Hampton, Johnson, Lymon and Wolfe Announced as Week Five Nominees for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week Award
02 Octobre 2006 - 2:26AM
PR Newswire (US)
Award is the only major college football honor determined
exclusively by fan voting ATLANTA, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The games
have been played, four nominees have been announced, and now the
power now rests solely in the hands of the fans to determine a
winner for the week five Cingular All-America Player of the Week.
Navy quarterback Brian Hampton, Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin
Johnson, Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon, and Northern Illinois
running back Garrett Wolfe have been selected by a panel of ESPN
college football analysts as this week's top candidates based on
their outstanding performances this weekend. Fans can determine the
winner by text messaging "VOTE" to "87654" on their wireless phone
and casting their votes for the nominees. Hampton accounted for 324
yards of total offense and four touchdowns in Navy's 41-17 win over
Connecticut. He passed for 142 yards and one touchdown and added
182 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Johnson, nominated
for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week for the second
consecutive week, had six receptions for 115 yards and two
touchdowns in the 24th-ranked Yellow Jackets' 38-27 win at No. 11
Virginia Tech. Johnson has seven touchdowns in the first five games
of the season. Lymon caught eight passes for 238 yards and two
touchdowns in the Boilermakers' 35-21 loss to 12th-ranked Notre
Dame. Lymon had the second-highest receiving day in Purdue history.
Wolfe rushed for 353 yards and three touchdowns in the Huskies'
40-28 win over Ball State. Wolfe, the nation's leading rusher, has
1,181 rushing yards in five games this season. Fans have until
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday to submit their votes. The
winner will be announced September 21 during ESPN's Thursday night
college football game between Florida State and NC State. Fans can
vote as many times as they like, with each vote counting as one
entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2007 BCS National
Championship game. The Cingular All-America Player of the Week
program will continue throughout the season, with the nominees
being revealed each Sunday on the 9 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter and on
the Web at http://www.espnallamerica.com/. Cingular customers can
visit Cingular's NCAA(R) Football Portal on their wireless handset
to view video highlights of each week's candidates, retrieve
photos, check scoreboards, track their favorite teams and download
school ringtones. Rutgers running back Ray Rice, Notre Dame
quarterback Brady Quinn and Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham
have won the Cingular All-America Player of the Week during the
2006 college football season. In December, four finalists for the
Cingular All-America Player of the Year award will be announced
during a one-hour special on ABC Sports. Fans will then get a
chance to say who the best player in the nation is by voting for
the Cingular All-America Player of the Year up until the Bowl
Championship Series. The selection process will culminate during
the BCS National Championship game on FOX when the Cingular
All-America Player of the Year will be presented. Last year,
University of Texas quarterback Vince Young was crowned as the
Cingular All-America Player of the Year, beating out USC teammates
Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart and University of Notre Dame
quarterback Brady Quinn. He was the second Longhorn to claim the
award, after running back Cedric Benson won the inaugural honor in
2004. ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS Cingular Wireless is the largest
wireless carrier in the United States, serving 57.3 million
customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)
and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice
and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(TM) network -- and
the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless
carrier. Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless
technology. Its 3G network is the first widely available service in
the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)
technology. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer
Rollover(R), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their
unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at
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