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POS. | NAME | SCHOOL | CLASS | SKINNY |
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WR | Taylor Jacobs | Florida | Jr. | Set Orange Bowl record with 170 receiving yards, 147 in the first half, in blowout of Maryland |
| WR | Josh Reed | LSU | Jr. | Nation's best receiver unstoppable against Illinois: 14 catches, 239 yards, two TDs in Sugar rout |
| WR | Charles Rogers | Michigan State | So. | Caught TD passes of 72, 69 yards in first half; ended with 10 catches for 270 yards in Silicon Valley Bowl |
| TE | Jerramy Stevens | Washington | Jr. | Breakout game in Holiday Bowl -- nine catches, 109 yards, TD -- after missing six games with broken left foot |
| LT | Reggie Coleman | Tennessee | Sr. | Protected back of Casey Clausen, who threw for 393 yards, three TDs in Citrus Bowl romp over Michigan |
| LG | Ed Wilkins | Miami | Jr. | Key man as Hurricanes piled up 472 yards and allowed no sacks in Rose Bowl drubbing of Nebraska |
| C | Kyle Young | Clemson | Sr. | 18 knockdown blocks for Tigers, who had 548 total yards in Humanitarian Bowl pasting of Louisiana Tech |
| RG | Montrae Holland | Florida State | Jr. | Made key blocks on Greg Jones's 22- and 23-yard runs in Gator Bowl-clinching drive |
| RT | Mike Williams | Texas | Sr. | Big reason that Major Applewhite threw for 473 yards, four TDs and was knocked down only once in Holiday |
| QB | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | Jr. | Threw for 576 yards in bringing Thundering Herd back from 38-8 halftime deficit to win GMAC Bowl |
| TB | Chester Taylor | Toledo | Sr. | Carried 31 times for 190 yards, the last 24 on winning TD dash against Cincinnati in Motor City Bowl |
| K | Nate Kaeding | Iowa | So. | Fourth field goal, a 47-yarder with :44 to play, gave Hawkeyes win over Texas Tech in Alamo Bowl |
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 | DE | Daryl Smith | Georgia Tech | So. | Moved from LB for Seattle Bowl, made fourth-down, goal line tackle to prevent Stanford touchdown |
| DT | Ryan Sims | North Carolina | Sr. | Spent most of game in Auburn backfield, helping to hold Tigers to 31 rushing yards in Peach Bowl |
| DT | Igor Olshansky | Oregon | Fr. | At 19 already 6'6", 287 pounds and bench presses 455; had three tackles in Fiesta Bowl |
| DE | John Henderson | Tennessee | Sr. | Forced one fumble, recovered another -- on the same play; also had six tackles in Citrus Bowl |
| LB | Josh Ott | Boston College | So. | Eagles converted his interception and recovered fumble into 10 points in Music City triumph |
| LB | Clifton Smith | Syracuse | Jr. | Made 12 tackles, two for loss, to help Orangemen hold Kansas State to 33 rushing yards in Insight.com Bowl |
| LB | Jonathan Vilma | Miami | So. | Hurricanes' defensive star with eight tackles including bone-crushing hit on Ben Zajicek that forced fumble |
| CB | Byron Jones | Texas A&M | Fr. | Made three interceptions and brought them back for 77 yards in Galleryfurniture.com Bowl |
| CB | Sheldon Brown | South Carolina | Sr. | Set up game-winning field goal by returning interception 37 yards in Outback Bowl |
| FS | Lamont Thompson | Washington St. | Sr. | Against Purdue, Sun Bowl MVP had two interceptions; Pac-10's career leader with 22 picks |
| SS | Roy Williams | Oklahoma | Jr. | Had two of Sooners' nine sacks and three tackles for loss against Arkansas in Cotton Bowl |
| P | Mike Shafer | Syracuse | Jr. | Averaged 44.8 yards on 11 kicks and dropped four inside Kansas State 20-yard line |
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 | | Mac McWhorter | Georgia Tech | | Interim coach beats Stanford, loses job; losing Cardinal coach Tyrone Willingham wins Notre Dame job. Go figure |
