jasathletics Has Selected its 5 Finalists for its 2010 College Football Player of the Year Award

First of all I should note that Cameron Newton is not one of the finalists. Now you may be wondering why he is not one of the finalists, especially since he was cleared by the NCAA. Let's just say that jasathletics has higher standards than the NCAA. On the other hand, jasathletics believes that it has selected five very deserving candidates for this year's player of the year award. The finalists are Kellen Moore of Boise State, Titus Young of Boise State, Justin Blackmon of Oklahoma State, LaMichael James of Oregon, and Andrew Luck of Stanford. Each of these men have had great seasons for very solid teams. Kellen Moore finished the regular season with 3,506 yards passing, 33 TD passes, 1 rushing TD, 1 receiving TD, and 5 interceptions. In addition, he had a 71% completion percentage this year. On the receiving end of 9 of Kellen Moore's passing touchdowns was Titus Young. Young also had 1 rushing TD and compliled 1,151 yards receiving. Two weeks ago I had never even heard of Justin Blackmon, but now that I have he is a serious contender for the jasathletics College Football Player of the Year award. Blackmon put up huge numbers in his sophomore campaign at Oklahoma State. He had 102 receptions for 1,665 yards receiving and 18 TD. Blackmon average 151.4 receiving yards per game and 16.3 yards per catch. He had one rushing touchdown this year as well. More widely known are the big numbers that LaMichael James had this year. James finished the year with 1,682 yards rushing, 21 touchdowns on the ground, and 1 receiving touchdown. He average 152.9 yards rushing and 6.0 yards per carry. Finally, Andrew Luck finished the regular season with 3,051 yards passing, 28 TD passes, 7 interceptions, and a completion percentage of 70.2%. Luck also had 438 yards and 3 touchdowns on the ground. Overall I feel that this is a solid group of finalists. We invite you to vote for who you think should win the 2010 jasathletics.blogspot.com College Football Player of the Year award. Officially your vote will not have any effect on who wins the award. Keep in mind though that the results of the poll could influence the voting commitee. So vote early and often. The winner of the award will be announced sometime next weekend.