Six Panthers Make All-Big East Teams
by oaklandzoo12 on Dec 8, 2011 3:00 PM EST
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The All-Big East teams were released by the conference today and six Panthers made either the first or second-team.
Ray Graham and Jarred Holley both made the first-team selections. Even though Ray was injured for the final four games of the season, he was arguably one of the top running backs in not just the conference, but the entire country as well. As for Holley, he was clearly one of the leaders on this defense that really stepped up their game in the latter half of the season and was second on the team in tackles. He also had two sacks and forced two turnovers.
Four others on defense made the cut as well.
Aaron Donald, Chas Alecxih, Antwuan Reed, and Max Gruder all made the second-team. Donald was Pitt's leader in sacks with 10 on a team that finished in the top 10 nationally in sacks. He also had 15 tackles for loss. Alecxih had a similar disruptive effect on opposing offenses, recording 13.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Gruder led the team in tackles with 107, the first Panther to top 100 tackles since Scott McKillop in 2008. Reed led the team in pass breakups with seven and had two fumble recoveries, including the recovery last weekend that sealed Pitt's win over Syracuse.
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It's so Sad
I’ve said for a long time that this team really is very, very talented. Outside of the QB, if everyone stayed healthy, I really think this was a Top 15 college football team, and these rankings prove that. It’s just so unfortunate that they couldn’t get good QB play. Football will do that to you. A-lot of sports are in this is situation. It’s like the QB in NFL or a goal-tender in the NHL – you gotta have good ones or it won’t matter.
But ya, the record unfortunately over-shadows the great individual performances by a-lot of these guys. Just look at Max Gruder. Wow, 107 tackles!! That is incredible!
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