West Added To Rice Watch List
RICHMOND, Va. (October 19, 2011) -- Six rushing touchdowns in two games and two-straight 100-yard rushing contests along with your team's 5-1 start will get you noticed. Towson's freshman running back Terrance West has recorded both of those individual feats and Tuesday was added to
The 2011 Inaugural Jerry Rice Award Watch List. West joins three other CAA Football freshmen standouts placed on the lists' initial release including New Hampshire's R.J. Harris, Old Dominion's Eriq Lewis and Villanova's Dillon Lucas.
The award, presented by The Sports Network and sponsored by Fathead.com, will honor the outstanding freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision. A national panel of communications and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will select the award winner after the regular season. The legendary Rice, who played in the FCS (then Division I-AA) at Mississippi Valley State, will present the award at the national awards banquet on Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas.
West has led the 15th-ranked Tigers to a 5-1 record and a 3-0 mark atop the CAA Football standings. He has rushed for 450 yards on 70 carries for a 6.4 average. He leads the CAA with 11 touchdowns and has been named as the CAA Football Rookie of the Week three times, including each of the last two weeks. He has also been honored as The Sports Network's National Freshman of the Week twice.
The new award allows Rice to join three other football legends whose names adorn the top individual awards in the FCS: the Walter Payton (FCS outstanding player) and Eddie Robinson (FCS coach of the year) awards, which are celebrating their 25th anniversaries this season, and the Buck Buchanan Award (FCS outstanding defensive player) - each sponsored by Fathead.com.
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