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UConn's junior running back Donald Brown is up for national honors
--------- UConn junior running back Donald Brown. Photo courtesy of UConn Athletic Communications.
Brown is also one of 15 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award given to the top player in the country, and one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award given to the top running back in the country.
University of Connecticut junior running back Donald Brown (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.) has been named one of 15 “Players to Watch” for the 2008 Player of the Year Award, by The Walter Camp Football Foundation.Brown is currently the leading rusher in the country with 156.22 yards per game.
He is also one of 15 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award given to the top player in the country, and one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award given to the top running back in the country.
He has 254 carries this year - 1,406 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Brown is already UConn’s career leader in rushing attempts with 585, has 30 career rushing TDs for third place in Husky history, and is second in all-time rushing yards with 3,123 – needing just 65 more yards to become the leader in that category.
UConn has a 6-3 record and a 2-2 mark in the BIG EAST.
Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889.A former Yale University athlete and football coach, Camp is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to 11 men per side.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate Camp's ideals and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
The 15 “Players to Watch” for the 2008 Walter Camp Player of the Year award include:
- Sam Bradford, Sophomore, QB, Oklahoma
- Donald Brown, Junior, RB, UConn
- Michael Crabtree, Sophomore, WR, Texas Tech
- Chase Daniel, Senior, QB, Missouri
- Jarrett Dillard, Senior, WR, Rice
- Graham Harrell, Senior, QB, Texas Tech
- Jerry Hughes, Junior, DL, TCU
- James Laurinaitis, Senior, LB, Ohio State
- Jeremy Maclin, Sophomore, WR/KR, Missouri
- Rey Maualuga, Senior, LB, USC
- Aaron Maybin, Sophomore, DL, Penn State
- Colt McCoy, Junior, QB, Texas
- Scott McKillop, Senior, LB, Pittsburgh
- Javon Ringer, Senior, RB, Michigan State
- Tim Tebow, Junior, QB, Florida.
A list of five finalists for Player of the Year will be announced on Tuesday, Dec 2.
And the winner of the 2008 Walter Camp Player of the Year - chosen by the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors - will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 11 during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter.
The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation’s annual national awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven. (Tickets, at $275 each, are available by calling 203-288-CAMP.)
The Huskies return to action on Saturday, Nov. 15 with a 7 p.m. game at Syracuse.
Posted Nov. 14, 2008
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