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Keil Named to CFPA FCS Freshman of the Year Watch List
11/13/2014 9:54:00 AM | Football
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Davidson running back Jeffrey Keil has been named to the initial 2014 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS National Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List, it was announced Thursday morning.
Keil is one of 16 running backs and one of two Pioneer Football League players (Sam Schrader, Butler, RB) on the initial 30-player list.
The Tampa, Fla., native has seen action in all 10 games so far this season and has started the last four. His top performance, which earned a CFPA Performer of the Week honorable mention, came against Stetson when he carried the ball 33 times, scored two touchdowns and became just the sixth player in school history to run for more than 200 yards in a contest (215).
For the season, Keil has totaled 562 yards on 115 carries, averaging 4.9 yards per carry, with six touchdowns. He also has nine receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Previous winners of the award include: Drew Reed (Lafayette), Sawyer Kollmorgen (Northern Iowa), John Robertson (Villanova), Taylor Heinicke (Old Dominion), and DeNarius McGhee (Montana State).
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Keil and the Wildcats will next play at Marist Saturday at 1 p.m.
2014 CFPA FCS National Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List
Octayvius Miles (WR), Alabama A&M
Josh Gontarek (WR), Albany
Otis Gerron (RB), Austin Peay
Larry Brihm (QB), Bethune-Cookman
Sam Schrader (RB), Butler
Cam Jackson (RB), The Citadel
Osharmar Abercrombie (RB), Coastal Carolina
Jeffrey Keil (RB), Davidson
Nic Sblendorio (WR), Eastern Washington
Brandon Norwood (WR), Florida A&M
Chase Edmonds (RB), Fordham
Semar Smith (RB), Harvard
Troy Pelletier (WR), Lehigh
Ryan Ross (RB), McNeese State
Chandler Curtis (WR), Mercer
Alex Lakes (RB), Mercer
Calan Crowder (RB), Missouri State
Donald Goodrich (RB), New Hampshire
Marquell Cartwright (RB), North Carolina A&T
RJ Urzendowski (WR), North Dakota State
Rameses Owens (RB), Robert Morris
Marcus Bagley (RB), Saint Francis U
Yedidiah Louis (WR), Sam Houston State
Jake Wieneke (WR), South Dakota State
Cameron Walter (RB), Southern Illinois
Austin Howard (QB), Southern University
Brock McCoin (WR), Tennessee Tech
Al Cobb (QB), VMI
Detrez Newsome (RB), Western Carolina
Hunter Wells (QB), Youngstown State
Keil is one of 16 running backs and one of two Pioneer Football League players (Sam Schrader, Butler, RB) on the initial 30-player list.
The Tampa, Fla., native has seen action in all 10 games so far this season and has started the last four. His top performance, which earned a CFPA Performer of the Week honorable mention, came against Stetson when he carried the ball 33 times, scored two touchdowns and became just the sixth player in school history to run for more than 200 yards in a contest (215).
For the season, Keil has totaled 562 yards on 115 carries, averaging 4.9 yards per carry, with six touchdowns. He also has nine receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Previous winners of the award include: Drew Reed (Lafayette), Sawyer Kollmorgen (Northern Iowa), John Robertson (Villanova), Taylor Heinicke (Old Dominion), and DeNarius McGhee (Montana State).
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Keil and the Wildcats will next play at Marist Saturday at 1 p.m.
2014 CFPA FCS National Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List
Octayvius Miles (WR), Alabama A&M
Josh Gontarek (WR), Albany
Otis Gerron (RB), Austin Peay
Larry Brihm (QB), Bethune-Cookman
Sam Schrader (RB), Butler
Cam Jackson (RB), The Citadel
Osharmar Abercrombie (RB), Coastal Carolina
Jeffrey Keil (RB), Davidson
Nic Sblendorio (WR), Eastern Washington
Brandon Norwood (WR), Florida A&M
Chase Edmonds (RB), Fordham
Semar Smith (RB), Harvard
Troy Pelletier (WR), Lehigh
Ryan Ross (RB), McNeese State
Chandler Curtis (WR), Mercer
Alex Lakes (RB), Mercer
Calan Crowder (RB), Missouri State
Donald Goodrich (RB), New Hampshire
Marquell Cartwright (RB), North Carolina A&T
RJ Urzendowski (WR), North Dakota State
Rameses Owens (RB), Robert Morris
Marcus Bagley (RB), Saint Francis U
Yedidiah Louis (WR), Sam Houston State
Jake Wieneke (WR), South Dakota State
Cameron Walter (RB), Southern Illinois
Austin Howard (QB), Southern University
Brock McCoin (WR), Tennessee Tech
Al Cobb (QB), VMI
Detrez Newsome (RB), Western Carolina
Hunter Wells (QB), Youngstown State
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