| Finalists
For Top College Football Awards Named. | | SS
Atari Bigby Finalist For Thorpe Award.
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Nov.
30, 2004 Orlando,
FL -- With the end
of the regular season of college football fast approaching, the finalists for
fourteen of college football's most prestigious awards have been named, including
the finalists for the Heisman Memorial Trophy.
Strong
safety Atari Bigby is the lone UCF Golden Knights player to be named to any of
the finalist lists. Bigby has been named one of three finalists for the Jim Thorpe
Award, which is annually given to the nation's most outstanding defensive back.
The other nominees are Miami's Sean Taylor and Wisconsin's Jim Leonhard. Bigby
was also a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award last season, and finished fourth
in the voting. The
awards ceremony for the Heisman Memorial Trophy will be held at the Downtown Athletic
Club of New York City in Manhattan on the Saturday night of December 18, 2004.
The other awards and trophies will be awarded during the week following the championship
games during the Home Depot College Football Awards ceremony on Saturday, December
11, at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at Sea World. The award ceremony will be
televised by ESPN. | Heisman
Trophy Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Mike
Williams, WR USC | 68rec
1,253yds 15TD, 48PR 793yds TD | | Kejuan
Jones, RB Oklahoma | 279att
1,635yds 23TD, 22rec 220yds TD | | Anthony
Davis, RB Wisconsin | 295att
1,775yds 11TD, 16rec 250yds 2TD | | Maurice
Clarett, RB Ohio St. | 280att
1,820yds 18TD, 18rec 235yds TD | | Mike
Haas, WR Oregon St. | 79rec
1,275yds 14TD | | | |
| Maxwell
Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Kejuan
Jones, RB Oklahoma | 279att
1,635yds 23TD, 22rec 220yds TD | | Maurice
Clarett, RB Ohio St. | 280att
1,820yds 18TD, 18rec 235yds TD | | Jimmy
Green, RB Colorado St. | 289att
1,678yds 17TD, 10rec 93yds TD | | | |
| Davey
O'Brien Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Matt
Mauck, QB LSU | 183-312
2,654yds 19TD 2INT, 151att 846yds 6TD | | Derek
Anderson, QB Oregon St. | 211-372
3,305yds 26TD 8INT | | Andrew
Walter, QB Arizona St. | 271-467
3,749yds 26TD 14INT | | | |
| Doak
Walker Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Kejuan
Jones, RB Oklahoma | 279att
1,635yds 23TD, 22rec 220yds TD | | Maurice
Clarett, RB Ohio St. | 280att
1,820yds 18TD, 18rec 235yds TD | | Jimmy
Green, RB Colorado St. | 289att
1,678yds 17TD, 10rec 93yds TD | | | |
| Biletnikoff
Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Mike
Haas, WR Oregon St. | 79rec
1,275yds 14TD | | Chad
Owens, WR Hawaii | 67rec
1,218yds 13TD | | Terrence
Murphy, WR Texas Tech | 72rec
1,130yds 13TD | | | |
| Outland
Trophy Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Goat
Anderson, OT Ohio St. | 43
pancakes, 1 sack allowed | | Scott
Mayhew, OT Rice | 45
pancakes, 2 sacks allowed | | Darren
DeLone, OT Nebraska | 45
pancakes, 1 sack allowed | | | |
| Bednarik
Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Matt
Grootegoed, LB USC | 87tkls
13tkfl 2sks 7INT 2FF 5PD | | Sean
Taylor, FS Miami | 90tkls
10tkfl 2sks 6INT 2FF FR 8PD | | Dionte
Wilson, LB Marshall | 81tkls
15tkfl 6sks 2INT 6FF FR 11PD | | | |
| Lombardi
Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Tyler
King, DE UConn | 78tkls
17tkfl 12sks 4FF 5PD | | Dusty
Dvoracek, DT Oklahoma | 51tkls
16tkfl 12sks 2FF PD | | Manase
Hopoi, DE Washington | 84tkls
10tkfl 10sks FF FR 4PD | | | |
| Butkus
Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Stanley
Smith, LB UL-Lafayette | 164tkls
16tkfl 6sks 3INT 4FF FR 6PD | | Matt
Grootegoed, LB USC | 87tkls
13tkfl 2sks 7INT 2FF 5PD | | Jamal
Williams, LB Arizona St. | 90tkls
12tkfl 3sks INT 5FF 4FR 9PD | | | |
| Jim
Thorpe Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Sean
Taylor, FS Miami | 90tkls
10tkfl 2sks 6INT 2FF FR 8PD | | Jim
Leonhard, FS Wisconsin | 59tkls
3tkfl 1sk 5INT FF 3FR 6PD TD | | Atari
Bigby, SS UCF | 90tkls
6tkfl 1sk 3INT 2FF 6PD TD | | | |
| John
Mackey Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Kellen
Winslow, TE Miami | 51rec
853yds 8TD | | Heath
Miller, TE Virginia | 53rec
817yds 10TD | | Darrell
Samuels, TE Miami-OH | 55rec
735yds 6TD | | | |
| Lou
Groza Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Robbie
Gould, K Penn St. | 29-34FG
49yd long 30-31xp | | Nick
Novak, K Maryland | 28-33FG
54yd long 33-33xp | | Jesse
Ainsworth, K Arizona St. | 24-29FG
50yd long 48-49xp | | | |
| Ray
Guy Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Brad
Kadlubar, P North Texas | 66p
47.0avg 21-inside-20 | | Bryce
Benekos, P UTEP | 80p
46.8avg 25-inside-20 | | Jamil
Richardson, P Toledo | 63p
45.9avg 24-inside-20 | | | |
| George
Munger Award Finalists | | | Name | Stats | | Bob
Stoops, Oklahoma | 13-0,
Big XII South Champion | | Pete
Carroll, USC | 12-0,
Pac-10 Champion | | Bill
Callahan, Nebraska | 11-2,
Big XII North Champion | | | |
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