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The
NationalChamps.net Heisman Grading System ® takes
into account six main factors when attempting to measure Heisman
Candidates. Each category is weighted in order of importance.
- STATISTICS
- a combination of previous year's statistics, plus estimation
on possibilities for 2003
- POSITION
- 68 Heisman presentations have yielded trophies to 40 RBs,
22 QBs, 3 WRs, and 3 Defensive players. However, the award
has been presented to a QB in 8 of the last 14 years and
the past three years in a row. Under this scenario, NationalChamps.net
awards points as such: QB = 5 points, RB = 5 points, WR
= 3 pts.
- TEAM
SUCCESS - Wins and losses for 2003
- EXPOSURE
- Measured by the amount of times each team appears on national
television versus Top 50 opposition in conjunction with
the region each team resides.
- SENIORITY
- Senior = 5 pts., Junior = 4 pts., Sophomore = 3 pts.
- SCHEDULE
- difficulty of 2003 opponents
A scale
of 1-5 is used to rate each component with 5 being the highest.
The totals are then weighted and the resulting total displays
a percentile basis for winning the Heisman Trophy.
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Quarterback
6-4, 215 lbs.
Caldwell, ID |
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Cody
Pickett - Washington, Sr. |
Grading
System: 89.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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Broke the Pac-10's single-season
yards record in 2002, he became
the first 4,000-yard passer in
Pac-10 history
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Just
a junior, Pickett is already UW's
career passing leader with 6,611
yards
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Threw
for 350 yards against USC to extend
his school record of seven consecutive
300-yard games
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In
just 25 career games, Pickett
already boasts seven of the top
10 and 10 of Washington's top-17
single-game totals in passing
yards
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In
2001, Pickett broke four UW records,
most significantly the single-game
passing yardage mark with 455
in a 31-28 win over Arizona. Pickett
also broke the UW single season
record for passing yards per game
(240.3)
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Running
Back
5-7, 170 lbs.
Olathe, KS |
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Darren
Sproles - Kansas State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 89.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Became
the single season rushing leader
at KSU, ending the regular season
with 1,347 yards
- Ranks
27th nationally in all-purpose
yards, 56th in punt return average
and 34th in scoring
- The
100-yard rushing game against
Missouri to close the regular
season, was Sproles' ninth overall
and eighth in a row, both improving
on his own school records...
- Sproles'
string of 100-yard games has coincided
with the Big 12 Conference season...In
league games, he has averaged
124.9 yards per game and 6.3 yards
per carry
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ranks 18th in the nation in rushing...
On the list of NCAA rushers, Sproles'
6.24 per-carry average ranks fifth
among players with at least 200
attempts.
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Running
Back
6-0, 212 lbs.
Chester, PA |
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Kevin
Jones - Virginia Tech, Jr. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Set
a Tech freshman record in rushing
with 957 yards in 2001
- Voted
the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year
and was a second-team Freshman
All-America selection by The Sporting
News in 2001
- Ranked
fifth among Division I-A freshmen
in rushing yards for the season
and third among true freshmen
- Playing
as an alternate in 2002 with Lee
Suggs, Jones managed 871 total
yards for 5.4 yards per carry
- Is
an Iron Hokie in the weight room
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Running
Back
6-0, 230 lbs.
Youngstown, OH |
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Maurice
Clarett - Ohio State, So. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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Sensational
freshman, who has taken the college
football world by storm. Helped
lead Buckeyes to the 2002 national
championship
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One
of 10 finalists for the Walter
Camp Award
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First
Team All-Big Ten, named Big Ten
Freshman of the Year
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Set
OSU frosh records for TDs (16),
scoring (96 points) and rushing
(1,190)
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Second
in the Big Ten in scoring average
(9.6 points a game) and fourth
in average rushing yards per game
(119.0).
