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Pair of Bruins Named to All-Time All-American Football Team
December 26, 2019 | Football
Two Bruin Hall of Fame greats, offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden and safety Kenny Easley have been named to the All-Time College Football All-American team selected by ESPN as part of the network's yearlong celebration of College Football's 150th season. Both players were named to the Second Team after playing careers which earned them inductions into both the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Ogden was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for UCLA in the 1992-95 seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Terry Donahue. He won the 1995 Outland Trophy, was runner-up for the Lombardi Award and earned consensus All-America honors that season. Ogden was selected All-Pac-10 Conference following the 1994 and 1995 campaigns and was awarded the Morris Trophy, as the conference's best offensive lineman in 1995. He helped the Bruins to a share of the Pac-10 title in 1993 and an appearance in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Ogden's No. 79 UCLA jersey was retired in February of 1997. He was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in the 2012 Class.
The first-ever draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens, Ogden was chosen with the fourth pick of the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played tackle for 12 seasons with Baltimore, from 1996-2007, and went on to appear in 11 straight Pro Bowls. In 2001, Baltimore won Super Bowl XXXV against the N.Y. Giants. A member of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 2000s, Ogden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2013.
Easley was regarded as one of the nation's best defenders, playing free safety for Coach Donahue from 1977-1980. He started from the second game of his true freshman season and went on to become only the second three-time consensus All-American in UCLA and Conference history (1978-80). The native of Chesapeake, Va. finished ninth in voting for the 1980 Heisman Trophy. He became the first four-time first-team all-conference selection in league history. Easley ranks first on the all-time UCLA career interceptions list with 19 and is still fifth in all-time tackles (374). He also ranks among the all-time top 10 at UCLA in career punt returns (45). His No. 5 jersey is one of 10 Bruin retired numbers.
A four-time first-team All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl safety who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, Easley recorded 32 interceptions through seven professional seasons, racking up 538 return yards and three touchdowns in the process. He earned AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 and had a League-leading 10 picks including two pick-sixes in 1984, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Easley was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1980s.
In 2017, Easley became the sixth Bruin to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, joining Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006, played for Cowboys from 1989-00), Tom Fears (inducted in 1970, played for Rams from 1948-56), Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1993, played for 49ers from 1961-76), Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013, played for Ravens from 1996-07), and Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965, played for Rams from 1945-52).
The ESPN College Football 150 All-Time All-American Team is derived from a blue-ribbon panel vote comprised of 150 influential figures from across the spectrum of college football. The prestigious honor includes a First Team and Second Team, with 11 players on offense and 11 players on defense, a kick, a punter and an all-purpose player on both teams.
Ogden was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for UCLA in the 1992-95 seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Terry Donahue. He won the 1995 Outland Trophy, was runner-up for the Lombardi Award and earned consensus All-America honors that season. Ogden was selected All-Pac-10 Conference following the 1994 and 1995 campaigns and was awarded the Morris Trophy, as the conference's best offensive lineman in 1995. He helped the Bruins to a share of the Pac-10 title in 1993 and an appearance in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Ogden's No. 79 UCLA jersey was retired in February of 1997. He was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in the 2012 Class.
The first-ever draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens, Ogden was chosen with the fourth pick of the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played tackle for 12 seasons with Baltimore, from 1996-2007, and went on to appear in 11 straight Pro Bowls. In 2001, Baltimore won Super Bowl XXXV against the N.Y. Giants. A member of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 2000s, Ogden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2013.
Easley was regarded as one of the nation's best defenders, playing free safety for Coach Donahue from 1977-1980. He started from the second game of his true freshman season and went on to become only the second three-time consensus All-American in UCLA and Conference history (1978-80). The native of Chesapeake, Va. finished ninth in voting for the 1980 Heisman Trophy. He became the first four-time first-team all-conference selection in league history. Easley ranks first on the all-time UCLA career interceptions list with 19 and is still fifth in all-time tackles (374). He also ranks among the all-time top 10 at UCLA in career punt returns (45). His No. 5 jersey is one of 10 Bruin retired numbers.
A four-time first-team All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl safety who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 4 overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, Easley recorded 32 interceptions through seven professional seasons, racking up 538 return yards and three touchdowns in the process. He earned AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 and had a League-leading 10 picks including two pick-sixes in 1984, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Easley was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1980s.
In 2017, Easley became the sixth Bruin to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, joining Troy Aikman (inducted in 2006, played for Cowboys from 1989-00), Tom Fears (inducted in 1970, played for Rams from 1948-56), Jimmy Johnson (inducted in 1993, played for 49ers from 1961-76), Jonathan Ogden (inducted in 2013, played for Ravens from 1996-07), and Bob Waterfield (inducted in 1965, played for Rams from 1945-52).
The ESPN College Football 150 All-Time All-American Team is derived from a blue-ribbon panel vote comprised of 150 influential figures from across the spectrum of college football. The prestigious honor includes a First Team and Second Team, with 11 players on offense and 11 players on defense, a kick, a punter and an all-purpose player on both teams.
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