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Walter Camp Foundation Announces “Players to Watch” for 2009 Player of the Year Award
Photo - RB Mark Ingram - Alabama
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of fifteen “Players to Watch” for its 2009 Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation. Last year’s recipient, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, headlines the 15-player list, which includes four quarterbacks, four running backs, four wide receivers and three defensive standouts. A list of five finalists will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be presented live on Thurs, Dec. 10 during ESPN Sports Center. The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation’s annual awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at Yale University in New Haven.
2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year “Players to Watch”
Name / Class / Position / School
Toby Gerhart , Senior, RB, Stanford - 1,395 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns
Mardy Gilyard , Senior, WR, Cincinnati – Averaging over 180 all-purpose yardage a game
Jerry Hughes , Senior, DL, TCU – 13 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks
Mark Ingram , Soph., RB, Alabama – 1,297 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns
Case Keenum , Junior, QB, Houston – Leads nation with 4,194 passing yards and 31 TDs
Dion Lewis, Freshman, RB, Pittsburgh – 1,291 rushing yards and 13 TDs
Rolando McClain, Junior, LB, Alabama – 77 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions
Colt McCoy, Senior, QB, Texas – Completing 72.3% of passes for 2,792 yards and 19 TDs
Kellen Moore, Soph., QB, Boise State – Leads nation with 172.49 passing efficiency
Jacquizz Rodgers, Soph., RB, Oregon State – 1,545 rushing & receiving yards and 18 TDs
Jordan Shipley, Senior WR, Texas – 81 receptions for 1,096 yards and 8 TDs
C.J. Spiller, Senior, RB/KR, Clemson – Averaging 195.2 all-purpose yards a game
Ndamukong Suh, Senior, DT, Nebraska – 14 QB hurries, 11 tackles for loss, 8 pass breakups and 5 sacks
Golden Tate, Junior, WR, Notre Dame – 1,174 receiving yards and 14 total TDs
Tim Tebow, Senior, QB, Florida – Has passed for 10 touchdowns and rushed for 12 more
Frank Coyle is a consultant for several All-star games including the Senior Bowl. He is a longtime Member of the FWAA and voter in College team and player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Thorpe, etc.
The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation’s annual national awards banquet on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the Yale University
Commons in New Haven. Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and continue the tradition of selecting an annual All-America team. Visit site at www.waltercamp.org
The Walter Camp Football Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. Visit www.ncfaa.org.