College Football Fans Select Texas Tech Quarterback Graham Harrell as the AT&T All-America Player of the Year
the 2008 AT&T All-America Player of the Year, the only major college football
award chosen exclusively by fans. Fans across the nation have made their
voices heard and voted
college football player in the nation. Receiving over 260,000 text votes,
Harrell is the second
Crabtree
Harrell won AT&T’s All-America Player of the Week four times this season,
the most of any player this year. Harrell passed for 4,437 yards and threw for
41 touchdowns, two touchdowns within breaking the NCAA career record and had a
passer rating of 163.03. He also rushed for six touchdowns and led the Red
Raiders to their first 10-0 start in 70 years, beat a No. 1 team for the first
time and led TTU to a school record of No. 2 in the polls. In the AT&T Cotton
Bowl, Harrell completed 36 of 58 passes for 364 yards and four touchdowns in
the Red Raiders’ loss to
an FBS-record 134 passing touchdowns. He received 54 percent of the votes to
beat out an impressive field of nominees, including
quarterback
Tebow
winner
“AT&T congratulates Harrell on having a spectacular season and for winning
the AT&T All-America Player of the Year award,” said
director of national sponsorships for AT&T’s wireless unit. “We are proud to
be able to deliver the technology that allows the fans voices to be heard so
that they can honor the player that they choose. Our hats go off to the winner
and the other nominees we are grateful to the fans who participated.”
Fans determined the winner by sending a text message and casting their
votes for the nominees. Polls stayed open until
each vote received an entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2010 BCS
National Championship game in
Last year,
as the AT&T All-America Player of the Year, edging Heisman Trophy winner
Tebow
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