Posted by Knowshon Zone | Posted in General Knowshon, Knowshon Press | Posted on 05-12-2008
From AccessNorthGA.com:
Georgia sophomore tailback Knowshon Moreno has been selected to the AFCA Coaches’ All-America Team, the American Football Coaches Association announced Thursday.
The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and is the only one chosen exclusively by the coaches themselves.
Moreno, a 5-foot-11, 208 pound native of Belford, N.J, has averaged nearly six yards per carry en route to a 1,338-yard rushing season through 12 games making him just the second player in Georgia history to record more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons (Herschel Walker, 1980-83). Moreno, who also has 27 receptions for 329 yards, has scored 17 touchdowns his season, the most by a Bulldog since Garrison Hearst’s 21 in 1992.
Moreno leads the SEC in scoring with 102 points and rushing with an average of 111.5 yards per game. He is currently seventh in UGA history with 2,672 yards rushing in only two seasons.
The AFCA All-America team features 11 players on offense, 11 on defense and three specialists. The AFCA’s Football Bowl Subdivision All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA’s nine FBS districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts, that information, along with ballots submitted by FBS head coaches, are used to select the AFCA FBS Coaches All-America Team.
If I had a choice between becoming a millionaire now or later, I think I’d probably have to say now. That said, I’ll be thrilled if Knowshon decides to stay at Georgia for another year.
Question: Coach Richt made the comment that Stafford and Knowshon would “have a blast” playing behind a solid offensive line, the implication being that the line would be strong next year. Now of course next year should be better than this year (hopefully fewer injuries, freshmen become sophomores, etc.), but how much real talent is on this line? Are the freshmen expected to do great things once they “grow up,” or are we just waiting for them to become juniors and seniors so we can say, thank god they’re not freshmen?
–Jason Rhodes