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Network tabs Grigsby as all-America… again
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[DEC. 14, 2004]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- For the third straight
season Illinois State linebacker
Boomer Grigsby
has received first-team all-America honors from The Sports Network.
He was named to the 2004 I-AA All-America Team Monday.
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The Canton, Ill., native became just the fourth player in the
history of the all-America team to garner three first-team honors.
Grigsby joins Villanova running back Brian Westbrook (1999-01),
Alcorn State quarterback Steve McNair (1992-94) and Boise State
defensive lineman Erik Helgeson (1988-90). Grigsby was one of
eight players from the Gateway Football Conference to be selected to
the all-America team and one of three to be named to the first team,
joining Southern Illinois offensive lineman Elmer McDaniel and
Southwest Missouri State kicker Jon Scifres.
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 Grigsby, the only three-time defensive player of the year in
conference history, capped off his storied career with the NCAA,
Gateway and Illinois State career tackle records with 580 stops.
This is the 12th postseason all-America honor of his career and the
second this season. He was named to the Walter Camp All-America Team
on Dec. 10.
Voting for The Sports Network I-AA All-America Team was conducted
among I-AA sports information directors and selected media, with
more than 100 ballots being cast.
[Todd Kober,
assistant athletics director, media relations,
Illinois
State University] |
