FRISCO, Texas, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sports Network (TSN) – Jeremy Moses' record-setting passing ability often separated Stephen F. Austin from opposing teams.
Thursday night, the senior quarterback separated himself in the 2010 Walter Payton Award balloting, securing more than two times as many first-place votes as any other candidate, while becoming the 24th annual winner of the Football Championship Subdivision's most prestigious award as the national player of the year. The Sports Network presents and Fathead.com sponsors the Payton Award.
Moses gained 37 of the 130 first-place votes and finished with 372 points. Quarterbacks Matt Barr of Western Illinois and DeAndre Presley of Appalachian State, who also were on hand at the FCS awards presentation, finished second and third, respectively, with 262 and 182 points.
During the regular season, the 6-foot, 195-pound Moses led the FCS in pass attempts (499), completions (303), touchdown passes (34) and passing yards (3,658), yet threw only four interceptions. He helped lead the Lumberjacks to the Southland Conference title and into the playoffs for a second straight season. They lost in the second round and finished with a 9-3 record.
"It's a huge team effort," Moses said. "In this offense, you have to have 11 guys on the same page. When you're not, bad things happen. All my success, I credit to my teammates. And I'll continue to do that 'til I die. I'd be nowhere without the guys I played with."
Moses is the first Southland Conference player to win the Payton Award. In 1989, SFA quarterback Todd Hammel was the runner-up. Over his four-year career, Moses completed an FCS-record 1,184 passes (on 1,893 attempts) for 13,401 yards and 121 touchdowns.
"What we do isn't very complicated," Moses said. "Our play-calling into certain coverages has gotten really simple. We know what we're looking for on the defensive side of the ball and we know what plays we want to run against it. That comes with a lot of film study and experience."
The Payton Award was voted on by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries.
In addition to the Walter Payton Award, The Sports Network presents and Fathead.com sponsors the Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the FCS' coach of the year, and the Buck Buchanan Award, honoring the FCS' outstanding defensive player.
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