John Robertson Wins the Payton

[HailSzczur]

Villanova Football @NovaFootball (https://twitter.com/NovaFootball)



Congratulations to John Robertson on winning the 2014 Walter Payton Award.


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[BisonFan02]

Definately deserved it....congrats Robertson

[HailSzczur]

Coach Talley with his 3rd Payton winner in 3 different decades. All at different positionshttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/B48bWguCEAAlcZz.jpg

[HailSzczur]

2014 Walter Payton Award


Name
School
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Total


John Robertson
Villanova
66
22
9
9
4
467


Vernon Adams Jr
E. Washington
29
33
24
11
12
383


Justin Arias
Idaho State
22
11
15
6
9
220


Vad Lee
James Madison
9
18
12
17
12
199


Marshaun Coprich
Illinois State
8
8
20
16
8
172


Zach Zenner
South Dakota State
5
5
8
17
11
114


Alex Ross
Coastal Carolina
3
8
8
11
7
100


R.J. Harris
New Hampshire
3
8
8
10
3
94


Gus Johnson
Stephen F. Austin
3
4
9
7
14
86


David Johnson
Northern Iowa
2
6
5
8
13
78


DeAndre Carter
Sacramento State
1
8
3
4
17
71


Jacob Huesman
Chattanooga
1
6
6
7
10
71


Dakota Prukop
Montana State
2
4
6
6
3
59


Tyler Varga
Yale
0
4
7
4
8
53


Chase Edmonds
Fordham
0
2
6
9
6
50


Khairi Dickson
Saint Francis
1
4
5
3
6
48


Malcolm Cyrus
Alabama State
2
3
1
2
1
30


Cooper Kupp
Eastern Washington
1
1
3
1
5
25


Dy'Shawn Mobley
E. Kentucky
1
1
1
4
4
24


DaMarcus James
Jacksonville St
1
0
2
2
3
18


Bryan Bennett
SE Louisiana
0
1
1
3
1
14


Herb Walker Jr
Morgan State
0
1
1
2
1
12


MyCole Pruitt
Southern Illinois
0
1
0
1
0
6


Connor Kacsor
Dayton
0
1
0
0
1
5


Rob Hollomon
Central Connecticut0
0
0
0
0
1
1

[Bisonator]

Congrats to John Robertson, well deserved!

[tmcnova]

Congrats to John Robertson, well deserved!

Nice for the Cats and JR.

[dewey]

Congratulations to John Robertson and the Villanova Wildcats!

Dewey

[HailSzczur]

160 voters....Robertson had 110 total votes. What the hell were the other 50 on?

[melloware13]

Angry Hen fans maybe (I kid). Congrats to John, now how to get him to transfer down 95 a bit xsmiley_wix

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Big congrats to him. He really lit things up.

[WrenFGun]

Best player I saw this year. Just decided he would win games sometimes. Fantastic player.

I expect Jacob Huesman to win the Payton next year [very similar player], though Robertson could win it again, too.

[CatsWinCatsWinCatsWin]

Well deserved John !!!!

We have been spoiled at Villanova. We have been fortunate enough to see the likes of 3 Payton recipients - Finneran, Westbrook & now Robertson.

Brett Gordon was the runner up to Tony Romo for the Payton award. And, you can't forget Matt Szczur. None of this success would be possible without Andy Talley and his coaching staff keeping Villanova as one of the top FCS teams. Thanks for spoling us over the years.

Merry Christmas.

[NY Crusader 2010]

How close did Szczur come to winning? He was a dynamic player on their title team. He must've been stuck behind Armanti Edwards and maybe a couple others in the voting.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Congrats to JR and Villanova. No real complaints here, he had the best numbers overall (per game basis is a different story though). Hopefully VA can stay healthy, he should be a considerable favorite to win it next year.

[HailSzczur]

How close did Szczur come to winning? He was a dynamic player on their title team. He must've been stuck behind Armanti Edwards and maybe a couple others in the voting.

Not even close.

'09 he had 9 points as a write in, good for 21.
In '10 he was injured for a good 4 or 5 games and didn't get any votes. OL Ben Ijalana was 10th with 75 points and 3 first place votes. QB Whitney was 14th with 28 points and 2 first place votes

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Congrats to JR and Villanova. No real complaints here, he had the best numbers overall (per game basis is a different story though). Hopefully VA can stay healthy, he should be a considerable favorite to win it next year.

Really rooting to a JR/VA matchup in next year's playoffs. But this time on green turf

[kalm]

Not even close.

'09 he had 9 points as a write in, good for 21.
In '10 he was injured for a good 4 or 5 games and didn't get any votes. OL Ben Ijalana was 10th with 75 points and 3 first place votes. QB Whitney was 14th with 28 points and 2 first place votes

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Really rooting to a JR/VA matchup in next year's playoffs. But this time on green turf

I didn't get much of a chance to watch JR play this year, and while his passing yards are nowhere near the top, I'm guessing his ability to lead the team and make timely plays made him as deserving as all the rushing yards he gained. Plus it's hard to root against a Talley coached kid.

Congrats to the Cats fans.

[tomq04]

Way to go JR. Hoping VA can stay healthy and pull another award for EWU.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Easy choice, nobody was close to that dude all season long. He lit it up when he was healthy........Congrats

[HailSzczur]

Easy choice, nobody was close to that dude all season long. He lit it up when he was healthy........Congrats

And when he was hurt. Played like half the season with a broken hand and a hip pointer

[Anovafan]

Well deserved, he is a great kid too.

[ccd494]

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[Nova09]

Congrats to John, amazing year, but so bittersweet, did they have to give this award out so soon after our playoff loss he didn't participate in?!?!






(yes I know the award ceremony was planned long ago and it's not like they could just move the date for my feelings)

[VUCats02]

Seeing this kid develop as a starter for 3 years has been fun to watch. At least all wasn't lost with this season! Next year's Payton race is going to be crazy.

[HailSzczur]

Sadly John didn't bring his trophy to our final we had today, but the class did give him a round of applause.

[Panther88]

Impressive! Major congrats.

[Nova09]

What little it meant before we lost Saturday obviously means even less now, but back to that "Is Nova elite?" argument from earlier in the year, having more Payton winners than any other school has to be mentioned for the "yes" side