Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2006 Player of the Year – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 19, 2006
New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of 35 “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 2006 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 January 13, 2007 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
Last year’s recipient was USC running back Reggie Bush.
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 (www.waltercamp.org) – 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.
2006 Walter Camp Player of the Year “Watch List”
| Gaines Adams, DE, Senior, Clemson Rufus Alexander, LB, Senior, Oklahoma Dan Bazuin, DE, Senior, Central Michigan Keyonvis Bouie, LB, Senior, Florida International Steve Breaston, UTY, Senior, Michigan Colt Brennan, QB, Junior, Hawaii Brian Brohm, QB, Junior, Louisville Michael Bush, RB, Senior, Louisville Jamaal Charles, RB, Soph., Texas Ken Darby, RB, Senior, Alabama Ted Ginn Jr., WR, Junior, Ohio State Michael Hart, RB, Junior, Michigan Chad Henne, QB, Junior, Michigan Kenny Irons, RB, Senior, Auburn Dwayne Jarrett, WR, Junior, USC Calvin Johnson, WR, Junior, Georgia Tech LaRon Landry, DB, Senior, LSU Chris Leak, QB, Senior, Florida |
Marshawn Lynch, RB, Junior, California Darren McFadden, RB, Soph., Arkansas Brandon Meriweather, DB, Senior, Miami (Fla.) Quentin Moses, DE, Senior, Georgia Adrian Peterson, RB, Junior, Oklahoma Paul Posluszny, LB, Senior, Penn State Brady Quinn, QB, Senior, Notre Dame Jeff Samardzija, WR, Senior, Notre Dame Steve Slaton, RB, Soph., West Virginia Troy Smith, QB, Senior, Ohio State Drew Stanton, QB, Senior, Michigan State Tyrell Sutton, RB, Soph., Northwestern Drew Tate, QB, Senior, Iowa Eric Weddle, DB, Senior, Utah Pat White, QB, Soph., West Virginia Patrick Willis, LB, Senior, Mississippi Garrett Wolfe, RB, Senior, Northern Illinois |
