As part of its 53rd annual Weekend festivities, the Walter
Camp Football Foundation will host its 13th High School “Breakfast
of Champions,” presented by Town Fair Tire and NFP Sports, on Saturday, January
18 at The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. The event starts at 8:30 a.m.
The four Connecticut high school 2019
state champions – Newtown (Class LL), St. Joseph of Trumbull (Class L), Weston
(Class M) and Sheehan of Wallingford (Class S) – will be recognized. In
addition, members of the 2019 Walter Camp All-Connecticut Teams (1st
and 2nd) will be recognized.
The finalists for the 2019 Coach of the Year, presented by Stadium
System, are John Ferrazzi (Sheehan), David Mastroianni (Daniel Hand) and Bob
Pattison (Newtown)
The three finalists for the 2019 Player of the Year are Phoenix
Billings (Daniel Hand), Terrence Bogan (Sheehan), and Jaden Shirden (St.
Joseph).
The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented by NFP Sports, will
be presented to former Daniel Hand head coach Steve Filippone. Filippone coached
28 seasons at Daniel Hand, totaling 332 career victories and seven state
titles. Filippone was the Walter Camp
High School Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2012.
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.
The Foundation will hold its annual national awards banquet, presented
by David McDermott Lexus, on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Yale University’s
Lanman Center. 2019 Walter Camp Player
of the Year Joe Burrow (LSU), along with members of the 2019 Walter Camp
All-America team, and other major award winners (Man of the Year-Curtis Martin;
Distinguished American-Chris Berman), will be honored.
NOTE:
The Walter Camp All-Connecticut Team is voted on by a
Selection Committee, which is comprised of 10 high school head coaches that
represent nine conferences around the state.
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The
St. Joseph of Trumbull Cadets, the Class L state champion and No. 1 team in the
state’s high school football season-ending polls, is the Walter Camp Football
Foundation’s choice to receive the 2019 Joseph W. Kelly Award.
The
Kelly Award is presented annually to Connecticut’s top high school football
team.
It
is the second time St. Joseph has won the award – the other was in 1982. It was also the fifth straight year a team
from the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) has
earned the honor, eclipsing the previous record held by the Southern
Connecticut Conference (2009-2012).
“Utilizing a stingy defense and an explosive offense, St. Joseph was exceptional on its way to its third straight championship season,” said Walter Camp Football Foundation President Mario Coppola. “We salute Coach Joe Della Vecchia, his staff and players on an outstanding season.”
St.
Joseph went 10-0 during the 2019 regular-season, outscoring its opponents by an
average of 50.7 to 6.1. The Cadets then defeated
Wilton, 49-7, in the Class L quarterfinals on December 3. In the semifinals, St. Joseph defeated New
Canaan, 42-0, and culminated its championship season with a hard-fought 17-13
victory over previously undefeated Daniel Hand on December 14. It
was the Cadet’s third state title with all coming in three different classes
(Class S, M and L).
In their 13 games, the Cadets averaged 47.3 points per game, allowing just 6.2 a game.
Coach Della Vecchia and the St. Joseph team will be recognized at the Foundation’s annual national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at Yale University’s Lanman Center. Walter Camp Player of the Year Joe Burrow, along with members of the 2019 Walter Camp All-America team, and other major award winners (Man of the Year-Curtis Martin; Distinguished American-Chris Berman), will be honored.
Earlier that day, St. Joseph, along with the three other state football champions (Newtown-LL, Weston-M and Sheehan-S) will also be feted the organization’s High School Breakfast of Champions event at the Omni New Haven Hotel. Also that morning, the Walter Camp All-Connecticut Team, High School Player and Coach of the Year will also be recognized.
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
www.waltercamp.org for more information.
