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Josh Rosen adds the Davey O'Brien Watch List to his preseason accolades.
Josh Rosen Named to Davey O'Brien Watch List
July 14, 2016 | Football
Sophomore Quarterback Garners More Preseason Accolades
The Davey O'Brien Foundation unveiled the 2016 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List on Thursday with UCLA's Josh Rosen included amongst a group that features 30 of the nation's top college quarterbacks.
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Compiled by a subset of the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee, this year's list was selected based on player performance during the previous year and expectations heading into the 2016 college football season. The O'Brien Award recognizes the nation's best quarterback.
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Rosen, who was a semifinalist for the award in 2015, became the first Bruin true freshman to start a season-opener at quarterback last season. He went on to start all 13 contests and set numerous school marks in his initial campaign including a stretch of 245 consecutive passing attempts without an interception and most completions in a game (34). In addition, he matched the school record by throwing for 300-yards in six games vs. Nebraska (319), Washington State (340), Oregon State (333), Cal (399), Stanford (325) and Virginia (350). His total of 410 yards of total offense against Washington State ranks No. 9 on the all-time school list. Rosen was named The Sporting News' Freshman of the Year and a first-team Freshman All-America by The Sporting News, USA Today and the Football Writers of America (FWAA). The Pac-12 coaches voted him the league's Offensive Freshman of the Year.
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Sixteen semifinalists for the 2016 award will be named on Thursday, Nov. 10. From that list, the Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce the three finalists on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The 2016 Davey O'Brien Award winner will be announced live Thursday, Dec. 8 on The Home Depot College Football Awards.
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The 2016 season marks the 10th year that fans will be invited to participate in the voting process on www.voteobrien.org. Results from the Davey O'Brien Fan Vote will be combined with the ballots from the Selection Committee. Fan voting, which accounts for five percent of the total balloting, will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The 40th Annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Below is a list of previous Davey O'Brien Award winners: Jim McMahon (BYU, 1981), Todd Blackledge (Penn State, 1982), Steve Young (BYU, 1983), Doug Flutie (Boston College, 1984), Chuck Long (Iowa, 1985), Vinny Testaverde (Miami, 1986), Don McPherson (Syracuse, 1987), Troy Aikman (UCLA, 1988), Andre Ware (Houston, 1989), Ty Detmer (BYU, 1990-91), Gino Torretta (Miami, 1992), Charlie Ward (Florida State, 1993), Kerry Collins (Penn State, 1994), Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1995-96), Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997), Michael Bishop (Kansas State, 1998), Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech, 1999), Chris Weinke (Florida State, 2000), Eric Crouch (Nebraska, 2001), Brad Banks (Iowa, 2002), White (Oklahoma, 2003-04), Vince Young (Texas, 2005), Troy Smith (Ohio State, 2006), Tim Tebow (Florida, 2007), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma, 2008), Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009), Cam Newton (Auburn, 2010), Robert Griffin III (Baylor, 2011), Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, 2012), Jameis Winston (Florida State, 2013), Marcus Mariota (Oregon, 2014) and Watson (Clemson, 2015).
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Compiled by a subset of the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee, this year's list was selected based on player performance during the previous year and expectations heading into the 2016 college football season. The O'Brien Award recognizes the nation's best quarterback.
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Rosen, who was a semifinalist for the award in 2015, became the first Bruin true freshman to start a season-opener at quarterback last season. He went on to start all 13 contests and set numerous school marks in his initial campaign including a stretch of 245 consecutive passing attempts without an interception and most completions in a game (34). In addition, he matched the school record by throwing for 300-yards in six games vs. Nebraska (319), Washington State (340), Oregon State (333), Cal (399), Stanford (325) and Virginia (350). His total of 410 yards of total offense against Washington State ranks No. 9 on the all-time school list. Rosen was named The Sporting News' Freshman of the Year and a first-team Freshman All-America by The Sporting News, USA Today and the Football Writers of America (FWAA). The Pac-12 coaches voted him the league's Offensive Freshman of the Year.
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Sixteen semifinalists for the 2016 award will be named on Thursday, Nov. 10. From that list, the Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce the three finalists on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The 2016 Davey O'Brien Award winner will be announced live Thursday, Dec. 8 on The Home Depot College Football Awards.
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The 2016 season marks the 10th year that fans will be invited to participate in the voting process on www.voteobrien.org. Results from the Davey O'Brien Fan Vote will be combined with the ballots from the Selection Committee. Fan voting, which accounts for five percent of the total balloting, will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The 40th Annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Below is a list of previous Davey O'Brien Award winners: Jim McMahon (BYU, 1981), Todd Blackledge (Penn State, 1982), Steve Young (BYU, 1983), Doug Flutie (Boston College, 1984), Chuck Long (Iowa, 1985), Vinny Testaverde (Miami, 1986), Don McPherson (Syracuse, 1987), Troy Aikman (UCLA, 1988), Andre Ware (Houston, 1989), Ty Detmer (BYU, 1990-91), Gino Torretta (Miami, 1992), Charlie Ward (Florida State, 1993), Kerry Collins (Penn State, 1994), Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1995-96), Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997), Michael Bishop (Kansas State, 1998), Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech, 1999), Chris Weinke (Florida State, 2000), Eric Crouch (Nebraska, 2001), Brad Banks (Iowa, 2002), White (Oklahoma, 2003-04), Vince Young (Texas, 2005), Troy Smith (Ohio State, 2006), Tim Tebow (Florida, 2007), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma, 2008), Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009), Cam Newton (Auburn, 2010), Robert Griffin III (Baylor, 2011), Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, 2012), Jameis Winston (Florida State, 2013), Marcus Mariota (Oregon, 2014) and Watson (Clemson, 2015).
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