{"id":2088,"date":"2018-11-27T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2018-11-27T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:55:02","slug":"walter-payton-2018-fcs-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftinsiders.com\/DraftInsiders\/walter-payton-2018-fcs-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Payton 2018 FCS Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Walter Payton FCS Award Finalists<\/h3>\n

The list of finalists for the 2018 STATS FCS Walter Payton Award was released recently. STATS named 25 finalists for this prestigious award. The annual Walter Payton Award is given to the Offensive Player of the Year in the FCS. A national panel of over 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will select the winner following the regular season.<\/p>\n

The Payton Award, first presented in 1987, has watched past winners such as Steve McNair, Tony Romo, Brian Westbrook, John Friesz, Brian Finneran, Jimmy Garoppolo and Cooper Kupp move on to the NFL.<\/p>\n

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The bust was named in honor of the late National Football League (NFL) legend Walter Payton, who starred at Jackson State University in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n

Among the many schools in the division, only nine have claimed more than one award, and only seven have had more than one player win the award. Eastern Washington and Villanova had three players win the award, and five have had two players win: Colgate, Georgia Southern, Idaho, New Hampshire, and Eastern Illinois. Two players have won the award twice, with both being the only players from their institutions to win. In 2009, Armanti Edwards from Appalachian St became the first to receive the award twice, followed in 2017 by Jeremiah Briscoe from Sam Houston St.<\/p>\n

Both the Walter Payton award and the FCS’ top defensive player, the Buck Buchanan Award will be honored at the STATS FCS Awards Banquet, which is held in Frisco, Texas, on the night before the FCS National Championship Game.<\/p>\n

Walter Payton Award Finalists
\nFCS Offensive Player of the Year<\/h3>\n

Tyrie Adams, QB, Jr. – Western Carolina
\nMichael Bandy, WR, Jr. – San Diego
\nChandler Burks, QB, Sr. – Kennesaw State
\nTaryn Christion, QB, Sr. – South Dakota State
\nRa’Quanne Dickens, RB, Sr. – Incarnate Word
\nKeelan Doss, WR, Sr. – UC Davis
\nTom Flacco, QB, Jr. – Towson
\nRyan Fulse, RB, Sr. – Wagner
\nA.J. Hines, RB, Jr. – Duquesne
\nDevlin Hodges, QB, Sr. – Samford
\nJames Holland Jr., RB, Sr. – Colgate
\nAlexander Hollins, WR, Sr. – Eastern Illinois
\nNoah Johnson, QB, Jr. – Alcorn State
\nAnthony Lawrence, QB, Sr. – San Diego
\nJohn Lovett, QB, Sr. – Princeton
\nJake Maier, QB, Jr. – UC Davis
\nKelvin McKnight, WR, Sr. – Samford
\nCaylin Newton, QB, So. – Howard
\nDonald Parham, TE, Sr. – Stetson
\nJoh Pearson, WR, Jr. – Jacksonville State
\nJoe Protheroe, FB, Sr. – Cal Poly
\nJames Robinson, RB, Jr. – Illinois State
\nEaston Stick, QB, Sr. – North Dakota State
\nMarquis Terry, RB, Sr. – Southeast Missouri
\nReggie White Jr., WR, Sr. – Monmouth<\/p>\n

Frank Coyle is a longtime member of the FWAA and a voter for the Heisman Trophy, Outland Trophy, Maxwell Award, Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski, Jim Thorpe, Fred Biletnikoff and Eddie Robinson awards annually for over 25 years.<\/h4>\n

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