Indiana University Athletics
Coleman First Team All-B1G, Seven Hoosiers Recognized Overall
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana junior running back Tevin Coleman earned first team All-Big Ten honors, the conference announced Monday evening. Coleman is the program's first running back to garner first team accolades since Levron Williams in 2001.
The Tinley Park, Ill., native was selected first team by both the league's coaches and media. Six additional Hoosiers received honorable mention recognition.
Sophomore safety Antonio Allen (coaches and media), sophomore offensive guard Dan Feeney (coaches and media), fifth-year senior center Collin Rahrig (coaches and media), senior defensive lineman Bobby Richardson (coaches and media), junior offensive tackle Jason Spriggs (media) and senior wide receiver Shane Wynn (coaches and media) were honorable mention.
IU has 23 All-Big Ten honorees over the last three seasons. Nine Hoosiers collected all-league laurels in 2012 and seven added hardware one season ago.
Additionally, senior safety Mark Murphy was named Indiana's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner.
Coleman became the 18th player in FBS history to reach 2,000 rushing yards in a single season with his 130-yard effort in the team's 23-16 Old Oaken Bucket victory over Purdue. He ranks 15th on the all-time list and tops the school's list with 2,036 yards.
One of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award, Coleman (264 attempts) became the fourth-fastest rusher to reach 2,000 behind Melvin Gordon (241), Larry Johnson (251) and Mike Rozier (258), besting Barry Sanders (268). He is just the third Big Ten rusher to reach the milestone in the regular season, joining Gordon and Larry Johnson (2002). Coleman's 7.5 yards per carry is the fifth-highest among the 18 2,000-yard rushers.
He is second nationally in rushing yards (2,036), rushing yards per game (169.7), all-purpose yards (2,177), all-purpose yards per game (181.4), yards from scrimmage (2,177) and yards from scrimmage per game (181.4), fifth in rushing yards per carry (7.54), tied for 14th in rushing touchdowns (15) and tied for 17th in total touchdowns (15) this season.
Coleman shares the national lead with 11 100-yard games, and he is tied for second with six 150-yarders and four 200-yarders. He is leading the country in 20- (10), 30- (9), 40- (8), 50- (6) and 60- (5), and he is tied for the top spot in 70- (3), 80- (2) and 90-yard (1) TD runs.
On the Hoosiers single-season lists, Coleman is first with 2,036 rushing yards, 7.5 yards per rush and four 200-yard games, tied for first with 11 100-yard games, six 150-yard games and one 300-yard game, tied for second with one 250-yard game, fourth with 2,177 all-purpose yards and 15 rushing touchdowns, sixth with 15 total touchdowns and 270 attempts, and eighth with 90 points.
On the Hoosiers career lists, Coleman is first with 7.1 yards per attempt, fourth with 28 rushing touchdowns, fifth with 3,219 rushing yards and 4,292 all-purpose yards, and tied for sixth with 29 total scores. He has 15 career 100-yard games, which is fifth in the Indiana record book, eight 150-yard games (third), five 200-yard games (first), one 250-yard game (tied for second) and one 300-yard game (tied for first).
