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Landman's interception this year came against Washington.
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Nine Buffaloes Earn All-Colorado Honors
December 21, 2019 | Football
Landman Named Co-Defensive Player of the Year
BOULDER — Nine members of the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team this past fall have been selected to the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation's All-Colorado Team, which was released Saturday.
Three players, graduate offensive tackle Arlington Hambright, junior linebacker Nate Landman and wide receiver Laviska Shenault, all earned first-team honors. Sophomore tailback Alex Fontenot, senior punter Alex Kinney, senior center Tim Lynott, safety Mikial Onu, offensive tackle Will Sherman and outside linebacker Davion Taylor all garnered second-team recognition.
A first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Landman was selected as the co-defensive player of the year, the first Buff to earn the nod since linebacker Jordon Dizon in 2007. Landman led the team in tackles for a second straight year with 137, the most by a Buffalo since Dizon recorded 160 in 2007. Of those 137 tackles, 112 were credited as solo stops, the second-most in CU history. He the team in third down stops (15), tallied one interception and caused two, recorded eight tackles for loss including two quarterback sacks, had five tackles for zero (giving him 13 tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage), and had five passes broken up.
Colorado State-Pueblo's Jackson Wibbels shared the honor with Landman; he was a first-team All-American and the defensive player of the year in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Colorado Mines quarterback John Matocha, just a freshman, was selected as the offensive player of the year, as he completed 74 percent of his passes for 2,825 yards and 29 touchdowns with only five interceptions. Air Force's Jake Koehnke was the special teams player of the year, a he tied for first in the nation in field goal percentage (1.000; 12-of-12 with a long of 57 yards) and scored 83 points overall. Air Force's Troy Calhoun was named the coach of the year for guiding the Falcons to a 10-2 record; it is the fourth time he has been selected for the honor.
Players from CU, Adams State, Air Force, Colorado Mesa, Colorado Mines, Colorado State, CSU-Pueblo, Fort Lewis, Northern Colorado and Western Colorado are eligible for the All-Colorado team. Air Force had the most selected with 10, followed by CU and Colorado Mines with nine; CSU-Pueblo had seven, all first-team members, the most selected to that unit.
The chapter has annually selected an All-Colorado team since 2003, the only chapter in the nation that does so. It also selects an Academic All-Colorado team that is issued in the early spring.
Three players, graduate offensive tackle Arlington Hambright, junior linebacker Nate Landman and wide receiver Laviska Shenault, all earned first-team honors. Sophomore tailback Alex Fontenot, senior punter Alex Kinney, senior center Tim Lynott, safety Mikial Onu, offensive tackle Will Sherman and outside linebacker Davion Taylor all garnered second-team recognition.
A first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Landman was selected as the co-defensive player of the year, the first Buff to earn the nod since linebacker Jordon Dizon in 2007. Landman led the team in tackles for a second straight year with 137, the most by a Buffalo since Dizon recorded 160 in 2007. Of those 137 tackles, 112 were credited as solo stops, the second-most in CU history. He the team in third down stops (15), tallied one interception and caused two, recorded eight tackles for loss including two quarterback sacks, had five tackles for zero (giving him 13 tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage), and had five passes broken up.
Colorado State-Pueblo's Jackson Wibbels shared the honor with Landman; he was a first-team All-American and the defensive player of the year in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Colorado Mines quarterback John Matocha, just a freshman, was selected as the offensive player of the year, as he completed 74 percent of his passes for 2,825 yards and 29 touchdowns with only five interceptions. Air Force's Jake Koehnke was the special teams player of the year, a he tied for first in the nation in field goal percentage (1.000; 12-of-12 with a long of 57 yards) and scored 83 points overall. Air Force's Troy Calhoun was named the coach of the year for guiding the Falcons to a 10-2 record; it is the fourth time he has been selected for the honor.
Players from CU, Adams State, Air Force, Colorado Mesa, Colorado Mines, Colorado State, CSU-Pueblo, Fort Lewis, Northern Colorado and Western Colorado are eligible for the All-Colorado team. Air Force had the most selected with 10, followed by CU and Colorado Mines with nine; CSU-Pueblo had seven, all first-team members, the most selected to that unit.
The chapter has annually selected an All-Colorado team since 2003, the only chapter in the nation that does so. It also selects an Academic All-Colorado team that is issued in the early spring.
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