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- ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Brian J. Lee". Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 28, 2014.