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Georgia State Names Ben McLane as the Starting Quarterback for Final Two Games

Georgia State’s head coach Patrick Cross announced today that Ben McLane is going to be the starting quarterback for the final two games of the season against Arkansas State and South Alabama. Coming into the season, Ben McLane was expected to be the starting quarterback, but Patrick Cross shocked everyone when he chose Ronnie Bell instead due to Bell’s scrambling ability.

Robbie Bell hasn’t had a super impressive season, 147 completions on 228 attempts for a 64% completion percentage with 7 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He’s added just over 300 yards on the ground on 71 runs with 3 rushing touchdowns. This benching comes after a game where he struggled, 4 interceptions with only 1 touchdown and only 118 yards through the air and only 6 yards on the ground. Ben McLane hasn’t recorded any stats on the season, only playing one snap where he handed the ball off when Bell got wind knocked out of him during one game.

However, Cross mentioned this benching wasn’t due to Bell’s play this season and was only to see McLane to end the season and gauge who gets the edge going into next season. He also mentioned that Bell could still see the field occasionally due to his running ability. McLane doesn’t have the same speed as Bell does so expect a bit of a two quarterback system for the Panthers these final two games.

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Week 13: Georgia State at Arkansas State

Saturday, November 23

Liberty Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Classic in the Snow

Georgia State Panthers at Arkansas State Red Wolves
Nov 23, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Georgia State Panthers (5-5 [3-2])	7	7	3	14	31
Arkansas State Red Wolves (5-5 [3-2])	14	7	7	0	28

Team Stats Comparison
	GSU	ARST
Total Offense	299	317
Rushing Yards	81	170
Passing Yards	218	147
First Downs	15	13
Punt Return Yards	7	48
Kick Return Yards	103	111
Total Yards	409	476
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Conversion	4-11 (36%)	5-11 (45%)
4th Down Conversion	2-2 (100%)	0-0 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-4-1 (100%)	4-4-0 (100%)
Penalties	1 for 40 yards	5 for 50 yards
Possession Time	21:44	10:16

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		GSU	ARST
7:02	(ARST) TD D. Oku, 18 Yrd pass from A. Kennedy (B. Davis kick)	0	7
2:10	(GSU) TD A. Hudgins, 3 Yrd run (W. Lutz kick)	7	7
0:17	(ARST) TD M. Gordon, 3 Yrd run (B. Davis kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		GSU	ARST
5:53	(ARST) TD A. Kennedy, 7 Yrd run (B. Davis kick)	7	21
2:54	(GSU) TD R. Bell, 6 Yrd run (W. Lutz kick)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		GSU	ARST
5:34	(ARST) TD D. Oku, 15 Yrd run (B. Davis kick)	14	28
	(GSU) FG W. Lutz, 28 Yrd FG	17	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		GSU	ARST
2:33	(GSU) TD A. Hudgins, 8 Yrd run (W. Lutz kick)	24	28
0:17	(GSU) TD G. Howse, 7 Yrd run (W. Lutz kick)	31	28

Georgia State Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Kennedy 11/20 147 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Oku 20 105 5.2 1 A. Kennedy 9 32 3.5 1 M. Gordon 4 24 6.0 1 J. McKissic 1 9 9.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Jones 3 53 17.6 0 J. McKissic 3 35 11.6 0 D. Oku 2 24 12.0 1 K. Rains 1 2 2.0 0 R. Fleming 1 16 16.0 0 D. Griswold 1 17 17.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK S. Stevens 1 0 S. Haunga 1 0 D. Griswold 1 0 A. Williams 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD K. Coleman 6 1 0 0 A. Draper 4 1 0 0 C. Stone 3 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Davis 0/1 4/4 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Coffin 2 77 38.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Fleming 4 111 27.7 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. McKissic 4 48 12.0 0

