2005 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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8/18/05

Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces

2005 Player of the Year “Watch List�



New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of 40 “players to watch� for its prestigious Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.

The watch list will be narrowed to ten semi-finalists 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.

Last year’s recipient was USC quarterback Matt Leinart who led the Trojans to their second consecutive national title. Leinart has returned for his senior year and is once again on the Walter Camp “Watch List.�

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

Congratulations to Ginn, Holmes and Hawk. :gobucks3: :gobucks4:

 

[crazybuckfan40]

We are tied with USC for the most players on the list. Hopefully that means something. :)

 

[BB73]

That's a pretty good list. The first names that I thought of that aren't on that list are Chad Henne, Dwayne Jarrett, Ko Simpson (S. Carolina), Derek Hagan (Arizona St.), and Calvin Johnson (Ga. Tech). They only have 5 sophomores, and all of those guys except Hagan are sophs.

But they have to limit it to 40. They apparently eliminate almost all of the linemen (just 2 DE's, no DTs or OL) to make that easier. Sorry, exhawg.

And with 3 tOSU guys among the top 40, maybe we'll finally have a national list that doesn't get ripped for dissing tOSU. :tongue2:

Maybe not - but I'll put all my remaining vCash on it.