Walter Camp “Joseph W. Kelly
Award” Connecticut High School Champions
2019
– St. Joseph (Trumbull)
2018
– Greenwich
2017
– Darien
2016
– Darien
2015
– Darien
2014
– Southington
2013
– Ansonia
2012
– Daniel Hand (Madison)
2011
– Xavier (Middletown)
2010
– Xavier (Middletown)
2009
– Notre Dame (West Haven)
2008
– New Canaan
2007
– Ansonia
2006
– Ansonia
2005
– Xavier (Middletown)
2004
– Daniel Hand (Madison)
2003
– New Britain
2002
– West Haven
2001
– New Britain
2000
– Fitch (Groton)
1999
– Bloomfield
1998
– Bloomfield
1997
– Daniel Hand (Madison)
1996
– Weaver (Hartford)
1995
– Cheshire
1994
– Cheshire
1993
– Cheshire
1992
– Cheshire
1991
– Notre Dame (West Haven)
1990
– Derby
1989
– Ansonia
1988
– Stratford
1987
– East Catholic (Manchester)
1986
– Trumbull
1985
– Hillhouse (New Haven)
1984
– Middletown
1983
– Ansonia
1982
– St. Joseph’s (Trumbull)
1981
– Naugatuck
1980
– Trumbull
1979
– Newington
1978
– Amity (Woodbridge)
1977
– Trumbull
1976
– Fitch (Groton)
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This is the 130th edition of the Walter
Camp All-America team – the nation’s oldest All-America team. Twenty-six players
have been selected to the first team by the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision head
coaches and sports information directors.
In addition, 25 players were selected to the Second Team.
•
From 1889 to 1964, eleven players were
selected.
• In 1965, both offensive and defensive
teams were picked.
• In 1972, the first punter (Ray Guy, Southern
Mississippi) was honored.
• In 1975, the first placekicker (Chris
Bahr, Penn State) was selected.
• In 1998, the first-ever Second Team
All-America team was recognized.
• In 2001, the first kick returner (Herb
Haygood, Michigan State) was picked.
Conference Info
In all, 32 different schools from eight conferences
were represented on the All-America First and Second Teams (a total of 51 players
selected). LSU and Wisconsin each have three First Team
honorees. Ohio State has five
All-Americans (2 First Team, 3 Second Team), while LSU has four (3 First Team,
1 Second team). Overall, the Big Ten Conference
had the most honorees (15), followed by the Southeastern Conference (13) and Pac-12
(7).
Then and Now
Eighteen different schools are represented
on the 2019 Walter Camp All-America First Team.
Of the 18 schools, Minnesota has the most storied tradition of placing
members on the team. The Golden Gophers had their first selection in 1909,
quarterback John McGovern. This year, Minnesota has one First Team
selection (defensive back Antoine Winfield, Jr.). Since 1903,
Minnesota has had 30Walter Camp
All-Americans.
Class Distinction
Of the 26 First Team selections, ten are
seniors. There are ten juniors and six sophomores. On the Second Team (25 total selections),
there are seven seniors, 11 juniors, six sophomores and one freshman (LSU
defensive back Derek Stingley, Jr.).
Player of the Year Joe Burrow
The
53rd recipient of the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, senior
quarterback Joe Burrow is the first LSU player to win the prestigious honor. Overall,
Burrow is the 21st quarterback to earn the award. Burrow
is also the ninth player from a SEC school to win the award.
The
2019 Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Burrow has
thrown for 4,715 yards and 48 touchdowns – both SEC single-season records –
with only six interceptions. Burrow has helped LSU score 47.8 points per game,
good for third place among all FBS teams.
Burrow is also the first LSU quarterback to earn Walter Camp All-America
honors.
Three Times a Charm
Wisconsin
running back Jonathan Taylor is a Walter Camp All-American for the third
time. After earning Second Team
All-America honors as a freshman, Taylor has been a First Team selection in
2018 and 2019. Taylor joins former
Badger great Ron Dayne (1998 and 1999) as a two-time Walter Camp First Team
All-America selection.
All-American Notables
Defensive back Grant Delpit (LSU) is a repeat First Team All-American. Delpit is the first LSU two-time All-American since running back Charles Alexander (1977 and 1978).
First Team offensive lineman Andrew Thomas (Georgia) was a Second Team selection in 2018.
Second Team honoree Kenny Willekes (Michigan State) was a Second Team selection in 2018. Second Team punter Braden Mann (Texas A&M) was a First Team selection a year ago.
Welcome to the Club
Two
schools — Florida Atlantic (tight end Harrison Bryant) and Boise State
(defensive end Curtis Weaver) – have their first-ever Walter Camp First Team
All-America selection.
Geaux Tigers
LSU
has three First Team All-Americans for the second straight season.
Buckingham Ulysses Badger
Wisconsin
has three First Team All-Americans for the second time. In 1998, Ron Dayne (RB), Tom Burke (DL) and
Aaron Gibson (OL) were recognized as First Team All-Americans.
Walter Camp Weekend is Jan. 16-18
The 2019 Walter Camp All-America team
will be honored at the organization’s 53rd annual national awards
banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on Saturday, January
18, 2020 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, CT.