Arkansas State Red Wolves PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. McLane 21/26 218 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD G. Howse 12 77 6.4 1 T. Evans 9 10 1.1 0 B. McLane 4 -24 -6.0 0 R. Bell 2 7 3.5 1 A. Hudgins 2 11 5.5 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Williams 5 88 17.6 0 G. Howse 4 10 2.5 0 L. Blair 4 38 9.5 0 A. Wilson 4 52 13.0 0 D. Pearson 2 17 8.5 0 A. Sweeting 1 9 9.0 0 K. Hill 1 4 4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK U. John 1 0 H. Clottey 0 1 G. King 0 1 G. Howse 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD T. Woodard 4 1 0 0 N. Delic 3 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG W. Lutz 1/1 4/4 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. Hubbard 4 162 40.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Wilson 5 103 20.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Wilson 1 7 7.0 0

Both of these teams came into the game with the same record, even down to the exact same conference record. So one of these teams were going to win their sixth game of the season and fourth conference game while the other was going to lose their sixth game of the season and third conference game.

The Red Wolves got the ball to start the game, but only a few plays into the game, fumbled the ball and the Panthers recovered. However, a facemask penalty by Georgia State negated the play and gave the ball back to Arkansas State who was able to score a touchdown only a few plays later. The Panthers answered with a touchdown of their own, a 3 yard run by fullback Anthony Hudgins on fourth down. The Red Wolves added another touchdown late in the first quarter.

However, outside of their first drive, Georgia State struggled to put another drive together. But another fumble by Arkansas State was returned to the six yard line by the Panthers and this time there was no penalty to reverse the fumble. Ronnie Bell came into the game and ran it in for a touchdown on the very next play. Not much of note during the third quarter, a touchdown from Arkansas State and a 50 yard run by Georgia State’s Greg Howse was the only things worth noting. The fourth quarter started off with a missed field goal from the Red Wolves. Down by eleven, the Panthers had to score points to keep themselves in the game. After converting a fourth down, the Panthers were able to score a from a run by fullback Anthony Hudgins.

The Red Wolves got the ball back with just over two and a half minutes left in the game, up by four. Georgia State had all their timeouts and had to stop Arkansas State if they had any hope to win the game. After one first down by the Red Wolves, the Panthers were able to stop them and only using one timeout as two of the next three plays after the first down were passes that were knocked away. Georgia State got the ball back with just over two minutes left in the game and with two timeouts. The Panthers were able to move down the field quickly and with eighteen seconds left in the game, Greg Howse was able to run it in for a touchdown, giving Georgia State a three point lead. The Red Wolves still had a chance, with all three of their timeouts, it was just a slim chance. However, after a false start and then a sack, Arkansas State had only one shot left, a hail mary and then laterals, but Georgia State was able to knock the ball down to end the game.

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Anthony Hudgins takes it in for a touchdown on fourth and one.

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Ronnie Bell runs it in for a touchdown on his first snap of the game.

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First score of the second half comes from this run by Arkansas State’s David Oku.

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This reception from Danny Williams gave the visiting team a first down on fourth and nine.

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Hudgins barely gets the football into the endzone for his second touchdown on the day.

Georgia State moves to 6-5 on the season, 4-2 in Sun Belt play. Unfortunately, as previously mentioned, Georgia State isn’t eligible for postseason play as this season is considered a transitional year as they move to the FBS. However, this is still a great season for the team as no one thought they would win this many games this season. We’ll have to see how they fare next season. They finish off their season next week at home against the 2-8 South Alabama. The Jaguars are coming off a surprising win against UL Monroe. Arkansas State falls to 5-6 on the season, 3-3 in Sun Belt play. They’re also finishing their season next week as they head to Kentucky to visit the 6-5 Western Kentucky. If the Red Wolves can best the Hilltoppers, they become bowl eligible.

