Nebraska Football: Nate Gerry Named Third-Team AP All-American

A member of the 2016 Nebraska football team has been honored by being placed on another All-America squad.

Safety Nate Gerry has been named to the third-team bunch of this year’s AP All-American squad along with Weston Steelhammer of the Air Force Academy.

He was also named to Pro Football Focus’ All-America team as a first-team member. PFF had the following to say about Gerry when he was named to its mid-season All-American crew:

Our top coverage safety at 94.0, Gerry is tied for fifth among safeties with four passes defensed while adding two interceptions. The big improvement in his game is his tackling where he’s only missed three all season. Adams has done it all for LSU, and he has the top grade against the run at 85.4 to go with the No. 7 mark in coverage at 88.3

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Gerry was mentioned as a name to be on the lookout fo in the preseason as he was put on the watch list for the Jim Thorpe award. He also made the Chuck Bednarik semi-finalist roster.

Heading into the Nebraska football team’s Music City Bowl matchup against Tennessee, Gerry currently has 74 tackles (47 solo) with 5.5 tackles for loss and is credited with eight passes broken up and four interceptions.

Other safeties named to the All-America list were Ohio State’s Malik Hooker, Alabama’s Minkah Fitzpatrick, Washington’s Budda Baker and LSU’s Jamal Adams.

Hopefully Gerry will be able to play this bowl game unencumbered by penalties and put up impressive numbers during his final game as a Cornhusker.