Rice University Athletics
Dillard Among Award Hopefuls Tonight
12/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 7, 2006
Jarett Dillard will join a lineup of college football's brightest stars in Orlando, FL tonight for the 16th annual Home Depot College Football Awards Show, which will be televised on ESPN from 6-8 (central).
Dillard, who earlier today was named a second team All American by SI.com, is one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award, the winner of which is slated to be announced in the show's first 30 minutes.
The record-shattering sophomore from San Antonio did not begin the year as a member of the award's Watch List of potential candidates. But he burst upon the scene and into contention for the honor by setting school single-season marks for receptions (82) yards (1,176) and touchdown catches (20) and tying the NCAA record by catching a scoring pass in 12 consecutive games this season. His overall streak of 14 consecutive games with a TD pass is the second longest in NCAA history.
He is joined as a finalist by Calvin Johnson of Georgia Tech and Jeff Samardzija of Notre Dame. Dillard is the Owls first finalist for one of college football's major individual honors since Trevor Cobb won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back in 1991.
