CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- College Football Performance Awards, the largest awards organization in D-I college football, recently announced its watch list for the 2013 CFPA Placekicker Award, and Tennessee State senior Jamin Godfrey earned a spot on the list.
The
preliminary watch list highlights 32 returning performers, vying for the top
individual placekicker award in the Football Championship
Subdivision.
Godfrey joins
TSU defensive back Steven Godbolt III and tight end A.C. Leonard on the 2013
CFPA Watch List.
"Congratulations
to Jamin Godfrey on earning a spot on the 2013 CFPA Watch List," said CFPA
Executive Director Brad Smith. "Godfrey has produced some of the nation's top
individual placekicking performances. As a senior, he will be one of the
nation's top placekickers to watch."
Godfrey is no
stranger to CFPA awards as he won the publication’s National Placekicker of the
Week honors in 2012 after converting 5-of-5 field goals in a 22-21 win over
Tennessee Tech.
Last
season he was second on the team with 81 points and made 16-of-20 attempted
field goals. His season long field goal was 46 yards versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff
on Homecoming.
All
CFPA recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific
rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall
effectiveness of their teams. All players are eligible for awards at their
respective positions; players are not preemptively eliminated from
consideration.
More
than 130 CFPA recipients have signed professional contracts, and twenty-one have
been first-round NFL Draft selections. CFPA recipients performing as NFL
placekickers include: Alex Henery (Nebraska), Blair Walsh (Georgia), Caleb
Sturgis (Florida), Randy Bullock (Texas A&M), Dustin Hopkins (Florida
State), David Buehler (USC), Brandon McManus (Temple), Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma
State), Zach Brown (Portland State), and Adi Kunalic (Nebraska).
Last
season, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel earned the 2012 CFPA National
Performer of the Year Trophy, while Harvard quarterback Colton Chapple earned
the 2012 CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy. Multiple award
presentations were broadcast live nationally on ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Big Ten
Network, Pac 12 Network, as well as internationally on BYUtv.
The
full list of 2013 recipients, including the 2013 CFPA FCS Awards, will be
announced on January 8, 2014.
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