Armanti Edwards wins 2nd Straight Payton Award

[theasushow]

yay.

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Congrats...well deserved. One of the all-time greats of the league for sure.

Will App. retire number 14 or will he have to accomplish something in the pros to get that?

[ASU_Fanatic]

hoot! hoot! congrats ae

[3PeatNation]

Congrats...well deserved. One of the all-time greats of the league for sure.

Will App. retire number 14 or will he have to accomplish something in the pros to get that?
14 will be retired soon nothing in the pros will change that

[proasu89]

Congrats...well deserved. One of the all-time greats of the league for sure.

Will App. retire number 14 or will he have to accomplish something in the pros to get that?

Feel sure that # will be retired regardless of what happens nextxthumbsupx

[theasushow]

AE by a ton, 431 points to Hudgins 268.

[EllsworthGriz]

It was a true Honor to have seen Armanti Edwards play in Missoula last week. He is the best player I have ever seen in person and that includes Moss and Dickinson. Armanti Edwards deserves this award without question. That was a fun football game, one I will never forget. GO GRIZ

[unicat87]

A well-deserved honor indeed for #14!!! Congrats! -unicat87 :)

[Grizo406]

It was a true Honor to have seen Armanti Edwards play in Missoula last week. He is the best player I have ever seen in person and that includes Moss and Dickinson. Armanti Edwards deserves this award without question. That was a fun football game, one I will never forget. GO GRIZ

Agree completely!xthumbsupxxthumbsupxxthumbsupx

[appstate1998]

it's been a great pleasure watching Armanti play, but I don't think they should retire his number right away. I mean it took 10 years for Coakley and I'm still one of those guys who think he's still the best to come out of APP

[GolfingGriz]

Well deserved! Clearly FCS's best player the last two years. I was sure he would win after he lost to Montana cause he either wins a title or an MVP award!

[appsfan]

Congrats to Money. I made a special effort to go away games this year to be able to make his career "last longer". xthumbsupx

[HLNgriz]

xsmileyclapxxsmileyclapxxsmileyclapxxsmileyclapxxs mileyclapxxsmileyclapxxsmileyclapxxsmileyclapx

[SeattleGriz]

Congratulations to Armanti Edwards. So very glad I can say I got to see him at least once.

[Native]

Congrats to Armanti, the Mountaineers and the SOCON.

Well deserved!

[theasushow]

AE= 4 for 4 in chatty.

[Grizo406]

xhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayxxhurrayx

[McNeese75]

Congratulations to Armanti Edwards. So very glad I can say I got to see him at least once.

Here Here xthumbsupx

[GrizBowl]

without a doubt, he has earned it.

[th0m]

Congratulations on such a beast of a player. How will ASU cope with losing him next year?

[th0m]

AE= 4 for 4 in chatty.

What about games at UTC? :p

[MarchingMountaineer]

What about games at UTC? :p

If you mean at the stadium, 4 for 4.

If you mean the team, 2 for 2 at UTC. (4 for 4 overall)

If you mean just the National Championship game, 2 for 2. xnodx
(How many current quarterbacks can say that?)

[whoanellie]

AE by a ton, 431 points to Hudgins 268.

always AE's. Now to be considered as a Payton Finalists is huge a huge honor for T-Mobile and the Elon program. AE could be one of CFL's all time greats. sorry he could not close the deal on a championship season the last two years...it is a team sport.

[CamelCityAppFan]

Congratulations on such a beast of a player. How will ASU cope with losing him next year?

Hopefully, the same way we coped with losing Richie Williams...

[appmaj]

Congrats AE!

[asknoquarter21]

Congratulations on such a beast of a player. How will ASU cope with losing him next year?

Returning 9 starters on offense and 7 on Defense

Whoever takes over will have a great season. Or we have a JMU type season next year.

Either way it is a set of new expectatons next year. No more NC or Bust

[mcveyrl]

Congrats to a great player, maybe the greatest.

