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 http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Chris Capo, Career Sports & Entertainment, +1-404-314-1635, ; or Clay Owen, Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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