European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Dream team the stars and stripes or a 93 All America squad ports december 10,1993 Page 40 by Rick Warner new York apr Heisman trophy favorite Charlie Ward Lombardi award Winner Aaron Taylor and three tune selection Marshall Faulk were named to the associated press All America College football team on wednesday. Faulk made the team for the third straight year the first player to do that since Georgia a Herschel Walker from 1980-82. The san Diego state running in Back who will skip his senior season to enter the nil draft led the nation with 24 touchdowns was third in All purpose Yards and no. 5 in Rushing. Ward directed top ranked Florida / states Quot fast break offence which led the Mcaa in scoring with a 43.2-Point average. The elusive quarterback was the nations fourth leading passer completing 69 percent for 3,032 Yards 27 touchdowns and Only four interceptions. # Taylor the Lombardi Winner As the nations top lineman and Rob Waldrop made the team for the second consecutive year. _ Taylor an offensive tackle from notre Dame anchored a line that opened holes for the Couch Tiyo a sixth Best Rushing attack. Waldrop a nose guard for Arizona spearheaded a defense that Gaye up an Mcaa Low 30.1 Yards per game on the ground. A 1 joining Ward and Faulk in the Back Field is Northern Illinois Leshon Johnson the nations leading rusher with a 179.6-Yard average. Johnson twice gained Over 300 Yards in a game and finished with the fourth highest Rushing total 1,976 Yards in Mcaa history. Another record set tar Wyoming a Ryan Yarborough leads a Trio of wide receivers on the a squad. The other pass catchers Are . Stokes of Urcla and Johnnie Morton of Southern Cal. Yarborough caught 67 passes for 1,512 Yards to become the no aah Sall time Leader in receiving yardage Leader with 4,357. He finished second in career touchdown catches with 42. Stokes tied a Urcla Mark with 17 to catches including a school record 95 Marshall Faulk. San Diego St. Running Back yarder against Washington. Morton Southern calms All time leading receiver tied a Pac-10 record with 78 catches this season and set a league Mark with 1,373 receiving Yards. A the All purpose player is Alabama a David Palmer who was used As a runner receiver quarterback punt returner and Kickoff returner. Palmer set school records with 61 receptions for 1,000 Yards and gained More than 100 All purpose Yards in eve to game. Rounding out the offence Are Center Jim Pyne of Virginia tech tackle Wayne Gandy of Auburn guards Mark Dixon of Virginia and Stacy Seegars of Clemson and place kicker Bjorn Merten of Urcla. Pyne paved the Way for the highest scoring team in Virginia tech history while Gandy anchored the offensive line for Auburn a first perfect season since 1957. Dixon was the top lineman on a unit that allowed less than one sack per game. Aaron Taylor. Notre Dame tackle and Seegars led Clemson in Knockdown blocks for the third straight year. Merten the Only freshman on the squad made 20 of 25 Field goal attempts. His 80 percent Success rate was among kickers with at least 20 tries. Along with Waldrop the defensive line includes Dan Wilkinson of Ohio state Sam Adams of Texas a amp a and Kevin Patrick of Miami. The linebackers Are Trev Alberts of Nebraska Derrick Brooks of Florida state and Dana Howard of Illinois. The secondary features Antonio Langham of Alabama Aaron Glenn of Texas a amp a Jeff Burris of notre Dame and Jaime Mendez of Kansas state. The punter is Auburn a Terry Daniel who finished second nationally with a 46.9-Yard average. Wilkinson a 6-5, 300-Pound Sophomore nicknamed a big daddy a a led Ohio state with 13 tackles for losses even though he was slowed by an ankle injury. Charlie Ward. Fla. St. Quarterback and double teamed much of the season. Adams led Texas a amp a in tackles sacks and quarterback pressures caused five fumbles and recovered three. Patrick was the big East defensive player of the year getting 10 sacks and it other tackles behind the line for the hurricanes. Alberts was the defensive Star for undefeated Nebraska registering a school record 15 sacks before dislocating an Elbow in the Corn huskers regular season finale against Oklahoma. Despite a series of injuries that limited his playing time Brooks scored three touchdowns for the nations Sti Giest defense on a pair of interception returns and a Fumble return. He also blocked a punt that was recovered for a score forced two fumbles and broke up five passes. The All America team will be featured a Hope Christmas show dec. 15 from 810 . Eston Abc. Dolphins Deberg May step aside Davie Fla. Apr during a 17-year nil career Steve Deberg has stepped aside for Joe Montana John Elway Steve Young and Vinny Testaverde. This week May Deberg be of ced out of the starting lineup by Scott Mitchell. Sidelined the past month with a dislocated shoulder Mitchell rejoined practice wednesday with the Miami dolphins. Coach Don Shula Hasni to announced which quarterback will Start monday night against the Pittsburgh Steeles. A if coach decides that Scott a the Guy then that Sok a a Deberg said. A i did no to come Here to set any records in the first place. 1 came Here to get a super bowl r the nil s oldest player at 39, Deberg signed with the dolphins As a backup to Mitchell on nov. 10. Mitchell Hurt his throwing shoulder four Days later forcing Deberg into the Page 35 for More on the nil with Deberg starting Miami is 2-1 but has averaged just 15.6 Points per game. When Mitchell started after an injury sidelined Dan Marino for the season Miami was 3-1 and averaged 25.0 Points. A Mitchell is More Mobile and More familiar with the offence. Deberg 14 years older has More experience than Mitchell who never started prior to this season. The two quarterbacks divided snaps evenly in practice wednesday. Mitchell badly misfired on a couple of throws but showed plenty of zip and his healed left shoulder appeared Strong. A for this being the first Day it Felt Good a he said a my Arm did no to bother me throwing a a on monday Mitchell said he expects to Start is sly by be Eis 0�?zn wednesday a sounded More conciliatory about Simla s decision. A i s?.tevcr does 18 Fine with new a Mitchell said. Be made some Good things happen when in be had the Opportunity. I feel i can do that again All i can do is get myself ready to do the Job Quot whether Ian Sta it mfr May come Down to books health it Sharp in practice. We ii evaluate Mitchell Day by Day and make a decision later in the week a he said. A right now we Haven t made that determination a he a a i Aas Blen a starter for of his career but he also has changed teams six times. A week Aeo a Ziv t aft Miami a last second Victory at Dallas. Now he May be about to lose his Job 3in want Fonda be a part of the team it but i Strant think fi0r the team it a he said a the most important thing for us is to win the
