All-Decade Football Team: The Defense

With the exception of a couple of off years in 2002 and 2003, Bud Foster
fielded dominant defenses in the last decade. Great players have come and gone,
but the production on the field has always been the same. Out of all those
players, which 22 would be on our two-deep if we had to choose?

Some of the choices are easy, some are not. Tech has had a lot of good
players at certain positions (cornerback, for example), but not that many stars
at some others (rover). In the end, this is what we came up with.

All-Decade
Defense
Pos. First
Team
Second
Team

DE

Darryl Tapp

Jason Worilds

DT

David Pugh

Jim Davis

DT

Jonathan Lewis

Carlton Powell

DE

Chris Ellis

Orion Martin

Mike

Vince Hall

Jake Houseright

Backer

Xavier Adibi

Ben Taylor

Whip

Cody Grimm

James Anderson

CB

Brandon Flowers

Jimmy Williams

S

Vincent Fuller

D.J. Parker

ROV

Aaron Rouse

Cory Bird

CB

DeAngelo Hall

Macho Harris

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