You gotta love the local (Johnson City) news though. I'm at the gym this morning and the TV starts showing AE highlights with the caption:

"Edwards Wins Camp Award"

THEN, the "sportscaster" CALLED it the Walter CAMP award.

[BlueHen03]

Congrats. It was great seeing him on the big stage in 2007, although it came at the cost of my Hens.

[AppIAA]

always AE's. Now to be considered as a Payton Finalists is huge a huge honor for T-Mobile and the Elon program. AE could be one of CFL's all time greats. sorry he could not close the deal on a championship season the last two years...it is a team sport.

Just wondering.. why do you have to try to turn every thread around to be about Elon/Hudgins/Riddle/etc?

And then give a subtle smack at AE.. class act! Lembo teaching you how to do that??

CONGRATS ARMANTI!! YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF AN APPALACHIAN STUDENT ATHLETE. GRADUATED WITH HONORS IN 3.5 YEARS WHILE BEING DEDICATED TO THE WINNING TRADITION HERE, IMPROVING YOUR ALREADY AMAZING TALENT, BEING HUMBLE, BEING A MAGNIFICENT FATHER AND FAMILY MAN, HELPING THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AND TAKING THE APP NATION ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND BRINGING US TO NEW LEVELS. WE WERE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH A YOUNG MAN LIKE YOURSELF FOR 4 YEARS!!!

[CharlestonAppFan]

it's been a great pleasure watching Armanti play, but I don't think they should retire his number right away. I mean it took 10 years for Coakley and I'm still one of those guys who think he's still the best to come out of APP

That was not because Coakley isn't one of the greatest players to play at App, there were other circumstances that contributed to the prolonging of his jersey being retired. A certain administrator that shall remain nameless burned a bridge with him from what I heard.

I think Cobb will do the right thing (like he did when he reached out to Dexter) and utilize AE's marketability for App's benefit in the coming years. And I'm sure AE will be much obliged to help in anyway he can.

[blueballs]

BEING A MAGNIFICENT FATHER AND FAMILY MAN, !

Huh??? I thought he lived in an off campus house with Brian Quick (where he ran over his foot with the lawnmower)... which also begs the obvious next question: Where did he get the time and money to support a kid when he's a full time student graduating in 3.5 years and playing football? Is he married? Does he live with the mother? Is he paying child support?

[CharlestonAppFan]

Oh, and CONGRATS AE for being a fine student athlete and one of the best players I've ever seen wear a college uniform! xbowx xnodx

[AlphaSigMD]

I kinda wish that people would start giving Armanti a little more credit...xsmiley_wix

He's the only player with 10,000 Passing and 4,000 rushing. The AP article used to the old stat of 9k and 4k.

I officially start a petition (right now) to refer to Armanti as "The Great One" from now on. In your face Wayne Gretzky...what have you done for us lately?!?

[AppIAA]

Huh??? I thought he lived in an off campus house with Brian Quick (where he ran over his foot with the lawnmower)... which also begs the obvious next question: Where did he get the time and money to support a kid when he's a full time student graduating in 3.5 years and playing football? Is he married? Does he live with the mother? Is he paying child support?

First off, what does this have to do with anything I said?
"Huh??? I thought he lived in an off campus house with Brian Quick (where he ran over his foot with the lawnmower)"

"Where did he get the time and money to support a kid when he's a full time student graduating in 3.5 years and playing football? Is he married?"

He worked in the library the entire time he was here.. although, he didn't make much money there, from my understanding, that entire paycheck went to support his little girl. His food, housing, etc. was paid by his scholarship, and anything else he had to pay, he actually took out student loans to pay for.

No, he is not married, but he and his daughters mother are still together. The daughter lives with her mom in SC, but he goes and visits often when he can. Otherwise, they come visit him. He is not a dead beat dad like you seem to be implying..

[Bam]

Congrats AE. Good luck on your future endeavors.

