Aug. 20, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern's Zak Kustok was recently named as one of 30 quarterbacks on the preseason watch list for the 2001 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top college quarterback by The Davey O'Brien Foundation.
The Davey O'Brien Advisory Committee is comprised of nationally known sportswriters and commentators, who will select eight semifinalists the first week of November and vote again the week of Thanksgiving to select the winner and two runners-up. The winner of the 2001 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award will be announced Dec. 6 during ESPN's Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Orlando, Fla. Additionally, all three quarterbacks will be honored at the 25th annual O'Brien Awards Dinner in February at The Fort Worth Club.
The O'Brien Award is named in honor of the late Davey O'Brien, the All-American and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for Texas Christian University who led the Horned Frogs to the 1938 national championship.
Kustok is one of just two quarterbacks on the list, along with Illinois' Kurt Kittner. In addition to Kustok, the following QBs are on the preseason watch list:
Kyle Boller, California, Jr.
Eric Crouch, Nebraska, Sr.
Woodrow Dantzler, Clemson, Sr.
Rohan Davey, LSU, Sr.
Ken Dorsey, Miami (Fla.), Jr.
David Carr, Fresno State, Sr.
Casey Clausen, Tennessee, So.
Ronald Curry, North Carolina, Sr.
K.C. Enzminger, New Mexico State, Sr.
Mark Farris, Texas A&M, Jr.
David Garrard, East Carolina, Sr.
George Godsey, Georgia Tech, Sr.
Rex Grossman, Florida, So.
Joey Harrington, Oregon, Sr.
Jeff Kelly, Southern Mississippi, Sr.
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, Jr.
Kurt Kittner, Illinois, Sr.
Byron Leftwich, Marshall, Jr.
Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky, So.
David Neill, Nevada, Sr.
Carson Palmer, USC, Jr.
David Priestley, Pittsburgh, Sr.
Casey Printers, TCU, Jr.
Dave Ragone, Louisville, Jr.
Patrick Ramsey, Tulane, Sr.
Philip Rivers, North Carolina State, So.
Chris Simms, Texas, Jr.
Jonathan Smith, Oregon State, Sr.
Jason Thomas, UNLV, Jr.