Doege named O'Brien Semi-Finalist
By: Blayne Beal- Texas Tech University
Updated: October 22, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas -
Senior quarterback Seth Doege, the national leader in touchdown passes,
has been named a Davey O'Brien Semifinalist for the second straight
season,
the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced earlier today.
Doege,
a senior from Wolfforth, Texas, is one of five semifinalists on this
year's list that also earned the same honor in 2011 as he joins Matt
Barkley (USC), Tajh
Boyd (Clemson), Landry Jones (Oklahoma) and Denard Robinson (Michigan).
He currently leads the FBS with 28 touchdown passes, which ties his
entire season total from 2011. Doege threw a career-high seven
touchdown passes in a 56-53 win over TCU last weekend,
that set a new career high, and gave him a nation-leading three games
this season with 6-plus TD passes.
Narrowed
down from all 124 starting quarterbacks from NCAA Division I Football
Bowl Subdivision schools, semifinalists were selected by the Davey
O'Brien National Selection Committee,
with the Fan Vote accounting for five percent of the total vote. The
committee was asked to consider the following criteria: quarterback
skills, athletic ability, academics, character, leadership and
sportsmanship.
The
2012 Davey O'Brien Semifinalists represent schools from the following
conferences: Big 12 (5), SEC (3), ACC (2), Big Ten (2), Pac-12 (2),Big
East (1) and WAC (1).
2012 Davey O'Brien Semifinalists
Matt Barkley, USC, Pac-12
Tajh Boyd, Clemson, ACC
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, Big East
Colby Cameron, Louisiana Tech, WAC
Seth Doege, Texas Tech, Big 12
Nick Florence, Baylor, Big 12
Landry Jones, Oklahoma, Big 12
Collin Klein, Kansas State, Big 12
EJ Manuel, Florida State, ACC
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, SEC
Marcus Mariota, Oregon, Pac-12
AJ McCarron, Alabama, SEC
Braxton Miller, Ohio State, Big Ten
Aaron Murray, Georgia, SEC
Denard Robinson, Michigan, Big Ten
Geno Smith, West Virginia, Big 12
Fans may now help determine which three quarterbacks will advance as finalists by voting as often as once daily at www.VoteOBrien.org.
Fan voting will close at noon (CT) on Nov. 18.
The three Davey O'Brien finalists will be announced on Monday, Nov. 19 andthe 2012 Davey O'Brien winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards airing
Thursday, Dec. 6 on ESPN. The 36th Annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held on Feb.18, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.
About the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award
The
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (The O'Brien) is presented
annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and
most prestigious national quarterback
award. The O'Brien honors candidates who exemplify Davey O'Brien's
enduring character while exhibiting teamwork, sportsmanship and
leadership in both academics and athletics. The O'Brien is overseen by
the Davey O'Brien Foundation, which is headquartered in
Fort Worth, Texas, and has given away more than $825,000 in scholarships
and university grants to helphigh school and college athletes transform
leadership on the field into leadership in life. For more information,
visit www.DaveyOBrien.org.
The Davey O'Brien Award
is a member of the National College Football Awards Association
(NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major
collegiate football
awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and
prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages
professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its
member awards and the selection of their candidates
and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official
website, www.NCFAA.org.
