Bowling Green State University Athletics
Jacobs On Walter Camp Award Watch List
August 17, 2005 | Football
Aug. 17, 2005
New Haven, Conn. - The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of 40 "players to watch" for its prestigious Player of the Year award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
The watch list will be narrowed to ten semi-finalists in early November. The 2005 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 119 Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards Show in December. The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's annual national awards banquet on February 11, 2006 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
Last year's recipient was USC quarterback Matt Leinart who led the Trojans to their second consecutive national title. Leinart has returned for his senior year and is once again on the Walter Camp "Watch List."
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.
2005 Walter Camp Player of the Year "Watch List"
Reggie Bush, RB/KR, Junior, USC Steve Breaston, UTY, Junior, Michigan Ahmad Brooks, LB, Senior, Virginia Ashlan Davis, WR/KR, Senior, Tulsa Bruce Gradkowski, QB, Senior, Toledo Ted Ginn Jr., WR, Sophomore, Ohio State Charles Gordon, DB, Junior, Kansas Chad Greenway, LB, Senior, Iowa Andre Hall, RB, Senior, South Florida Michael Hart, RB, Sophomore, Michigan Mike Hass, WR, Senior, Oregon State A.J. Hawk, LB, Senior, Ohio State Devin Hester, DB/KR, Junior, Miami (Fla.) Spencer Havner, LB, Senior, UCLA Santonio Holmes, WR, Junior, Ohio State Omar Jacobs, QB, Junior, Bowling Green Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Senior, Boston College Chris Leak, QB, Junior, Florida Greg Lee, WR, Junior, Pittsburgh Matt Leinart, QB, Senior, USC Marcedes Lewis, TE, Senior, UCLA Marshawn Lynch, RB, Sophomore, California Laurence Maroney, RB, Junior, Minnesota Reggie McNeal, QB, Senior, Texas A&M DonTrell Moore, RB, Senior, New Mexico Tyler Palko, QB, Junior, Pittsburgh Adrian Peterson, RB, Sophomore, Oklahoma Gerald Riggs, RB, Senior, Tennessee Brad Smith, QB, Senior, Missouri Drew Stanton, QB, Senior, Michigan State Drew Tate, QB, Junior, Iowa Jamario Thomas, RB, Sophomore, North Texas Leon Washington, RB, Florida State LenDale White, RB, Junior, USC DeAngelo Williams, RB, Senior, Memphis Jimmy Williams, DB, Senior, Virginia Tech Mario Williams, DE, Senior, North Carolina State Garrett Wolfe, RB, Junior, Northern Illinois Vince Young, QB, Junior, Texas Jared Zabransky, QB, Junior, Boise State
