Camp Award Candidates
In the old days, the Walter Camp Award would include a USC player among its 15 players to watch. Today, the award included three players who faced the Trojans: Stanford tailback Toby Gerhart, Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers and Notre Dame wide receiver Golden Tate. Here's the full list.
2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year "Players to Watch"
Toby Gerhart, Senior, RB, Stanford - 1,395 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns
Mardy Gilyard, Senior, WR, Cincinnati - Averaging over 180 all-purpose
yardage a game
Jerry Hughes, Senior, DL, TCU - 13 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks
Mark Ingram, Soph., RB, Alabama - 1,297 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns
Case Keenum, Junior, QB, Houston - Leads nation with 4,194 passing yards
and 31 touchdowns
Dion Lewis, Freshman, RB, Pittsburgh - 1,291 rushing yards and 13
touchdowns
Rolando McClain, Junior, LB, Alabama - 77 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3
sacks and 2 interceptions
Colt McCoy, Senior, QB, Texas - Completing 72.3% of passes for 2,792 yards
and 19 touchdowns
Kellen Moore, Soph., QB, Boise State - Leads nation with 172.49 passing
efficiency
Jacquizz Rodgers, Soph., RB, Oregon State - 1,545 rushing & receiving
yards and 18 touchdowns
Jordan Shipley, Senior WR, Texas - 81 receptions for 1,096 yards and 8
touchdowns
C.J. Spiller, Senior, WR/KR, Clemson - Averaging 195.2 all-purpose yards a
game
Ndamukong Suh, Senior, DT, Nebraska - 14 QB hurries, 11 tackles for loss,
8 pass breakups and 5 sacks
Golden Tate, Junior, WR, Notre Dame - 1,174 receiving yards and 14 total
touchdowns
Tim Tebow, Senior, QB, Florida - Has passed for 10 touchdowns and rushed
for 12 more
so which is it.. SC players get on the short list BECAUSE they are SC players or they aren't on the short list because they aren't as good?... seems you want to have it both ways... rhetorical question because we all know you don't read the comments (wink wink)