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It was the second straight
year Grigsby has been recognized on both teams, and he now has
received 14 postseason all-America honors in his storied Redbird
career. Grigsby was one of three Gateway Football Conference
players tabbed on the AFCA team, joining Western Kentucky offensive
lineman Buster Ashley and Western Illinois kicker Justin Langan. The
AFCA has selected an all-America team every year since 1945 and
Illinois State has had six first-team AFCA selections, including two
for Grigsby.
The AFCA's Division I-AA All-America Selection Committee is made
up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's nine districts, one
of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach
who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches
in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in
their respective districts prior to a conference call between the
district chairmen and the committee chairman during which the team
is chosen.
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 Grigsby is a three-time honoree by the AP, earning first-team
honors in 2003 and 2004 and second-team recognition in 2002. Other
Gateway players selected for the AP first team were Western
Kentucky's Ashley, Southern Illinois offensive lineman Elmer
McDaniel and Southwest Missouri State kicker Jon Scifres.
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.
[Provided by Todd Kober,
Illinois
State University]
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