College Football '07 Award Winners
Florida's Tim Tebow Wins Maxwell & O'Brien Awards
LSU's Glenn Dorsey wins Outland & Nagurski Trophies

Maxwell Award (best all-around player)

Dennis Dixon - QB - Oregon
Darren McFadden - RB - Arkansas
x - Tim Tebow - QB - Florida

Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)

Anthony Collins - OT - Kansas
x - Glenn Dorsey - DT - Louisiana St
Jake Long - OT - Michigan

Rotary Lombardi Winner

Walter Camp Foundation Announces Five Finalists for 2007 Player of the Year Award

Action Photo - QB Tim Tebow - Florida

New Haven, Conn. - The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the five finalists for its 2007 Player of the Year award. Four quarterbacks - Chase Daniel (Missouri), Dennis Dixon (Oregon), Matt Ryan (Boston College) and Tim Tebow (Florida) - are on the list along with running back Darren McFadden (Arkansas), a finalist for the second straight season.

The 2007 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, voted on by the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced live on the 6:00 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter on Thursday, December 6. The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's annual national awards banquet on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at the Yale University in New Haven.

The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Finalists
Show on ESPN Thursday, Dec. 6 - 7:30-9:30 pm Est

Maxwell Award (best all-around player)

Dennis Dixon - QB - Oregon
Darren McFadden - RB - Arkansas
Tim Tebow - QB - Florida

Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)

Anthony Collins - OT - Kansas
Glenn Dorsey - DT - Louisiana St
Jake Long - OT - Michigan

Chuck Bednarik Trophy (best defensive player)

Maxwell ’07 Award Semifinalist List
Maxwell Football club announced the award semi-finalist list this week. QB Matt Ryan of Boston College heads a strong class of skilled position players, all enjoying impressive ’07 campaigns. Ryan is probably the nation's most improved player and the fastest rising pro prospect among senior performers.

The respective lists include a field of fifteen candidates for each of these awards as selected by the Maxwell Football Club Advisory Committee. The winner will be announced at the 71st Maxwell Award and presented during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show that will be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Three finalists for the award will be in attendance for the ESPN broadcast. The Maxwell Football Club will announce the winner of the 19th George Munger Award via a press release in December. The formal presentation of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club’s Awards Dinner, to be held on Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Harrah’s Entertainment Complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Mid Season 1st Team All-American Team

Offense
Pos Player Class School
QB Brian Brohm - Sr. - Louisville
RB Michael Hart - Sr. - Michigan
FB Jacob Hester - Sr. - LSU
WR Michael Crabtree - Fr. - Texas Tech
WR Harry Douglas - Sr. - Louisville
WR Malcolm Kelly - Jr. - Oklahoma
TE Travis Beckum - Jr. - Wisconsin
OL Jake Long - Sr. - Michigan
OL Ryan Clady - Jr. - Boise St.
OL Gosder Cherilus - Sr. - Boston College
OL Steve Justice - Sr. - Wake Forest
OL Jonathan Luigs - Jr. - Arkansas

Defense

Heisman Trophy Candidates

The Big East Conferences has four leading Heisman Trophy candidates including two premier running backs in Ray Rice of Rutgers and Steve Slation of West Virginia
and two talented QB candidates in Brian Brohm of Louisville and Pat White of West Virginia. No other conference in the nation can boost this talented a group of Heisman hopefuls. The Big East continues its impressive rise to the top of Division 1 play with another strong early '07 season performance against other leading conferences.

Brian Brohm
QB • Louisville
Sr., 6-4, 228

2007 Game-By-Game

One Man’s Vote
Heisman Trophy and Jim Thorpe Award Voting

In order of voting by
Frank Coyle
www.draftinsiders.com

Heisman Trophy Voting

#1 Troy Smith - Senior, Quarterback - 6’1” 215 lbs. - Ohio St.
The All-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year has led his team to a perfect 12- 0 record this season and a berth in the BCS title game. He has 2,740 yards of total offense this year with a school record 30 TD passes while leading the Big Ten in pass efficiency with a 167.87 figure. He completed 67% of his passes for 2507 yards and 30 TDs. His performance was outstanding and he completed his strong final season with his third straight win over #2 Michigan to complete a perfect regular season. He should win in a fairly strong landslide this Saturday.

College Football '06 Awards Finalists
(Players Listed Alphabetically)

Frank Coyle is a longtime member of the FWAA and votes in all the major college awards - the Heisman Trophy, Lombardi, Outland, Jim Thorpe including all the defensive awards. He is also a voter for the FWAA on the weekly College team polls, the Grantland Rice Polls. He is a nationwide radio and TV personality and makes frequent appearances on sports talk shows from coast to coast. He has been a regular guest on major radio shows such as the Score in Chicago, Sporting News Radio, ESPN Radio nationwide, WEEI Boston, WFAN in New York and Sports Extra in San Diego as well as every major sports talk show nationwide. His Heisman Trophy and Jim Thorpe Ballot will be released in early Dec.