Defensive end, Nebraska, 1994–97
Grant Wistrom
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Grant Wistrom played defensive end at Nebraska (1994–97). He won the 1997 Lombardi Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1996 and 1997. The St. Louis Rams took Wistrom in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2009College Football Hall of Fame
- 1995First-team All-Big Eight
- 1996Bill Willis Trophy
- 1996, 1997Consensus All‑American
- 1996, 1997Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
- 1996, 1997First-team All-Big 12
- 1997Lombardi Award
Team titles: National champions, 1994, 1995 and 1997; Big Eight champions, 1994 and 1995; Big 12 champions, 1997
All-America: consensus 1996 and 1997; AP third team 1995
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FF | FR | |
| 1994 | 39 | 16 | 23 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 80 | 33 | 47 | 21 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 53 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 221 | 103 | 118 | 61.5 | 27.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
From the college statistics table in Wistrom’s Wikipedia article (Grant Wistrom, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 1998 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″ |
| Weight | 273 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅞″ |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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