Anderson Listed on Preseason Award Watch List
8/19/2002 10:46:47 PM | Football
SU’s Don McPherson is the lone Orange signal caller to win the Davey O’Brien Award, earning the honor in 1987 after leading the Orangemen to an 11-0-1 record. McPherson also won the Johnny Unitas Award, the Golden Helmet College Player of the Year, the Maxwell Award and was second in the Heisman Trophy balloting that season.
The winner of the 2002 O’Brien Award will be announced Dec. 12 on the ESPN College Football Awards Show from Orlando, Fla. Three finalists will be selected by the Davey O’Brien Advisory Committee in late November and will appear on the show. The committee is comprised of nationally known sportswriters and commentators and will vote several times throughout the season to narrow the field.
The winner will be honored at the 26th annual O'Brien Awards Dinner in February 2003, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Tex. The O’Brien Award is named in honor of the late Davey O'Brien, the All-American and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for Texas Christian University who led the Horned Frogs to the 1938 national championship.
Anderson and the Orangemen begin the 2002 campaign on Thursday, August 29 at Brigham Young. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The contest will be televised on ESPN. Syracuse begins its home schedule on Saturday, September 7 when it hosts North Carolina in the Carrier Dome at 8:00 p.m. For tickets call 1-888-DOMETIX or visit www.dometix.com.