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Around the NCAA – Week 13

Notable scores:

Michigan State over Northwestern, 31-21

Minnesota upsets Wisconsin, 27-21

Virginia upsets Miami, 28-25

Notre Dame avoids upset from BYU, 35-30

Illinois takes down Purdue, 38-35

Nebraska avoids upset from Penn State, 42-38

Oregon State upsets Washington in overtime, 38-35

Sun Belt scores:

Georgia State takes down Arkansas State at the very end, 31-28

South Alabama somehow defeats UL Monroe, 31-12

Western Kentucky takes down Texas State, 24-10

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide (36)	11	0	1500
2	2	Texas Longhorns (22)	10	0	1500
3	3	Louisville Cardinals (2)	11	0	1272
4	4	UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (1)	10	0	1272
5	5	Ohio State Buckeyes	10	1	1147
6	6	Texas A&M Aggies	10	1	1147
7	7	Georgia Bulldogs	9	2	1069
8	8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	9	2	1033
9	10	Oregon Ducks	9	2	971
10	13	Nebraska Cornhuskers	9	2	876
11	14	Virginia Tech Hokies	10	1	820
12	15	Stanford Cardinal	9	2	777
13	16	Michigan Wolverines	8	3	744
14	18	Florida Gators	8	3	658
15	20	South Carolina Gamecocks	8	3	583
16	12	Northwestern Wildcats	8	3	525
17	23	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	2	477
18	UR	Michigan State Spartans	7	4	403
19	UR	Baylor Bears	7	3	390
20	25	TCU Horned Frogs	7	4	387
21	9	Wisconsin Badgers	8	3	375
22	11	Purdue Boilermakers	8	3	367
23	17	Miami Hurricanes	8	3	279
24	UR	USC Trojans	7	4	245
25	19	Washington Huskies	8	3	213

Other receiving votes:

Boise State (190), NC State (162), San Diego State (154), Boston College (96), Clemson (72), Texas Tech (59), Oklahoma State (35), Oklahoma (10)

Dropped out:

Oklahoma State (#21), Utah (#22), Boise State (#24)

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NCAA Players of the Week:
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Sun Belt Players of the Week:
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Heisman Watch - Updated: Jan 1,
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State
Ameer Abdullah	HB	Nebraska
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
Vad Lee	QB	Georgia Tech

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Week 14: South Alabama at Georgia State

Saturday, November 30

Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia

Sloppy, Sloppy End to the Season

South Alabama (2-8 [2-3]) - 15
Georgia State (6-5 [4-2]) - 3

If you showed someone South Alabama’s opening drive of the game and then told them to guess their record, no way they would guess the Jaguars have only had two wins on the season. They were able to move the ball down the field easily, on both runs and passes. South Alabama’s quarterback already had nearly seventy yards on the opening drive alone. However, the Jaguars only were only able to get a field goal for their effort as the Panthers were able to do a goal line stand on third down. After Georgia State missed a field goal, South Alabama was able to add another field goal late in the first quarter. Near the end of the half, Georgia State was able to put points on the board finally with a field goal of their own.

The second half started with a long drive from the Panthers, but unlike the Jaguars in the first half, they missed their field goal. South Alabama was quickly able to move down the field thanks to two long screens that Georgia State quickly missed on, but South Alabama had to settle for another field goal. Midway through the final quarter, South Alabama was finally able to score the game’s first touchdown. It was that kind of game. The Jaguars went for two to go up two touchdowns, but was sacked on the attempt. On the kickoff, Georgia State’s Albert Wilson took it from his endzone to the other endzone, giving the Panthers a touchdown of their own and keeping them in the game. However, a clipping penalty erased the touchdown, putting the ball around Georgia State’s 40 yard line instead. Georgia State wouldn’t score a touchdown all game as South Alabama stopped them on fourth down and was then able to run the clock out.

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One of the few noteworthy things from the Panthers in this game was this sack by Nermin Delic in the redzone on third down, leaving the Jaguars to have to kick another field goal.

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It took all game, but a touchdown was finally scored in the fourth quarter.

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Knowing a field goal won’t help, Georgia State decided to go for it on fourth down deep in their territory with around two minutes to go in the game. The ball was caught, but Avery Sweeting was stopped just short of the line.

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South Alabama’s Jay Jones falls forward for a first down, sealing the win for the visiting team.

