3 Hurricanes Named MidSeason All-Americans
Oct. 17, 2002
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – Sophomore tailback Willis McGahee, senior center Brett Romberg and sophomore tight end Kellen Winslow have been named to the Midseason All-America football team by CollegeFootballNews.com.
McGahee, a sophomore from Miami’s Central High School, currently leads the team in rushing with 735 yards on 105 carries, averaging 7.0 yards per attempt. He has scored 11 rushing touchdowns this season, a total that already ranks him among the Hurricanes’ all-time top 10 for single-season rushing touchdowns. McGahee has rushed for more than 100 yards in a game four times this season, including a 204-yard effort on Sept. 7 at Florida. He tied a school record for rushing touchdowns with four scores against Temple on Sept. 14.
Romberg, a senior from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, has started Miami’s last 30 games at center. He has been the anchor of an offensive line that has led a Miami offense that is on pace to set another scoring record this season after shattering the school scoring record each of Romberg’s previous two seasons as a starter. Romberg makes all of the blocking calls for the offensive line that has allowed the UM offense to average 481.2 yards per game, including 209.8 yards rushing and 271.3 yards passing. Miami running backs area averaging 6.1 yards per rush behind Romberg and the offensive line and UM quarterbacks have only been sacked five times this season through six games.
Winslow, a sophomore from Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, Calif., is the team’s leading receiver with 22 catches through six games. Winslow is averaging 12.1 yards per reception and has caught four touchdown passes this season. He has been Miami’s leading pass catcher in three games this season, including a career-high six catches last Saturday against Florida State (for 84 yards and a touchdown).
McGahee, Romberg and Winslow have been key components of a UM offense that ranks among the nation’s best in scoring offense (fourth, 43.67 points per game), total offense (fifth, 478.17 yards per game), passing offense (22nd, 271.33 yards per game) and rushing offense (25th, 206.83 yards per game).
Miami is the only school to place three players on the CollegeFootballNews.com team. Notre Dame and Iowa both placed two players on the team.
OFFENSEQB - Seneca Wallace, Sr., Iowa StateRB - Willis McGahee, Soph., MiamiRB - Maurice Clarett, Fr., Ohio StateWR - Charles Rogers, Jr., Michigan StateWR - J.R. Tolver, Sr., San Diego StateTE - Kellen Winslow, Soph., MiamiOL - Derrick Dockery, Sr., TexasOL - Montrae Holland, Sr., Florida StateOL - Derrick Roche, Sr., Washington StateOL - Brett Romberg, Sr., MiamiOL - Eric Steinbach, Sr., IowaPK - Nate Kaeding, Jr., IowaKR - Charles Pauley, Sr., San Jose State
DEFENSEDL – Kenny King, Sr., AlabamaDL – David Pollack, Soph., GeorgiaDL – Terrell Suggs, Jr., Arizona StateDL – Ty Warren, Sr., Texas A&MLB – Rod Davis, Jr., Southern MississippiLB – E.J. Henderson, Sr., MarylandLB – Clifton Smith, Sr., SyracuseDB – Marlin Jackson, Soph., MichiganDB – Ricky Manning, Sr., UCLADB – Gerome Sapp, Sr., Notre DameDB – Shane Walton, Sr., Notre DameP – Mark Mariscal, Sr., ColoradoPR – DeJuan Groce, Sr., Nebraska
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