Franks Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | Football
Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Davey O'Brien Foundation announced the 2019 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List on Tuesday, as quarterback Feleipe Franks was named among a group that includes 30 of the nation's top returning college quarterbacks. The nod serves as Franks' second national award watch list recognition ahead of the 2019 season after being named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Monday (Jul. 15).
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Among conferences, the SEC leads the way for the third straight season with six selections: Jake Bentley (South Carolina), Joe Burrow (LSU), Feleipe Franks (Florida), Jake Fromm (Georgia), Kellen Mond (Texas A&M), Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama). Other leagues with at least three members on the watch list are the Pac-12 (5), Big 12 (4) and Big Ten (3).
The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. The Davey O'Brien Award honors candidates who exemplify Davey O'Brien's enduring character while exhibiting, teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership in both academics and athletics.
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FORT WORTH, Texas – The Davey O'Brien Foundation announced the 2019 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List on Tuesday, as quarterback Feleipe Franks was named among a group that includes 30 of the nation's top returning college quarterbacks. The nod serves as Franks' second national award watch list recognition ahead of the 2019 season after being named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Monday (Jul. 15).
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Feleipe Franks:
- 2018: Played in and started all 13 games at quarterback, throwing for 2,457 yards with 24 touchdowns and six interceptions on the season… Totaled 350 rushing yards on 110 carries and a team-high tying seven rushing touchdowns… Led the Gators to a 10-3 record and No. 6 final ranking in the USA Today Coaches' Poll… Became the first Gators quarterback since John Brantley in 2010 to start every game throughout the entire season… Finished the season with 31 touchdowns accounted for, tied with Chris Leak's 2004 season for the seventh-highest single-season total in school history… His seven rushing touchdowns left him one shy of tying Tim Tebow (2006) and Jimmy Fisher (1979) for the sixth-most rushing touchdowns by a Gators quarterback in a single season… Ranked tied for 32nd nationally with 24 touchdown passes, which was also the highest single-season total by a UF quarterback since Tebow threw 30 in 2008... Finished the season tied for 17th nationally in touchdown-interception ratio… Among players with 315-plus attempts, he tied for 14th... Since the start of 1996, Tebow (7.50 - 2008; 5.33 - 2007; 4.20 - 2009) is the only Gator with a better touchdown-interception ratio than Franks' 4.00 (24 to 6) in 2018… One of 12 FBS quarterbacks to throw more than 20 touchdowns and less than seven interceptions… Became the fourth Gators QB since 1996 to accomplish that aforementioned feat, and Franks had the second-most attempts (322) in that bundle, only trailing Tebow's 2007 season (350)… Registered the highest passing yardage total since Tebow threw for 2,895 yards in 2009… His four games of three-plus touchdown passes were the most such games since Tebow had four in 2008, and they were just one shy of UF quarterbacks' combined total from the 50 games spanning 2014-17… His six 200-yard passing games are the most since Tebow's seven in 2009… Capped his season with Offensive MVP honors in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, as he joined Tebow as the only other Gators quarterback since the start of the 2000 season to record a passing touchdown and rushing touchdown in a bowl game.. Ended the 2018 season on a streak of 135 pass attempts without an interception (last INT vs. Georgia in 1st Quarter), which ranks as the fourth-longest streak in UF history… 2017: Played in all 11 games and made eight starts at quarterback, throwing for 1,438 yards with nine touchdowns and eight interceptions on the season… Became the first redshirt freshman to start a season opener at QB for the Gators since Kyle Morris in 1988… Recorded 212 yards passing (19-for-28) with two touchdowns and one interception against Tennessee… UF defeated UT with a 63-yard touchdown pass from Franks to Tyrie Cleveland on the final play of the game... That play marked the only time in school history that the Gators defeated an opponent with a touchdown on the final play of regulation… Antonio Callaway's catch-and-run from Will Grier against the Vols in 2015, which was also a 63-yard pass play, gave the Gators' a 28-27 victory that season… Florida ran the exact same play, "Train Ride Open, Big Bend In." on both occasions… Recorded a 79-yard rush in the third quarter against Texas A&M on Oct. 14, which is the longest run by a UF quarterback in school history… Combined with Malik Zaire to throw for 256 passing yards at Missouri on Nov. 4, which was a season-high for the Gators… In addition, that contest marked the first time that UF threw for at least 250 yards against an SEC opponent since Dec. 3, 2016 (2016 SEC Championship, Alabama)... Became just the second UF quarterback since 2012 to start at least eight games in a season… Totaled a 3-5 record as a starter… 2016: Did not appear in a game and redshirted.
Among conferences, the SEC leads the way for the third straight season with six selections: Jake Bentley (South Carolina), Joe Burrow (LSU), Feleipe Franks (Florida), Jake Fromm (Georgia), Kellen Mond (Texas A&M), Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama). Other leagues with at least three members on the watch list are the Pac-12 (5), Big 12 (4) and Big Ten (3).
The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. The Davey O'Brien Award honors candidates who exemplify Davey O'Brien's enduring character while exhibiting, teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership in both academics and athletics.
NCFAA Preseason Watch Lists Unveiling Schedule
May 17
- Lott IMPACT Trophy
- Bednarik Award, Maxwell Award
- CJ Henderson & Jabari Zuniga (Bednarik Award)
- Feleipe Franks & Lamical Perine (Maxwell Award)
- Davey O'Brien Award
- Doak Walker Award
- Biletnikoff Award
- Mackey Award, Rimington Trophy
- Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, Butkus Award
- Outland Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- Lou Groza Award, Ray Guy Award
- Paul Hornung Award, Wuerffel Trophy
- Walter Camp Award
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