USC QB Sam Darnold is among 15 players still in the running for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award. Full list after the jump:
Josh Adams, RB, Junior, Notre Dame
Saquon Barkley, RB, Junior, Penn State
Bradley Chubb, DE, Senior, North Carolina State
Sam Darnold, QB, Sophomore, USC
Minkah Fitzpatrick, DB, Junior, Alabama
Baker Mayfield, QB, Senior, Oklahoma
Lamar Jackson, QB, Junior, Louisville
Jaquan Johnson, DB, Junior, Miami
Bryce Love, RB, Junior, Stanford
Hercules Mala’afa, DE, Junior, Washington State
McKenzie Milton, QB, Sophomore, UCF
Rashaad Penny, RB, Senior, San Diego State
Mason Rudolph, QB, Senior, Oklahoma State
Khalil Tate, QB, Sophomore, Arizona
Jonathan Taylor, RB, Freshman, Wisconsin
The almighty SEC has one name on the list, and the down-this-year PAC12 has four player on the list….interesting!
But come NFL draft time, the SEC will have 50+ drafted and the Pac-12 30+.
For the 2017 draft, SEC has 14 teams, PAC12 has 12, you’re comparing apples to oranges. A better comparison is average per team, SEC 3.7 players drafted per team vs. 3.1 for the PAC 12….the margin is closer than you think
Good QB and seems like a nice kid.
Darnold is still in the running for the Walter Camp? Still? Wasn’t he supposed to have wrapped up the Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Maxwell Award and Heisman before the season started?
Darnold started the season as the leading candidate for each of those awards and then Helton coached him up and nearly took him out of the running for all those awards by mid season. LOL!
Well this is an interesting list I notice San Diego State has a player listed. Knowing Sam, (I really don’t but I am using the figure of speech) He will say it is an honor to just be on the list.
Otherwise I expect his prospects will go up if he has a good showing this weekend.