Two of the UConn Huskies freshman linebackers, Scott Lutrus and Lawrence Wilson, were named to the Sporting News Freshman All-American team on Friday.
Lutrus was named to the All-Freshman First Team while Wilson was on the All-Freshman Second Team.
Lutrus started all 12 games for the Huskies making 98 tackles while intercepting 4 passes. He returned 2 of those for touchdowns and was also named Big East Defensive Player of the Week 2 times in a row this season.
Wilson also started all 12 games and was second on the team with 106 tackles. He did have 1 interception which he returned for a touchdown.
With these two guys back for next year, the UConn linebacking corps are looking stronger than ever. Congratulations to them on this tremendous honor.
A full look at the Sporting News All-Freshman First Team after the jump
SN ALL-FRESHMAN First TEAM
OFFENSE
WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech*
WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri*
TE Rob Gronkowski, Arizona
OL Anthony Davis, Rutgers
OL Ryan Miller, Colorado
OL Anthony Castonzo, Boston College
OL Lee Ziemba, Auburn
OL Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia
QB Sam Bradford, Oklahoma*
RB LeSean McCoy, Pitt
RB Knowshon Moreno, Georgia*
DEFENSE
DE Everson Griffen, USC
DT Cameron Heyward, Ohio State
DT Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma*
DE Kirk DeCremer, Wisconsin*
LB Greg Jones, Michigan State
LB Scott Lutrus, Connecticut*
LB Rolando McClain, Alabama
CB Eric Berry, Tennessee
CB Donovan Warren, Michigan
S Chad Jones, LSU
S Alex Kube, Northern Illinois*
SPECIALISTS
K Thomas Weber, Arizona State*
P Ryan Shoemaker, Auburn*
KR David Gilreath, Wisconsin
*Redshirt freshman
