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Odds
on favorite to win the 2002 Heisman Trophy
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| NAME |
POS. |
TEAM |
| 1.
Rex Grossman - Jr. |
QB |
Florida |
| 2.
Ken Dorsey - Sr. |
QB |
Miami
FL |
| 3.
Byron Leftwich - Sr. |
QB |
Marshall |
| 4.
Eli Manning - Jr. |
QB |
Mississippi |
| 5.
Anthony Davis - So. |
RB |
Wisconsin |
| 6.
Kliff Kingsbury - Sr. |
QB |
Texas
Tech |
| 7.
Lee Evans - Sr. |
WR |
Wisconsin |
| 8.
Onterrio Smith - Jr. |
RB |
Oregon |
| 9.
Andre Johnson - Jr. |
WR |
Miami
FL |
| 10.
Charles Rogers - Jr. |
WR |
Michigan
State |
| 11.
Casey Clausen - Jr. |
QB |
Tennessee |
| 12.
Roy Williams - Jr. |
WR |
Texas |
| 13.
Dave Ragone - Sr. |
QB |
Louisville |
| 14.
Lee Suggs - Sr. |
RB |
Virginia
Tech |
| 15.
Kelley Washington - So. |
WR |
Tennessee |
| 16.
Bernard Berrian - Sr. |
WR/PR |
Fresno
State |
| 17.
Quentin Griffin - Sr. |
RB |
Oklahoma |
| 18.
E.J. Henderson - Sr. |
LB |
Maryland |
| 19.
Earnest Graham - Sr. |
RB |
Florida |
| 20.
Jason Gesser - Sr. |
QB |
Washington
State |
| 21.
Dahrran Diedrick - Sr. |
RB |
Nebraska |
| 22.
Cedric Benson - So. |
RB |
Texas |
| 23.
Reggie Williams - So. |
WR |
Washington |
| 24.
Chris Brown - Jr. |
RB |
Colorado |
| 25.
Seneca Wallace - Sr. |
QB |
Iowa
State |
| 26.
Chris Simms - Sr. |
QB |
Texas |
| 27.
Carnell Williams - So. |
RB |
Auburn |
| 28.
Anquan Boldin - Jr. |
WR |
Florida
State |
| 29.
Sammy Davis - Sr. |
DB |
Texas
A&M |
| 30.
Philip Rivers - Jr. |
QB |
North
Carolina State |
|
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2001
Heisman Winner
Eric Crouch
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1.
Rex Grossman - QB, FLORIDA
6-1,
220, JR
Bloomington, IN - Bloomington South
High School
|
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5,762
yards, 55 TD's in his career
NCAA
Division I-A leader in career passing efficiency
Heisman
Trophy Finalist (2nd place)
AP
National Player of the Year
2001
Finalist for the Walter Camp, Maxwell, and Davey O'Brien
Awards
SEC
Player of the Year
Threw
for 300 or more yards in 10 of 11 regular season games
3,896
yards in 2001 marked the second-best passing season
in SEC history
|
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2.
Ken Dorsey - QB, MIAMI FL
6-5, 210, SR
Orinda, CA - Miramonte High School |
|
|
Maxwell
Award Winner
Heisman
Trophy Finalist (3rd place)
BIG
EAST Co-Offensive Player of the Year
Second
Team All-American (Associated Press)
4:1
touchdowns-to-interception ratio in his career
25-1
record as starting QB, best in school history
|
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3.
Byron Leftwich - QB, MARSHALL
6-6, 240, SR
Washington, DC - H.D. Woodson High School |
|
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2001
MAC Player of the Year
Top
returning passer in all of college football (4,132 total
yards in 2001)
Named
a Semi-Finalist for National Offensive Player of the
Year
38
touchdowns and only 7 interceptions
|
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4.
Eli Manning - QB, MISSISSIPPI
6-4, 212, JR
New Orleans, LA - Isadore Newman High
School |
|
|
Set
16 school records and tied another in 2001 in his first
season as a starter
Finished
in the Top 25 nationally in 12 categories
Completed
259 of 408 passes for 2,948 yards and 31 TD's with only
nine interceptions
Six
TD passes against Arkansas in the overtime thriller
Engineered
fourth-quarter, come-from-behind wins on three separate
occasions
Son
of former great NFL quarterback Archie Manning, brother
of Peyton Manning
|
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5.
