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05 December 2009: Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (12) getting sacked by Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) during the second half of the game between the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and the University of Texas Longhorns. Texas won the game 13-12 at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jim Cowsert/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images) /

Oregon – Ndamukong Suh

A standout player in 2009 and one of the best stories of the college football season in that year, Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh became one of the top defensive linemen in recent collegiate football memory in his time as a Cornhusker. Though he spent that time in the Midwest, Suh is a Portland, Oregon native by birth.

In his time at Nebraska from 2005 to 2009, extended by a redshirt freshman season due to injury after just one game, Suh went on to tally 24 sacks in his four full seasons as a Cornhusker, with 215 tackles, 49.5 of which were for a loss.

Suh was 6’4” and 300 pounds by the time he left college to head for a still-continuing NFL career, which makes it that much more impressive that he also ended his collegiate career with four interceptions, and the 300-pounder averaged almost 20 yards per interception return, and even scored two touchdowns!

Suh’s massive story came in 2009 when he recorded 85 tackles, 12 sacks, 28 hurries, 24 other tackles for loss, ten pass breakups, three blocked kicks, and an interception. *whew*

Suh received a massive nineteen awards in the 2009 season, including the Associated Press’ College Player of the Year award, Heisman Trophy Finalist, and being a unanimous First-Team All-American.

One of the premiere seasons in the relatively new 21st Century, Suh’s 2009 performance will always be remembered by college football fans ahead of what has been a solid NFL career thus far.

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