The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watch list was released Friday, highlighted by some of college football’s biggest stars. The Walter Camp Award is given to college football’s best player, as determined by Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.
Who’s college football’s best player? The 2013 Walter Camp list
Our last watch list of watch list season is the Walter Camp, one of several trophies for the best player in football. Johnny Manziel is back after seeing Manti Te’o take the honors last year, as is 2012 finalist Marqise Lee.
The 2013 list is headed by two 2012 finalists: Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and USC wide receiver Marqise Lee. Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, and Oregon running back De'Anthony Thomas are also favorites for the award.
Here’s the full list:
Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska
Antonio Andrews, RB, Western Kentucky
Dri Archer, RB, Kent State
Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson
Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Kolton Browning, QB, Louisiana Monroe
Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA
Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona
Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Rakeem Cato, QB, Marshall
Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama
David Fluellen, RB, Toledo
Phillip Gaines, DB, Rice
Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
John Hubert, RB, Kansas State
Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
Duke Johnson, RB, Miami Fla.
Chuckie Keeton, QB, Utah State
Marqise Lee, WR, USC
Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan
Jordan Lynch, QB, Northern Illinois
Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon
Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M
Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
Venric Mark, RB, Northwestern
Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska
AJ McCarron, QB, Alabama
Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State
C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama
Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia
Louis Nix III, DE, Notre Dame
Casey Pachall, QB, TCU
Keith Price, QB, Washington
Silas Redd, RB, USC
Bradley Roby, DB, Ohio State
Tyler Russell, QB, Mississippi State
Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington
Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor
Yawin Smallwood, LB, Connecticut
Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State
Tyler Tettleton, QB, Ohio
De'Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
Logan Thomas, QB, Virginia Tech
Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame
Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU
Jason Verrett, DB, TCU
Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama
The Walter Camp Award has been given out annually since 1967. Much like its more famous counterpart, the Heisman Trophy, it has gone almost exclusively to quarterbacks and running backs; only eight times has the Walter Camp gone to a player outside the offensive backfield. The USC Trojans have won the Walter Camp Award six times, while Ohio State and Notre Dame have taken home the Walter Camp four times apiece.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o became the third defensive player to win the award last year. Other recent winners include Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (who won the award in 2008 and 2009), and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden.
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