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SALT LAKE CITY — The college football season is already to its mid-point, and we've already seen plenty of ups and downs.
The KSL sports team has reviewed the first half of the season and have given out some midseason awards to local players.
The biggest dilemma was at the quarterback position, but based on Taysom Hill's performance before he suffered a season-ending injury, he was the overwhelming favorite for best quarterback.
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| Midseason College Football Awards | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive POY ------------- |  Devontae Booker | ||||||||||
| G | Att | Yds | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yds/G | Rec | Yds | Avg. | Yds/G | |
| 6 | 120 | 742 | 6.18 | 7 | 20.0 | 123.67 | 9 | 83 | 9.22 | 13.8 | |
| Runner-Up |  Taysom Hill | ||||||||||
| Defensive POY | Nate Orchard | ||||||||||
| G | Solo | Assist | Total | Total/G | TFL | TFL Yds | TFL/G | Sacks | Sack Yds | Sacks/G | |
| 6 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 6.5 | 13 | 67 | 2.17 | 10.5 | 62 | 1.75 | |
| Runner-Up |  Nick & Zach Vigil | ||||||||||
| Best Quarterback | Taysom Hill | ||||||||||
| G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yds | Yds/Att | TD | INT | Rating | Att/G | Yds/G | |
| 6 | 132 | 88 | 66.7 | 975 | 7.4 | 7 | 3 | 141.66 | 22.0 | 162.5 | |
| Runner-Up | Darrell Garretson | ||||||||||
| Best Running Back | Devontae Booker | ||||||||||
| G | Att | Yds | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yds/G | Rec | Yds | Avg. | Yds/G | |
| 6 | 120 | 742 | 6.18 | 7 | 20.0 | 123.67 | 9 | 83 | 9.22 | 13.8 | |
| Runner-Up | None | ||||||||||
| Best Wide Receiver | Hunter Sharp | ||||||||||
| G | Rec. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Rec./G | Yds/G | Rush Att | Rush Yds | Rush Avg. | Yds/G | |
| 7 | 42 | 675 | 16.07 | 5 | 6.0 | 96.4 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 2.0 | |
| Runner-Up | Mitch Mathews | ||||||||||
| Best Tight End | Devin Mahina | ||||||||||
| G | Rec. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Rec./G | Yds/G | Ret. | Yds | Avg. | Yds./G | |
| 7 | 10 | 99 | 9.90 | 2 | 1.4 | 14.1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 2.3 | |
| Runner-Up | Westlee Tonga | ||||||||||
| Best OL Player | Kevin Whimpey | ||||||||||
| Runner-Up | Jeremiah Poutasi & De'Ondre Wesley | ||||||||||
| Best DL Player | Nate Orchard | ||||||||||
| G | Solo | Assist | Total | Total/G | TFL | TFL Yds | TFL/G | Sacks | Sack Yds | Sacks/G | |
| 6 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 6.5 | 13 | 67 | 2.17 | 10.5 | 62 | 1.75 | |
| Runner-Up | Hunter Dimick | ||||||||||
| Best Linebacker | Nick Vigil | ||||||||||
| G | Solo | Assist | Total | Total/G | TFL | TFL Yds | TFL/G | Sacks | Sack Yds | Sack/G | |
| 7 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 9.86 | 8.5 | 33 | 1.21 | 3.0 | 21 | 0.43 | |
| Runner-Up | Zach Vigil | ||||||||||
| Best Defensive Back | Brian Suite | ||||||||||
| G | Solo | Assist | Total | Total/G | TFL | TFL Yds | TFL/G | PBR | INT | INT/G | |
| 7 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 4.71 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.14 | 4 | 1 | 0.14 | |
| Runner-Up | Tevin Carter | ||||||||||
| Best Special Team's Player | Andy Phillips | ||||||||||
| G | FG Att | FG Made | FG Pct. | PAT Att | PAT Made | PAT Pct | Kickoffs | Yds | Avg. | Pts/G | |
| 6 | 15 | 13 | 86.7 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 40 | 2472 | 61.8 | 10.8 | |
| Runner-Up | Tom Hackett | ||||||||||
| Most Surprising Player | Kaelin Clay | ||||||||||
| G | Punt Ret. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Yds/G | Kick Ret. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Yds/G | |
| 6 | 12 | 241 | 20.08 | 3 | 40.2 | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 1 | 30.7 | |
| Runner-Up | Nick Vigil | ||||||||||
| Most Disappointing Player | Dres Anderson | ||||||||||
| G | Rec. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Rec./G | Yds/G | Rush Att | Rush Yds | Rush Avg. | Yds/G | |
| 6 | 19 | 325 | 17.11 | 4 | 3.2 | 54.2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | |
| Runner-Up | Devon Blackmon | ||||||||||
| Coach of the Year | Kyle Whittingham | ||||||||||
| Runner-Up | Matt Wells | ||||||||||
| Best Game So Far | Utah @ UCLA  | ||||||||||
| Runner-Up | BYU vs. Virginia  | ||||||||||
