Kyle Vanden Bosch

• Selected in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by Arizona
• 2000 NFF/HOF Vincent dePaul Draddy Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2000 Woody Hayes Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2000 Home Depot/Rigid Tools Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Two-Time First-Team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American (1999, 2000)
• 2000 Nebraska Male Student-Athlete of the Year
• 2000 NCAA Today's Top Eight Award Candidate
• 2000 Team Co-Captain as chosen by his teammates
• 2000 First-Team All-Big 12 (The Sporting News)
• 2000 Second-Team All-Big 12 (AP, Dallas Morning News)
• 2000 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2000 Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week vs. Colorado
• 2000 ABC/Chevrolet Nebraska Player of the Game vs. Colorado
• 2000 Three-Time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week Nominee (vs. Iowa State, Baylor and Colorado)
• 2000 Husker Power All Sports Male Lifter of the Year
• Two-Time Nebraska Lifter of the Year Award Winner (1999, 2000)
• Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Four-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
• Two-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (1999, 2000)
• 1999 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Kansas City Star)
• 1999 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• Three-Time Nebraska Lifter of the Year Finalist (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Nebraska Position Record (RE) for Performance Index (2,939, fifth best all time); 10-Yard Dash Points (842); 40-Yard Dash Points (744); and Pro-Agility Run Points (977)
• 1999 School Record Holder for Most Blocked Field Goals in a Game (2, vs. Texas A&M) and Season (3)

A two-time Verizon/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American, right rush end Kyle Vanden Bosch starred on the field as well.  Vanden Bosch boasted a 3.822 cumulative grade-point average in finance and played in the Alamo Bowl with degree in hand, graduating Dec. 16, 2000.  He was awarded the Vincent dePaul Draddy Schoalr-Athlete Award from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, earning a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship, the Heisman of the student-athlete academic awards.

Vanden Bosch, the Woody Hayes Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, was named the Home Depot/Rigid Tools Scholar-Athlete of the Year, which also donates $10,000 to the University of Nebraska general scholarship fund.  He will apply his scholarship money to pursue his MBA after football.  Vanden Bosch was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the NFL draft as the 34th overall pick.

In 2000, Vanden Bosch earned his third academic All-Big 12 honor and became the 12th Husker to repeat as first-team academic All-American, extending Nebraska's streak of at least one academic All-American to 15 years.  Vanden Bosch was a valuable starter at rush end for the 12-1 Huskers in 1999, and was key on special teams, blocking a school-record three field goals in 1999.  A two-year starter, Vanden Bosch notched 142 career tackles - 34 for loss (ranks seventh in Husker history), including 13 sacks for 116 yards lost.

Vanden Bosch combined his intelligence, incredible strength (fifth-best all-time Husker Performance Index) and speed (1.58 10-yard dash, 4.78 40-yard dash) to make the most out of every play.  He was named the Nebraska Lifter of the Year in both 1999 and 2000 after being a finalist in 1998 and was named the all-sports male Husker Power Athlete of the Year in 2000.

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Tackles

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QB

Int.

Year

G/S

UT

AT

TT

TFL

Sacks

C-R

BK

PBU

PI

Hry.

Csd.

1997

12/0

9

12

21

2-6

1-4

1-1

0

0

0

4

0

1998

12/0

10

18

28

4-36

2-29

2-0

0

0

0

3

0

1999 

11/11

21

16

37

11-68

4.5-46

2-2

3

1

0

13

1

2000

11/11

30

26

56

17-66

5.5-37

1-0

0

0

0

26

1

Totals 46/22 70 72 142 34-176 13-116 6-3 3 1 0 46 2

1998 Orange Bowl. vs. Tennessee: 1 UT, 0 AT, 1 TT 1998 Holiday Bowl vs. Arizona: Tackles, none
2000 Fiesta Bowl vs. Tennessee: 1 UT, 0 AT, 1 TT; Sacks 1-2 2000 Alamo Bowl vs. Northwestern: 6 UT, 1 AT, 7 TT, 1-2 TFL, 3 PBU, 1-5 Sacks, 3 QBH
Vanden Bosch's Personal Bests
Tackles - 11 vs. Colorado, 2000
Solo Tackles - 7 vs. Colorado, 2000
TFL - 4-24 vs. Iowa State, 2000
Sacks - 2-22 vs. Southern Mississippi, 1999
Quarterback Hurries - 6 vs. Northwestern, 2000
Passes Broken Up - 3 vs. Northwestern, 2000
Blocked Field Goals - 2 vs. Texas A&M, 1 vs. Kansas State, 1999