Jackson Voted Finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award
November 30, 2016 | Football
The sophomore quarterback was named the ACC Player of the Year earlier in the day.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - On day when he was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player and Offensive of the Year, University of Louisville sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson was named a finalist for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year.
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Jackson was one of five – three quarterbacks and two defensive players – that comprise the list of five finalists for the Walter Camp Award. Joining Jackson are quarterbacks Jake Browning (Washington) and Deshaun Watson (Clemson) along with defensive lineman Jonathan Allen (Alabama) and linebacker/return specialist Jabrill Peppers (Michigan).
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In guiding the Cardinals to a 9-3 overall record, including a 7-1 league, Jackson finished the regular season holding ACC and school records with 51 touchdowns responsible for (30 passing, 21 rushing), rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,538, and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 21. He tied an ACC mark with eight touchdowns in the season-opening win over Charlotte, including matching a school mark with six touchdown passes.
A finalist for the Maxwell, Manning, and O'Brien awards, Jackson shattered Louisville's single-season record for rushing yards in a season, and his eight 100-yard rushing games also broke a school mark.
The Pompano Beach, Fla., native, Jackson has passed for 3,390 yards and 30 touchdowns and is two scores shy of breaking Teddy Bridgewater's single-season mark. Jackson totaled a pair of 400-yard passing games this season, including a career-best 417 yards in a win on the road at Marshall on Sept. 24, and 411 yards in a victory at Syracuse on Sept. 9.
He amassed an ACC-record 610 total yards in a win over Syracuse, a game in which he came within one rushing yard of becoming the first player in FBS history to run for 400 yards and pass for 200 yards in the same game.
Jackson, who owns a 14-5 career record as a starter, is the school's first ACC Player of the Year. During the season, he was named the Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions and also honored three times as the ACC Offensive Back of the Week.
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The 2016 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the 129 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on Thursday, December 8 during the 6 p.m. (EST) edition of ESPN SportsCenter. The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation's 50th annual national awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, Conn.
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Jackson was one of five – three quarterbacks and two defensive players – that comprise the list of five finalists for the Walter Camp Award. Joining Jackson are quarterbacks Jake Browning (Washington) and Deshaun Watson (Clemson) along with defensive lineman Jonathan Allen (Alabama) and linebacker/return specialist Jabrill Peppers (Michigan).
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In guiding the Cardinals to a 9-3 overall record, including a 7-1 league, Jackson finished the regular season holding ACC and school records with 51 touchdowns responsible for (30 passing, 21 rushing), rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,538, and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 21. He tied an ACC mark with eight touchdowns in the season-opening win over Charlotte, including matching a school mark with six touchdown passes.
A finalist for the Maxwell, Manning, and O'Brien awards, Jackson shattered Louisville's single-season record for rushing yards in a season, and his eight 100-yard rushing games also broke a school mark.
The Pompano Beach, Fla., native, Jackson has passed for 3,390 yards and 30 touchdowns and is two scores shy of breaking Teddy Bridgewater's single-season mark. Jackson totaled a pair of 400-yard passing games this season, including a career-best 417 yards in a win on the road at Marshall on Sept. 24, and 411 yards in a victory at Syracuse on Sept. 9.
He amassed an ACC-record 610 total yards in a win over Syracuse, a game in which he came within one rushing yard of becoming the first player in FBS history to run for 400 yards and pass for 200 yards in the same game.
Jackson, who owns a 14-5 career record as a starter, is the school's first ACC Player of the Year. During the season, he was named the Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions and also honored three times as the ACC Offensive Back of the Week.
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The 2016 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the 129 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on Thursday, December 8 during the 6 p.m. (EST) edition of ESPN SportsCenter. The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation's 50th annual national awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven, Conn.
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