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Sat
out three games in 2002 and played
sparingly in two others, but still
had seven 100-yard games, including
a career-best 230 against Washington
State
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2001
USA Today High School Offensive
Player of the Year
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Quarterback
6-1, 205
Baytown, TX |
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Ell
Roberson - Kansas State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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With
1032 yards rushing in 2002, he
has passed the 643 he had a year
ago and surpassed the single-season
record for rushing yards by a
QB at KSU
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Finished
with 228 yards on 29 carries,
scoring three touchdowns against
Nebraska, which set single-play,
single-game and single-season
records for rushing yards by a
K-State QB with the performance
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Rushed
for over 100 yards six times in
his career
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Roberson's
1,780 rushing yards rank eighth
on the career list, and he is
now the top rushing QB in Wildcat
history
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Now
with 4,119 total offense yards,
Roberson has become the eighth
Wildcat past the 4,000 mark
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Running
Back
6-2, 224 lbs.
Las Vegas, NV |
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Steven
Jackson - Oregon State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 88.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Led
the Pac-10 in rushing and finished
the 2002 season ranked eighth
nationally with 1,690 yards and
an average of 130.0 yards per
game
- Broke
the OSU single-season rushing
record and all-purpose yards record
- His
1,855 all-purpose yards tops the
old record of 1,705 by Simonton
in 1999
- Rushed
for 100 yards or more 10 times
in his career, including a career-best
239 vs. California this year,
which ties the school record
- Rushed
for over 200 yards three times
in 2002 to become the only OSU
back in history to accomplish
that fete
- Rushed
for 891yards in his last five
games prior to the Insight Bowl,
an average of 178.2 yards per
game
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Running
Back
5-10, 190 lbs.
Coral Gables, FL |
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Frank
Gore - Miami FL, So |
Grading
System: 88.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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Sat
out 2002 with a knee injury
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2001
- Rushed for 562 yards on just
62 carries, averaging 9.1 yards
per carry, the second-best per-carry
average in Miami history
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Compiled
the third-best rushing yardage
total ever by a UM freshman, second-best
ever by a true freshman
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Averaged
13.9 yards per attempt against
Syracuse, rushing 11 times for
153 yards, including a season-best
77-yard run (the longest Miami
rushing play of the season
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Quarterback
6-3, 227
Snellville, GA |
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David
Greene - Georgia, Jr. |
Grading
System: 86.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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A First Team All-SEC selection
by the Associated Press and SEC
coaches
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Career
Record of 21-5 as Georgia starter
including 8-0 on opponent’s
home field
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Named
the MVP of the 2002 SEC Championship
Game
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SEC
Leader and 18th nationally in
Passing Efficiency
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Five
4th quarter comebacks
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22
TD Passes in 2002 ranks 3rd most
in Bulldog history for a season
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Twice
tied School Record in 2003 with
4 TD Passes
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Running
Back
5-8, 194 lbs.
Plainfield, NJ |
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Anthony
Davis - Wisconsin, Jr. |
Grading
System: 84.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Big
Ten's second leading rusher in
2002 (1,555 yards,119.6 avg.)
- Has
rushed for 100 yards in 17 of
24 career games, 301-yard, five-TD
effort vs. Minnesota
- Most
rushing yardage (3,021 yards)
by any Division I player over
the past two seasons combined
- He
and Ron Dayne are the only two
Badgers ever to rush for 1,000
yards in both their freshman and
sophomore year
- One
of eight semifinalists for the
Doak Walker Award as the nation's
top running back in 2001 (he was
the only freshman among the semifinalists)
- First-team
freshman All-America choice by
the Football Writers Association
of America and The Sporting News
in 2001
- Consensus
choice (coaches and media) as
Big Ten Freshman of the Year,
as well as a first-team all-conference
pick in 2001
- Big
Ten's leading rusher with 1,466
yards in 2001 (133.3 per game)
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Running
Back
6-1, 248 lbs.
Beaufort, SC |
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Greg
Jones - Florida State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 83.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Big,
bruising tailback (248 lbs.) who
also has excellent speed and quickness
- Missed
the final four games of the 2002
season with a knee injury, but
still led the ACC in rushing yards
per game at 104.2
- Finished
the 2002 season with 938 yards
on 161 carries…averaged 5.8
yards per carry and scored eight
touchdowns…
- Had
five 100-yard rushing games in
2002 (Iowa State, Virginia, Maryland,
Clemson and Miami)
- Rushed
for a career-high 189 yards against
Miami in 2002
- Voted
second team All-ACC in shortened
season
- Led
Florida State's rushing game in
seven of 12 games in 2001 as a
sophomore
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Quarterback
6-5, 217 lbs.
