UA's Tedy Bruschi (68) puts pressure on the Miami Hurricanes quarterback Ryan Collins (8) in Fiesta Bowl XXIII on Jan. 1, 1994.

Name: Tedy Bruschi 

Years at UA: 1992-95

Accomplishments: Bruschi was a co-captain of the team in 1995 when the Wildcats went 6-5. He was a three-time All-American (second team in 1993, consensus first team in 1994, unanimous first team in 1995). He was also a first-team All-Pac-10 selection those three years as well.

Bruschi was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Bruschi was a two-time bowl game MVP — he was a co-MVP in the 1994 Fiesta Bowl (at the end of the 1993 season) and the lone MVP in the 1994 Freedom Bowl. He was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, the same year he won the Pac-10 Morris Trophy.   

Bruschi holds the UA record for most career sacks with 55 — the next closest player (Ricky Elmore) only notched 25.5 career sacks. 


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