2019 STATS FCS AWARDS FINALISTS
WALTER PAYTON AWARD
(FCS Offensive Player of the Year – 26 Finalists)
The Walter Payton Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors. Here are the 26 finalists:
- Kenji Bahar, QB, Monmouth
- Eric Barriere, QB, Eastern Washington
- Jordan Bentley, RB, Alabama A&M
- Julius Chestnut, RB, Sacred Heart
- Case Cookus, QB, Northern Arizona
- Zerrick Cooper, QB, Jacksonville State
- Domenic Cozier, RB, Holy Cross
- Tom Flacco, QB, Towson
- Pete Guerriero, RB, Monmouth
- Felix Harper, QB, Alcorn State
- Cade Johnson, WR, South Dakota State
- Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State
- Jah-Maine Martin, RB, North Carolina A&T
- Aaron Parker, WR, Rhode Island
- Alex Ramsey, RB, VMI
- Kurt Rawlings, QB, Yale
- James Robinson, RB, Illinois State
- Chris Rowland, WR/RS, Tennessee State
- Reid Sinnett, QB, San Diego
- Breylin Smith, QB, Central Arkansas
- Daniel Smith, QB, Villanova
- Ryan Stanley, QB, Florida A&M
- Kevin Thomson, QB, Sacramento State
- Adam Trautman, TE, Dayton
- Aaron Winchester, QB, Central Connecticut State
- Bailey Zappe, QB, Houston Baptist
