USD Football 1996

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1996 AT~T LONG DISTANCE AWARDS AT&.. T gives the best Long Distance players their True Rewards

T: he editors of Touchdown 1/ustrated are proud to announce the winners of the 1995 AT&T Long Distance Awards. Each week during the regular season , AT&..T honors Division I-A student-athletes in six cate– gories - longest run from scrim– mage, longest pass completion, longest punt return , longest kickoff return , longest punt average and longest field goal. To honor each winner, AT&.T makes a $400 dona– tion to the NCAA Degree Completion Scholarship program, which grants scholarships to deserving student-athletes helping them "go the distance" to obtain their college degrees. At the conclusion of the season, AT&..T presents Long Distance Awards to the six individual stu– dent-athletes who lead the nation in each of the categories listed on this page. AT&..T honors these play– ers with $6,CX>O of additional dona– tions to the Degree Completion Scholarship program. Now in its sixth year, the AT&..T Long Distance Award Program has contributed over $250,CX>O to the NCAA Degree Completion pro– gram.

1995 AT~T LONG DISTANCE AWARDS WINNERS (and other leaders In each category)

Rushing Yards Per Game

Punting (avg. per punt)

Troy Davis, Iowa State ........................... 182.7 Wasean Tait, Toledo............................... 173.2 George Jones, San Diego State .............. 153.5 Darnell Autry, Northwestern ................. 152.3 Eddie George, Ohio State...................... 152.2

Brad Maynard, Ball State .........................46.5 Brian Gragert, Wyoming..........................45.2 Greg Ivy, Oklahoma State .......................44.7 Chad Kessler, LSU ...................................44. 1 Sean Liss, Florida State ............................43.9

Passing Yards Per Game

Punt Returns (avg. per return)

M ike Maxwell, Nevada .........................401 .2 Cory Ledbetter, New M exico State ........3 18.3 Steve Sarkisian, BYU ..............................3 12.5 Danny Wuerffel, Florida .........................295.9 Charlie Batch, Eastern Michigan ............288.2

James Dye, BYU ......................................21.9 Brian Roberson, Fresno State ................... 18.2 Marvin Harrison, Syracuse ....................... 16.8 Greg Myers, Colorado State .................... 15.9 Paul Guidry, UCLA .................................. 15.4

Receiving Yards Per Game

Kickoff Returns (avg. per return)

Alex Van Dyke, Nevada......................... 168.6 Marcus Harris, Wyoming .......................129.4 Kevin Alexander, Utah State .................. 127.3 Terry Glenn, Ohio State ......................... 11 9.6 Chad Mackey, Louisiana Tech ................ 114.1

Robert Tate, Cincinnati .............................34.3 Winslow Oliver, New Mexico ..................3 1.7 Damon Dunn, Stanford ............................28.4 Steve Clay, Eastern M ichigan ..................28.2 Emmett Moseley, Notre Dame ................27.9

At AT&.T, we know It rakes a lot to go the dlstdnce. That's why we give special recognition to those elite players who have strived to be the best at what they do - the True Reward of football, or any other calling In life. Congratulations to all of the AT&. T Long Distance Award winners.