Anthony Davis - RB, WISCONSIN
5-8, 183, SO
Plainfield, NJ - Plainfield High School |
|
|
Big
Ten's leading rusher last year (133.3 ypg)
Big
Ten Freshman of the Year
1,466
rushing yards good for sixth among freshman in NCAA
history
Doak
Walker Award semifinalist (the only freshman)
First
team All-Big Ten
Broke
Tony Dorsett's NCAA freshman record for Division I-A
100-yard rushing games with 10
|
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6.
Kliff Kingsbury - QB, TEXAS TECH
6-4, 210, SR
New Braunfels, TX - New Braunfels High
School |
|
|
All-Big
12 Second Team
Verizon
Academic All-District Team
Compiled
three 400-yard passing games last year
Enters
the 2002 season with 33 school records and 8 Conference
records
Paced
a Big 12 offense in 2001 that led the league in passing
offense
Has
7,412 career passing yards and is 497 yards away from
setting the school record
Led
the Big 12 last season in passing yards per game (318.4),
total offense (314.0), pass attempts (528), pass completions
(364), completion percentage (68.9), passing yards (3,502)
and touchdowns passes (25)
|
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7.
Lee Evans - WR, WISCONSIN
5-11, 192, SR
Bedford, OH - Bedford High School |
|
|
One
of three finalists for the 2001 Biletnikoff Award
Set
Big Ten record for receiving yards in a season last
year with 1,545
Second-team
All-American by Associated Press and The Sporting News
Set
school single-season records for receptions (75), touchdown
receptions with nine (tied) and 100-yard receiving games
(eight)
His
season receiving yardage total was the 15th-highest
in NCAA history
Has
caught a pass in a school-record 25 straight games
Led
Big Ten and ranked No. 4 in nation in receiving yards
per game with 128.8 last season
|
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8.
Onterrio Smith - RB, OREGON
5-11, 195, JR
Sacramento, CA - Grant High School |
|
|
3rd
Team All-American (Associated Press)
Pac
Ten 2nd team Running Back and 2nd team Kickoff Returner
Len
Casanova Award (Team's top newcomer)
Broke
Bobby Moore’s single game rushing record with 285
yards and three touchdowns against Washington State
Also
broke Keenan Howry’s (and Moore’s) all-purpose
yardage record with 342 yards against the Cougars
|
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9.
Andre Johnson - WR, MIAMI
FL
6-3, 212, JR
Miami, FL - Miami Senior High School |
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|
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| |
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Second
Team All-Big East
Co-MVP
of the Rose Bowl national championship game
Led
the Big East with 10 touchdowns
Ranked
third in the Big East in yards per catch (18.4 avg.)
Led
Miami in kickoff returns
|
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10.
Charles Rogers - WR, MICHIGAN STATE
6-4, 202, JR
Saginaw, MI - Saginaw High School |
|
|
Second
team All-Big Ten as selected by the media
Led
team in receptions with 57 for 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns
Set
Spartan single-season records for receiving yards (1,200),
TD receptions, and 100-yard receiving games
Has
caught at least one TD pass in each of his last eight
games
|
 |
11.
Casey Clausen - QB, TENNESSEE
6-4, 215, JR
Northridge, CA - Alemany High School |
|
|
Second
team All-SEC by The Sporting News
2000
Freshman All-SEC
Finished
last season with 2,969 passing yards which ranks as
the third most in school history
Tied
a school record with five touchdown passes against LSU
in the SEC Championship Game and also completed the
same feat versus Arkansas in 2000.
|
 |
12.
Roy Williams - WR, TEXAS
6-4, 210, JR
Odessa, TX - Permian High School |
|
|
All-Big
12 Second Team
Earned
Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year honors in 2000
and posted two of the top three receiving yardage games
by a freshman in UT history
Bilitnikoff
Award Candidate in 2001 and 2002
Ranks
fifth on the UT all-time list with five career 100-yard
receiving games
|
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13.
