The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Vince Young named to WCFF Player of the Year watch list
08.17.2005 | Football
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced UT quarterback Vince Young as one of the "players to watch" for its prestigious Player of the Year award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
Listed as a top candidate for the Heisman Trophy by several preseason publications and a member of the Maxwell Award watch list (nation's player of the year), Young became the first player in UT history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in a season in 2004. The Rose Bowl MVP threw for 1,849 yards and 12 TDs and rushed for 1,079 yards and 14 TDs on the year. Young, who is 17-2 as a starter (89.5%), already ranks eighth on the UT all-time passing list (3,004 yards), eighth in passing TDs (18) and his 2,077 career rushing yards are tops among Longhorn quarterbacks.
The 40-player watch list will be narrowed to ten semifinalists 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.
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
