You don’t go 10-2 and make it to the Sugar Bowl without some great individual performances, and those were recognized by the Big East with their posteason honors. Teddy Bridgewater was named Offensive Player of the Year, and Charlie Strong was Coach of the Year, but the Cards has more players honored…
2012 BIG EAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS
BIG EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville (So., Miami, Fla.)
BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Khaseem Greene, LB, Rutgers (Sr., Elizabeth, N.J.)
BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Matt Brown, RB, Temple (Sr., Baltimore, Md.)
BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple (Fr., Stratford, Conn.)
BIG EAST COACH OF THE YEAR
Charlie Strong, Louisville
Kyle Flood, Rutgers
| ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM | ||||||
| OFFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
| WR | Alec Lemon * | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-2 | 204 | Crofton, Md./Arundel |
| WR | DeVante Parker | Louisville | So. | 6-3 | 205 | Louisville, Ky./Ballard |
| OT | Eric Lefeld | Cincinnati | So. | 6-6 | 287 | Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater |
| OT | Justin Pugh | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-5 | 297 | Holland, Pa./Council Rock South |
| OG | Austen Bujnoch | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-5 | 285 | Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder |
| OG | Antwan Lowery | Rutgers | Jr. | 6-4 | 305 | Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus |
| C | Mario Benavides | Louisville | Sr. | 6-4 | 280 | Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-6 | 260 | Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights |
| QB | Teddy Bridgewater | Louisville | So. | 6-3 | 218 | Miami, Fla./Northwestern |
| RB | Ray Graham | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 5-9 | 190 | Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth |
| RB | Montel Harris | Temple | Sr. | 5-10 | 207 | Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian |
| K | Maikon Bonani | USF | Sr. | 5-10 | 176 | Lake Wales, Fla./Lake Wales |
| RS | Matt Brown | Temple | Sr. | 5-5 | 165 | Baltimore, Md./Peddie School/Milford Academy |
| DEFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
| DL | Dan Giordano | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-4 | 260 | Frankford, Ill./Lincoln-Way East |
| DL | Trevardo Williams * | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-2 | 233 | Bridgeport, Conn./Canterbury |
| DL | Aaron Donald | Pittsburgh | Jr. | 6-0 | 275 | Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills |
| DL | Scott Vallone | Rutgers | Sr. | 6-3 | 275 | Central Islip, N.Y./St. Anthony’s |
| LB | Greg Blair | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-2 | 252 | Pittsburgh, Pa./Schenley/Lackawanna CC |
| LB | Sio Moore | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-2 | 229 | Apex, N.C./Apex |
| LB | Yawin Smallwood | Connecticut | So. | 6-3 | 235 | Worcester, Mass./Doherty |
| LB | Khaseem Greene * | Rutgers | Sr. | 6-1 | 230 | Elizabeth, N.J./Avon Old Farms |
| CB | Adrian Bushell | Louisville | Sr. | 5-11 | 184 | DeSoto, Texas/Cedar Valley CC |
| CB | Logan Ryan | Rutgers | Jr. | 6-0 | 190 | Berlin, N.J./Eastern |
| S | Duron Harmon | Rutgers | Sr. | 6-1 | 200 | Magnolia, Del./Caesar Rodney |
| S | Shamarko Thomas | Syracuse | Sr. | 5-10 | 206 | Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
| P | Brandon McManus | Temple | Sr. | 6-3 | 190 | Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
* unanimous selection
| ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM | ||||||
| OFFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
| WR | Mike Shanahan | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 6-5 | 225 | North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin |
| WR | Devin Street | Pittsburgh | Jr. | 6-4 | 190 | Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty |
| WR | Brandon Coleman | Rutgers | So. | 6-6 | 220 | Accokeek, Md./Bishop McNamara |
| OT | Alex Kupper | Louisville | Sr. | 6-3 | 298 | Louisville, Ky./Trinity |
| OT | Kaleb Johnson | Rutgers | So. | 6-4 | 300 | Jacksonville, Fla./Edward H. White |
| OT | Martin Wallace | Temple | Sr. | 6-6 | 300 | New York, N.Y./Beacon School |
| OG | Adam Masters | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-4 | 298 | Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman |
| OG | Mark Popek | USF | Sr. | 6-7 | 299 | Plant City, Fla./Plant City |
| C | Ryan Turnley | Pittsburgh | Sr. | 6-6 | 320 | Hopewell, Pa./Hopewell |
| QB | Ryan Nassib | Syracuse | Gr. | 6-3 | 227 | West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep |
| TE | Ryan Griffin | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-6 | 247 | Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry |
| RB | George Winn | Cincinnati | Sr. | 5-11 | 210 | Southfield, Mich./Detroit Jesuit |
| RB | Jawan Jamison | Rutgers | So. | 5-8 | 200 | Stark, Fla./The Bolles School |
| K | Brandon McManus | Temple | Sr. | 6-3 | 190 | Hatfield, Pa./North Penn |
| RS | Nick Williams | Connecticut | Sr. | 5-10 | 184 | East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School |
| DEFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
| DL | Walter Stewart | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-5 | 249 | Ashville, Ohio/Teays Valley |
| DL | Cory Grissom | USF | Sr. | 6-2 | 316 | La Grange, Ga./Troup County |
| DL | Brandon Sharpe | Syracuse | Sr. | 6-1 | 255 | Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes |
| DL | John Youboty | Temple | Sr. | 6-4 | 250 | Houston, Texas/Klein |
| LB | Preston Brown | Louisville | Jr. | 6-2 | 255 | Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest |
| LB | Sam Barrington | USF | Sr. | 6-1 | 230 | Jacksonville, Fla./Terry Parker |
| LB | Tyler Matakevich | Temple | Fr. | 6-1 | 220 | Stratford, Conn./St. Joseph’s/Milford Academy |
| CB | Dwayne Gratz | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-0 | 198 | Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway |
| CB | Blidi Wreh-Wilson | Connecticut | Sr. | 6-2 | 190 | Edinboro, Pa./General McLaine |
| S | Calvin Pryor | Louisville | So. | 6-2 | 213 | Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe |
| S | Hakeem Smith | Louisville | Jr. | 6-1 | 187 | Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale |
| S | Jason Hendricks | Pittsburgh | Jr. | 6-0 | 180 | Brooklyn, N.Y./Hudson Catholic |
| P | Pat O’Donnell | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-5 | 222 | Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach Central |
| P | Justin Brockhaus-Kann | USF | Sr. | 6-2 | 214 | Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs |
Additional players added to the All-BIG EAST teams due to ties in the voting