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The nominees for the Jon Cornish Trophy for the best Canadian in the NCAA have been announced: Chase Claypool; Neville Claypool; Chuba Hubbard; Amen Ogbongbemiga; and Nathan Rourke, who has won it the last two years. Their profiles are listed at the url below.
https://3downnation.com/2020/03/13/j...ncaa-football/
With his 2,000+ yard rushing season and as a finalist for the Walter Camp for Player of the Year Award in American college football, I expect Chuba Hubbard will win this year.
The 2019-2020 Jon Cornish Trophy, which is awarded to the NCAA's top Canadian in the view of the selection panel, will be awarded at 1:00 PM Eastern Time on May 6th. The 30 minute virtual presentation can be viewed on Football Canada on You Tube live. One of the few chances to see Canadians involved in football now. QB Nathan Rourke, who BC selected 15th overall in the draft, has won the last two years. I still think Hubbard has the best chance at winning this year. The profiles of this year's candidate's can be seen in the previous post.
Gotta be Hubbard - amazing season he put up.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerrym
And the winner is -no surprise - Chuba Hubbard and his 2,094 rushing season.
https://3downnation.com/2020/05/06/d...ornish-trophy/Quote:
“It’s an honour to represent Canada, Alberta and my family in accepting this award, and acknowledging all the hard work I’ve put in,” Hubbard said. ...
The trophy adds another accolade to a long list of awards for Hubbard, as he was also named a unanimous All-American, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, a finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and a finalist for the Doak Walker Award presented to the NCAA’s top running back. He also finished eighth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy, which marks the third best finish for a Canadian player.
The Sherwood Park, Alberta, native ended the 2019 season as the FBS leader in rushing yards, rushing yards per game, 200-yard rushing games and all-purpose yards per game. He ranked first among all players from Power Five conferences in rushing touchdowns and led the Big 12 in both points scored and total touchdowns.
Hubbard’s season total of 2,094 rushing yards ranks 16th in FBS history and third in Big 12 Conference history. It marked the second-best single-season total in school history, trailing only Barry Sanders’ 1988 Heisman season.
Additionally, Hubbard rushed for more than 100 yards in each of his last 11 games, which was the longest active streak in the NCAA, and led the country with 15 rushes of 30 yards or longer, nine rushes of 40 yards or longer, seven rushes of 50 yards or longer, five rushes of 60 yards or longer, three rushes of 70 yards or longer, two rushes of 80 yards or longer and one rush of 90 yards or longer. ...
Top performances from the 2019 season included the largest single-game rushing total for any Power Five Conference player all year with 296 yards against Kansas State, a 256 rushing yard day against Tulsa for the sixth-highest single-game output in the FBS last season and a 223 rushing yard day against Texas Christian University that marked the first time a running back has gone over 200 yards in a game against the Horned Frogs in Gary Patterson’s 19 years as head coach.