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Carder Adds To All-America Honors
Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player is one of six returning starters on next year's TCU defense
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- TCU linebacker and Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player Tank Carder has been named a second-team All-American by The Kickoff.
Carder, who will be one of six returning starters on defense for TCU next season, has now been named to six All-America teams. He was also the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
A rising senior from Sweeny, Texas, Carder has been instrumental in TCU leading the nation in total defense each of the last three seasons. He placed fourth on TCU with 60 tackles in 2010. He tied for second with 3 1/2 sacks while placing third with 9 1/2 tackles for loss.
Carder was named the Rose Bowl's Defensive Most Valuable Player following TCU's 21-19 victory over Wisconsin. It capped a 13-0 season for the second-ranked Horned Frogs.
Carder broke up the Badgers' potential game-tying 2-point pass with exactly two minutes to play. He totaled six tackles in the contest, including three for loss with a sack.
After TCU took a 21-13 lead on its opening possession of the second half, Wisconsin drove to the Horned Frogs' 37 on its ensuring series. On a third-and-6, Carder recorded a sack for an 8-yard loss.
Carder Adds To All-America Honors
Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player is one of six returning starters on next year's TCU defense
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- TCU linebacker and Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player Tank Carder has been named a second-team All-American by The Kickoff.
Carder, who will be one of six returning starters on defense for TCU next season, has now been named to six All-America teams. He was also the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
A rising senior from Sweeny, Texas, Carder has been instrumental in TCU leading the nation in total defense each of the last three seasons. He placed fourth on TCU with 60 tackles in 2010. He tied for second with 3 1/2 sacks while placing third with 9 1/2 tackles for loss.
Carder was named the Rose Bowl's Defensive Most Valuable Player following TCU's 21-19 victory over Wisconsin. It capped a 13-0 season for the second-ranked Horned Frogs.
Carder broke up the Badgers' potential game-tying 2-point pass with exactly two minutes to play. He totaled six tackles in the contest, including three for loss with a sack.
After TCU took a 21-13 lead on its opening possession of the second half, Wisconsin drove to the Horned Frogs' 37 on its ensuring series. On a third-and-6, Carder recorded a sack for an 8-yard loss.
