Football Awards
Senior defensive Sedrick Ellis and senior tight end Fred Davis shared team most valuable players. Ellis, a two-time All-American, and Davis, the Mackey Award winner, became USC’s first co-MVPs since Paul McDonald and Charles White shared the award in 1979.
Here's the complete list of awards:
Co-Most Valuable Players: defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis, tight end Fred Davis
Most Inspirational Player: linebacker Thomas Williams
Co-Linemen of the Year: offensive tackle Sam Baker and center Matt Spanos (offense), defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis and defensive end Lawrence Jackson (defense)
Co-Special Teams Players of the Year: linebackers Thomas Williams and Clay Matthews
Service Team Players of the Year: quarterback Mitch Mustain (offense), defensive tackle Christian Tupou (defense)
Player of the Game versus Notre Dame: quarterback Mark Sanchez
Player of the Game versus UCLA: cornerback Terrell Thomas
Jack Oakie “Rise and Shine” Award (longest run from scrimmage of the year): tailback Joe McKnight (59 yards versus Arizona)
Howard Jones/Football Alumni Club Academic Award (overall academic achievement): wide receiver Garrett Green
Bob Chandler Award (underclassman with outstanding athletic ability, academic achievement and character): safety Kevin Ellison
John McKay Award (underclassman with the most competitive spirit): defensive tackle Christian Tupou
Courage Award: center Matt Spanos
Co-Lifters Award: defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis, linebacker Keith Rivers, safety Kevin Ellison
Team Captains: quarterback John David Booty, linebacker Keith Rivers, offensive tackle Sam Baker, defensive end Lawrence Jackson.
2007 Service Team Player of the Year: quarterback Mitch Mustain (offense). In 2010, Mitch will be named the Heisman Trophy Winner. In 2011, the first 1st Over-all pick in the NFL Draft. A future member of the NFL Hall of Fame, and in 2022, the future Governor of California! Only to be followed up by the Presidency of the United States. Your friend and mine, our hero and the QB to lead the Trojans back to BCS Championship Game, MITCH MUSTAIN. What do you think, to much Man-Love! Fight On!
dude.... forgot about his run at Pope in 2033