FCS AWards: Peyton, Buchanan, Robinson

[IdaGriz01]

Did not see this posted, so here goes.

Peyton Award Winner: Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston State.

Briscoe set the FCS single-season record with 57 touchdown passes and finished one shy of matching Colt Brennan's Division I mark set in 2006. Briscoe threw six TDs or more four times in 11 games and was the FCS regular-season leader in passing yards (4,096), passing yards per game (372.4) and passer rating (187.0).
Remarkably, of his 503 pass attempts, only 136 came in the second half of a game, including just 52 in the fourth quarter.
"Jeremiah's not played seven fourth quarters, so his numbers could be more ridiculous than they are," said the Bearkats' K.C. Keeler, the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award winner as FCS Coach of the Year. ...

Biscoe finished almost 200 points ahead of Cooper Kupp in the voting (569 to 372).

Buck Buchanan: Karter Schult, University of Northern Iowa.

The senior defensive end led all of Division I with 17 sacks and tied for second with a school-record 24 tackles for loss to earn Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors. His 69 total tackles led all defensive linemen in the conference and he had four quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one interception, one blocked kick and one safety. …

Schult also won with over 200 points more than the #2 player, P. J. Hall of SHSU (473 to 269).

In case anyone wondered, Schult had 10 tackles in their losing effort against the Griz, being credited with 5 1/2 tackles for loss.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Briscoe is a junior and not expected to declare for the draft. But he seems to be in the 20-range for the 2018 QB draft class.

As it stands right now, Kupp is rated about #6 among WR, and expected to go in the second round.

Schult is ranked 30-ish among DE prospects, and expected to be an undrafted free agent. He is apparently super-strong but not especially fast. He seemed pretty quick to me, so maybe a good pro day could improve his prospects.