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Boise State’s Kellen Moore Added to Manning Award Watch List

Friday, July 16, 2010

The fourth player named to the 2010-11 Manning Award Watch List is Boise State's Kellen Moore (official bio). The junior standout led the Broncos to an undefeated season in 2009 and has posted a 26-1 record as a starting quarterback. The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, is releasing the Watch List one player at a time on its official Facebook and Twitter pages. The award has honored the top quarterback in the nation for the past six years.

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This past season as a sophomore, Moore guided the Broncos to a perfect 14-0 record, including a victory over TCU in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. After throwing for 39 touchdowns with just three interceptions, he earned first-team All-America honors from ESPN.com, SI.com and CBSSports.com, finished seventh in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year. A finalist for the Manning Award last year, he set the NCAA single-season record for the lowest percentage of passes intercepted at 0.69 percent, throwing just three picks in 431 attempts. Moore also finished second in the nation in passing efficiency (161.7) and threw five touchdown passes in three different games. The Broncos open the season with a neutral site game against Virginia Tech at the Redskins' Fed Ex Field in Landover, Md., on Monday, Sept. 6.

Sept. 6 Fox Sports story on preparation being the key for Moore

Aug. 30 AP story on Moore being an unassuming star

Aug. 28 CBS Sports story on Moore being its preseason Player of the Year

Aug. 25 SI.com story on Moore being the perfect poster-child for Boise State

Aug. 12 ESPN story on Moore's success along with Houston's Case Keenum

Thibodaux (La.) Daily Comet story on Moore from the Manning Passing Academy

2010-11 Manning Award Watch List Photo Gallery

The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that takes into consideration the candidates' bowl performances. Ten finalists will be selected in late-November and the winner will be announced after the bowls in January and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans.

The preseason Watch List recognizes some of the top quarterbacks in the nation based on previous collegiate performance, however, every quarterback in the nation remains eligible for the honor. Additional quarterbacks may be added to the Watch List after the start of the season. The list of 10 finalists will be released on Monday, Nov. 29. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

The Manning Award will be recognizing its seventh winner this year. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor - he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Last year's winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, the winningest quarterback in college football history. McCoy was picked by the Cleveland Browns in the 2010 NFL Draft.

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