Led by 2019 Player of the Year Joe Burrow, top-ranked LSU has four players on the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Teams, the 130th honored by the organization. The nation’s oldest All-America squad was announced this evening on The Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show.
In all, 32 different schools from eight conferences
were represented on the All-America First and Second Teams (a total of 51 players
selected).
LSU (13-0) has three First Team
honorees, and one on the Second Team. Second-ranked Ohio State has five
All-Americans (2 First Team, 3 Second Team), while three Clemson players were
named (2 First Team, 1 Second Team). Fourth-ranked Oklahoma had two honorees.
Overall, the Big Ten Conference had the
most honorees (15), followed by the Southeastern Conference (13) and Pac-12 (7).
The Walter Camp All-America teams are selected by the head coaches and sports information directors of the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and certified by Marcum LLP, a New Haven-based accounting firm. Walter Camp Football Foundation President Mario Coppola was pleased with the voting participation. “We are very appreciative of the continuing cooperation of the head coaches and sports information directors in our annual effort to honor the nation’s most outstanding college players.”
Leading
the First Team offensive unit is Burrow,
a senior quarterback who was also selected the 2019 Walter Camp Player of the
Year. Second in the nation in passing
efficiency (201.5), Burrow has passed for 46 touchdowns and 4,715 yards to lead
a high-scoring Tiger offensive unit, one that averages 47.8 points per game.
Joining
Burrow in the backfield are the junior Jonathan
Taylor (Wisconsin) and sophomore Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma State). A repeat Walter Camp First Team All-American,
Taylor has rushed for 1,909 yards and 21 touchdowns, while Hubbard has rushed
for a nation’s leading 1,936 yards and has scored 21 touchdowns.
Junior
CeeDee Lamb (Oklahoma)
and sophomore Ja’Marr Chase (LSU)
are the wide
receivers. Lamb has 58 catches for 1,208
yards and 14 touchdowns, while Chase has 73 catches for 1,498 yards and 18 touchdowns.
The
tight end is senior Harrison Bryant
(Florida Atlantic). Bryant has 65 receptions
for 1,004 yards and seven touchdowns for the Conference USA-champion Owls this
season.
On
the offensive line, senior John Simpson
(Clemson) is joined by sophomore Penei
Sewell (Oregon) and juniors Tristan
Wirfs (Iowa) and Andrew Thomas
(Georgia). Thomaswas a Second Team All-America honoree
last season. Junior Tyler Biadasz (Wisconsin)
is the
offensive center.
Placekicker
Rodrigo
Blankenship (Georgia) earns First Team honors after
converting 25 field goals and all 44 of his point-after-kicks this season for the
Bulldogs.
Leading the defensive unit is junior Chase Young (Ohio State). Young has 21 tackles for loss and 16.5 quarterback sacks from his defensive end position. Young is joined in the defensive interior by two seniors – Derrick Brown (Auburn) and Bradlee Anae (Utah) – and two juniors – James Lynch (Baylor) and Curtis Weaver (Boise State).
Junior
Isaiah Simmons (Clemson), who has 93
tackles and six quarterback sacks for the Tigers, leads the linebacker
corps. Simmons is joined by seniors Evan Weaver (California) and Zack Baun (Wisconsin). Weaver is the nation’s leader in total
tackles with 173 (14.4 per game).
Junior
Grant Delpit (LSU) is a repeat First
Team All-American in the defensive secondary.
Delpit is joined by senior J.R.
Reed (Georgia), junior Jeff Okudah
(Ohio State) and sophomore Antoine
Winfield (Minnesota).
The
punter is junior Max
Duffy (Kentucky), who averages a nation’s
leading 48.6 yards per punt. The kick
returner is senior Joe
Reed (Virginia), who averages 34.7 yards per
kickoff return and has returned two for touchdowns.
Second Team Notables
Leading
the Second Team is sophomore quarterback Justin
Fields (Ohio State). Fields has passed for 2,953 yards and 40 touchdowns and
has rushed for 10 more scores. Fields
is joined by his teammate, sophomore running back J.K. Dobbins (1,829 yards, 20 touchdowns).
Running
back Travis Etienne (Clemson) is a
repeat Second Team All-American after rushing for 1,500 yards and 17
touchdowns.
Defensive
end Kenny Willekes (Michigan State)
is a Second Team All-American for the second straight year, while punter Braden Mann (Texas A&M) earns
Second Team accolades after being on the First Team a year ago.
