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7/24/2016

 
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MAC Reporter Online continues its roundup of college football award watch lists with the Davey O’Brien Award Watch list.
 
Deshaun Watson of Clemson headlines the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List, which includes 30 of the nation’s top college quarterbacks. The junior is bidding to become the award’s first two-time winner since Oklahoma’s Jason White (2003-04). In addition, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, one of three finalists a year ago, returns for his junior season.
 
This year’s list was selected based on player performance during the previous year and expectations heading into the 2016 college football season. All nominees are . . . 

. . . required to have previously started at least one game at their current institution.
 
Other contenders include five semifinalists from 2015 – Luke Falk (Washington State), Patrick Mahomes II (Texas Tech), Josh Rosen (UCLA), Seth Russell (Baylor) and Greg Ward Jr. (Houston) – as well as Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett, who was a semifinalist in 2014. Notable players named to the watch list for the second straight year include: Josh Dobbs of Tennessee, Miami’s Brad Kaaya, Anu Solomon of Arizona and Western Michigan’s Zach Terrell.
 
MAC players on the list:
 
Cooper Rush – Sr. Central Michigan
Zach Terrell – Sr. Western Michigan
 
Complete list:
​Tommy Armstrong Jr.
Nebraska
Sr.

J.T. Barrett
Ohio State
Jr.

C.J. Beathard
Iowa
Sr.

Jake Browning
Washington
So.

Joshua Dobbs
Tennessee
Sr.

Dane Evans
Tulsa
Sr.

Luke Falk
Washington State
Jr.

Quinton Flowers
USF
Jr.

Skyler Howard
West Virginia
Sr.

Brad Kaaya
Miami
Jr.

Chad Kelly
Ole Miss
Sr.

DeShone Kizer*
Notre Dame
Jr.

Taylor Lamb
Appalachian State
Jr.

Mitch Leidner
Minnesota
Sr.

Wes Lunt
Illinois
Sr.


Patrick Mahomes II
Texas Tech
Jr.

Tanner Mangum*
BYU
So.

​Baker Mayfield

Oklahoma
Jr.

Nick Mullens
Southern Miss
Sr.

Josh Rosen
UCLA
So.

Mason Rudolph
Oklahoma State
Jr.

Cooper Rush
Central Michigan
Sr.

Seth Russell
Baylor
Sr.

Brett Rypien
Boise State
So.

Anu Solomon
Arizona
Jr.

Brent Stockstill
Middle Tennessee
So.

Zach Terrell
Western Michigan
Sr.

Phillip Walker
Temple
Sr.

Greg Ward Jr.
Houston
Sr.

Deshaun Watson
Clemson

Jr.
Nearly half (14) of the players on the watch list are seniors, while 11 juniors and five sophomores round out the contingent. Among leagues, the Big 12 Conference and Big Ten Conference lead the way with five nominees each, followed by the Pac-12 Conference and American Athletic Conference with four apiece.

Appearing on the Watch List is not a requirement for a player to win the Davey O’Brien Award. Quarterbacks from all 128 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools are eligible for the award.

Sixteen semifinalists for the award will be named on Thursday, Nov. 10. From that list, the Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce the three finalists on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The 2016 Davey O’Brien Award winner will be announced live Thursday, Dec. 8 on The Home Depot College Football Awards.

The 2016 season marks the 10th year that fans will be invited to participate in the voting process on www.voteobrien.org. Results from the Davey O’Brien Fan Vote will be combined with the ballots from the Selection Committee. Fan voting, which accounts for five percent of the total balloting, will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Previous Davey O’Brien Award winners include: Jim McMahon (BYU, 1981), Todd Blackledge (Penn State, 1982), Steve Young (BYU, 1983), Doug Flutie (Boston College, 1984), Chuck Long (Iowa, 1985), Vinny Testaverde (Miami, 1986), Don McPherson (Syracuse, 1987), Troy Aikman (UCLA, 1988), Andre Ware (Houston, 1989), Ty Detmer (BYU, 1990-91), Gino Torretta (Miami, 1992), Charlie Ward (Florida State, 1993), Kerry Collins (Penn State, 1994), Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1995-96), Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997), Michael Bishop (Kansas State, 1998), Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech, 1999), Chris Weinke (Florida State, 2000), Eric Crouch (Nebraska, 2001), Brad Banks (Iowa, 2002), White (Oklahoma, 2003-04), Vince Young (Texas, 2005), Troy Smith (Ohio State, 2006), Tim Tebow (Florida, 2007), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma, 2008), Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009), Cam Newton (Auburn, 2010), Robert Griffin III (Baylor, 2011), Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, 2012), Jameis Winston (Florida State, 2013), Marcus Mariota (Oregon, 2014) and Watson (Clemson, 2015).
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The 40th Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner will be held Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas.

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