Hunter, Jeanty and Ward are the 2024 Walter Camp Player of Year Finalists, presented by McDermott Lexus of New Haven by

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the three finalists for its 2024 Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation.

Colorado wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter, Boise State junior running back Ashton Jeanty, and Miami senior quarterback Cam Ward are the three finalists.

The Walter Camp Player of the Year award is presented by McDermott Lexus of New Haven.

The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted on by the 134 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, and will be announced on the ESPN College Football Awards Show on Thursday, December 12

Former LSU (and current Washington Commander) quarterback Jayden Daniels was the 2023 Walter Camp Player of Year.

 

2024 Walter Camp Player of Year FINALISTS

TRAVIS HUNTER, Junior, WR/DB, COLORADO

Exciting two-way player has totaled 82 receptions for 1,036 yards and 11 touchdowns for the 8-3 Buffaloes.  Has totaled 30 tackles, three interceptions and one forced fumble on the defensive side of the ball.

 

ASHTON JEANTY, Junior, RB, BOISE STATE

The nation’s leading rusher with 2,062 yards and has scored 27 touchdowns for the 10-1 Broncos.  Has 18 receptions for 102 yards and one touchdown.  Has rushed for 200 or more yards in a game four times this season.

 

CAM WARD, Senior, QB, MIAMI

Has completed 67.2 percent (268-of-399) of his passes for 3,774 yards and 34 touchdowns for the 10-1 Hurricanes.   Has passed for 300 or more yards nine times this season, including three 400+ yard efforts.  Has also scored four rushing touchdowns.

 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

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