Nine UCLA players named to All-Pac-10 team
From UCLA:
Junior safety Rahim Moore and junior linebacker Akeem Ayers were selected All-Pac-10 first team. Moore was one of just three players who also earned first-team acclaim in 2009.
Senior place kicker Kai Forbath, sophomore running back Johnathan Franklin and sophomore punter Jeff Locke were voted to the second team.
Junior running back/special teams performer Derrick Coleman, junior safety Tony Dye, senior center Ryan Taylor and junior linebacker Sean Westgate were named honorable mention.
Moore, who has made 14 interceptions in his three-year career, including a nation-best 10 in 2009, ranked third on the team this season with 77 tackles.
Ayers, one of the most versatile defenders in the nation, ranked fourth on the squad with 68 tackles, first with two fumble recoveries, tied for the team lead with 4.0 sacks and ranked second with 10.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Franklin is UCLA's first 1,000-yard rusher since Chris Markey in 2006. He finished the season with 1,127 yards, the 10th-highest single-season total in UCLA history. He ranked fifth in the Pac-10 with his average of 93.92 yards per game. He also led the Bruins with eight touchdowns.
Forbath concluded his career with 85 field goals in 101 attempts, tying the UCLA record set by John Lee in 1982-85. He also finished No. 2 (tied) in career scoring with 357 points. This season, he made 13 of 18 field goal attempts and all 27 PATs for 66 points.
Locke led the Pac-10 and was fifth in the NCAA with his punting average of 45.84 and helped UCLA rank second nationally in net punting.
Coleman was UCLA's second-leading rusher with 487 yards, averaging 5.9 yards per attempt, and ranked second with five touchdowns. He also made 10 tackles on special teams.
Dye led the Bruins and ranked fourth (tied) in the Pac-10 with 96 tackles, an average of 8.00 per game. He also broke up a team-high nine passes and made his first career interception versus USC.
Taylor started all 12 games at center and anchored an offensive line that helped the Bruins average over 175 rushing yards per game. He was selected the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the Bruins' 34-12 victory at Texas.
Westgate ranked second on the team and eighth (tied) in the Pac-10 with his 90 tackles, an average of 7.50 per game. He led the Bruins with 11.0 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with 4.0 sacks. He also broke up seven passes.
"Franklin is UCLA's first 1,000-yard rusher since Chris Markey in 2006. He finished the season with 1,127 yards, the 10th-highest single-season total in UCLA history. He ranked fifth in the Pac-10 with his average of 93.92 yards per game. He also led the Bruins with eight touchdowns."
and how many touches did franklin get in the 2nd half of the sc game again?
When a 210 LB Linebacker is tied for the team lead in sacks - you know the DL is weak.
But, more importantly . . .
Did Rick get Coach of the Year????
Did Dan Guererro get AD of the Year????
C'mon, Jon, we want the REAL honey!
Oh, wait, Rick will get "Passion Bucketeer of the Year" (We're gonna make you proud . . . . in 2013 or thereafter!)
And, Dan G. will get first team "Financial Wizard at Fans' Expense"
Hey Dan! Better hold the line on the Wooden Athletic Fund donation levels and ticket prices if you expect to retain what you have in season ticket holders. I heard plenty of fans around me in Tunnel 19 indicate they may not be back next year. Can't stand to spend all that $$$ to watch the product you are producing for us on the field!
What's worse in the safety, Dye, leading the team in tackles.
Hope Moore and Ayers return next year to redeem themselves, get their degree and increase their PRO draft numbers.
Neither Akeem nor Rahim will be back next season. They've had enough of this program. It's better for them to leave now before their NFL stocks start to dive beyond hope.
Its a shame we have so much talent that don't ever account for w's, im so sick of watching the same season over and over
When coaches say after a big season how they won with nobody outside of the team believing in them, this is what they mean. Every rat is abandoning ship, talking about how bad the team is. We all know the records, some of us choose to support the team through thick and thin, others of us think bashing the team about those records helps to force the administration to make it better. Both sides have some scant semblance of a clue, which do you choose?
That puts us right on par with Washington State
I think those were both reputation picks more than based on their on-field performance. Moore and Ayers were virtually invisible going down the stretch. Westgate and Dye I think had better overall seasons.
On the surface they look like reputation picks, but if an opposing coach has to spend time in the game prep scheming against X player, that player will get votes. I don't think anyone schemed for Reggie Stokes or Andrew Abbot.
Earth to Jon Gold: "Honorable Mentions" are NOT
part of any "All-Anything" team....