[bozlady]

I don't know if this has been posted any place else but I can't seem to find it. Our very own Rashad Jennings:

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnf ... ton08.aspx

[TDDance234]

On that same note...Rashad's draft stock is starting to pick up...these aren't the end-all in terms of where they're going to be drafted, the 11th RB taken last year was Steve Slaton in the 3rd round.

Could be a mid-round pick.

http://www.draftcountdown.com/rankings/rb.php

[Hold My Own]

Could be a mid-round pick

Rounds...right?



I'm not sure how much weight these hold, b/c there will be some relatively "unknown" I-A RB who will come out of no where on a hot team like a ECU or others just starting to get attention

[olldflame]

I'm not sure how significant it is because I know there are a lot of FCS players who make it in the NFL, but I haven't even heard of the last 5 recipients of the Payton award. I guess it's kinda like the Heisman, where being the best college player doesn't always translate into a successful pro career.

[RagingTireFire]

I haven't even heard of the last 5 recipients of the Payton award.

But you've probably heard of the two winners before that, Tony Romo and Brian Westbrook.

[Rooster Cogburn]

After finding out what the FCS 'In-Crowd" really thinks of us, I'm starting to feel that Rashad's Chances are not too good. He is the best in my summation, but do you guys think he has any chance?

[jcmanson]

No, most of the FCS has a hard on for App. Armanti wins going away.

[Rooster Cogburn]

That is what I thought. He is barely mentioned when I read up on the award!

[JMUDukes]

It's either AE or Landers. For sure.

[ALUmnus]

As recently as 11/7 Kiper had Jennings as his #4 running back. He's since been passed by the back from that yuppie school we just beat in basketball and some other guy.

http://search.espn.go.com/tennessee/col ... 4294801923

[TDDance234]

In terms of overall talent, this draft may be the worse in NFL history. I can't imagine some team not taking a flyer on him in the 3rd-4th round.

[rjhenz]

Here are the results below, Jennings didn't make the final 3 but that still doesn't take away from the great year he had and the bright future he might have in the NFL.

2008 WALTER PAYTON AWARD VOTING - Top-three in alphabetical order

NAME (SCHOOL)...........................1st..2nd..3rd..4th..5th...Total

Herb Donaldson (Western Illinois)

Armanti Edwards (Appalachian State)

Rodney Landers (James Madison)

Ramses Barden (Cal Poly).................4..8..11..15..12...127

Nathan Brown (Central Arkansas)..........1..7..6..9..18...89

Cameron Higgins (Weber State)............3..8..3..7..9...79

John Matthews (San Diego)................2..6..6..6..4...70

Rashad Jennings (Liberty)................1..3..5..9..9...59

Dominic Randolph (Holy Cross)............2..2..7..1..4...47

Larry Warner (Southern Illinois).........1..4..1..3..7...37

Chris Pizzotti (Harvard).................1..2..4..3..2...33

William Ford (South Carolina State)......1..3..0..4..4...29

Andre Roberts (The Citadel)..............2..0..0..6..4...26

Rhett Bomar (Sam Houston State)..........0..0..5..2..4...23

Terrell Hudgins (Elon)...................0..0..4..2..4...20

David Sinisi (Monmouth)..................0..1..1..1..4...13

*Jonathan Dally (Cal Poly)...............0..1..1..0..0...7

*Josh Vaughan (Richmond).................0..1..0..1..0...6

*write-in votes

[Sly Fox]

An 8th place finish is outstanding! Congrats to Rashad!

I am still trying to figure out how Rhett Bomar got so many votes. He's a great player, but come on ...