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McElroy, Odim lead football scholars

Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy. Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos.

The College Sports Information Directors of America named Alabama’s Greg McElroy and Isaac Odim of Minnesota Duluth as the 2010 ESPN Football Academic All-Americans of the Year.

McElroy, a graduate student with a degree in business marketing, is pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration while he quarterbacks the Crimson Tide for the second consecutive year. A Rhodes Scholarship finalist, McElroy has led Alabama to a 9-2 record in 2010, a year after claiming the BCS national championship. McElroy has thrown for 5,094 yards and 36 touchdowns in his career at Alabama while throwing only ten interceptions in that time.

University of Minnesota-Duluth running back Isaac Odim (31). Photo by Trevor Brown, Jr/NCAA Photos.

Odim, a mechanical engineering major with a 3.85 grade-point average, suffered a season-ending injury earlier this season. A running back, Odim was a member of the Bulldogs’ Division II national championship team in 2008 as a sophomore. He finished his career holding school records with 4,245 rushing yards on 589 attempts, a 7.2 yards-per-rush average. In 2010, he rushed for 796 yards and scored 17 touchdowns in just six games.

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