By Steve Lansdale
AUSTIN, Texas — For his strong performance through the first eight games of the season, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger has been named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, which is given annually to the Collegiate Player of the Year.
Ehlinger is the first Longhorn to be named a semifinalist since Colt McCoy in 2009. McCoy went on to win the award that season, becoming the fourth Longhorn to win the award. Tommy Nobis (1965), Ricky Williams (1998) and Vince Young also won the Maxwell Award.
Ehlinger ranks [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)]first in the Big 12 and sixth in the nation with 23 touchdown passes, and third in the conference and seventh nationally with 2,378 passing yards. He also has added to the Texas rushing attack, with 361 yards and five touchdowns on the ground.
His 2,739 yards of total offense are the most by any UT player through the first eight games of a season.
Semifinalist voting for the Maxwell Award begins Oct. 30 and closes Nov. 24. Three finalists will be announced Nov. 25, after which another round of voting will take place. Voters include Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA football head coaches, sports information directors and selected members of the media.
The 83rd Maxwell Award will be announced at the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show Dec. 12 on ESPN. The award will be formally presented March 6 at the Maxwell Football Club’s Awards Dinner at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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