University of Colorado inside linebacker Jordon Dizon was named to the prestigious Walter Camp All-America team Thursday during the ESPN Home Depot awards show in Orlando, Fla.
It is the sixth time a Colorado linebacker has earned first-team All-America honors and the first since Matt Russell in 1996. The others were Bud Magrum in 1972, Alfred Williams and Kanavis McGhee in 1989, and Williams again in 1990.
Dizon, a 6-foot, 225-pound senior from Kauai, Hawaii, is one of three finalists for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s top linebacker.
He also was named the Big 12 defensive player of the year by the league’s coaches.
Arkansas running back Darren McFadden was honored as the 2007 player of the year by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. McFadden, a junior, beat four quarterbacks for the award: Chase Daniel of Missouri, Dennis Dixon of Oregon, Matt Ryan of Boston College and Tim Tebow of Florida.
Miles signs contract extension.
LSU coach Les Miles signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Tigers through 2012.
The deal was approved by the LSU board’s athletic committee. The contract doesn’t change Miles’ salary, which will rise to at least $2.8 million annually based on LSU’s Southeastern Conference championship this year.
Wake’s Grobe not headed to Arkansas.
Coach Jim Grobe will return next season to Wake Forest, having apparently rebuffed an attempt by Arkansas to hire him to replace Houston Nutt.
“He called and said he wants to continue as our football coach,” Demon Deacons athletic director Ron Wellman said.
Two Texas A&M players charged with robbery.
Two Texas A&M players have been charged in an alleged armed robbery of a College Station, Texas, apartment.
Yemi Babalola, 21, was charged with two aggravated robbery counts and one of misdemeanor marijuana possession, according to a College Station police statement. Brandon Joiner, 18, was charged with three drug possession counts, one of them a felony.
