College Football Performance Awards Announces 2009 Trophy Recipients

(PRWEB) January 11, 2010 -- After an extensive review of the existing data, literature, and evidence, the College Football Performance Awards proudly announces the 2009 CFPA Trophy Recipients. With 20 player conferments this season, CFPA is the most prominent single awards organization in college football. The list of trophy recipients includes 3 Overall Series winners, 5 Offensive Series winners, 3 Defensive Series winners, 5 Special Teams Series winners, and 4 Elite Series winners.

The 2009 CFPA National Performer of the Year is Arkansas quarterback, Ryan Mallett. Mallett is the recipient of the world’s largest crystal football award - the ‘Philosopher’s Trophy’ - a 32 inch K9 optic crystal pyramid with a 13 inch K9 optic crystal football on top. Other Overall Series winners include 2009 CFPA Defensive Performer of the Year, Adrian Clayborn of Iowa and 2009 CFPA Freshman Performer of the Year, LaMichael James of Oregon.

2009 Trophy Recipients:

2009 National Performer of the Year Trophy – Ryan Mallett (Arkansas)

2009 Defensive Performer of the Year Trophy – Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)

2009 Freshman Performer of the Year Trophy – LaMichael James (Oregon)

2009 Quarterback Trophy – Case Keenum (Houston)

2009 Running Back Trophy – Dexter McCluster (Ole Miss)

2009 Wide Receiver Trophy – Golden Tate (Notre Dame), Danario Alexander (Missouri)

2009 Tight End Trophy – Dennis Morris (Louisiana Tech)

2009 Defensive Lineman Trophy – Brandon Graham (Michigan)

2009 Linebacker Trophy – Greg Jones (Michigan State)

2009 Defensive Back Trophy – Earl Thomas (Texas)

2009 Placekicker Trophy – Blair Walsh (Georgia)

2009 Punter Trophy – Drew Butler (Georgia)

2009 Kickoff Specialist Trophy – Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State)

2009 Kickoff Returner Trophy – C.J. Spiller (Clemson)

2009 Punt Returner Trophy – Damian Williams (USC)

2009 Elite Tight End Trophy – Dennis Pitta (BYU)

2009 Elite Running Back Trophy – Jahvid Best (California)

2009 Elite Wide Receiver Trophy – Freddie Barnes (Bowling Green)

2009 Elite Tight End Trophy – Cody Slate (Marshall)

2009 Elite Performers:

National Performer – Case Keenum (Houston), Tim Tebow (Florida), Colt McCoy (Texas), C.J. Spiller (Clemson), Toby Gerhart (Stanford), Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame), Jeremiah Masoli (Oregon), Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan)

Defensive Performer – Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska), Jeremy Beal (Oklahoma), Jerry Hughes (TCU), Von Miller (Texas A&M), Earl Thomas (Texas), DeAndre McDaniel (Clemson)

Freshman Performer – Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech), Dion Lewis (Pittsburgh), Chris Borland (Wisconsin), Aldon Smith (Missouri), Bernard Pierce (Temple)

Quarterback Performer – Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame), Ryan Mallett (Arkansas), Tim Tebow (Florida), Max Hall (BYU), Russell Wilson (N.C. State), Kellen Moore (Boise State), Joe Webb (UAB), Todd Reesing (Kansas), Jerrod Johnson (Texas A&M), Jeremiah Masoli (Oregon), Levi Brown (Troy), Colt McCoy (Texas), Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan)

Running Back Performer – Toby Gerhart (Stanford), LaMichael James (Oregon), Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech), Mark Ingram (Alabama), Jacquizz Rodgers (Oregon State), Ryan Mathews (Fresno State), Dion Lewis (Pittsburgh), C.J. Spiller (Clemson), Jahvid Best (California), Donald Buckram (UTEP), Robert Turbin (Utah State), Noel Devine (West Virginia), Curtis Steele (Memphis), Lance Dunbar (North Texas)

Wide Receiver Performer – Freddie Barnes (Bowling Green), Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma), Jordan Shipley (Texas), Dezmon Briscoe (Kansas), Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati), Randall Cobb (Kentucky), Darvin Adams (Auburn), James Rodgers (Oregon State), Michael Floyd (Notre Dame), James Cleveland (Houston), Brandon LaFell (LSU), Armon Binns (Cincinnati), A.J. Green (Georgia), Demaryius Thomas (Georgia Tech), Titus Young (Boise State), Shay Hodge (Ole Miss), Austin Pettis (Boise State), Antonio Brown (Central Michigan), Max Komar (Idaho)

Tight End Performer – Dennis Pitta (BYU), Ed Dickson (Oregon), Aaron Hernandez (Florida), Garrett Graham (Wisconsin), Dorin Dickerson (Pittsburgh), Jason Harmon (FAU), Cody Slate (Marshall), Jesse Rack (Buffalo)

