20 Freshman FCS players named as Jerry Rice Award finalists
The Jerry Rice Award is awarded annually in the United States to the most outstanding freshman player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors. Here are the finalists:
JERRY RICE AWARD
(FCS Freshman Player of the Year – 20 Finalists)
- John Bachus III, QB, UT Martin
- Omar Brown, DB, Northern Iowa
- Tyrese Chambers, WR, Sacred Heart
- Ian Corwin, QB, Drake
- Jacob Dobbs, LB, Holy Cross
- Nick Eaton, LB, UC Davis
- Tra Fluellen, DB, Houston Baptist
- Ailym Ford, RB, Chattanooga
- Xavier Gipson, WR, Stephen F. Austin
- Tyler Hudson, WR, Central Arkansas
- Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, WR, Alabama A&M
- Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State
- Jalen Leary, RB, Stetson
- Jacob Roberts, LB, North Carolina A&T
- Keegan Shoemaker, QB, Lafayette
- Jake Stebbins, LB, Cornell
- Jeff Undercuffler, QB, UAlbany
- Tristan Wheeler, LB, Richmond
- Hajj-Malik Williams, QB, Campbell
- Javon Williams Jr., RB, Southern Illinois
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