For the first time since 2005 (Greg Blue and Max Jean-Gilles), UGA has a 1st team All-American. Knowshon, along with Shonn Greene of Iowa were selected as the two 1st team RB's for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) AA team. Knowshon is the 1st UGA RB to be named to the team since Garrison Hearst in 1992.
Knowshon has averaged nearly six yards per carry en route to a 1,338-yard rushing season through 12 games making him just the second player in Georgia history to record more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons (Herschel Walker, 1980-83). Moreno, who also has 27 receptions for 329 yards and he has scored 17 touchdowns his season, the most by a Bulldog since Garrison Hearst’s 21 in 1992. Moreno leads the SEC in scoring with 102 points and rushing with an average of 111.5 yards per game. He is currently seventh in UGA history with 2,672 yards rushing in only two seasons.
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