Nevada Press Release:
Nevada sophomore Carson Strong has been named to the Davey O’Brien Quarterback Class of 2020, the Davey O’Brien Foundation announced today.
Strong is one of 35 from around the country, and one of two from the Mountain West, to earn the honor with each member now an official candidate to win the 2020 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. The Class of 2020 consists of players from all 10 FBS conferences as well as football independents. The Atlantic Coast Conference has the most honorees with seven, followed by the Southeastern Conference and American Athletic Conference with five. The list is made up of 13 seniors, nine juniors, nine sophomores and four freshmen.
Strong is in the midst of an impressive sophomore season, helping Nevada to a 5-1 record through six games. He leads the Mountain West, and ranks in the top 25 nationally, in a slew of categories including passing touchdowns (16), passing yards (1,973) passing yards per game (328.8), completions per game (28.5) and completion percentage (71.3). Strong has thrown for over 300 yards in four of the Wolf Pack’s six games, including two 400-yard performances. Earlier this season he set the school record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception at 299, dating back to last season. Additionally Strong has connected with his receivers on pass plays of over 50 yards eight times, including a season-long of 65 yards to junior Romeo Doubs.
The next step in the process will be to select the award’s 16 semifinalists from these 35 quarterbacks. On Monday, Dec. 7, the semifinalists will be named based on voting from the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee as well as the first round of the Davey O’Brien Fan Vote, which will run through Sunday, Dec. 6.
The Fan Vote is instituting a major change in its format in 2020. This year, fans will vote via three social media platforms—Instagram, Twitter and Facebook—and the top vote getter on each platform will each receive the equivalent of two additional committee member ballots for that voting period. Fan voting will be done by liking the quarterback’s photo from the original post on the official Davey O’Brien social media account.
Following the naming of the semifinalists, the next round of fan voting will take place from Monday, Dec. 7 to Sunday, Dec. 20 with the three finalists named on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The final round of fan voting will occur from Tuesday, Dec. 22 until Wednesday, Dec. 30. The winner will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 7 on the 30th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards, which will be held virtually from 7-8:30 p.m. (ET) on ESPN.
Up next for Nevada, the Wolf Pack will host Fresno State this Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the regular season home finale.
