #3 rated wide receiver
- The Sporting News #3 Receiver
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Dan Santucci
- The Sporting News #10 Offensive Guard
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-Independent
John Sullivan
- Phil Steele's Third Team All-America
- Phil Steele's #3 Center
- Lindy's #10 Center
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Mitchell Thomas
- Phil Steele's #60 Outside Linebacker
Darius Walker
- Lindy's #16 Running Back
- Phil Steele's #11 Running Back
- The Sporting News #19 Running Back
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Ambrose Wooden
- Phil Steele's #13 Cornerback
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent
Tom Zbikowski
- CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America (punt returner)
- CBS Sportsline.com Magazine Second Team All-America (defensive back)
- Athlon Sports Second Team All-America (safety)
- Lindy's Second Team All-America (defensive back)
- Phil Steele's Second Team All-America (safety)
- Street & Smith's Walter Camp Football Foundation Second Team All-America (defensive back)
- Insider's Football News Third-Team All-America (punt returner)
- Lindy's #4 Safety
- Phil Steele's #2 Strong Safety
- The Sporting News #8 Strong Safety
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent (safety)
- Phil Steele's First Team All-Independent (punt returner)
