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Stanford QB Andrew Luck Selected Walter Camp Player of the Year
The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted on by the nation’s 120 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.
New Haven, CT – Stanford University senior quarterback Andrew Luck (Houston, TX) has been selected as the 2011 Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year. Foundation President John Marks made the announcement tonight during ESPN’s 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.
The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted on by the nation’s 120 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.
The 45th recipient of the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, Luck is the second Stanford player – joining Jim Plunkett QB, 1970) – to earn the honor. Luck is also the eighth player from the Pac-12 Conference – and first since 2005 (Reggie Bush, USC) – to be selected Player of the Year.
Other finalists for the Walter Camp 2011 Player of the Year award included Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, Houston quarterback Case Keenum, Alabama running back Trent Richardson and LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu.
“Andrew Luck’s performance on and off the football field has made him a worthy recipient of the Walter Camp Player of the Year award,” Marks said. “Andrew’s poise, leadership, and consistency have been trademarks of the Cardinal’s outstanding 2011 season.”
The 6-foot 4, 235-pound Luck is a Walter Camp First Team All-America selection after leading the Cardinal offense that ranks second in the Pac-12 and fifth in the country in scoring (43.6 points per game). Through 12 games this season, Luck has completed 70 percent of his pass attempts (261-of-373) for 3,170 yards and a school-record 35 touchdowns. His 167.5 pass efficiency rating leads the Pac-12 and ranks fifth in the nation.
Also selected the 2011 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, Luck threw for three or more touchdowns in a game eight times. He passed for 300+ yards four times, including a season-high 370 in a win over Colorado on October 8 when he completed 26-of-33 passes and three touchdowns.
Fourth-ranked Stanford (11-1) will play third-ranked Oklahoma State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 2. It is Stanford’s second straight 11-win season.
For his career, Luck is 31-6 as a starter and holds several Stanford career records, including touchdown passes (80), completion percentage (66.4%) and total offense (10,043 yards).
An architectural design major, Luck has a 3.48 cumulative grade point average and is a Pac-12 All-Academic Team member.
Luck, along with members of the Walter Camp 2011 All-America team, will be honored at the organization’s national awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven. The Foundation is offering a "Holiday Ticket Promotion" for the National Awards Dinner. Buy two tickets for $400 (you save $150) before December 31. Please call (203) 288-CAMP (288-2267) for more information.
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 to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team. Visit http://www.waltercamp.org for more information.
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 http://www.ncfaa.org.
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 to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All America team.
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"Walter Camp was one of the giants of football in the United States. He stands with Stagg, Rockne, Thorpe, Warner, Heffelfinger in the imprint they made upon the game. He stands first among them, for it was he who sired the game as it is played in the United States, the game that evolved from the rugby football of England. He played in the first Yale-Harvard game of rugby in 1876. From then on, his was the fertile, inventive mind and guiding leadership that brought about the evolution of the American style of football."
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