Grand Junction, CO |
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Andrew
Walter - Arizona State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 82.5%
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Stats
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- Set
the school single-season record
with 3,584 passing yards in 2002
- Despite
starting just nine games this
season, Walter has also turned
in the fifth-best single season
performance in Pac-10 history
and finished 602 yards shy of
the Pac-10 single-season mark
- With
his 536-yard passing performance
to upend No. 6 Oregon on Oct.
19, Walter set Pac-10 Conference
and Arizona State school records
for single-game passing yards
- Has
turned in three of the top 11
single-game performances in Pac-10
history
- The
first quarterback in Pac-10 history
to turn in four 400-yard passing
games in a season
- Ranks
third in the Pac-10 and 14th in
the nation in passing efficiency
at 142
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Quarterback
6-5, 236 lbs.
Athens, AL |
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Philip
Rivers - NC State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 81.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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On
track to shatter every passing
record in NC State history, he
could become the all-time ACC
passing leader before his career
is over as well
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Ranks
second in NC State history, sixth
in ACC history and third among
returning players nationally in
career passing yards (8,993 yards)
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Set
the all-time NC State record for
career touchdown passes with 61
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Posts
a 26-12 career record as a starter,
the top mark in the nation
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Set
the Wolfpack single-season record
for rushing TDs by a quarterback
with 10
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A
semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien
Award
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2001:
The most prolific passer of any
player in ACC history
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Set
the NC State single-season record
with a 65.2% completion percentage
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2000
The 2000 ACC Rookie of the Year
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Also
an Academic All-ACC performer,
he posted a 3.083 GPA for the
2000 fall semester
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Set
seven school records in his first
season at NC State: single season
records for completions (237),
passing attempts (441), touchdown
responsibility (27) and touchdown
passes (25)
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Running
Back
5-10, 223 lbs.
Chicago, IL |
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Michael
Turner - Northern Illinois, Sr. |
Grading
System: 81.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- One
of eight national semifinalists
for the prestigious Doak Walker
National Running back Award
- America's
first 1,000-yard major-college
(1-A) rusher (seventh game) this
season
- Nation's
No. 2 NCAA Division 1-A rusher
(yardage-wise at 1,915 and 159.6
ypg.), No. 2 in major-college
all-purpose (190.3 ypg.), and
No. 8 in scoring (10.0 ppg.)
- The
country's only NCAA 1-A rusher
with two five-touchdown games
- America's
only 1-A rusher with four 200-yard
or better games
- Leads
the MAC in seven different stats
categories this week
- Has
a Northern Illinois record six
career MAC Player of the Week
citations
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Quarterback
6-4, 215 lbs.
Northridge, CA |
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Casey
Clausen - Tennessee, Sr. |
Grading
System: 78.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- His
numbers after two seasons are
nearly identical to those of Manning,
who went on to become the Vols'
all-time leading passer
- Needs
1,956 yards to overtake Kelly
and become UT's second all-time
leading passer
- Despite
not starting until midseason of
his freshman year, Clausen already
ranks among the top five on UT's
career passing yardage (5th, 4,442),
completions (4th, 348) and TDs
(2nd, 37) charts
- Completed
62.6 percent of his passes which
was tops in the SEC and 10th nationally
in 2002
- Has
compiled 17-3 record as a starting
quarterback, including four fourth-quarter
comebacks during the 2001 season
and six for his career
- 2001
Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl
MVP (Jan. 2002)
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Quarterback
6-5, 218 lbs.
New Orleans, LA |
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Eli
Manning - Mississippi, Sr. |
Grading
System: 77.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Semifinalist
for the Davey O'Brien Award, presented
to the nation's top quarterback
- Second
team All-SEC selection by The
Associated Press
- Holds
24 school single-game, season
and career marks
- Became
the school's career leader in
TD passes
- Passed
for 313 yards in the 27-23 win
over Nebraska in the MainStay
Independence Bowl to become the
school's all-time passing leader
with 6,519 yards
- Also
set Ole Miss career records this
season for 300-yard passing games
(6), 250-yard passing games (14)
and 200-yard passing games (20)
- Passed
for a school record 3,401 yards,
breaking his record of 2,948 set
in 2001
- Was
one of 12 semifinalists for the
Davey O'Brien Award, presented
to the nation's top quarterback
as a sophomore in 2001
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Quarterback
6-5, 235 lbs.
