Sports Page Atlanta

Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford was named to the Davey O’Brien watch list. The junior from Texas was 1 of 31 quarterbacks to be honored. The award is given to the nation’s best college quarterback who inspires student athletes to triumph on and off the field.

The award will be announced on December 11th at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.

No Georgia player has won the award, but a former Georgia Tech player has (Joe Hamilton in 1999).

Last year, Tim Tebow won the award.

Click on the following link for more information about the Davey O’Brien Award Watch List or for a complete list of nominees.

The people at College Football News have made their list of their top 250 2009 possible NFL draft picks. Of course they are not predicting who goes where because it mostly depends which teams got slotted where, and they realize just because you are eligible it doesn’t mean you will enter the draft, but overall they do a very good job. They break it down by rounds and by positions.

Among the local players in the top-50 are Georgia Bulldog running back Knowshon Moreno ranked 8th, quarterback Matthew Stafford ranked 13th and at #44 is defensive tackle Jeffrey Owens. For the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets they have defensive end Michael Johnson ranked #11th and defensive tackle Vance Walker at number 21. More Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets are mentioned later on.

Check out the complete projected 2009 NFL Draft list.