Nebraska senior linebacker Chris Weber was one of 25 Division I football players named to the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team on Thursday.
Weber’s selection increases Nebraska’s nation-leading total of Academic All-Americans across all sports to 330. Nebraska Football has 108 honorees all-time; more than any athletic program in college athletics.
“It is an unbelievable honor to be a part of the Nebraska Academic All-American tradition,” Weber said in a release. “This has been a goal of mine and I am proud to finish my Nebraska career with being named an All-American.”
Weber will graduate from UNL in May of 2018. He currently holds a 3.96 GPA in nutrition science. He’s already been accepted to medical school at UNMC in Omaha. He’s the first Husker to garner first-team Academic All-American honors since offensive lineman Spencer Long in 2013.
Weber was also a finalist for the prestigious Campbell Trophy this year, earning an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as part of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Class.
A 2017 team captain, Weber led the Huskers with 95 total tackles and nine tackles for loss. He had four games with at least 10 tackles during his senior season.
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