Three
Alabama players made the Second Team – offensive lineman Jedrick Wills, linebacker Xavier
McKinney and kick returner Jayden
Waddle. It is the first time since
2010 that the Crimson Tide did not have a Walter Camp First Team All-American.
There
is one freshman among the 51 All-Americans – first-year defensive back Derek Stingley, Jr. (LSU). Stingley has six interceptions and 15 pass
break ups for the Tigers.
Members
of the 2019 Walter Camp All-America teams and other major award winners (Distinguished
American-Chris Berman, Man of the Year-Curtis Martin), will be honored at the
organization’s national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of
New Haven, on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Yale University’s Lanman
Center.
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.
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.
2019 Walter Camp All-America Teams
First Team Offense
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt Class Hometown
WR Ja’Marr Chase, LSU 6-1 200 Soph. Harvey, LA
WR CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma 6-2 191 Jr. Richmond, TX
TE Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic 6-5 240 Sr. Gray, GA
OL Andrew Thomas, Georgia @ 6-5 320 Jr. Lithonia, GA
OL Penei Sewell, Oregon 6-6 325 Soph. Malaeimi, American Samoa
OL John Simpson, Clemson 6-4 330 Sr. North Charleston, SC
OL Tristan Wirfs, Iowa 6-5 322 Jr. Mount Vernon, IA
C Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin 6-3 321 Jr. Amherst, WI
QB Joe Burrow, LSU 6-4 216 Sr. Athens, OH
RB Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin % 5-11 221 Jr. Salem, NJ
RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State 6-1 207 Soph. Sherwood Park, CA
PK Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia 6-1 191 Sr. Marietta, GA
First Team Defense
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt Class Hometown
DL Chase Young, Ohio State 6-5 265 Jr. Cheltenham, MD
DL Derrick Brown, Auburn 6-5 318 Sr. Sugar Hill, GA
DL Bradlee Anae, Utah 6-3 265 Sr. Laie, HI
DL James Lynch, Baylor 6-4 295 Jr. Round Rock, TX
DL Curtis Weaver, Boise State 6-3 265 Jr. Long Beach, CA
LB Isaiah Simmons, Clemson 6-4 230 Jr. Olathe, KS
LB Evan Weaver, California 6-3 235 Sr. Spokane, WA
LB Zack Baun, Wisconsin 6-3 235 Sr. Brown Deer, WI
DB Jeff Okudah, Ohio State 6-1 200 Jr. Grand Prairie, TX
DB Grant Delpit, LSU # 6-3 203 Jr. Houston, TX
DB J.R. Reed, Georgia 6-1 194 Sr. Frisco, TX
DB Antoine Winfield, Jr., Minnesota 5-10 205 R-Soph. The Woodlands, TX
P Max Duffy, Kentucky 6-1 186 Jr. Perth, Australia
KR Joe Reed, Virginia 6-1 215 Sr. Charlotte Court House, VA
Second Team Offense
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt Class Hometown
WR Michael Pittman, USC 6-4 22 Sr. Woodland Hills, CA
WR Omar Bayless, Arkansas State 6-3 207 R-Sr. Laurel, MS
TE Noah Gray, Duke 6-4 240 Jr. Leominster, MA
OL Wyatt Davis, Ohio State 6-4 313 Soph. Bellflower, CA
OL Jedrick Wills, Alabama 6-5 320 Jr. Lexington, KY
OL Colton McKivitz, West Virginia 6-7 312 R-Sr. Jacobsburg, OH
OL Ben Bredeson. Michigan 6-5 325 Sr. Hartland, WI
C Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma 6-3 315 Soph. Shawnee, OK
QB Justin Fields, Ohio State 6-3 225 Soph. Kennesaw, GA
RB J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State 5-10 216 Jr. La Grange, TX
RB Travis Etienne, Clemson @ 5-10 200 Jr. Jennings, LA
PK Keith Duncan, Iowa 5-10 180 Jr. Weddington, NC
Second Team Defense
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt Class Hometown
DL AJ Epenesa, Iowa 6-6 280 Jr. Glen Carbon, IL
DL Jaylen Twyman, Pittsburgh 6-2 290 R-Soph. Washington, DC
DL Leki Fotu, Utah 6-5 335 Sr. West Valley City, UT
DL Kenny Willekes, Michigan State @ 6-4 260 Jr. Rockfield, MI
LB Micah Parsons, Penn State 6-3 245 Soph. Harrisburg, PA
%
– 2017 Walter Camp Second Team and 2018 First Team All-American
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LSU
senior quarterback Joe Burrow (Athens,
OH) has been selected as the 2019 Walter Camp Player of the Year. The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted
on by the nation’s 130 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports
information directors.
