WEBER STATE QUARTERBACKAMERON HIGGINS IS NAMED TO THE 2010 WALTER PAYTON TROPHY WATCH LIST Add Comment    Aug 06, 2010

OGDEN, UTAH - Weber State University quarterback, CAMERON HIGGINS (6-2, 215 Sr. /  Hawaii Kai, Hawaii) is among 20 players, including five from the Big Sky Conference, named to the initial 2010 WALTER PAYTON TROPHY Watch List. The Sports Network, which sponsors the trophy, released the list.

 Higgins  finished 10th in last years Payton Trophy balloting and was a finalist as well in 2008. Higgins enters the 2010 season with 9,762 career passing yards and 83 career touchdown passes.  He needs 2,446 passing yards to pass Jamie Martin and become WSUs career leader, and needs 2,855 passing yards to become the all-time leader in the Big Sky Conference.

 The other 19 players on the initial watch list include:
 K.J. Black   Quarterback  Prairie View A&M
 Thomas DeMarco  Quarterback  Old Dominion
 Pat Devlin   Quarterback  Delaware
 Chris Evans   Running Back  Samford
 Jonathan Grimes  Running Back  William & Mary
 Michael Herrick  Quarterback  Northern Arizona
 Ben Ijalana   Offensive Tackle Villanova
 Taiwan Jones  Running Back Eastern Washington
 Malcolm Long   Quarterback  South Carolina State
 Kyle Minett   Running Back  South Dakota State
 Devon Moore   Running Back  Appalachian State
 Jeremy Moses  Quarterback  Stephen F. Austin
 Chase Reynolds  Running Back Montana
 Scott Riddle   Quarterback  Elon
 Andrew Selle  Quarterback  Montana
 Matt Szczur   Wide Receiver Villanova
 Tyson Poots   Wide Receiver Southern Utah
 Steve Valentino  QB / WR  Dayton
 Chris Whitney   Quarterback  Villanova

-Utah College Sports News staff and wire reports

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