Jackson Named a Bednarik Award Semifinalist
11/2/2005 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 2, 2005
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maxwell Football Club President, Ron Jaworski, announced the 2005 Semifinalists for the 69th Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year, the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year, and the 17th George Munger Award for College Coach of the Year. Maryland linebacker D'Qwell Jackson was named to the list for the Bednarik Award, following in the footsteps of 2002 recipient and fellow Terrapin E.J. Henderson.
The respective lists include a field of twelve candidates for each of these awards as selected by the Maxwell Football Club Advisory Committee.
Jackson was a first team All-ACC selection in 2004, the league's leading tackler and is now leading the NCAA with an average of 14 tackles per game. In addition to the Bednarik honor, he has been named this season as a semifinalist for the Butkus Award and Lott Trophy.
The announcement of the winners of the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be made during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show that will be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday December 8, 2005. Three finalists for each award will be in attendance for the ESPN broadcast. The Maxwell Football Club will announce the winner of the 17th George Munger Award via a press release in December. The formal presentation of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club's Awards Dinner, to be held on Friday March 3, 2006 at the Harrah's Entertainment Complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Voting for all three of the collegiate awards presented by the Maxwell Football Club will begin on Monday November 7th and close on Friday November 25th.
All Semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order with the player's school, position and class designated.
Semifinalists for the 11th Chuck Bednarik AwardElvis Dumervil Univ. of Louisville DE Chad Greenway Univ. of Iowa LB Aaron Harris Univ. of Texas LB Spencer Havner UCLA LB A.J. Hawk Ohio State University LB D'Qwell Jackson Univ. of Maryland LB Mathias Kiwanuka Boston College DE Tim McGarigle Northwestern LB A.J. Nicholson Florida State University LB Paul Posluszny Penn State University LB DeMeco Ryans Univ. of Alabama LB Patrick Willis Univ. of Mississippi LB
Semifinalists for the 69th Maxwell Award
Reggie Bush Univ. of Southern California RB Brian Calhoun Univ. of Wisconsin RB Brodie Croyle Univ. of Alabama QB Maurice Drew UCLA RB Cody Hodges Texas Tech University QB Matt Leinart Univ. of Southern California QB Laurence Maroney Univ. of Minnesota RB Brady Quinn Notre Dame QB D.J. Shockley Univ. of Georgia QB Drew Stanton Michigan State University QB DeAngelo Williams Univ. of Memphis RB Vince Young Univ. of Texas QB
Semifinalists for the 17th George Munger Award
Barry Alvarez University of Wisconsin Frank Beamer Virginia Tech Bobby Bowden Florida State University Mack Brown University of Texas Pete Carroll University of Southern California Larry Coker University of Miami Karl Dorrell UCLA Les Miles Louisiana State University Joe Paterno Penn State University Mark Richt University of Georgia Mike Shula University of Alabama Charlie Weis Notre Dame