Other finalists for the 2019 Walter Camp
Player of the Year award included quarterback Justin Fields (Ohio State), running
backs Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma State) and Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin) and defensive
end Chase Young (Ohio State).
The 53rd recipient of the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, Burrow is the first LSU player to win the prestigious honor. Overall, Burrow is the 21st quarterback to earn the award. Burrow is also the ninth player from a Southeastern Conference school to win the award. Burrow is also the first LSU quarterback to earn Walter Camp First Team All-America honors.
Burrow has been a standout for the SEC champion
and top-ranked Tigers (13-0), who will face #4 Oklahoma in the semifinals of
the College Football Playoff on December 28 at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in
Atlanta, Ga.
The 2019 SEC Offensive Player of the Year,
Burrow (342-of-439, 77.9%) has thrown for 4,715 yards and 48 touchdowns –
both LSU and SEC single-season records – with only six interceptions. Burrow’s
48 touchdown passes rank first in the nation.
Burrow has helped LSU score
47.8 points per game, good for third place among all FBS teams. He has thrown for 300 or more yards in
eleven games this season, including a season-best 489 in a win over Ole Miss on
Nov. 16. A week earlier, Burrow threw
for 393 yards and three touchdowns in a 46-41 victory over then top-ranked
Alabama and earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Burrow,
along with members of the 2019 Walter Camp All-America team, and other major
award winners (Distinguished American-Chris Berman and Man of the Year-Curtis
Martin), will be honored at the organization’s national awards banquet,
presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on Saturday, January 18, 2020
at Yale University’s Lanman Center 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 to continue
the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
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.
Walter Camp Players of the Year
2019 – Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
2018 – Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
2017 – Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
2016 – Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
2015 – Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama
2014 – Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
2013 – Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State
2012 – Manti Te’o, LB, Notre Dame
2011 – Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
2010 – Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
2009 – Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
2008 – Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
2007 – Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas
2006 – Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State
2005 – Reggie Bush, RB, USC
2004 – Matt Leinart, QB, USC
2003 – Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Pittsburgh
2002 – Larry Johnson, RB, Penn State
2001 – Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska
2000 – Josh Heupel, QB, Oklahoma
1999 – Ron Dayne, RB, Wisconsin
1998 – Ricky Williams, RB, Texas
1997 – Charles Woodson, DB, Michigan
1996 – Danny Wuerffel, QB, Florida
1995 – Eddie George, RB, Ohio State
1994 – Rashaan Salaam, RB, Colorado
1993 – Charlie Ward, QB, Florida State
1992 – Gino Torretta, QB, Miami
1991 – Desmond Howard, WR, Michigan
1990 – Raghib Ismail, WR, Notre Dame
1989 – Anthony Thompson, RB, Indiana
1988 – Barry Sanders, RB, Oklahoma State
1987 – Tim Brown, WR, Notre Dame
1986 – Vinny Testaverde, QB, Miami
1985 – Bo Jackson, RB, Auburn
1984 – Doug Flutie, QB, Boston College
1983 – Mike Rozier, RB, Nebraska
1982 – Herschel Walker, RB, Georgia
1981 – Marcus Allen, RB, USC
1980 – Hugh Green, DE, Pittsburgh
1979 – Charles White, RB, USC
1978 – Billy Sims, RB, Oklahoma
1977 – Ken MacAfee, TE, Notre Dame
1976 – Tony Dorsett, RB, Pittsburgh
1975 – Archie Griffin, RB, Ohio State
1974 – Archie Griffin, RB, Ohio State
1973 – John Cappelletti, RB, Penn State
1972 – Johnny Rodgers, RB, Nebraska
1971 – Pat Sullivan, QB, Auburn
1970 – Jim Plunkett, QB, Stanford
1969 – Steve Owens, RB, Oklahoma
1968 – O.J. Simpson, RB, USC
1967 – O.J. Simpson, RB, USC
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Two quarterbacks, two running backs and one defensive end comprise the list of five finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation 2019 Player of the Year award.
Quarterbacks
Joe Burrow (LSU, senior) and Justin Fields (Ohio State, sophomore) and
running backs Chuba Hubbard (Oklahoma
State, sophomore) and Jonathan
Taylor (Wisconsin, junior), join junior defensive end Chase Young (Ohio State, junior) as the five finalists.
