July 15, 2010

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--Navy senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs is one of 30 players named to the Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award (The O'Brien Award) Watch List.

This year's list, which was compiled by a subset of The O'Brien National Selection Committee, features some of the nation's top collegiate quarterbacks who were selected based on their performance during the previous year and expectations heading into the 2010 college football season. The list features 13 seniors, 13 juniors and four sophomores.

Appearing on the Watch List is not a requirement for a player to be awarded The O'Brien. Quarterbacks from all 120 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools are eligible for the award until the field is narrowed to 16 semifinalists on Monday, Oct. 25. The Foundation and the Selection Committee will announce three finalists on Monday, Nov. 22. The 2010 winner will be announced on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Thursday, Dec. 9.

The 34th Annual O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held Feb. 21, 2011 at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dobbs led Navy to a school record tying 10 wins in 2009, a seventh-consecutive Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, a seventh-consecutive bowl game, a victory over Notre Dame for the second time in three years and a 35-13 thrashing of Missouri in the Texas Bowl.

Despite playing with a broken kneecap over the final six games of the 2009 season and missing the majority of two games, Dobbs scored a school-record 27 touchdowns and set the NCAA record for single-season rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. The record was previously held by Chance Harridge of Air Force (2002) and Florida's Tim Tebow (2007).

Dobbs needs just 12 rushing touchdowns in 2010 to set the NCAA record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in back-to back years. The current record is 38 set by Stacey Robinson of Northern Illinois (19 in 1989 and 19 in 1990) and Eric Crouch of Nebraska (20 in 2000 and 18 in 2001).

He has scored four or more rushing touchdowns on four different occasions during his career, including three times last year. No other Navy player has more than one-career four-rushing touchdown day.

His 35-career rushing touchdowns are second on the Navy all-time list, while his 35-career total touchdowns are also second. He needs 25 rushing touchdowns this season to break the NCAA career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, set by Eric Crouch of Nebraska (59 from 1998-01). He currently stands 17th on the all-time list.

With a current streak of five straight 100-yard rushing days, he is the first Navy quarterback to record four or more consecutive games over 100 yards since quarterback Brian Madden, who rushed for over 100 yards in the final five games of the 1999 season and the first two games of the 2001 season (he missed all of 2000 with a knee injury).

Dobbs has compiled a career record of 10-3 (.769) as a starter, rushing for over 100 yards in nine of his 13 career starts and scoring at least one touchdown in all 13 of his career starts.

2010 O'Brien Watch List Matt Barkley USC Zach Collaros Cincinnati Andy Dalton TCU Dwight Dasher Middle Tennessee Ricky Dobbs Navy Nathan Enderle Idaho Nick Foles Arizona Blaine Gabbert Missouri Robert Griffin Baylor Jacory Harris Miami Jerrod Johnson Texas A&M Landry Jones Oklahoma Colin Kaepernick Nevada Case Keenum Houston G.J. Kinne Tulsa Jake Locker Washington Andrew Luck Stanford Ryan Mallett Arkansas Greg McElroy Alabama Kellen Moore Boise State Josh Nesbitt Georgia Tech Kyle Padron SMU Christian Ponder Florida State Taylor Potts Texas Tech Terrelle Pryor Ohio State Tom Savage Rutgers Ricky Stanzi Iowa Tyrod Taylor Virginia Tech Scott Tolzien Wisconsin Russell Wilson NC State

About the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award® The Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award® (The O'Brien) is presented annually to the nation's best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. The O'Brien honors candidates who exemplify Davey O'Brien's enduring character while exhibiting teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership in both academics and athletics. The O'Brien is overseen by the Davey O'Brien Foundation, which is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and has given away more than $800,000 in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life. For more information, visit www.DaveyOBrien.org .

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