The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Robinson, Worthy named to Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list
07.29.2022 | Football
Texas junior RB Bijan Robinson and sophomore WR Xavier Worthy were selected to the watch list for the award honoring the nation’s top player in college football.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Texas junior RB Bijan Robinson and sophomore WR Xavier Worthy were named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list, the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) announced on Friday. The Walter Camp is the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade and is presented annually to college football's player of the year. It has been awarded to a Longhorn on three occasions (Ricky Williams, 1998; Colt McCoy, 2008-09).
Robinson, who was tabbed for the Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list for the second-straight year, has rushed for 1,830 yards on 281 carries (6.5 ypc) and 15 touchdowns, while also catching 41 passes for 491 yards and six touchdowns during his first two seasons on the Forty Acres. The junior's 1,830 career rushing yards rank 21st all-time in program history. Last season, the Tucson, Ariz. native was a first-team All-Big 12 selection and honorable mention as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, and named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, Doak Walker Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. In 10 games, he rushed for 1,127 yards on 195 carries (5.8 ypc) and scored 11 touchdowns and hauled in 26 receptions for 295 yards (11.3 ypr) and four touchdowns. Robinson ranked third in the conference in total touchdowns (15), fourth in scoring (9.0 points per game), sixth in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and all-purpose yards (1,422), and seventh in total points score (90). His 142.20 all-purpose yards per game and 112.7 rushing yards per game ranked eighth nationally and third in the Big 12. He surpassed 100 yards rushing six times during the season, highlighted by a 35-carry, 216-rushing yard (6.2 ypc) performance at TCU.
In addition to being a Walter Camp Player of the Year candidate, Robinson has also been recognized on the Doak Walker Award, Maxwell Award and Wuerffel Trophy watch lists and was named the Preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. He has also been named a first-team Preseason All-American by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele and The Sporting News.
Worthy was the 2021 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year after a record-breaking year for the Longhorns in which he established top UT freshman single-season marks for receptions (62), receiving yards (981) and receiving touchdowns (12). The Fresno, Calif. native was Texas' first-ever freshman wide receiver to earn first-team All-Big 12 honors. He led the Big 12 in receiving touchdowns and receiving yards per game (81.1), ranked third in receiving yards, fourth in receptions per game (5.2), fifth in yards per reception (15.82), sixth in receptions and seventh in total touchdowns (12). Worthy had four 100-yard receiving games, including a 261-yard performance against Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown in which he caught nine passes and had two touchdown receptions. His outstanding season earned him AP Freshman All-American honors and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year accolades. He was an Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist, garnered True Freshman All-American honors from ESPN and 247Sports and was selected to the Freshman All-American First Team by The Athletic.
The Texas wide receiver has also been named to the Maxwell Award and Biletnikoff Award watch lists, and was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and selected as a Preseason Second-Team All-American by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele, The Sporting News and the WCFF.
The 2022 watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in mid-November. The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 130 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on ESPN's College Football Awards Show (date TBD). The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's 55th annual national awards banquet in New Haven, Conn in early 2023.
