Amendola, Duckett Selected to Big 12 Coaches First Team
December 01, 2004 | Football
Dec. 1, 2004
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech punt returner Danny Amendola (The Woodlands, Texas) and defensive end Adell Duckett (Mineral Wells, Texas) have been named to the 2004 All-Big 12 Conference First Team, announced Wednesday by the league office.
Amendola led the Big 12 Conference during the regular season with 13.3 yards per return on 27 returns and returned the second-longest punt return in school history 90 yards for a touchdown at Kansas State. The true freshman also returned kickoffs this season and made his first start on offense against Oklahoma State. He averaged 18.4 yards per return on seven kickoffs and finished the regular season with 12 receptions for 114 yards and a touchdown.
One of two seniors on the defensive side, Duckett recorded 33 tackles and seven and a half tackles for loss, including four sacks on the season. Additionally, Duckett picked off two passes for 60 return yards. He also stands second on the Texas Tech career sacks list with 28.
Red Raider wide receiver Jarrett Hicks (Houston, Texas) was named to the second team after leading the Big 12 Conference with 100.7 receiving yards per game. Hicks, the only receiver in the league with 1,000 receiving yards, has 1,108 yards and a league-leading 11 touchdown catches. His total also is one shy of the Tech single-season record set by Lloyd Hill (1992) and Mickey Peters (2003).
Eleven other Red Raiders received honorable mention status, including offensive linemen Cody Campbell (Canyon, Texas), Dylan Gandy (Pflugerville, Texas) and Daniel Loper (Houston, Texas). Receivers Nehemiah Glover (LaMarque, Texas) and Trey Haverty (Richardson, Texas), running back Taurean Henderson (Gatesville, Texas), quarterback Sonny Cumbie (Snyder, Texas), free safety Vincent Meeks (Dallas, Texas), defensive end Seth Nitschmann (Corpus Christi, Texas) and linebackers John Saldi (Southlake, Texas) and Mike Smith (Lubbock, Texas) also were named to the honorable mention team.
The 2004 team was voted on by the league's head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
