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2002 FCS Payton, Robinson and Buchanan Award Voting

Walter Payton Award
Name School 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
Tony Romo Eastern Illinois 24 15 18 12 10 268
Brett Gordon Villanova 18 18 17 10 12 245
Bruce Eugene Grambling State 21 16 7 17 10 234
John Edwards Montana 12 11 13 13 8 177
Willie Ponder SE Missouri 1 7 7 14 12 94
Chas Gessner Brown 5 6 6 7 9 90
Carl Morris Harvard 6 4 5 7 6.5 81.5
Chaz Williams Georgia Southern 3 8 6 5 5 80
Allen Suber Bethune-Cookman 7 4 4 2 4 71
Kirwin Watson Fordham 3 5 6 2 10 67
P.J. Mays Youngstown St 2 5 2 5 6 52
Billy Napier Furman 2 4 5 2 2 47
Stephan Lewis New Hampshire 1 4 4 4 4 45
Dave Corley William & Mary 1 1 4 3 5 32
Ryan Johnson Montana State 2 0 3 1 2 23
Ryan Fuqua Portland St 0 1 2 3 2.5 18.5
*Jay Bailey Austin Peay 1 0 0 0 0 5
*Doug Baughman Idaho State 0 0 0 1 0 2

Buck Buchanan Award
Name School 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
Rashean Mathis Bethune-Cookman 33 18 5 11 4 278
Hadley Prince McNeese State 18 18 9 6 9 210
Boomer Grigsby Illinois State 18 7 7 6 11 162
Robert Mathis Alabama A&M; 9 9 13 12 9 153
Stephen Cooper Maine 7 9 10 6 6 119
Lee Russell Western Illinois 4 8 7 9 6 97
Trey Young Montana 3 8 7 11 4 94
Josh Jeffries Appalachian State 5 7 6 6 5 88
Nick Ricks Eastern Illinois 2 2 13 8 9 82
Mark Kasmer Dayton 2 7 3 4 9 64
Greg Pitts SW Texas 1 5 6 7 6 63
Dan Mulhern Delaware 3 2 4 9 6 59
Freedy Pesqueira Georgia Southern 2 2 7 4 8 55
Roy Locks Northwestern St 1 3 7 3 7 51
Dante Balestracci Harvard 1 2 3 2 5 31
Tracy White Howard 1 2 2 3 3 28
*Jared Allen Idaho State 0 0 0 1 0 2

Eddie Robinson Award
Name School 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
Tommy Tate McNeese State 23 21 10 9 14 261
Mike Ayers Wofford 14 12 14 10 8 188
Don Patterson Western Illinois 12 12 12 12 8 176
Dave Clawson Fordham 14 10 8 10 5 159
Alvin Wyatt Bethune-Cookman 9 7 12 10 12 141
Doug Williams Grambling State 6 12 12 6 12 138
Don Brown Northeastern 14 7 5 8 8 137
Mike Sewak Georgia Southern 5 4 7 9 6 86
Al Bagnoli Pennsylvania 1 6 8 4 6 67
Joe Glenn Montana 3 4 4 7 4 61
Mike Kramer Montana State 4 4 0 4 6 50
Tim Billings SE Missouri 0 4 6 5 5 49
Larry Lewis Idaho State 2 5 4 2 3 49
Andy Talley Villanova 1 1 2 9 3 36
Anthony Jones Alabama A&M; 1 0 4 1 2 21
Joe Pannunzio Murray State 0 0 0 1 2 4
*Dick Biddle Colgate 0 0 0 0 1 1
*Daryl Daye Nicholls St 0 0 0 0 1 1

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Note: Voting was conducted by a panel of 109 FCS media members and media relations professionals. A first-place vote is worth five points, a second- place vote is worth four points, a third-place vote is worth three points, a fourth-place vote is worth two points, and a fifth-place vote is worth one point. Voters received a ballot with stats and information for each of the 16 finalists for all three awards. Votes were due by Monday, December 2, 2002, following the final week of the regular season. Postseason play has no effect on the outcome of the awards.


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