CFPA Names Breida to National Performer of the Year Watch List
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) named Georgia Southern running back Matt Breida to its 2015 National Performer of the Year Watch List today.
The junior is one of 32 student-athletes on the list, and the award winner will be announced Jan. 13, 2016.
A 2015 Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award candidate, Breida led both the nation and Sun Belt in rushing yards per carry at 8.7 and ranked at the top of the Sun Belt rushing chart at 123.8 yards per game in 2014. He had more rushing touchdowns of 50-yards or more than anyone in the nation (7) and had the second-highest rushing touchdowns in the league with 17. He finished with 1,485 yards en route to earning first-team All-Sun Belt accolades.
Georgia Southern won the 2014 Sun Belt title in its first season in the league, finishing 8-0 in the conference and 9-3 overall. The Eagles return 58 lettermen and 13 starters to the 2015 squad, were picked to win the Sun Belt in the league's preseason coaches' poll and are receiving votes in the USA Today Amway Top-25 Coaches Poll.
Fans can purchase 2015 season tickets and select their seats online, by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting the ticket office in the Cowart Building adjacent to Paulson Stadium (203 Lanier Drive). Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Season tickets prices start as low as $75 for all six games.
2015 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List:
Anu Solomon (QB), Arizona
Nick Wilson (RB), Arizona
Taysom Hill (QB), BYU
Jared Goff (QB), California
Gunner Kiel (QB), Cincinnati
Deshaun Watson (QB), Clemson
Everett Golson (QB), Florida State
Nick Chubb (RB), Georgia
Matt Breida (RB), Georgia Southern
Justin Thomas (QB), Georgia Tech
Kenneth Dixon (RB), Louisiana Tech
Devon Johnson (RB), Marshall
Paxton Lynch (QB), Memphis
Brad Kaaya (QB), Miami
Connor Cook (QB), Michigan State
Dak Prescott (QB), Mississippi State
Keenan Reynolds (QB), Navy
Marquise Williams (QB), North Carolina
J.T. Barrett (QB), Ohio State
Ezekiel Elliott (RB), Ohio State
Samaje Perine (RB), Oklahoma
James Conner (RB), Pittsburgh
Donnel Pumphrey (RB), San Diego State
Joshua Dobbs (QB), Tennessee
Trevone Boykin (QB), TCU
Kareem Hunt (RB), Toledo
Paul Perkins (RB), UCLA
Cody Kessler (QB), USC
Devontae Booker (RB), Utah
Chuckie Keeton (QB), Utah State
Zach Terrell (QB), Western Michigan
Brandon Doughty (QB), WKU
About the CFPA Awards
The goal of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) named Georgia Southern running back Matt Breida to its 2015 National Performer of the Year Watch List today.
The junior is one of 32 student-athletes on the list, and the award winner will be announced Jan. 13, 2016.
A 2015 Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award candidate, Breida led both the nation and Sun Belt in rushing yards per carry at 8.7 and ranked at the top of the Sun Belt rushing chart at 123.8 yards per game in 2014. He had more rushing touchdowns of 50-yards or more than anyone in the nation (7) and had the second-highest rushing touchdowns in the league with 17. He finished with 1,485 yards en route to earning first-team All-Sun Belt accolades.
Georgia Southern won the 2014 Sun Belt title in its first season in the league, finishing 8-0 in the conference and 9-3 overall. The Eagles return 58 lettermen and 13 starters to the 2015 squad, were picked to win the Sun Belt in the league's preseason coaches' poll and are receiving votes in the USA Today Amway Top-25 Coaches Poll.
Fans can purchase 2015 season tickets and select their seats online, by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting the ticket office in the Cowart Building adjacent to Paulson Stadium (203 Lanier Drive). Ticket office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Season tickets prices start as low as $75 for all six games.
2015 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List:
Anu Solomon (QB), Arizona
Nick Wilson (RB), Arizona
Taysom Hill (QB), BYU
Jared Goff (QB), California
Gunner Kiel (QB), Cincinnati
Deshaun Watson (QB), Clemson
Everett Golson (QB), Florida State
Nick Chubb (RB), Georgia
Matt Breida (RB), Georgia Southern
Justin Thomas (QB), Georgia Tech
Kenneth Dixon (RB), Louisiana Tech
Devon Johnson (RB), Marshall
Paxton Lynch (QB), Memphis
Brad Kaaya (QB), Miami
Connor Cook (QB), Michigan State
Dak Prescott (QB), Mississippi State
Keenan Reynolds (QB), Navy
Marquise Williams (QB), North Carolina
J.T. Barrett (QB), Ohio State
Ezekiel Elliott (RB), Ohio State
Samaje Perine (RB), Oklahoma
James Conner (RB), Pittsburgh
Donnel Pumphrey (RB), San Diego State
Joshua Dobbs (QB), Tennessee
Trevone Boykin (QB), TCU
Kareem Hunt (RB), Toledo
Paul Perkins (RB), UCLA
Cody Kessler (QB), USC
Devontae Booker (RB), Utah
Chuckie Keeton (QB), Utah State
Zach Terrell (QB), Western Michigan
Brandon Doughty (QB), WKU
About the CFPA Awards
The goal of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
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