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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
From TCU Media Relations: TCU linebacker Tanner Brock appears at No. 95 in the Yahoo! Sports/Rivals.com countdown of the top 100 players in college football.
Brock received All-America honors last season and was a first-team All-Mountain West Conference selection after topping TCU with 106 tackles, 26 more than the next-closest Horned Frog (Colin Jones, 80). Brock was just the second TCU player (Daryl Washington, 109, 2009) to reach 100 stops in a season since 2004.
A junior from Copperas Cove, Texas, Brock was the MWC Defensive Player of the Week after recording a career-high 12 tackles and an interception with a 57-yard return in TCU's 47-7 win at Utah. He added nine stops in the 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin.
Brock led TCU in tackles in seven games while reaching double figures in stops in four of the eight MWC contests.
Monday, March 28, 2011
From TCU Media Relations: TCU linebacker Tank Carder is a first-team choice, while fellow linebacker Tanner Brock and tailback Ed Wesley are honorable-mention selections on the 2011 GoDaddy.com Preseason All-America Team.
Carder and Brock, who comprise the linebacking duo in TCU's 4-2-5 defensive scheme, are two of six returning defensive starters for the Horned Frogs.
Carder was named to five All-America teams last season, including first-team honors by the American Football Coaches Association and ESPN.com. He was also the Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player in TCU's 21-19 victory over Wisconsin.
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 posted 60 tackles last year, including 9 1/2 for loss. He totaled 3 1/2 sacks, five pass breakups and an interception.
In the Rose Bowl, 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.
Brock led TCU with 106 tackles, 26 more than the next-closest Horned Frog. He wss a first-team All-Mountain West Conference selection. The junior from Copperas Cove, Texas, recorded a career-high 12 tackles and an interception in TCU's 47-7 win at Utah. He added nine stops in the Rose Bowl.
Wesley, a 2010 Doak Walker Award semifinalist, was a first-team All-MWC pick. With 1,078 yards rushing, he became the first Horned Frog since 2003 to top 1,000 yards. The junior from Irving, Texas, scored a team-best 11 touchdowns. He ran for a career-high 209 yards in a 38-7 victory over Air Force.
