South Carolina's Kyle Kennard named semifinalist for National Player of the Year honor
On Wednesday, South Carolina senior EDGE Kyle Kennard made the semifinal list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award. 20 total players, including Kennard) made the list. The transfer portal addition is one of seven defensive players nominated to the semifinal list.
The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the best player in college football as determined by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Over the past week, Kennard also was named a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award and the Bednarik Award.
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From the Walter Camp Football Foundation press release:
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of twenty “semifinalists” for its 2024 Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation. The semifinalist lists includes eight quarterbacks, seven defensive players, two running backs, two wide receiver/tight ends and one two-way player.
The Walter Camp Player of the Year award is presented by McDermott Lexus of New Haven.
The Walter Camp Player of the Year will be voted on by the 134 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors later this month. Three finalists will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and the 58th recipient of the Walter Camp Player of Year award will be announced on the ESPN College Football Awards Show on Thursday, December 12.
Walter Camp Player of Year Semifinalists
Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State
Bryson Daily, QB, Army West Point
Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas
Donovan Ezeiruaku, Edge, Boston College
Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon
Travis Hunter, WR/DB, Colorado
Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
Kaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa
Kyle Kennard, Edge, South Carolina
Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
James Pearce, Jr., Edge, Tennessee
Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Edge, Virginia Tech
Kurtis Rourke, QB, Indiana
Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State
Cam Ward, QB, Miami
Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State
Xavier Watts, S, Notre Dame
Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation (www.waltercamp.org) – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.
