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Brian Calhoun

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Honors
    Football (2005)
  • ranked fifth nationally in 2005 with 11.08 points-per-game scoring average
  • Big Ten’s 2005 leading scorer
  • only second player in NCAA Division I-A history to record 1,500 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving in the same season
  • led conference in carries, rushing yards and all-purpose yards
  • finished the 2005 season with 348 rushing attempts (a UW season record and seventh-most in Big Ten history) and 1,636 rushing yards (fifth-most in UW history)
  • 53 receptions and 571 receiving yards are school season records for a running back
  • tallied nine 100-yard rushing games, tied for fourth-most in school history
  • career highs for carries (43), rushing yards (258) and all-purpose yards (297) in UW debut vs. Bowling Green
  • rushed for 197 yards at Illinois, 171 at North Carolina and 155 in victory over Michigan
  • became first player in school history to eclipse 100 yards rushing (122) and receiving (128) in same game (at Northwestern)
  • named Capital One Bowl MVP
  • second-team All-American (SI.com and A.P.)
  • third-team All-American (Rivals.com)
  • consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection
  • Wisconsin Team MVP 2005
  • Doak Walker Award semifinalist
  • Maxwell Award semifinalist
  • two-time national player of the week
  • two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4, Oct. 31)
  • UW Student-Athlete of the Month (September 2005)
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