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The good news continues to roll in for Louisville football.
The Big East has announced that Charlie Strong has been named its 2012 co-Coach of the Year, and Teddy Bridgewater has earned the title of 2012 Offensive Player of the Year .
Strong shares the Coach of the Year honor with Kyle Flood, whose Rutgers team also finished the Big East season with a 5-2 record. Strong also shared the award back in 2010.
Bridgewater becomes just the second Cardinal to be named Big East Offensive Player of the Year (Brian Brohm also picked up the award as a sophomore in '05), and is the first quarterback to earn the honor since West Virginia's Pat White did so in 2007.
In addition to the individual awards, eight Cardinals were named either first or second team All-Big East.
Bridgewater, Mario Benavides and DeVante Parker were all named to the league's first team offense, while Adrian Bushell earned his second straight first team nod on defense. Alex Kupper, Preston Brown, Calvin Pryor and Hakeem Smith were all second team honorees.
Here's the full list of awards and honorees:
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ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM |
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OFFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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WR |
Alec Lemon * |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-2 |
204 |
Crofton, Md./Arundel |
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WR |
DeVante Parker |
Louisville |
So. |
6-3 |
205 |
Louisville, Ky./Ballard |
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OT |
Eric Lefeld |
Cincinnati |
So. |
6-6 |
287 |
Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater |
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OT |
Justin Pugh |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-5 |
297 |
Holland, Pa./Council Rock South |
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OG |
Austen Bujnoch |
Cincinnati |
Jr. |
6-5 |
285 |
Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder |
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OG |
Antwan Lowery |
Rutgers |
Jr. |
6-4 |
305 |
Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus |
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C |
Mario Benavides |
Louisville |
Sr. |
6-4 |
280 |
Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos |
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TE |
Travis Kelce |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-6 |
260 |
Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights |
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QB |
Teddy Bridgewater |
Louisville |
So. |
6-3 |
218 |
Miami, Fla./Northwestern |
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RB |
Ray Graham |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
5-9 |
190 |
Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth |
|
RB |
Montel Harris |
Temple |
Sr. |
5-10 |
207 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian |
|
K |
Maikon Bonani |
USF |
Sr. |
5-10 |
176 |
Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales |
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RS |
Matt Brown |
Temple |
Sr. |
5-5 |
165 |
Baltimore, Md./Peddie School/Milford Academy |
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DEFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
|
DL |
Dan Giordano |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-4 |
260 |
Frankford, Ill./Lincoln-Way East |
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DL |
Trevardo Williams * |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
233 |
Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury |
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DL |
Aaron Donald |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-0 |
275 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills |
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DL |
Scott Vallone |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-3 |
275 |
Central Islip, N.Y./St. Anthony’s |
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LB |
Greg Blair |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-2 |
252 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Schenley/Lackawanna CC |
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LB |
Sio Moore |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
229 |
Apex, N.C./Apex |
|
LB |
Yawin Smallwood |
Connecticut |
So. |
6-3 |
235 |
Worcester, Mass./Doherty |
|
LB |
Khaseem Greene * |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-1 |
230 |
Elizabeth, N.J./Avon Old Farms |
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CB |
Adrian Bushell |
Louisville |
Sr. |
5-11 |
184 |
DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Valley CC |
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CB |
Logan Ryan |
Rutgers |
Jr. |
6-0 |
190 |
Berlin, N.J./Eastern |
|
S |
Duron Harmon |
Rutgers |
Sr. |
6-1 |
200 |
Magnolia, Del./Caesar Rodney |
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S |
Shamarko Thomas |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
5-10 |
206 |
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
|
P |
Brandon McManus |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-3 |
190 |
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
* unanimous selection
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ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM |
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OFFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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WR |
Mike Shanahan |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
6-5 |
225 |
North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin |
|
WR |
Devin Street |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-4 |
190 |
Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty |
|
WR |
Brandon Coleman |
Rutgers |
So. |
6-6 |
220 |
Accokeek, Md./Bishop McNamara |
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OT |
Alex Kupper |
Louisville |
Sr. |
6-3 |
298 |
Louisville, Ky./Trinity |
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OT |
Kaleb Johnson |
Rutgers |
So. |
6-4 |
300 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Edward H. White |
|
OT |
Martin Wallace |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-6 |
300 |
New York, N.Y./Beacon School |
|
OG |
Adam Masters |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-4 |
298 |
Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman |
|
OG |
Mark Popek |
USF |
Sr. |
6-7 |
299 |
Plant City, Fla./Plant City |
|
C |
Ryan Turnley |
Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
6-6 |
320 |
Hopewell, Pa./Hopewell |
|
QB |
Ryan Nassib |
Syracuse |
Gr. |
6-3 |
227 |
West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep |
|
TE |
Ryan Griffin |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-6 |
247 |
Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry |
|
RB |
George Winn |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
5-11 |
210 |
Southfield, Mich./Detroit Jesuit |
|
RB |
Jawan Jamison |
Rutgers |
So. |
5-8 |
200 |
Stark, Fla./The Bolles School |
|
K |
Brandon McManus |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-3 |
190 |
Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
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RS |
Nick Williams |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
5-10 |
184 |
East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School |
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DEFENSE |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Cl. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown/High School |
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DL |
Walter Stewart |
Cincinnati |
Sr. |
6-5 |
249 |
Ashville, Ohio/Teays Valley |
|
DL |
Cory Grissom |
USF |
Sr. |
6-2 |
316 |
La Grange, Ga./Troup County |
|
DL |
Brandon Sharpe |
Syracuse |
Sr. |
6-1 |
255 |
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
|
DL |
John Youboty |
Temple |
Sr. |
6-4 |
250 |
Houston, Texas/Klein |
|
LB |
Preston Brown |
Louisville |
Jr. |
6-2 |
255 |
Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest |
|
LB |
Sam Barrington |
USF |
Sr. |
6-1 |
230 |
Jacksonville, Fla./Terry Parker |
|
LB |
Tyler Matakevich |
Temple |
Fr. |
6-1 |
220 |
Stratford, Conn./St. Joseph’s/Milford Academy |
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CB |
Dwayne Gratz |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-0 |
198 |
Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway |
|
CB |
Blidi Wreh-Wilson |
Connecticut |
Sr. |
6-2 |
190 |
Edinboro, Pa./General McLaine |
|
S |
Calvin Pryor |
Louisville |
So. |
6-2 |
213 |
Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe |
|
S |
Hakeem Smith |
Louisville |
Jr. |
6-1 |
187 |
Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale |
|
S |
Jason Hendricks |
Pittsburgh |
Jr. |
6-0 |
180 |
Brooklyn, N.Y./Hudson Catholic |
|
P |
Pat O’Donnell |
Cincinnati |
Jr. |
6-5 |
222 |
Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central |
|
P |
Justin Brockhaus-Kann |
USF |
Sr. |
6-2 |
214 |
Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs |