Rutledge Named to Mid-Season All-America Team

[Webmaster]

SMU's Jonas Rutledge was named to the offensive team of the CollegeFootballNews.com mid-season All-America offensive and defensive teams, as announced Wednesday by the publication. Rutledge, one of the nation's top kickoff returners, was named to the offensive team. Rutledge along with Nevada's Jorge Cordova (who was named to the team as a defensive lineman) are the only representatives from the WAC.

Rutledge is sixth in the country in kickoff return yardage to lead the Mustangs whose return team is ranked No. 1 in the nation. Rutledge has 14 kickoff returns this season for a total of 445 yards, an average of 31.8 yards per return.

Cordova leads the nation in sacks, with 10 in his first six games this season. He has 18.5 over his last 12 games. Cordova was just named the Bronko Nagurski-FWAA National Defensive Player of the Week, for his four and half-sack performance against Washington. The senior owns Nevada's career record for sacks with 28 for 180 yards lost.

The following is a complete list of both teams:
Offense
QB - B.J. Symons, Texas Tech
RB - Marion Barber, Minnesota
RB - Steven Jackson, Oregon St
WR - Larry Fitzgerald, Pitts.
WR - Mike Williams, USC
TE - Kellen Winslow, Miami
OL - Shawn Andrews, Arkansas
OL - Jammal Brown, Oklahoma
OL - Jake Grove, Virginia Tech
OL - Marwan Hage, Colorado
OL - Tony Pape, Michigan
K - Jonathan Nichols, Ole Miss
KR - Jonas Rutledge, SMU

Defense
DL - Jason Babin, Western Mich
DL - Dave Ball, UCLA
DL - Jorge Cordova, Nevada
DL - Darnell Dockett, Florida St
LB - Rod Davis, Southern Miss
LB - Kirk Morrison, San Diego St
LB - Grant Wiley, West Virginia
DB - Jamaal Brimmer, UNLV
DB - Stuart Schweigert, Purdue
DB - Derrick Strait, Oklahoma
DB - Sean Taylor, Miami
P - Tom Malone, USC
PR - Antonio Perkins, Oklahoma

[PK]

Texas Tech and SMU are the only two Texas schools reprsented on those two lists. That's two good reasons for Stallion to be happy.