Miami Hurricanes star quarterback D’Eriq King named Maxwell Award watchlist – CBS Miami

CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – University of Miami quarterback D’Eriq King was among the players selected for the 2021 Maxwell Award, which honors College Football Player of the Year, was announced on Monday.

King is entering his sophomore season as quarterback with The U after a stellar campaign in 2020 that saw him named a Maxwell Award semi-finalist.

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Miami Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King (1) prepares as running back Jaylan Knighton (4) exercises practice at the University of Miami’s Greentree Field in Coral Gables, Fla. On Monday, March 2, 2020 (Al Diaz / Miami Herald / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

King threw 2,686 yards with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions, helping Miami set an 8-3 overall record and a 7-2 mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

King, who received the All-ACC Honorable Mention a season ago, set Miami’s single-season standard for rushing yards from a quarterback at 538 in 2020.

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King was also a semi-finalist of the 2020 Davey O’Brien Award and semi-finalist of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.

The Maxwell Award has been named College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, who was once a distinguished Swarthmore College man and a renowned sports writer and football official.

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Three Miami QBs have won the Maxwell Award. Vinny Testaverde 1986 and Gino Torretta 1991 won the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy. Ken Dorsey won the Maxwell Award in 2001.

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