After just a terrible start to the season, South Alabama has now won two games. They finish the season next week against UL Lafayette who just lost for the first time this season against UL Monroe. Let’s see if the Jaguars can pull off another surprising win or if their win streak will end at two. For Georgia State’s season overall, they shouldn’t be anything less than happy. The team has far exceeded expectations people had for them entering the FBS level. They finish .500 at 6-6, but with a winning record in Sun Belt Conference play at 4-3. However, we’ll see if this really sloppy end to the season will affect Georgia State’s momentum going into next season.

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Author's Note: This game ticked me off so much that I totally forgot to write down any stats after the game so that's my bad.

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Around the NCAA – Week 14

Notable scores:

Iowa upsets Nebraska, 31-21

Oregon wins the 2013 Civil War, 31-27

Ohio State triumphs in the 2013 edition of The Game, 28-23

Clean, Old Fashioned Hate goes to Georgia, 42-35

Illinois upsets Northwestern, 31-28

USC edges out rival UCLA, 24-21

Florida escapes with a win against rival Florida State, 23-20

Alabama destroys Auburn in the 2013 Iron Bowl, 28-3

Notre Dame over Stanford, 25-24

Sun Belt scores:

South Alabama beats Georgia State, 15-3

Troy over Texas State, 41-27

Western Kentucky defeats Arkansas State, 42-17

UL Monroe ruins UL Lafayette’s undefeated season, 21-17

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide (36)	12	0	1500
2	2	Texas Longhorns (24)	11	0	1450
3	3	Louisville Cardinals (1)	11	0	1307
4	5	Ohio State Buckeyes	11	1	1214
5	6	Texas A&M Aggies	11	1	1127
6	7	Georgia Bulldogs	10	2	1100
7	8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	10	2	1092
8	9	Oregon Ducks	10	2	1003
9	11	Virginia Tech Hokies	11	1	947
10	4	UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	10	1	869
11	14	Florida Gators	9	3	810
12	18	Michigan State Spartans	8	4	645
13	19	Baylor Bears	8	3	633
14	12	Stanford Cardinal	9	3	617
15	21	Wisconsin Badgers	9	3	530
16	22	Purdue Boilermakers	9	3	501
17	10	Nebraska Cornhuskers	9	3	499
18	23	Miami Hurricanes	9	3	459
19	17	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	3	439
20	13	Michigan Wolverines	8	4	404
21	24	USC Trojans	8	4	396
22	25	Washington Huskies	9	3	361
23	UR	Clemson Tigers	8	4	347
24	UR	Boise State Broncos	10	2	325
25	UR	NC State Wolfpack	9	3	274

Other receiving votes:

San Diego State (250), UL Monroe (234), Boston College (199), South Carolina (186), Northwestern (54), Oklahoma State (39)

Dropped out:

South Carolina (#15), Northwestern (#16), TCU (#20)

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NCAA Players of the Week:
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Sun Belt Players of the Week:
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Heisman Watch - Updated: Jan 1,
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State
Jay Ajayi	HB	Boise State
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
Brandon Williams	HB	Texas A&M

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Around the NCAA – Week 15

Notable scores:

Louisville over Cincinnati, 42-32

Texas destroys Baylor, 34-6

Army triumphs over Navy, 30-29

Oklahoma wins the 2013 Bedlam Series in overtime, 16-13

Sun Belt scores:

UL Lafayette defeats South Alabama, 23-10

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide (40)	12	0	1504
2	2	Texas Longhorns (21)	12	0	1367
3	3	Louisville Cardinals	12	0	1214
4	4	Ohio State Buckeyes	11	1	1096
5	5	Texas A&M Aggies	11	1	1057
6	6	Georgia Bulldogs	10	2	1012
7	7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	10	2	973
8	8	Oregon Ducks	10	2	935
9	9	Virginia Tech Hokies	11	1	903
10	10	UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	11	1	876
11	11	Florida Gators	9	3	814
12	12	Michigan State Spartans	8	4	770
13	14	Stanford Cardinal	9	3	701
14	15	Wisconsin Badgers	9	3	663
15	16	Purdue Boilermakers	9	3	626
16	17	Nebraska Cornhuskers	9	3	589
17	18	Miami Hurricanes	9	3	552
18	19	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	3	515
19	20	Michigan Wolverines	8	4	473
20	21	USC Trojans	8	4	436
21	22	Washington Huskies	9	3	406
22	23	Clemson Tigers	8	4	364
23	24	Boise State Broncos	10	2	340
24	13	Baylor Bears	8	4	300
25	25	NC State Wolfpack	9	3	298

