Randolph Places Fifth In Voting For 2009 Walter Payton Award
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Holy Cross senior quarterback Dominic
Randolph (Amelia, Ohio) placed fifth in the voting for the 2009
Walter Payton Award, presented annually by the Sports Network to
the top player in the Division I football championship subdivision.
The Payton Award will be presented at the annual Sports Network
awards dinner on Thursday, Dec. 17, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Randolph
placed ninth in the Payton Award voting in 2008, after coming in
12th in 2007.
Voting, which is based on regular season performance only, was
conducted among media members and media relations professionals
covering the football championship subdivision. The top three
players in the voting, Appalachian State quarterback Armanti
Edwards, Elon wide receiver Terrell Hudgins and Southern Illinois
running back Deji Karim, will be in attendance at the awards
ceremony.
Randolph was previously named the Patriot League Offensive Player
of the Year for the third straight season, after completing 310 of
485 passes this year for 3,776 yards and 34 touchdowns. He set new
Holy Cross single-season records for yards of total offense (4,256)
and touchdowns responsible for (41), while tying the mark for
touchdown passes (34). Randolph led the nation in total offense,
while standing second in points responsible for, third in
completions, fourth in passing yards and 15th in pass
efficiency.
Over the course of his career as a Crusader, he completed 1,131 of
1,786 passes for 13,455 yards and 117 touchdowns. Randolph owns the
Holy Cross and Patriot League career records for yards of total
offense (14,240 yards), passing yards, touchdown passes,
completions and pass attempts.
Holy Cross concluded the 2009 season with an overall record of 9-3,
and won the Patriot League championship with a 5-1 mark in
conference games.
A list of the voting results for the 2009 Walter Payton Award
follows.
2009 WALTER PAYTON AWARD VOTING
| NAME (SCHOOL) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
| Armanti Edwards (Appalachian State) | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Terrell Hudgins (Elon) | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Deji Karim (Southern Illinois) | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Matt Nichols (Eastern Washington) | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 188 |
| Dominic Randolph (Holy Cross) | 8 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 174 |
| Ryan Perrilloux (Jacksonville State) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 142 |
| Jeremy Moses (Stephen F. Austin) | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 109 |
| William Ford (South Carolina State) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| Michael Herrick (Northern Arizona) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Cameron Higgins (Weber State) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| Toddrick Penland (McNeese State) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| Curtis Pulley (Florida A&M) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Chase Reynolds (Montana) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| Bryant Lee (Southern) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Pat Grace (Northern Iowa) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| David Sinisi (Monmouth) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| Pat Devlin (Delaware) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Andre Roberts (The Citadel) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Trevyn Smith (Weber State) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| James Mallory (Central Connecticut State) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| *Matt Szczur (Villanova) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| *Eric Ward (Richmond) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| *Scott Riddle (Elon) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| *Tim Toone (Weber State) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* – write-in candidate
