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Bryce Young gets more hardware, wins 2021 Maxwell Award

Bryce Young will have himself a nice trophy case when it’s all said and done!

Alabama sophomore quarterback Bryce Young picked up his second of two awards during Thursday night’s College Football Awards presentation.

The Heisman Trophy finalist received the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award. The Maxwell Award is annually awarded to the best player in college football, while the Davey O’Brien Award is given to the top quarterback in the nation. Young was also a finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, which was given to Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III.

Young has thrown for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns on the season with just four interceptions.

Earlier in the year, Young set the Alabama program-record for yardage in a game with 559 against Arkansas and the best completion percentage in a game (90.9 vs. Southern Miss), and he is well on his way to breaking some school single-season records, too. The Pasadena, Cal., native is currently tied with Tua Tagovailoa (43) for the most touchdown passes in a season and trails Mac Jones’ 4,500 passing yards by only 178 with at least one game to go.

Young is still up for one more award, the prestigious Heisman Trophy. The trophy presentation will take place Saturday in New York.

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Bryce Young is taking home the 2021 Davey O’Brien Award

Bryce Young is earning a lot of hardware this season!

Alabama was given its second Davey O’Brien Award winner on Thursday, as Bryce Young was announced as 2021’s winner of the award given to the country’s best quarterback.

A sophomore and first-year starter, Young passed for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns, leading the top-ranked Crimson Tide to the SEC championship and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. The Tide will face No. 4 Cincinnati on Dec. 31 at the Cotton Bowl.

Young capped his season with an SEC championship game-record 421 yards passing against Georgia last week.

Young arrived on campus in Tuscaloosa motivated and ready for the challenge that comes with leading a program that has set the standard for college football.

“You want to live up to the pressure and to the hype of it all,” he said.

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Texas QB Sam Ehlinger named to Davey O’Brien Award class of 2020

The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation’s best quarterback. On Tuesday they named Sam Ehlinger to the 2020 class of QBs.

Texas Longhorns senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger has been named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Class of 2020. The award is given to the top quarterback in college football. Colt McCoy was the last Longhorns passer to win the award for his 2009 season. Vince Young also won the award back in 2005 for his magical run to the BCS National Championship.

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Ehlinger has thrown for 2,132 yards with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions in his final season. According to a press release from the committee, the semifinalists for the award will be announced on December 7th.

A point scoring model was used to determine the quarterbacks in the Davey O’Brien Award’s Class of 2020. Points were awarded to players based on their overall performance as well as inclusion on the Davey O’Brien Preseason Watch List, weekly Great 8 lists and National Quarterback of the Week winners.

The Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee will select 16 semifinalists for the award, and announce them on Monday, Dec. 7.

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Mac Jones Named to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List

On Tuesday, Alabama quarterback Mac Jones was named to the Davey O’Brien Award Watch List.

On Tuesday, Alabama quarterback Mac Jones was named to the Davey O’Brien Award Watch List.

The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award.

The award is given each year to the nation’s top quarterback who exhibit teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership in both academics and athletics.

No player in Alabama program history has won the award.

Jones finished last season with 1,503 yards passing, 14 TDs, and 3 INTs.

Here’s what Alabama had to say about Jones:

“Veteran signal-caller who has been in the Tide’s system for three years … played in 26 career games with four starts, all of which came in relief of an injured Tua Tagovailoa a season ago … totaled 1,626 yards through the air with 15 touchdowns across his two seasons of play … completing 66.2 percent of his career attempts on 102-of-154 passing.”

The winner of the award will be announced on Dec. 10 during ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show.

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Texas QB Sam Ehlinger named to Davey O’Brien Award watch list

Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger continues to draw praise as he was selected to the Davey O’Brien Award preseason watch list on Tuesday.

Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger is widely expected to become a Heisman Trophy contender this season. Continue reading “Texas QB Sam Ehlinger named to Davey O’Brien Award watch list”