Connor Halliday added to the Maxwell Award Watch List
One of the byproducts of the types of record-setting numbers the Washington State offense has been putting up is that the Cougars are starting to get some attention from the various national awards. Already receivers Isiah Myers, River Cracraft and Vince Mayle have been named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list and now quarterback Connor Halliday has been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, which is presented annually to the country's college football player.
More information on the award and the statistical numbers Halliday has put up are in the press release from WSU, which is after the jump.
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Courtesy of WSU Athletics.
Halliday Added To Maxwell Award Watch List
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday has been added to the Maxwell Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Wednesday.
Each year the Maxwell Award is presented to the College Player of the Year as voted by the NCAA head football coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club along with sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. Halliday and 10 other players were added to the list after the Maxwell Football Club believed “that additional players warranted attention because of their noteworthy play.”
Halliday enters the week leading the country in passing yards (3,344), passing touchdowns (28), passing yards-per-game (477.7) and total offense (460.6). Five times this season, the redshirt-senior has thrown 4-plus touchdowns and for 400-plus yards including an NCAA FBS record 734 yards against California. Halliday is on pace for highest passing yards average in FBS history. The Spokane, Wash. native enters the Cougars bye week third in Pac-12 Conference history with a WSU-record 86 career touchdown passes and seventh in conference history with 10,775 career passing yards, second-most in school history.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced Nov. 3 and three finalists for each award will be announced Nov. 24. The winner will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show which will be held on Dec. 11.
