Greg Biekert (2022) - CU Athletic Hall of Fame - University of Colorado Athletics

Greg Biekert

Induction:
2022
Class:
1992

Lettered four years at inside linebacker (1989-92) under CU Hall of Fame coaches Bill McCartney and Brian Cabral … One of 10 semifinalists for the Butkus Award as a senior in 1992, when he was a unanimous All-Big Eight selection and an honorable mention All-American by UPI … CU’s Most Valuable Player as selected by his teammates for the ’92 season … Two-time recipient of CU’s Dave Jones Award as the most outstanding defensive player … Was only the second player in school history at the time to lead the team three straight seasons in tackles, and finished his career as CU’s second all-time leading tackler with 441 (trailing Barry Remington, who was the first three-time tackles leader); he still ranks third all-time some three decades later … His 280 unassisted tackles were the most in school history at the time of his graduation and are also third to this day … Also had 33 tackles for loss (ninth-best then), and knocked down 19 passes, which remain the second-most by an inside linebacker in school annals … Recorded 41 third down stops, six of which came on fourth downs … Also All-Big Eight as a junior in 1991, when he was the first and to date only player in school history to score a defensive extra point, as he rambled 85 yards for two points in a 19-19 tie with Nebraska… Set a school record that still holds with 19 solo tackles (20 total) at Illinois in 1990, one of three times he was the Big Eight’s defensive player of the week along with the aforementioned ’91 NU game) … Led the Big Eight in tackles as a sophomore with 150 (earning honorable mention all-league accolades), with his 105 solo stops the second most in the nation for 1990… Had three career games with 20 or more tackles… CU head coach Dan Hawkins (2006-10) created the Greg Biekert Award which was presented to a player for attention to detail; Mike MacIntyre (2013-18) changed it to the player who was the most improved linebacker … Played in both the Hula Bowl and Japan Bowl all-star games as a senior … A seventh round selection by Oakland in the ’93 NFL Draft (181st overall pick), he played nine seasons with the Raiders before moving on to Minnesota for two more before retiring after the 2003 season … He started 155 of 176 games in the NFL, recording 1,096 tackles (825 unassisted), with 16 quarterback sacks and six fumble recoveries … Added 35 more stops (28 solo) in six playoff games … He graduated from CU in 1992 with a degree in Marketing; married to the former Shawna Parsons, a ’91 CU grad in Accounting … Has four children, all daughters (Sydney, Emily, Audrey and Riley); the family resides in Timnath in northern Colorado … He was born March 14, 1969 in Iowa City, Iowa and prepped at Longmont (Colo.) High School.