RG3 Named To Maxwell Award Watch List
7/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
July 5, 2011
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III was named to the 2011 preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award honoring the nation's most outstanding player, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday.
The junior Heisman candidate is coming off an impressive comeback season in 2010 in which he earned All-Big 12 honors and set or tied 27 school records as well as leading Baylor to its first bowl game in 16 seasons.
Griffin III, a preseason All-America projection by Athlon Sports, is one of eight Big 12 student-athletes and 30 quarterbacks on the Maxwell watch list.
After a knee injury ended his 2009 season after three games, RG3 returned as a redshirt sophomore in 2010 to throw for school records of 3,501 yards and 22 touchdowns and was an honorable mention selection for Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches. The former All-American track hurdler received his undergraduate degree in political science in December 2010, is taking graduate courses and completed his fourth year of spring drills (was early enrollee in spring of 2008) last April.
The Maxwell Award has been given to America's outstanding collegiate football player since 1937 and is named in honor of sportswriter Robert W. "Tiny" Maxwell.
Semifinalists for the 75th annual Maxwell Award will be announced October 31st and the three finalists will be unveiled November 21st. The winner of the 2011 Maxwell Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show held on December 8th. The formal presentation of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah's Entertainment in Atlantic City on March 2, 2012.
The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club's selection committee, evaluating past performance and future potential. The Club reserves the right to make additions and deletions to these lists as the 2011 season unfolds. All members of the Maxwell Football Club, NCAA sports information directors, head coaches and selected national media are eligible to vote for the awards.
