Dalton Tabbed Walter Camp Player To Watch
11/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 16, 2010
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced TCU quarterback Andy Dalton as one of 15 "Players to Watch" for its 2010 Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation.
Dalton, a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award and Davey O'Brien Award, has 40 career wins to lead all active quarterbacks. He ranks sixth nationally this season with a 163.94 pass efficiency rating, the second straight year he's been in the top 10.
Dalton has a career-best 66.3 completion percentage with 23 touchdowns and just six interceptions. This season has seen him produce three of the top seven single-game completion percentages in TCU history. He's also fourth on TCU with 415 yards rushing on a 5.5 per carry average.
A senior from Katy, Texas, Dalton has led TCU to an 11-0 record and No. 3 ranking in the BCS. It's the third consecutive year he has helped guide the Horned Frogs into the top 10.
Dalton directs a TCU offense that ranks seventh nationally in scoring (41.3 points per game) and eighth in total offense (490.5 yards per game).
Dalton completed 21-of-23 passes for 267 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-10 win over Baylor. He was 21-of-26 for a career-high 355 yards and three scores in a 47-7 victory at Utah.
Dalton has thrown a touchdown pass in 19 consecutive games and ranks third among active quarterbacks (min. 800 attempts) in lowest career interception percentage (2.34).
In addition to owning every major TCU passing record, Dalton needs 40 yards to become the Mountain West Conference's career leader in total offense. He's at 11,530 yards. He is 61 yards shy of reaching 10,000 career yards passing.
2010 Walter Camp Player of the Year "Players to Watch"
Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
Da'Quan Bowers, DL, Clemson
Andy Dalton, QB, TCU
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
Nick Fairley, DL, Auburn
Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
Kendall Hunter, RB, Oklahoma State
Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada
Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas
Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State
Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State
Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan
Jordan Todman, RB, Connecticut
