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NEW YORK, NY – The College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) in association with The Associated Press (AP) and the Fiesta Bowl Organization, today released a "Watch List" of 100 college football student-athletes from 67 different schools currently under consideration for the
2023 Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Representing Ohio is redshirt fifth year running back
O'Shaan Allison (Malvern, Pa.). During the 2021 season, Allison net 317 yards on the ground on 82 attempts. His longest rush was 37 yards.
Since 2018, the award has recognized college football student-athletes from all divisions of college football for overcoming injury, illness, or other circumstances. At the conclusion of each season, in a vote by a panel of college football writers, editors, and sports information directors, three college football student-athletes are honored as
Comeback Player of the Year Award winners at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. College athletic communications professionals working with football programs are encouraged to nominate deserving candidates at
www.Comeback-Player.com.
Previous winners of the
Comeback Player of the Year Award include
: 2022 -
Mohamed Ibrahim (Minnesota);
Laiatu Latu (UCLA);
Michael Penix Jr. (Washington);
2021 –
Aidan Hutchinson (Michigan);
McKenzie Milton(Florida State);
J.J. Weaver (Kentucky);
2020 –
Jarek Broussard (Colorado);
Kenneth Horsey (Kentucky);
Silas Kelly(Coastal Carolina);
2019 –
Jake Luton (Oregon State);
Drew Wilson (Georgia Southern);
Octavion Wilson (Salisbury);
2018 - Antwan Dixon (Kent State),
Seth Simmer (Dartmouth);
Antonio Wimbush (Carson-Newman). For a complete list of past honorees, visit
www.Comeback-Player.com.
The second oldest management association in intercollegiate athletics,
College Sports Communicators was founded in 1957 and rebranded in August 2022. The organization, now in its 67th year as an organization, was previously known as College Sports Information Directors of America, or CoSIDA. Today, College Sports Communicators is a vibrant 4,200-plus member international association, composed of the athletic communications, media relations, digital and creative professionals throughout all levels of intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. CSC's signature program is the Academic All-America® program, honoring thousands of outstanding scholar-athletes annually. To learn more, visit
collegesportscommunicators.com
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