The
2019 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the 130 Football
Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced
on Thursday, December 12 during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter.
Ranked
second in the nation in passing efficiency (203.0), Burrow has passed for 4,366 yards and 44 touchdowns for the
second-ranked Tigers (12-0). Fields has accounted for 47 touchdowns (37
passing, 10 rushing) and ranks fourth in the nation with a 190.2 passing
efficiency rating for the top-ranked Buckeyes (12-0). Hubbard is the nation’s rushing leader (1,936)
and has scored 21 touchdowns for the 25th-ranked Cowboys (8-4). Taylor is the nation’s second-leading rusher
(1,761) and has scored 25 touchdowns (20 rushing, 5 receiving) for the
eighth-ranked Badgers (10-2). Young has been a dominant force for the
Buckeyes with 38 tackles, 16.5 quarterback sacks and seven forced fumbles.
Alabama
quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was the
2018 Walter Camp Player of the Year.
The
2019 winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation’s 53rd annual
national awards banquet, presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, on
Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Yale University’s Lanman Center.
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 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.
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The
Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision
National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, presented by Generation
UCAN, for games ending November 30.
About the Award: This is the 16th year that the Walter Camp
Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its
national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular
season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and
administered by the Foundation.
OFFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JARET PATTERSON, BUFFALO
Sophomore, Running Back, Glendale,
MD/Saint Vincent Pallotti
Jaret
Patterson rushed for a school-record 298 yards (on 26 carries) and scored a
Mid-American Conference record six touchdowns as Buffalo defeated Bowling
Green, 49-7. Patterson scored on runs of
81, 35, 30, 9, 1 and 1 yards as the Bulls improved to 7-5.
.
Notes:
Jaret Patterson is the first Buffalo player to earn Walter Camp
National Player of the Week honors since the award began in 2004.
DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ISAIAH SIMMONS, CLEMSON
RS Junior, Linebacker, Olathe, KS/Olathe
North
Isaiah
Simmons posted 10 tackles, including two tackles-for-loss and one quarterback
sack as third-ranked Clemson defeated South Carolina, 38-3. Simmons led a Clemson (12-0) defense that
allowed just 172 yards of total offense in the contest.
Notes:
Isaiah Simmons earns Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second
time this season (Sept. 15) and the third Clemson honoree this season. Simmons is also the 10th Clemson player to
earn the recognition since 2004.
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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
(www.waltercamp.org,@WalterCampFF)
– 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. The 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. For more information, visit the association’s website, www.ncfaa.org
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Legendary
sportscaster Chris Berman (Brown
University) is the 2019 recipient of Walter Camp Football Foundation’s
Distinguished American award.
The
Walter Camp “Distinguished American” award is presented each year to an
individual who has utilized his or her talents to attain great success in
business, private life or public service and who may have accomplished that
which no other has done. He or she may have a record of dedication to mankind
that should not pass unrecognized and a life that has been dedicated to the
preservation of the American ideal. The recipient need not have participated in
football but must be one who understands its lesson of self-denial, cooperation
and teamwork, and one who is a person of honesty, integrity and dedication. He
or she must be a leader, an innovator, even a pioneer, who has reached a degree
of excellence that distinguishes him or her from contemporaries, as well as
someone who lives within the principles of Walter Camp.
Past recipients of the Walter Camp
Distinguished American honor include nationally-respected sportscasters Keith
Jackson (1995), Pat Summerall (2004) and Verne Lundquist (2014), all-purpose
television personality Regis Philbin (2003), former NFL Commissioner Paul
Tagliabue (1994), world-renowned entertainer Bob Hope (1985), former college
coach Eddie Robinson (1982), and last year’s recipient, former NFL standout
Archie Manning.
“Chris Berman is one of the most
highly-respected and beloved sportscasters of his era,” Walter Camp Foundation
president Mario Coppola said. “His knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for
sports, especially for the sport of football, make him a worthy recipient.”
Hired at ESPN in October 1979, Berman
has become one of America’s most respected and popular sportscasters. He has
also been recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his peers and countless
other organizations for his exceptional contributions to sports broadcasting. Six times the versatile Berman has been
selected National Sportscaster of the Year (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996 and
2001) by the members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Association. Berman and his various shows have won 10 Emmy Awards and 12
CableACEs.
