2013 QUICKEN LOANS ALL-STAR FOOTBALL CHALLENGE TO FEATURE NEBRAS - News, Weather and Sports for Lincoln, NE; KLKNTV.com

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The University of Nebraska's Brett Maher will participate in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge, an exciting skills competition featuring college football's brightest stars.  The 15^th annual program is scheduled to air Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and will have encore airings on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. ET on Feb. 3 and noon ET on Feb. 17. ESPN will also air an encore at 4 p.m. ET on April 14.

Individual events in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge include: The Quicken Loans QB Accuracy Competition, Skechers GoRun Hands Competition, Mercedes-Benz Lineman Strength Challenge, Obstacle Course and Speed Kick. To conclude the program, the players will be divided into two teams for The Quicken Loans Team Competition.

Maher's big leg was a game changer for Nebraska and the two-time team captain delivered for the Cornhuskers. The senior kicker was five-for-nine from 50+ yards in his career and was named the Big Ten Kicker of the Year in 2011 and 2012.

The participants in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge are:

Quicken Loans QB Accuracy

EJ Manuel – Florida St

Ryan Nassib – Syracuse

Mike Glennon – NC State

Jordan Rodgers – Vanderbilt

Obstacle Course

Alec Ogletree – LB – Georgia

Giovani Bernard – RB – UNC

TJ McDonald – S – USC

Khaseem Greene – LB – Rutgers

Skechers GoRun Hands Competition

Matt Elam – S – Florida

Kenny Vaccaro – S – Texas

Cordarrelle Patterson – WR – Tennessee

Robert Woods – WR – USC

Mercedes-Benz Lineman Strength Challenge

Sylvester Williams – DT – UNC

Sam Montgomery – DT – LSU

Damontre Moore – DE – Texas A&M

Alex Okafor – DE – Texas

Speed Kick

Dustin Hopkins – FSU

Caleb Sturgis – Florida

Brett Maher – Nebraska

Brett Baer – Louisiana-Lafayette

Alumni of the All-Star Football Challenge include three Heisman Trophy winners (Ron Dayne, Troy Smith and Jason White) and 46 first-round NFL draft picks, such as: Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Santana Moss, Matt Ryan, Von Miller Vernon Davis, Joe Flacco, Donovan McNabb and Edgerrin James.

For more information on the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge, follow us on Twitter (@AllStarFBall) and like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AllStarFootball).

About Quicken Loans Inc.

Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation's largest online home lender and the country's third largest retail home mortgage lender. The company closed a record $70 billion of volume across all 50 states in 2012. Quicken Loans generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Quicken Loans has ranked among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE Magazine's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 10 consecutive years. It ranked in the top-15 of Computerworld magazine's "100 Best Places to Work In Technology" for eight years in a row, ranking in the top-5 in 2012. The company recently moved its headquarters and more than 7,000 of its 8,000-plus team members to downtown Detroit. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at facebook.com/QuickenLoans.

About Intersport

Since 1985, Intersport has been an award-winning innovator and leader in the creation of sports and entertainment based marketing platforms. Intersport provides turnkey solutions for global brands by combining two award-winning divisions: Sponsorship & Event Marketing and Television & Digital Media.  Intersport owns and operates seven annual live television events: All-Star Football Challenge, College Home Run Derby, College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, Hockey City Classic, National High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, Women's Basketball Tip-Off Classic and the Under Armour All-America High School Football Game.  To learn more about Intersport, log on to www.intersportnet.com, like us on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/IntersportBuzz) or follow us on Twitter (@IntersportBuzz).