[Milo]

Well done AE!!! ... It has been a pleasure.... 4 Southern Conf. Championships, 2 National Championships, 2 Payton Awards , 10,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards rushing, over 20 school records, led the biggest upset in college football, and to graduate in 3.5 years...

[AppIAA]

Well done AE!!! ... It has been a pleasure.... 4 Southern Conf. Championships, 2 National Championships, 2 Payton Awards , 10,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards rushing, over 60 school records, led the biggest upset in college football, and to graduate in 3.5 years...

Fixed it for you

[Waco Kid]

Well done AE!!! ... It has been a pleasure.... 4 Southern Conf. Championships, 2 National Championships, 2 Payton Awards , 10,000 yards passing and 4,000 yards rushing, over 20 school records, led the biggest upset in college football, and to graduate in 3.5 years...

Just saw he had 64 school records. Is it even possible for one player to get more? WOW!

[Waco Kid]

it's been a great pleasure watching Armanti play, but I don't think they should retire his number right away. I mean it took 10 years for Coakley and I'm still one of those guys who think he's still the best to come out of APP

That because Laney pissed off every player we had whikle he was in charge, and he refused to retire any numbers. Cobb made it a point to reach out to former players when he first got there and we retired 3 numbers in the first 2 years (Hand, Hackett, and Coakley). I'm not big on retiring lots of numbers, but 14 certainly belongs in that group.

[Gonzo]

Congratulations Armanti, I'm glad I got to see him play my Griz before his career was over

[jaxstatealum]

Congrats xsmileyclapx

[ashram]

He definitely deserved it, and I'm definitely glad he's graduating.

[mlbowl]

Congrats AE...xbeerchugx

[3PeatNation]

Armanti and Jerry Moore with the Walter Payton Trophy

[KiddBrewer]

haha here's the link.....since none of you lazy clowns have posted it yetxrolleyesxxlolx:D

http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=204859610

[blueballs]

First off, what does this have to do with anything I said?
"Huh??? I thought he lived in an off campus house with Brian Quick (where he ran over his foot with the lawnmower)"

"Where did he get the time and money to support a kid when he's a full time student graduating in 3.5 years and playing football? Is he married?"

He worked in the library the entire time he was here.. although, he didn't make much money there, from my understanding, that entire paycheck went to support his little girl. His food, housing, etc. was paid by his scholarship, and anything else he had to pay, he actually took out student loans to pay for.

No, he is not married, but he and his daughters mother are still together. The daughter lives with her mom in SC, but he goes and visits often when he can. Otherwise, they come visit him. He is not a dead beat dad like you seem to be implying..

A family man indeed...

... maybe I'm just old fashioned but I always thought being a 'family man' meant marrying the baby mamma, living in the same household under the same roof and devoting 100% of time and efforts into nurturing the marriage, supporting the family, and raising the child- not sending the baby momma and child to live with her parents in the next state.

Maybe there's a new paradigm I wasn't aware of, so thanks for informing me.

Nevertheless, none of this matters when it comes to his performance on the gridiron. He was one of the all time greats in this division and he deserves all the accolades he gets for his on field performance, which should include having his # retired at App and eventually being inducted into the College Football HOF.

[ElonPride]

Just wondering.. why do you have to try to turn every thread around to be about Elon/Hudgins/Riddle/etc?

And then give a subtle smack at AE.. class act! Lembo teaching you how to do that??


Looks like one of your own fans tried to do that earlier in the thread. Nice try, move on.

Congrats to AE. One heck of a player.

[AppIAA]

Looks like one of your own fans tried to do that earlier in the thread. Nice try, move on.

Congrats to AE. One heck of a player.

All I see is someone saying the differential in votes before WhoaNellie joins in.. I guess he shouldn't have stated Hudgins was second place.. that is rude huh??

Nice try, come again!

[AppIAA]

A family man indeed...