Defensive Lineman Performer – Jeremy Beal (Oklahoma), Von Miller (Texas A&M), Adrian Clayborn (Iowa), Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska), Robert Quinn (UNC), Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue), Antonio Coleman (Auburn), Aldon Smith (Missouri), Brandon Sharpe (Texas Tech), O’ Brien Schofield (Wisconsin), Bruce Miller (UCF), Johnathan Rainey (New Mexico), Brian Price (UCLA), Josh McNary (Army), Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech), Jerry Hughes (TCU)

Linebacker Performer – Eric Norwood (South Carolina), Eryk Anders (Alabama), Doug Hogue (Syracuse), Dekoda Watson (Florida State), Chris Borland (Wisconsin), Matt Mayberry (Wisconsin), Navorro Bowman (Penn State), Donald Butler (Washington), Jerrell Wedge (Miami-Ohio), Sean Witherspoon (Missouri), Sam Maxwell (Kentucky), Michael Morgan (USC), Cody Grimm (Virginia Tech), Patrick Lavine (Oklahoma State), Chris Campa (Louisville), Brandon Spikes (Florida), Korey Williams (Southern Miss), Mychal Sisson (Colorado State), Jason Werner (Purdue), Luke Kuechly (Boston College), Danny Carmichael (Middle Tennessee), Derrell Smith (Syracuse), Rolando McClain (Alabama), Ben Jacobs (Fresno State)

Defensive Back Performer – DeAndre McDaniel (Clemson), Walter McFadden (Auburn), Corey Broomfield (Mississippi State), Mark Barron (Alabama), Rahim Moore (UCLA), Anthony Wright (Air Force), Tyler Sash (Iowa), Alterraun Verner (UCLA), Kendric Burney (UNC), Matt O’ Hanlon (Nebraska), Leon Wright (Duke)

Placekicker Performer – Kai Forbath (UCLA), Grant Ressel (Missouri), Hunter Lawrence (Texas), Alex Henery (Nebraska), Kevin Goessling (Fresno State), Justin Kahut (Oregon State), Leigh Tiffin (Alabama), Brett Swenson (Michigan State), Wes Byrum (Auburn), Joe Phillips (Utah)

Punter Performer – Tress Way (Oklahoma), Jake Harry IV (Missouri), Matt Reagan (Memphis), Zoltan Mesko (Michigan), Matt Dodge (East Carolina), Chas Henry (Florida), Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State), Sean Sellwood (Utah), Matt Bosher (Miami), Rob Long (Syracuse)

Kickoff Specialist Performer – Adi Kunalic (Nebraska), Dustin Hopkins (Florida State), Jeff Locke (UCLA), Ben Vroman (Utah), Jake Rogers (Cincinnati), Jacob Harfman (USC), Chris Ulinski (Utah State), John Potter (Western Michigan)

Kickoff Returner Performer – Chris Owusu (Stanford), Brandon Banks (Kansas State), Tyron Carrier (Houston), Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati), Dyrell Roberts (Virginia Tech), Ray Fisher (Indiana), D.J. Monroe (Texas), Demond Washington (Auburn), Robbie Frey (Connecticut), Warren Norman (Vanderbilt), Derrick Locke (Kentucky), Torrey Smith (Maryland), Dwayne Harris (East Carolina), Keshawn Martin (Michigan State), Brandon Boykin (Georgia)

Punt Returner Performer – Greg Reid (Florida State), Javier Arenas (Alabama), C.J. Spiller (Clemson), Jeremy Kerley (TCU), Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech), Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma), Jordan Shipley (Texas), Trindon Holliday (LSU), Jeremy Ross (California), Antonio Brown (Central Michigan), LaVon Brazill (Ohio), William Wright (Arizona), Thearon Collier (Miami), Da’Norris Searcy (UNC), Delano Green (Temple)

2010 CFPA Media Guide:

For an extended methodology discussion, please visit the Official Website of the College Football Performance Awards at http://www.collegefootballperformance.com and see the 2010 CFPA Media Guide, available for immediate download and non-commercial reproduction.

About the College Football Performance Awards:

The purpose of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.

As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA is the only awards organization to receive praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.

“The CFPA system is a welcome addition for fans and players demanding equity,” states National Security Agency science consultant Amy Langville. “CFPA has a clear methodology that works against bias,” writes North American Society for the Sociology of Sport President C. Richard King. “CFPA may transform the individual trophy quest from a public relations battle to the legitimate question of which athletes did the most for their teams-BCS or not,” adds sports ethicist Gordon Marino.

Statement from Executive Director:

“The College Football Performance Awards represents a state of affairs where objectivity and fairness are permanent, where players receive recognition proportionate to their performance, and where, against all odds, college football may one day reach the full height of its integrity.” –Bradley C. Smith, M.C.M.

Contact Information:

For information concerning this press release, please contact Bradley C. Smith, M.C.M. at (570) 854-1252.

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