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Shades of Blue & Gray...
December 09, 2003
By Rich Rosenthal
Southern Oregon University
ASHLAND, OR -- The storied collegiate
football
career of Southern Oregon University All-American
tailback Dusty McGrorty
isn't over just yet. The
record-setting ball carrier, along with placekicker,
punter Steve Baker and receiver Andrae Thurman, have received
invitations to play in the 65th
Blue Gray All-Star Classic on the Troy State University
campus in Montgomery, Alabama on Christmas Day.
The trio don Raider helmets for the final time
in the country's second-oldest collegiate all-star game that
will be televised on ESPN2 starting at Noon Pacific time.
"It's a great honor for these players and for our program,"
SOU head coach Jeff Olson said. "It's a terrific way
to finish a college career and to be seen by pro scouts."
McGrorty, a soon-to-be three-time All-American
and an NAIA player-of-the-year candidate, capped his Raider
career with 5,414 rushing yards (No. 4 all-time among NAIA
players), 79 touchdowns (No. 2 all-time), 474 points (No.
2 all-time). The all-time national rushing touchdown leader
(75) finished with 10 school and eight regional records and
finished second in the NAIA for both rushing (189.1) and scoring
(14.7) averages in 2003.
McGrorty, Baker and Thurman are the first SOU
players to be invited to a major-college all-star game since
defensive lineman Jon "Moose" Chamberlin competed
in the 1998 Hula Bowl. |
