The John Mackey Award for best tight end cut down the list to 8 semi-finalists.
Dorin Dickerson is on that list.
The Nassau County Sports Commission has announced eight semi-finalists for the 2009 John Mackey Award. Listed alphabetically, they are Dorin Dickerson (SR, Pittsburgh), Ed Dickson (SR, Oregon), Aaron Hernandez (JR, Florida), Anthony McCoy (SR, USC), Tony Moeaki (SR, Iowa), Dennis Pitta (SR, BYU), Kyle Rudolph (SO, Notre Dame) and Cody Slate (SR, Marshall).
The eight semi-finalists were determined by confidential balloting of the John Mackey Selection Committee. The 2009 John Mackey Award finalists will be announced on Monday, November 23, 2009 at www.johnmackeyaward.org.
So, let’s look at the numbers to this point:
- Dickerson: 43 receptions, 496 yards, 10 TDs
- Dickson: 37 receptions, 488 yards, 5 TDs
- Aaron Hernandez: 46 receptions, 571 yards, 2 TDs
- McCoy: 17 receptions, 382 yards, 1 TD
- Moeaki: 26 receptions, 302 yards, 4 TDs
- Pitta: 45 receptions, 624 yards, 5 TDs
- Rudolph: 33 receptions, 364 yards, 3 TDs
- Slate: 50 receptions, 607 yards, 4 TDs
By the numbers you can probably eliminate McCoy and Moeaki from making the list of finalists for next week. Rudolph is also out at this point because he is injured and at best might be back for a bowl game so his numbers are stuck where they are.
Slate might not make the cut, despite really good numbers because he got hurt in the last game and might be done for the season. He had great numbers, but they were also for Marshall which hurts the chances because of the C-USA competition.
That leaves Dickson, Hernandez, Pitta and Dickerson. The finalist list is the top-3 candidates.
I would say that Hernandez is a lock since he is an integral part of the Florida offense and on the #1 team.
Pitta and Dickson are both the leading receivers for yards and receptions for their respective teams. I think Pitta might not make it because of the infrequency of anyone seeing him and how BYU has failed compared to early expectations.
Dickerson’s 10 TDs are impossible to overlook since it is twice as many as anyone else on the list. He leads Pitt in receptions and is second in yardage. The problem is that Pitt has a bye week so his numbers in terms of yardage could suffer when it comes time to make the cut.
I think Dickerson should make the top-3 cut, but if both Pitta and Dickson have big games it could bump Dickerson right out of it.
Just wandered if any reaction to Cullen Christian, etc…….
I wish Dorin the best but wouldnt be at all surprised if isnt even a finalist. On a similar note, the Heisman has also become a joke. Its not about who is the best player its about who has the best media campaign – it should be a marketing award. As evidence, Tim Tebow still gets mentions as a top Heisman cnadidate while Bill Stull is having a statistically better year in almost every category:
Bill Stull
Completions 163
Comp % 66.3 %
Yards 2115
Yards Per Pass 8.6
Long Completion 79
TDs 18
INTs 4
Rating 159.4
Tebow
Completions 128
Comp % 64.6 %
Yards 1730
Yards Per Pass 8.7
Long Completion 77
TDs 12
INTs 4
Rating 154.0
Stull is quarterbacking the #8 team in the country and gets virtually no mention….the heisman jumped the shark with Jason White – who now runs a shoe store, no really he does:
Yet no mention of Dion Lewis who crushes Spillers stats:
Lewis
#6 Rusher in the FBS
Attempts: 224
Yards: 1291
Yards/Rush: 5.8
Long Run: 85
TDs: 13
Spiller
#42 Rusher in the FBS
Attempts: 153
Yards: 836
Yards/Rush: 5.5
Long Run: 66
TDs: 6
Its a shame they have turned a once prestigious award into ESPN’s Favorite Player Award
or this link, click on the Vote Now tab below the ESPN Experts Poll:
Lets get our guys at least some recognition – they deserve it. You can vote as many times as you want.
Daryll Clark has over 3,000 votes (please), lets show our Panthers some love.
