LSU's Peterson, Duncan sweep Corbett awards

LSU football All-American Patrick Peterson and track and field national champion Kimberlyn Duncan were honored Thursday by both the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame as this year's recipients of the Corbett Award presented annually to the top male and female amateur athletes in the state of Louisiana. Both Peterson and Duncan will be formally recognized in the annual banquet to be held Saturday, July 23, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. This marks the second year in a row and the seventh time since the 1999-2000 athletic campaign that LSU athletes have swept both the men's and women's Corbett Awards.

Recognized as one of the best college football players nationwide in 2010, Peterson was a consensus first-team All-American. He was also the winner of the Bednarik Trophy as the top defensive player in college football and the Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. Peterson was also named both the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and Special Teams Players of the Year.