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(06-18-2013 10:43 AM)djnva Wrote: Quote:But since ODU is high on this guy, I'll have to find a game on TV and watch him in action. I do like to see a team with a good QB at the helm.
Oh, it's not just ODU that was high on him last year.
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Walter Payton Award Top FCS Player in 2012 QB Taylor Heinicke wins
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AT&T's All America Player of the Week Taylor Heinicke is 1st FCS Football Player in History!
AT & T All American 2012 Season's Weekly Winners Heinicke was in good company
Week 1: Taylor Martinez (QB - Nebraska)
Week 2: Johnathan Franklin (RB - UCLA)
Week 3: Manti Te'o (RB - Stanford)
Week 4: Taylor Heinicke (QB - Old Dominion)
Week 5: Benny Cunningham (RB - Middle Tennessee)
Week 6: Josh Lenz (WR - Iowa State)
Week 7: Johnny Manziel (QB - Texas A&M)
Week 8: Seth Doege (QB - Texas Tech)
Week 9: Giovani Bernard (RB - North Carolina)
Week 10: Johnny Manziel (QB - Texas A&M)
Week 11: Johnny Manziel (QB - Texas A&M)
Week 12: Joe Williams (CB - Baylor)
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2012 Dudley Award winner, State of Virginia Player of the Year Richmond Times-Dispatch. Only 3rd FCS player to ever receive!
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ALL American (End of Season unanimous selection on 4 teams) AP, CSN, Fox & AT & T
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2012 CFPA FCS Player of the Year Taylor Heinicke (QB - Old Dominion)
PASSES IN A GAME WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION:
Heinicke’s 79 breaks the all-division record of 77 set by Justin Peery of Division III Westminster of Missouri against MacMurray in 1998.
The Division I record of 76 was shared by Eastern Michigan’s Andy Schmitt (versus Temple in 2008) and Houston’s Case Keenum (against UTEP in 2009).
PASSING YARDS IN A GAME:
Heinicke’s 730 bests the Division I record of Houston’s David Klingler, who threw for 716 against Arizona State in 1990, but just misses the all-division record of 736 by Sam Durley of Eureka College (DII) bs in a 62-55 comeback win over Knox College earlier this season. The FCS record was 624 by Weber State’s Jamie Martin against Idaho State in 1991.
CBS Sports Heinicke's prolific season goes under radar at Old Dominion
Statistically speaking, Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel wasn't the most prolific quarterback in college football this season.
Manziel broke the Southeastern Conference record with 4,600 total yards and accounted for 43 touchdowns in an unprecedented season, becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke surpassed Manziel's production in 2012. Because Heinicke plays in the lower Football Championship Subdivision, however, he has not received the same publicity as Manziel.
Heinicke eclipsed the late NFL All-Pro Steve McNair's FCS single-season passing record of 4,863 yards in a playoff loss Saturday to Georgia Southern. He finished the year with 5,076 passing yards.
Heinicke also registered 470 rushing yards, giving him 5,546 total yards -- second-best in FCS history behind McNair's record of 5,799.
"Steve McNair played in the league for a while and he was a very good quarterback there, so the fact that my name is mentioned with him is a huge honor," Heinicke said......
With two years of eligibility remaining, Heinicke has the opportunity to establish himself as one of the career passing yards leaders in college football history. Former Houston quarterback Case Keenum holds the record with 19,217 passing yards, while Heinicke's current mark sits at 7,461.