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ACC Lands 10 Players on Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference had 10 players named to the 2024 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List, the Tyler Chamber of Commerce and SPORTyler announced on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
 
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also meets one or more of the following criteria:
  • born in Texas and/or graduated from a Texas High School
  • and/or played at a Texas-based junior college or is currently playing at a Texas Division I four-year college.
Representing the ACC on the watch list were quarterbacks Chandler Rogers of California, Cade Klubnik of Clemson, Haynes King of Georgia Tech, Cam Ward of Miami, Nate Yarnell of Pitt, Preston Stone of SMU and Kyron Drones of Virginia Tech, as well as offensive lineman Jeremiah Byers of Florida State, center J’Onre Reed of Syracuse and running back Damien Martinez of Miami.
 
The watch list will be narrowed down to 16 semifinalists in November and then to five finalists in December. The finalists will be brought to Tyler, Texas, for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Banquet in January.
 
ACC Representatives on the 2024 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List:
 
Name, School, Class, Position
Chandler Rogers, Cal, Redshirt Senior, QB
Cade Klubnik, Clemson, Junior, QB
Jeremiah Byers, Florida State, Redshirt Senior, OL
Haynes King, Georgia Tech, Redshirt Junior, QB
Damien Martinez, Miami, Junior, RB
Cam Ward, Miami, Senior, QB
Nate Yarnell, Pitt, Redshirt Junior, QB
Preston Stone, SMU, Redshirt Junior, QB
J’Onre Reed, Syracuse, Senior, C
Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech, Redshirt Junior, QB
 
ACC Football Notes
  • The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks, with the return of full-time starters Thomas Castellanos at Boston College, Cade Klubnik at Clemson, Haynes King at Georgia Tech, Preston Stone at SMU, and Kyron Drones at Virginia Tech, and transfers Maalik Murphy at Duke, DJ Uiagalelei at Florida State, Tyler Shough at Louisville, Cam Ward at Miami, Grayson McCall at NC State, and Kyle McCord at Syracuse among others.
    • ACC had 13 quarterbacks named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list, the most of any conference.
    • ACC had 10 quarterbacks named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list, no other conference had more.
    • ACC had eight quarterbacks named to the Davey O’Brien Award preseason watch list, no other conference had more.
    • ACC has the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
    • 13 QBs in the league enter the 2024 season with over 20 career touchdown passes and 3,500 career passing yards.
    • Eight quarterbacks from ACC schools are projected to start Week 1 in the 2024 NFL season — 25 percent of NFL teams.
    • Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.
  • The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country.
    • 27 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame, the most of any conference.
    • Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the most of any conference.
    • 10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25, the most of any conference.
  • ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership
    • Six ACC head coaches were named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, as announced by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Peach Bowl, no other conference had more.
    • Two of the three active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC - Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national titles in 2016 and 2018. North Carolina’s Mack Brown won a national title at Texas in 2005.
  • The 20th ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
About the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award
The award is named in honor of Earl Campbell, who graduated from John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas, before playing at Texas. In his senior season, Campbell led the nation with 1,744 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns, becoming Texas’ first Heisman Trophy winner. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers, where he earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1978 and went on to lead the NFL in rushing three times. Campbell earned NFL MVP in 1979 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
 
About the ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference, in its 72nd year and 18 members strong, stands as one of the most competitive and revered intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members including Boston College, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest are dedicated to upholding the league's founding values of academic excellence, athletic competition at the highest level, and integrity. The ACC supports 28 NCAA sports, with 15 for women and 13 for men, and its member institutions span 12 states. In August 2019, the ACC and ESPN partnered to launch ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network exclusively devoted to ACC sports and original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow the ACC on Instagram (@accsports), Twitter (@theACC) and Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).