Football Emmett Johnson All-America Honors

[HuskerPAC]

His freshman year at OU I watched him run & said he was already the best RB right then at any level of football.

Goes in the pantheon of running backs with the greatest pure physical abilities of all-time. Bo Jackson probably leads that class, then dudes like AP, LP, Barry Sanders, Herschel Walker, Eric Dickerson, Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Saquon, etc.

If I remember right, he stood back a couple yards further than most RBs in the backfield in high school because he’d get to the QB too fast and screw up hand offs. He still had to line up further back when he got to OU.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

McFadden?

Absolute freak of an athlete. Unreal size & speed combination that housed everything when given even the slightest angle. Overall RB skills not on par with the all-time greats, & limited career partially due to injuries.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

I am very happy 1st (& 2nd) team AA honors were bestowed on Emmett. I was highly doubtful they'd make room for him. Well deserved.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

which one of them would you want to have running full speed at you and you're the last defender to tackle them...

I can tell you which one I wouldn’t - LP. He would run me over on the field, and then get in his car and run me over again

 

[Alum-Ni]

Who was the last AA at Nebraska? Ameer?

Our last First Team All-American was Lavonte David in 2011.

 

[Cavalot]

No joke, I was at the OU game where AP came back from injury that week. He wasn't human.

There was a play where Carriker (one of the strongest dudes we had) wrapped him up in the backfield and AP dragged him for 5 yards. Freaking dragged Adam Carriker. WTF

I don't believe anyone has been close to the freak athlete that Bo Jackson was. Dude was just flat out from a different world.

 

[ThankGODforWVB]

EJ is a nice back, but he doesn't make my list of top 10 NU backs.

 

[SantaBarbaraSker]

Well deserved…

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Kind of wild that no one has mentioned Wan’Dale.

Hard to rank a solely short yardage between the tackles power back that highly all time. #Scrote

 

[Alum-Ni]

Link: USA Today

EJ picks up second team AA honors from USA Today

USA Today All-America First Team
QB - Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
RB - Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
RB - Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
WR - Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
WR - Makai Lemon, USC
TE - Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
OT - Spencer Fano, Utah
OT - Carter Smith, Indiana
OG - Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon
OG - Beau Stephens, Cockeye
C - Logan Jones, Cockeye

DE - Cashius Howell, Texas A&M
DE - David Bailey, Texas Tech
DT - Kayden McDonald, Ohio State
DT - Landon Robinson, Navy
LB - Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
LB - Arvell Reese, Ohio State
LB - CJ Allen, Georgia
CB - Leonard Moore, Notre Dame
CB - Mansoor Delane, LSU
S - Caleb Downs, Ohio State
S - Louis Moore, Indiana

K - Tate Sandell, Oklahoma
P - Brett Thorson, Georgia
RET - Kaden Wetjen, Cockeye
AP - KC Concepcion, Texas A&M

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USA Today All-America Second Team
QB - Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
RB - Emmett Johnson, Nebraska
RB - Kewan Lacy, Mississippi
WR - Skyler Bell, Connecticut
WR - Malachi Toney, Miami (FL)
TE - Michael Trigg, Baylor
OT - Francis Mauigoa, Miami (FL)
OT - Kayden Proctor, Alabama
OG - Ar'maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M
OG - Jaeden Roberts, Alabama
C - Jake Slaughter, Florida

DE - Reuben Bain, Miami (FL)
DE - Colin Simmons, Texas
DT - Peter Woods, Clemson
DT - Lee Hunter, Texas Tech
LB - Sonny Styles, Ohio State
LB - Aiden Fisher, Indiana
LB - Anthony Hill, Texas
CB - Hezekiah Masses, California
CB - D'Angelo Ponds, Indiana
S - Bishop Fitzgerald, USC
S - KJ Bolden, Georgia

K - Kansei Matsuzawa, Hawaii
P - Cole Maynard, Western Kentucky
RET - Jadarian Price, Notre Dame
AP - Wayne Knight, James Madison

 

[herbsinator]

Link: USA Today

EJ picks up second team AA honors from USA Today

USA Today All-America First Team
QB - Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
RB - Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
RB - Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
WR - Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
WR - Makai Lemon, USC
TE - Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
OT - Spencer Fano, Utah
OT - Carter Smith, Indiana
OG - Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon
OG - Beau Stephens, Cockeye
C - Logan Jones, Cockeye

DE - Cashius Howell, Texas A&M
DE - David Bailey, Texas Tech
DT - Kayden McDonald, Ohio State
DT - Landon Robinson, Navy
LB - Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
LB - Arvell Reese, Ohio State
LB - CJ Allen, Georgia
CB - Leonard Moore, Notre Dame
CB - Mansoor Delane, LSU
S - Caleb Downs, Ohio State
S - Louis Moore, Indiana

K - Tate Sandell, Oklahoma
P - Brett Thorson, Georgia
RET - Kaden Wetjen, Cockeye
AP - KC Concepcion, Texas A&M

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USA Today All-America Second Team
QB - Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
RB - Emmett Johnson, Nebraska
RB - Kewan Lacy, Mississippi
WR - Skyler Bell, Connecticut
WR - Malachi Toney, Miami (FL)
TE - Michael Trigg, Baylor
OT - Francis Mauigoa, Miami (FL)
OT - Kayden Proctor, Alabama
OG - Ar'maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M
OG - Jaeden Roberts, Alabama
C - Jake Slaughter, Florida

DE - Reuben Bain, Miami (FL)
DE - Colin Simmons, Texas
DT - Peter Woods, Clemson
DT - Lee Hunter, Texas Tech
LB - Sonny Styles, Ohio State
LB - Aiden Fisher, Indiana
LB - Anthony Hill, Texas
CB - Hezekiah Masses, California
CB - D'Angelo Ponds, Indiana
S - Bishop Fitzgerald, USC
S - KJ Bolden, Georgia

K - Kansei Matsuzawa, Hawaii
P - Cole Maynard, Western Kentucky
RET - Jadarian Price, Notre Dame
AP - Wayne Knight, James Madison

Those bastards

 

[BeerConsumer67]

Hardy was hyped till he had to play real SEC athletes. Then he padded his stats again vs the two worst teams in the SEC. His AA is just his hype from early in the season.