West Chester, PA |
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Matt
Schaub - Virginia, Sr. |
Grading
System: 77.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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Selected
as Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive
Player of the Year and (overall)
Player of the Year in voting by
the Atlantic Coast Sports Media
Association for the Associated
Press
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Only
UVa's second player to capture
both the offensive and player
of the year honors
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ACC's
leading passer and has set eight
single-season school records
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Schaub
leads the ACC with 26 touchdown
passes and a 69.7 completion percentage.
His 2,751 yards passing and 2,813
yards of total offense are school
records
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Has
set at least nine single season
school records
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Leads
the ACC with 27 touchdown passes
and a 68.7 completion percentage
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Schaub
is third in the nation in completion
percentage (68.7 percent)
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Wide
Receiver
6-4, 210 lbs.
Odessa, TX |
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Roy
Williams - Texas, Sr. |
Grading
System: 76.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Ranked
among the nation's top four returning
receivers in career yards (2,787/No.
3), TD receptions (27/T-No. 3)
and receptions (171/No. 4)
- 2003
Cotton Bowl Offensive MVP honors
- Among
the semifinalists for the Biletnikoff
Award (nation's top receiver)
in 2002
- Earned
Big 12 Freshman of the Year and
Freshman All-America honors in
2000
- A
two-time first-team All-Big 12
pick
- Has
posted two of the top three reception
seasons and three of the top 10
receiving yardage and TD campaigns
in Longhorns history
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Defensive
Back / Wide Receiver
6-2, 180 lbs.
Sunrise, FL |
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Chris
Gamble - Ohio State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 75.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Started
the final five games of the season
at both flanker and cornerback,
the first two-way starter for
OSU in more than 30 years
- Won
All-Big Ten honors and was the
Buckeyes' co-MVP
- Led
the team in interceptions with
four and was the second leading
receiver with 29 receptions
- Played
in 100 or more plays in three
of the Buckeyes last four games,
including an incredible 128 in
Ohio State's 23-16 overtime win
at Illinois
- Also
averages 8.6 yards per return
on 34 punt returns
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Wide
Receiver
6-4, 220 lbs.
Tacoma, WA |
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Reggie
Williams - Washington, Jr. |
Grading
System: 74.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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A
first-team All-Pac-10 selection
and a consensus first-team All-America,
has had, statistically, one of
the best two-year runs in Pac-10
receiving history
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In
2002, Williams' 89 receptions
were the fourth-most in Pac-10
history and his 1,390 yards were
fourth on the all-time conference
list
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In
two years, Williams has caught
144 balls for 2,365 yards and
14 touchdowns
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No
receiver in Pac-10 history has
ever posted that many receiving
yards over a two-year span, and
the only three players with than
many receptions over two seasons
- USC's Keyshawn Johnson, Arizona's
Dennis Northcutt and Arizona's
Bobby Wade - all did it during
their junior and senior seasons
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Needs
99 receptions and 1,620 more receiving
yards to reach the Pac-10 records
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As
a freshman in 2001, UW wide receiver
Reggie Williams became the first
Husky ever to start the first
game of his freshman season
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Named
co-Freshman of the Year in the
Pac-10 and was a Freshman All-American
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Wide
Receiver
6-2, 190 lbs.
Oklahoma City, OK |
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Rashaun
Woods - Oklahoma State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 72.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Has
broken virtually every Oklahoma
State and Big 12 single-season
receiving record imaginable
- Led
the Big 12 in all receiving categories,
and consistently ranked among
the top four in NCAA receiving
categories
- With
134 yards on seven receptions
vs. Baylor, he set the Big 12
single-season record for receiving
yards
- Woods
also broke the OSU single-season
mark of 1,278 yards
- Has
107 receptions, a Big 12 single-season
reception record
- With
16 touchdown receptions in 2002,
he has broken both the OSU and
Big 12 single-season marks of
14.
- A
semifinalist for the Biletnikoff
Award in 2002
- Named
a Walter Camp All-American
- In
addition to All-America honors,
Woods is a consensus first-team
All-Big 12 selection.
OSU's wide receiver was named
to the Associated Press and Coaches'
lists
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