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Alldredge Repeats as C-USA All-Academic Selection
12/17/2020 11:04:00 AM | Football
Fourth Owl to earn multiple C-USA football academic honors
Rice senior linebacker Blaze Alldredge is one of 11 student-athletes named to the 2020 C-USA Football All-Academic Team as selected by the conference's Academic Advisors.
Alldredge, who carries a 3.396 GPA in Political Science, is one of two players to earn repeat honors and he is the first Owl since Tanner Leland in 2012 & 2013 to be honored in consecutive years. Andrew Sendejo was named to three C-USA All-Academic teams (2007-09) and Travis Bradshaw was selected in 2009 & 2010.
He led the Owls and was third in C-USA with 9.4 tackles per game and was credited with at least 10 tackles in three of five games in 2020. Named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Owls to a 20-0 shutout at No. 15 Marshall, Alldredge led the team with 10 stops including a shared tackle for loss, picked off one pass and broke up a second. It was the first shutout by an opponent at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in its history and the first by the Owls against a ranked opponent since 1960.
He ended the season with a streak of 18 consecutive games with a tackle for loss and ranks 10th in school history with 28.5 in his career.
Alldredge, who was named a Rice Scholar Athlete last spring, was named to the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik, Butkus and Nagurski awards. He was a consensus preseason pick to repeat as an All -Conference USA selection which will be announced next week.
Alldredge, who carries a 3.396 GPA in Political Science, is one of two players to earn repeat honors and he is the first Owl since Tanner Leland in 2012 & 2013 to be honored in consecutive years. Andrew Sendejo was named to three C-USA All-Academic teams (2007-09) and Travis Bradshaw was selected in 2009 & 2010.
He led the Owls and was third in C-USA with 9.4 tackles per game and was credited with at least 10 tackles in three of five games in 2020. Named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Owls to a 20-0 shutout at No. 15 Marshall, Alldredge led the team with 10 stops including a shared tackle for loss, picked off one pass and broke up a second. It was the first shutout by an opponent at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in its history and the first by the Owls against a ranked opponent since 1960.
He ended the season with a streak of 18 consecutive games with a tackle for loss and ranks 10th in school history with 28.5 in his career.
Alldredge, who was named a Rice Scholar Athlete last spring, was named to the preseason watch lists for the Bednarik, Butkus and Nagurski awards. He was a consensus preseason pick to repeat as an All -Conference USA selection which will be announced next week.
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