Boemer named AP second-team All-American
12/15/2011 | 12:00:00 | Football
Dec. 15, 2011
By John Lock
SIUSalukis.com
NEW YORK - Southern Illinois center Bryan Boemer has been named a 2011 Associated Press second-team All-American, the organization announced Thursday. The All-America honor is the second of the season for Boemer, who was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association last week.
Boemer was a captain for the Salukis in 2011 and led an offensive line that blocked for MVFC Newcomer of the Year Jewel Hampton. The Salukis averaged 183.1 yards per game rushing, ranking third in the conference, and SIU posted seven 200-yard rushing games in 2011. Boemer was named an All-Conference lineman for the third year in a row. He posted a 93 percent blocking percentage and didn't give up a sack all year.
Boemer is the first Saluki offensive lineman to earn AP All-America honors since Elmer McDaniel in 2004. Boemer is the sixth Saluki offensive lineman in school history to earn first or second-team All-America honors. He is the third center since 2003 to earn first or second-team honors, joining McDaniel and Will Justice (2006).
With the selection, Southern Illinois has had an All-American nine times in the last 10 years.
