College Career
He started his college career playing at split end and eventually moved to tight end.
In 1984 he was selected to the Kodak All-American football team and to the Western Athletic Conference first team, after setting a NCAA record for receiving yards per receptions (22.6) by a tight end. He finished with 83 career receptions for 1,536 yards and ten touchdowns, while playing in head coach Al Kincaid's wishbone offense.
Novacek also competed in track and field for the University of Wyoming. He won the Western Athletic Conference decathlon championship, earning All-American honors. He also set UW records for decathlon points (7,615), and in the pole vault jump (16'4").
He is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Wyoming.
In 1993 he was inducted into the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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