Berman received the Pete Rozelle
Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010 for his
longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional
football. In December 2017, Berman was
inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In 2016, he was honored
with the Newseum Institute’s Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in Media – the
first sportscaster ever honored. He was also inducted into the National Sports
Media Association (formerly NSSA) Hall of Fame. In 2015, Berman was just the
fifth on-air personality to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame.
Berman – a veteran of 37 Super Bowls,
beginning with the 49ers’ first NFL Championship in Super Bowl XVI – began
working alongside Tom Jackson on Sunday NFL Countdown in 1987 when ESPN first
acquired the rights to carry the NFL. Berman and Jackson teamed together every
Sunday night in the fall from 1987-2005 to host the critically-acclaimed NFL
PrimeTime, which still holds the record as cable television’s highest-rated
sports studio show. In September 2019, the duo returned to host
NFL PrimeTime.
Berman also anchored ESPN’s annual NFL
Draft telecast for 30 years (1987-2016).
Nicknamed the “Swami,” Berman’s prognosticating alter-ego, provided
weekly NFL predictions and observations on SportsCenter since ESPN’s very first
year in 1979. In addition to his NFL
coverage, Berman also covered major league baseball and golf for ESPN. Berman regularly hosted SportsCenter in
ESPN’s first 11 years, culminating in the network’s first Emmy Award in 1990.
On May 24, 2010, Berman was honored by
the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as
a tribute for his more than 30 years contributing to the sports television
industry. Berman is also a golf
enthusiast and has played himself in 15 motion pictures.
Berman graduated from Brown University
in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. His first broadcasting
position came while he was a student at Brown as sports director for WBRU Radio
and commentator for basketball, football, ice hockey and baseball games.
In November 1991, he was inducted into
the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame, and in May 2007 he received an
honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from his alma mater.
Berman began his career as a disc jockey
at WERI in Westerly, RI, hosting a news-oriented talk show and covering high
school football and basketball games. One year later, he joined WNVR Radio in
Waterbury, Conn., broadcasting high school football games, co-hosting a sports
talk show and doing traffic reports. Berman’s
first television exposure came in 1979 when he joined WVIT-TV, an NBC affiliate
in Hartford, Conn., as a weekend sports anchor.
Berman currently resides in Cheshire. He will be honored at the organization’s National Awards Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 in New Haven, Conn.
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. The
organization’s mission is to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the
tradition of selecting annually an All-America team and honoring deserving
individuals.
Distinguished
American recipients
2019
– Chris Berman, Brown
2018
– Archie Manning, Ole Miss
2017
– Lee Corso, Florida State University
2016
– Mike Ditka, University of Pittsburgh
2015
– Tim Shriver, Yale University/Special Olympics
2014
– Verne Lundquist, Texas Lutheran
2013 – Joe Theismann, Notre Dame
2012 – Tom Osborne, Hastings College/University of Nebraska
2011 – Floyd Little, Syracuse University
2010 – Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania
2009 – Robin Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana
2008 – Len Dawson, Purdue
2007 – Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech
2006 – Dick Vermeil, San Jose State
2005 – Arthur Blank, Babson
2004 – Pat Summerall, Arkansas
2003 – Bill Walsh, San Jose State
2002 – Regis Philbin, Notre Dame
2001 – New York City Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Service Personnel
2000 – Gene Upshaw, Texas A&I
1999 – Bo Schembechler, Miami (Ohio)
1998 – Steve Young, Brigham Young
1997 – Steve Largent, Tulsa
1996 – Dick Ebersol, Yale
1995 – Keith Jackson, Washington State
1994 – Paul Tagliabue, Georgetown
1993 – Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C.
1992 – Carm Cozza, Miami (Ohio)/Yale
1991 – Alexander Kroll, Rutgers
1990 – Tex Schramm, Texas
1989 – Richard Kazmaier, Princeton
1989 – Burt Reynolds, Florida State
1988 – Y.A. Tittle, Louisiana State
1987 – Weeb Ewbank, Miami (Ohio)
1986 – Tom Landry, Texas
1985 – Bob Hope
1984 – Maj. Gen. Bill Carpenter, Army
1983 – Tom Harmon, Michigan
1982 – Eddie Robinson, Grambling State
1981 – Harold “Red” Grange, Illinois
1980 – Alexander Haig, Army
1980 – George Halas, Illinois
1979 – David “Sonny” Werblin, Rutgers
1978 – James Crowley, Notre Dame
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The
Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision
National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, presented by Generation
UCAN, for games ending November 23.