... maybe I'm just old fashioned but I always thought being a 'family man' meant marrying the baby mamma, living in the same household under the same roof and devoting 100% of time and efforts into nurturing the marriage, supporting the family, and raising the child- not sending the baby momma and child to live with her parents in the next state.

Maybe there's a new paradigm I wasn't aware of, so thanks for informing me.

Nevertheless, none of this matters when it comes to his performance on the gridiron. He was one of the all time greats in this division and he deserves all the accolades he gets for his on field performance, which should include having his # retired at App and eventually being inducted into the College Football HOF.

Fair enough.. but FWIW, the reason the child and her mother do no live with Armanti in Boone is because she is going to a school in SC

[SpeedkingATL]

Watching AE for the last 4 years has been an APPsolute gas. At least next year I can still look forward to watching Bobby Lamb melt down at Kidd Brewer and Elon receive their annual attitude adjustment. xlolxxlolx

Congrats AE !!xbeerchugx

[srgrizizen]

I hope the NFL is not too stupid to utilize AE's talents. Seems like any QB prospect under
6'5"and 230 pounds is automatically suspect.

[GannonFan]

Armanti and Jerry Moore with the Walter Payton Trophy


Ugh, that's what the trophy looks like? I've never seen it before and didn't realize it was that, unimpressive. For the stature of such an award, I would have thought they could go with better hardware.

[AppMan]

This should have been 3 years in a row as his sophomore year was argueably his best. The biggest year in terms of yards passing and rushing, a win over Michigan, conference title, and national championship. I still don't understand how he didn't win it in '07.

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

Congratulations! Well deserved and best of luck. When will we see an AE Award for best FCS QB?

[BarefootApp]

Yeah, 2007 has always been a mystery to me. Jayson was great and deserved it, but what gets me is neither Armanti nor Flacco were even mentioned, much less on the list. The 2007 season will probably be my all-time best college football season as a fan, including watching Michigan go 9-4 and beating Florida in a bowl game the same year we took it to 'em in the big house.

[Saint3333]

This should have been 3 years in a row as his sophomore year was argueably his best. The biggest year in terms of yards passing and rushing, a win over Michigan, conference title, and national championship. I still don't understand how he didn't win it in '07.

I believe he missed three games, I believe you have to play in 75% of the games to be eligible. He wasn't on the ballot.

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/payton_2007/voting_07.htm

[AppMan]

12 of 15 games is 80%.

[gn54549]

12 of 15 games is 80%.

only regular season games count, as voting is done before playoffs. he did not play in enough games to be eligible.

i hate it too, because despite the amazing year foster put up, armanti basically did what foster did on the ground plus way more in the passing game...and in the same number of games played (when you sub the 4 playoff games armanti played for the 4 he missed during the regular season). he definitely deserved it if he had been eligible. and gaso fans, don't think i'm knocking foster - he had a phenomenal year and deserved the award. i'm glad bvg kept us from having to face him more than we did.

regardless, ae being the only 2-time winner of the award and one of the greatest players in college football history isn't too shabby!

[CID1990]

Congrats to AE. Enjoyed watching him play these last four years.

[ysubigred]

If you mean at the stadium, 4 for 4.

If you mean the team, 2 for 2 at UTC. (4 for 4 overall)

If you mean just the National Championship game, 2 for 2. xnodx
(How many current quarterbacks can say that?)

Mark Brumgard Youngstown State (not current) but 2 for 2 xbowx

[DX Man]

Congratulations AExthumbsupx

[maristdb89]

Congrats!!! Looking forward to seeing him on Sundays

[State Line Liquors]

Cheers to AE's tailor on getting him one of the finest looking, most professional suits I've ever seen worn.

He's won the award deservingly. He's a fine player and young man. He's got all the hardware.

For the sake of his adoring fanbase, and for the sake of the person who has to fill his shoes on the ASU roster, can we now move on?

[Hoyadestroya85]

They should have retired his number on senior day just like Virginia did with Chris Long.