More Preseason Honors for A&M's Tannehill, Fuller

July 18, 2011

Texas A&M senior Ryan Tannehill and Jeff Fuller were named to two more preseason "watch lists" for national college football awards.

Tannehill, from Big Spring, Texas, was named to the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award watch list, while Fuller, from McKinney, Texas, was named to the 40-player watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award.
 
Tannehill was a record-setting wide receiver/backup quarterback for the first two years of his college career before winning the starting signal-caller job midway through his junior season in 2010. In his first career start Tannehill threw for a school record 449 yards against Texas Tech and went on to pass for 1,638 yards with 13 touchdowns while completing a school record 65.0 percent of his pass attempts. Tannehill won the first five starts of his career as the Aggies battled to their first share of the Big 12 South division crown since 1998. As a freshman and sophomore, Tannehill grabbed 101 receptions for 1,453 yards, which included a 12-catch, 210-yard receiving day against Kansas State in 2009.
 
A first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2010, Fuller became A&M's first-ever 1,000-yard receiver last season when he gained 1,066 yards on his 72 grabs, and he broke his own school record with 12 touchdowns. Fuller, who was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2010, pulled his name out of consideration for the 2011 NFL Draft to return to Texas A&M for his senior season, and he's within easy range of breaking Terrence Murphy's school record for career catches (172) and receiving yards (2,600). Fuller already holds the A&M career record for touchdown catches with 28. He enters 2011 with 163 catches for 2,264 yards.
 
National Award Watch Lists (As of 7/18/2011)
 
Walter Camp Player of the Year
WR Jeff Fuller
 
Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award
QB Ryan Tannehill
 
Doak Walker Award (best running back):
RB Cyrus Gray
RB Christine Michael
 
Rotary Lombardi Award (best lineman or linebacker):
DE Tony Jerod-Eddie
OL Luke Joeckel
LB Garrick Williams
 
Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back):
CB Coryell Judie
 
Bronko Nagurski Award (best defensive player):
CB Coryell Judie
 
Maxwell Award (outstanding player):
WR Jeff Fuller
RB Cyrus Gray
QB Ryan Tannehill
 
Bednarik Award (outstanding defensive player):
CB Coryell Judie
 
Biletnikoff Award (outstanding receiver):
WR Jeff Fuller WR Ryan Swope
 
Lou Groza Award (outstanding placekicker):
PK Randy Bullock
 
Pony Express Award (outstanding pair or trio):
QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Cyrus Gray, WR Jeff Fuller
 
College Football Performance Awards:
Coryell Judie (kickoff return and defensive back)
Dustin Harris (punt return and defensive back)
Damontre Moore (linebacker)
Ryan Tannehill (quarterback)
Cyrus Gray (running back)
Jeff Fuller (wide receiver)
Ryan Swope (wide receiver)