About the Award: This is the 16th year that the Walter Camp
Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its
national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular
season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and
administered by the Foundation.
OFFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JAYDEN DANIELS, ARIZONA STATE
Freshman, Quarterback, San Bernardino,
CA/Cajon
Freshman
Jayden Daniels completed 22-of-32 passes for a season-high 408 yards and three
touchdowns as Arizona State (6-5) upset No. 6 Oregon 31-28. Daniels threw scoring passes of 57, 26 and 81
yards as the Sun Devils snapped a four-game losing streak with their first
victory over a top-five team since 2017.
.
Notes:
Jayden Daniels is the fourth Arizona State player to earn Walter Camp
National Player of the Week honors since 2004, and the first offensive honoree
since former Sun Devil wide receiver Jaelen Strong (Oct. 5, 2014).
Chase
Young posted a career-best nine tackles, including four tackles-for-loss, three
quarterback sacks and forced two fumbles as second-ranked Ohio State defeated
ninth-ranked Penn State, 28-17. The three sacks allowed Young to set the Ohio State
single season record with 16.5.
Notes:
Chase Young earns Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second
time this season (Oct. 27) and is the 12th Ohio State player to earn the
recognition since 2004.
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UCAN (@GenUCAN) is healthy sports nutrition powered by a
unique, slow-burning carbohydrate called SuperStarch. UCAN’s drink mix provides
steady energy, allows you to burn more fat for fuel during workouts, and helps
you recover efficiently compared to sugary sports drinks or a high carbohydrate
meal. UCAN contains no added sugars, no caffeine, and is gluten-free.
SuperStarch was originally designed to help children who suffer from serious
energy imbalances and now fuels some of the top athletes in the world – ranging
from professional football players, to Olympic runners, to everyday athletes
striving for fitness. The UCAN Company
is based Woodbridge, CT. Visit www.generationucan.com 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
(www.waltercamp.org,@WalterCampFF)
– 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. The 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. For more information, visit the association’s website, www.ncfaa.org
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The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced
the names of twenty “Players to Watch” for its 2019 Player of the Year award,
the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation.
“It’s been another exciting college football season
with many teams and players still in the hunt for national recognition,” Foundation
president Mario Coppola said. “We’ve identified some outstanding players and we
know the final weeks of the regular season should be even more thrilling.”
Players from the top 12 teams in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings are on the list, including quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase from top-ranked LSU (10-0). Running back JK Dobbin and quarterback Justin Fields from second-ranked Ohio State (10-0) are on the watch list along with three players – quarterback Trevor Lawrence, running back Travis Etienne and linebacker Isaiah Simmons – from third-ranked Clemson (11-0).
The 20-player watch list includes six running backs,
six quarterbacks, four receivers/tight ends and four defensive players. Fourteen different schools and five
conferences are represented on the list.
The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted on by
the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information
directors. A list of five finalists
will be announced on Thursday, December 5, and the winner announced on ESPN
SportsCenter on Thursday, December 12.
The 2019 Player of the Year will be recognized along
with the Walter Camp All-America team at the Foundation’s national awards
dinner on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Yale University’s Lanman Center.
The 2018 Walter Camp Player of the Year was Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
2019 Walter Camp Player of the Year Semifinalists
Joe Burrow, QB, Senior, LSU
Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Sophomore, LSU
AJ Dillon, RB, Junior, Boston
College
JK Dobbins, RB, Junior, Ohio
State
Travis Etienne, RB, Junior, Clemson
Justin Fields, QB, Sophomore, Ohio
State
Justin Herbert, QB, Senior, Oregon
Chuba Hubbard, RB, Sophomore, Oklahoma
State
Tyler Huntley, QB, Senior, Utah
Jalen Hurts, QB, Senior,
Oklahoma
Cee Dee Lamb, WR, Junior,
Oklahoma
Trevor Lawrence, QB, Junior,
Clemson
Micah Parsons, LB, Sophomore,
Penn State
Kyle Pitts, TE, Sophomore,
Florida
Isaiah Simmons, LB, Redshirt
Junior, Clemson
Devonta Smith, WR, Junior, Alabama
D’Andre Swift, RB, Junior,
Georgia
Jonathan Taylor, RB, Junior, Wisconsin
Antoine Winfield, DB, RS
Sophomore, Minnesota
Chase Young, DE, Junior, Ohio
State
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 (www.waltercamp.org,@WalterCampFF)
– 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. The 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. For more
information, visit the association’s website, www.ncfaa.org
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