Other receiving votes:

San Diego State (269), UL Monroe (227), Boston College (192), South Carolina (151), Northwestern (116), Oklahoma (41), Fresno State (31)

Dropped out:

None

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NCAA Players of the Week:
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Sun Belt Players of the Week:
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Heisman Watch - Updated: Jan 1,
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio State
Jay Ajayi	HB	Boise State
AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama
Brandon Williams	HB	Texas A&M

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Around the NCAA – Conference Championship Week

Results:

Virginia Tech defeats Clemson to win the ACC, 41-17

Ohio State defeats Nebraska to win the Big Ten, 40-28

Louisiana Tech over ECU to win Conference USA, 45-20

Northern Illinois defeats Ohio to win the MAC, 45-31

San Diego State beats Boise State to win the Mountain West, 28-9

Stanford over USC to win the Pac-12, 24-17

Alabama has another undefeated season as they beat Georgia and win the SEC, 31-14

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NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 1,
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide (32)	13	0	1496
2	2	Texas Longhorns (26)	12	0	1344
3	3	Louisville Cardinals (3)	12	0	1239
4	4	Ohio State Buckeyes	12	1	1123
5	5	Texas A&M Aggies	11	1	1074
6	7	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	10	2	1001
7	8	Oregon Ducks	10	2	966
8	9	Virginia Tech Hokies	12	1	944
9	10	UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	11	1	903
10	11	Florida Gators	9	3	857
11	13	Stanford Cardinal	10	3	832
12	12	Michigan State Spartans	8	4	816
13	6	Georgia Bulldogs	10	3	803
14	14	Wisconsin Badgers	9	3	751
15	15	Purdue Boilermakers	9	3	715
16	17	Miami Hurricanes	9	3	643
17	18	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	3	607
18	19	Michigan Wolverines	8	4	565
19	21	Washington Huskies	9	3	498
20	24	Baylor Bears	8	4	380
21	UR	San Diego State Aztecs	11	2	371
22	25	NC State Wolfpack	9	3	349
23	16	Nebraska Cornhuskers	9	4	302
24	UR	UL Monroe Warhawks	9	3	273
25	UR	Boston College Eagles	9	3	235

Other receiving votes:

South Carolina (190), Northwestern (152), Boise State (128), Oklahoma (113), Fresno State (81), Tennessee (35), Louisiana Tech (22)

Dropped out:

USC (#20), Clemson (#22), Boise State (#23)

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NCAA Players of the Week:
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Johnny Manziel Wins His Second Straight Heisman Trophy

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2013 Award Winners
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Heisman Memorial Trophy	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Maxwell Award	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Walter Camp Award	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Chuck Bednarik Award	Sharrod Golightly	SS	South Carolina
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Sharrod Golightly	SS	South Carolina
Davey O'Brien Award	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
Doak Walker Award	Brandon Williams	HB	Texas A&M
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Amari Cooper	WR	Alabama
John Mackey Award	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia
Outland Trophy	Mason Walters	RG	Texas
Rimington Trophy	David Wang	C	Virginia Tech
Lombardi Award	Ryan Russell	LE	Purdue
Linebacker of the Year	James Ross III	ROLB	Michigan
Jim Thorpe Award	Sharrod Golightly	SS	South Carolina
Lou Groza Award	Jamie Sutcliffe	K	Utah
Ray Guy Award	Kris Albarado	P	USC
Returner of the Year	Corey Smith	WR	Ohio State