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Harvard's Pizzotti Named Walter Payton Finalist
Created: 11/21/2008 12:04:22 PM
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Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Harvard quarterback Chris Pizzotti (Reading, Mass.) is one of four players who have been added to the final candidate list for the Walter Payton Award watch list. Pizzotti will be joined on the list by three other newcomers - running back William Ford of South Carolina State, wide receiver John Matthews of San Diego and running back-return man Larry Warner of Southern Illinois.
That quartet, which joins 12 other players already on the list, will be among the 16 players who will be on the official ballot distributed to voters next week. The three finalists for the Payton Award will be announced on Dec. 1.
The winner of the 22nd Walter Payton Award, symbolic of the top player in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), will be announced at the annual Sports Network Awards banquet on Dec. 18 in Chattanooga, TN at the Marriott Hotel. The Eddie Robinson Award, which goes to the top coach in FCS, and the Buck Buchanan Award, which is given to the top FCS defensive player, will also be awarded the night before the NCAA Division I football championship game.
Pizzotti came back for a fifth year this season, and has led Harvard to the brink of another Ivy League championship. Viewed as one of the top NFL quarterback prospects in the current draft-eligible class. He has thrown for 2,381 yards in just nine games, along with 17 touchdowns and only four interceptions.
The signal-caller has completed 63 percent of his passes this season and ranks ninth nationally in total offense, 11th in passing efficiency, 13th in passing yards per game (265), 23rd in completions per game (20) and 24th in total passing yards. The poised 6-5, 225-pound passer from Reading, Mass. has thrown for 300 yards or more four times this year, including a 370 in the season- opening win against Holy Cross and a career-high 376 with four first half touchdowns in a win over Columbia.
For the complete story, head to GoCrimson.com, headquarters for all things Harvard athletics.
- A.S.
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Related Schools: Harvard
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Related Sports: Football
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