Kyle Kennard Named Walter Camp Player of the Year Semifinalist

University of South Carolina Edge rusher Kyle Kennard is one of 20 semifinalists named by the Walter Camp Football Foundation for its Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation, it was announced today.

Kennard, a 6-5, 245-pounder from Atlanta, Ga., ranks among the nation’s leaders in both sacks (9.5) and tackles for loss (13.5). He is tied for first in the SEC and tied for fifth in the country in sacks (1.06 per game) and leads the SEC and is fifth in the nation in tackles for loss with 1.5 per game. He was named to the Sporting News midseason All-America team and was named the nation’s 14th-best player by ESPN. He was a midseason third-team All-American according to College Football Network and was named a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award and the Bednarik Award.

The Walter Camp Player of the Year will be voted on by the 134 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors later this month. Three finalists will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 26 and the 58th recipient of the Walter Camp Player of the Year award will be announced on the ESPN College Football Awards Show on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Walter Camp Player of Year Semifinalists

Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State

Bryson Daily, QB, Army West Point

Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss

Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas

Donovan Ezeiruaku, Edge, Boston College

Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon

Travis Hunter, WR/DB, Colorado

Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State

Kaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa

Kyle Kennard, Edge, South Carolina

Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama

Walter Nolan, DT, Ole Miss

James Pearce, Jr., Edge, Tennessee

Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Edge, Virginia Tech

Kurtis Rourke, QB, Indiana

Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado

Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State

Cam Ward, QB, Miami

Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State

Xavier Watts, S, Notre Dame