college football

  • Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Georgia Tech head football coach Paul Johnson is one of 23 coaches on the preseason watch list for the 2015 Dodd Trophy, announced Friday by the Bobby Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.  Johnson is one of three ACC coaches of the list, joining Clemson’s Dabo Swinney

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  • Release from the ACC: The Atlantic Coast Conference had 15 football student-athletes named to the watch list—the most of any conference nationally– for the Wuerffel Trophy, College Football’s premier award for community service, the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., announced Wednesday. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the

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  • Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Georgia Tech sophomore defensive end KeShun Freeman is among 80 players named to the 2015 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List announced Wednesday. The Wuerffel Trophy, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service,” is presented annually by the All Sports Association in Fort Walton Beach Florida.  Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy

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  • Release from Georgia Athletics: Georgia seniors Malcolm Mitchell and Jordan Jenkins have been included on the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, which is known as college football’s premier award for community service. Mitchell, a 6-1, 194-pound receiver from Valdosta, Ga., was the team’s third-leading receiver in 2014 with 31 catches for 248 yards and

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  • Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State linebacker Joseph Peterson was named to the 2015 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, announced Tuesday. The senior from Dothan, Ala., is the Panthers’ top returnee on defense after earning All-Sun Belt Conference recognition the last two years, including second-team honors a year ago. Peterson is already Georgia State’s

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  • Release from Georgia Athletics: Georgia outside linebackers Jordan Jenkins and Leonard Floyd have been named to the watch list for the Butkus Award, which is presented to the nation’s best linebacker. Jenkins and Floyd have already been named to the watch lists for the Bednarik Award, the Nagurski Trophy and the Lombardi Award. Offensive guard

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