Dave Ragone - QB, LOUISVILLE
6-4, 240, SR
Middleburg Heights, OH - St. Ignatius
High School |
|
|
Liberty
Bowl Offensive MVP
C-USA
2000 & 2001 Player of the Year
Moved
into 3rd place on the UofL career passing yardage list
|
 |
14.
Lee Suggs - RB, VIRGINIA TECH
6-0, 201, SR
Roanoke, VA - William Fleming High School |
|
| Injured
- did not play in 2001, highlights from 2000 include...
Rushed
for 1,207 yards in 11 games which is the most under
coach Frank Beamer and the third-most ever in a single
season at Tech
Led
the nation in scoring with 15.27 points per game
Scored
28 touchdowns (27 rushing, 1 receiving), best in the
nation
Broke
the school and BIG EAST records for rushing touchdowns,
total touchdowns and points scored in a season
Unanimous
first-team All-BIG EAST selection at running back
Voted
Co-BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year
Named
a third-team All-American by The Associated Press and
Football News
|
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15.
Kelley Washington - WR, TENNESSEE
6-4, 225, SO
Stephens City, VA - Sherando High School |
|
|
2001
Sporting News Freshman All-American
Second
team All-SEC by the coaches
Etched
his name in the Vol record books with 256 receiving
yards in regular season matchup with LSU
Finished
the season as the Vols’ leading receiver with 64
catches for 1010 yards
His
64 receptions rank as the fourth best in Tennessee history
Selected
by Florida Marlins in the 10th round of the June 1997
professional baseball draft. Played four years in Marlins
organization.
|
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16.
Bernard Berrian - WR/PR, FRESNO STATE
6-2, 190, SR
Winton, CA - Atwater High School |
|
|
First
team All-WAC wide receiver and returner
Picked
as a first-team All-American all-purpose player
Had
1,364 receiving yards and was 13th in the nation in
receiving yards per game (97.7)
Became
the WAC’s all-time single-season leader in all-purpose
yards with 2,591
|
 |
17.
Quentin Griffin - RB, OKLAHOMA
5-7, 190, SR
Aldine, TX - Nimitz High School |
|
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First-team
All-Big 12 in 2000 by Associated Press
Second-team
Academic All-Big 12 in 2000
Third-team
All-Big 12 in 2001
Led Big 12 running backs with 16 rushing TDs in 2000
-- most by an OU back since Billy Sims in 1979
Holds
the school record for receptions in consecutive games
with 26. The streak is ongoing and covers every game
of his career
Has
30 career touchdowns (27 rushing, 3 receiving)
Holds
Oklahoma career bests for receptions (88) and receiving
yards by a back (776)
|
 |
18.
E.J. Henderson - LB, MARYLAND
6-2, 243, SR
Aberdeen, MD - Aberdeen High School |
|
|
2001
consensus First Team All-American
ACC
Player of the Year
Butkus
Award finalist and the lone returnee of the three finalists
Lead
the ACC in tackles (150) and tackles for loss (28)
Named
the ACC Defensive Lineman of the week six times, the
most by any player
Teams
leading tackler in every game except Virginia
|
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19.
Earnest Graham - RB, FLORIDA
5-9, 215, SR
Ft. Myers, FL - Mariner High School |
|
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Third
team Freshman All-American selection by The Sporting
News in 1999
First
team SEC All-Freshman team selection in 1999
Led
the 1999 Gator squad in rushing and ranked second in
2000
2001
second team All-SEC by Associated Press
Has
363 career carries for 1,980 yards (13th in school history)
for a 5.5 average
|
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20.
Jason Gesser - QB, WASHINGTON STATE
6-1, 195, SR
Honolulu, HI - St. Louis High School |
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Second
team All-Pac Ten in 2001
Davey
O'Brien Award semifinalist
Has
thrown for 3,010 career passing yards with 42 touchdowns
Lead
the Pac Ten in both passing and total offense and was
third in efficiency
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