DAVEY O'BRIEN FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Davey O'Brien Foundation announced the three finalists for the 2010 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award^® (The O'Brien) today. 

Andrew Luck (So., Stanford), Kellen Moore (Jr., Boise State) and Cam Newton (Jr., Auburn) were selected by The O'Brien National Selection Committee, with the Fan Vote accounting for five percent of the total vote. The committee was asked to consider the following criteria: quarterback skills, academics, character, leadership and sportsmanship.  

Fans may now help determine which quarterback will win the coveted O'Brien Award by voting as often as once daily at www.VoteOBrien.org. Fan voting will close at noon (CST) on Dec. 5.

The 2010 winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Thursday, Dec. 9 and will be honored at the 34th Annual O'Brien Awards Dinner on Feb. 21, 2011 at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

Andrew Luck, Stanford

Luck continues to shine in his second year at quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal. The third-year sophomore leads the Pac-10 in total offense (290.09 yards per game) and passing efficiency (162.97). He has rushed for 445 yards and three scores and passed for 2,746 yards and 24 touchdowns on the season.

Kellen Moore, Boise State

The junior from Prosser, Wash. leads the nation in passing efficiency (188.84) and ranks third overall with a 71.8 completion percentage. Through 10 games, he has thrown for 2,921 yards and 28 touchdowns. Moore owns the longest active winning streak among NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) starting quarterbacks with 24 victories, and has a career record of 36-1.

Cam Newton, Auburn

In his first year at Auburn, the 6-6, 250-pound signal caller has dominated opposing defenses on the ground and through the air. Newton leads the SEC in rushing (117.91 yards per game) and ranks second in the NCAA in passing efficiency (183.58) and total points responsible for (21.27 per game). He has amassed 3,335 yards of total offense and 39 touchdowns, including a 20-yard touchdown reception.

 

About the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award®
The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award® (The O'Brien) is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. The O'Brien honors candidates who exemplify Davey O'Brien's enduring character while exhibiting teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership in both academics and athletics. The O'Brien is overseen by the Davey O'Brien Foundation, which is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and has given away more than $800,000 in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life. For more information, visitwww.DaveyOBrien.org. 

National College Football Awards Association

The O'Brien is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official Web site, www.NCFAA.org.