University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Tyler Palko a Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Candidate
8/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 28, 2006
The list was announced today by the Davey O'Brien Foundation in
Palko (Imperial,
Palko finished the 2005 season ranked 25th nationally in points responsible for (13.64 points/game). Among Big East quarterbacks he finished second in passing yards per game (217.5 avg.) and third in total offense (204.8 avg.).
Palko enters his final season ranked fifth all-time at Pitt with 5,472 passing yards.
Celebrating 30 years, the O'Brien Award is the oldest award in the country for college quarterbacks and is named in honor of the late Davey O'Brien. O'Brien led the TCU Horned Frogs to the 1938 national championship and was the first player to win the Heisman, Walter Camp and Maxwell awards in one season.
Semifinalists will be announced in early November as voted on by the O'Brien Selection Committee, made up of a nationwide panel of sportswriters, commentators and former O'Brien Award winners. The committee will then narrow the field to three finalists before announcing a winner on ESPN's Home Depot College Football Awards Show scheduled for Dec. 7, 2006, at 7 p.m. EST. The winner will then be honored on Feb. 19, 2007, at the 30th annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner at The Fort Worth Club in downtown
Pitt will play a 12-game regular season, including seven home contests at Heinz Field in 2006. The Panthers open this year's campaign at home against
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