The Texas Longhorns held their annual football banquet Friday night (photos) where they honored team members for their accomplishments on and off the field. Though fans and recruits do attend, the event is definitely a night for the players to look back on the season and to honor the careers of the outgoing seniors.
Quarterback [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag] and running back [tag]Jamaal Charles[/tag] were deservedly named the team MVPs. McCoy didn’t have as good of a season as he did his freshman year but he definitely is the player that made this team go (when it went anywhere). Charles was also named Darrell K. Royal Most Valuable Offensive Player while the Mike Campbell Most Valuable Defensive Players were [tag]Brandon Foster[/tag] and [tag]Marcus Griffin[/tag].
In a team vote [tag]Dallas Griffin[/tag], [tag]Tony Hills[/tag], and [tag]Derek Lokey[/tag] were honored with the D. Harold Byrd Leadership Award. Also, in a shocking development quarterback McCoy was given the Outstanding Quarterback Award.
In a move that infuriated Internet Coaching and Motivational Experts [tag]Rashad Bobino[/tag], [tag]Scott Derry[/tag], and [tag]Robert Killebrew[/tag] shared the honor of being the team’s Outstanding Linebackers. I’m not sure what else you can really do though as no linebacker really deserved the honor and it would be pretty embarrassing to not hand out an award for the position.
A list of all the award winners is after the jump.
George “Hook†McCullough MVP
Jamaal Charles
Colt McCoy
Darrell K. Royal Most Valuable Offensive Player
Jamaal Charles
Mike Campbell Most Valuable Defensive Player
Brandon Foster
Marcus Griffin
Lan Hewlett Academic Award
Dallas Griffin
Coca-Cola Community Service Award
Derek Lokey
Outstanding Offensive Linemen
Dallas Griffin
Tony Hills
Outstanding Defensive Linemen
Derek Lokey
Frank Okam
Most Consistent Defensive Player
Derek Lokey
Dr. Nasser Al-Rashid Strength & Conditioning Awards
Derek Lokey
Frank Okam
Tony Hills
Outstanding Tight End
Jermichael Finley
Joseph W. Moore Award for Tenacity
Roy Miller
Adam Ulatoski
Longhorn Club Sportsmanship Award
Quan Cosby
Most Consistent Offensive Players
Quan Cosby
Chris Hall
Frank Medina Rehabilitation Award sponsored by Pacificare
Cedric Dockery
Eddie Jones
Aaron Lewis
Roddrick Muckelroy
Brian Orakpo
Jordan Shipley
Limas Sweed
Luke Tiemann
Adam Ulatoski
Outstanding Quarterback
Colt McCoy
Outstanding Wide Receivers
Nate Jones
Limas Sweed
Outstanding Offensive Newcomers
John Chiles
Michael Huey
Blaine Irby
Vondrell McGee
Outstanding Defensive Newcomers
Sam Acho
Sergio Kindle
Roddrick Muckelroy
Lowe’s Most Improved Defensive Players
Deon Beasley
Jared Norton
Ryan Palmer
Outstanding Defensive Ends
Lamarr Houston
Aaron Lewis
Brian Orakpo
Outstanding Linebackers
Rashad Bobino
Scott Derry
Robert Killebrew
Outstanding Defensive Backs
Brandon Foster
Marcus Griffin
Erick Jackson
Drew Kelson
Lowe’s Most Improved Offensive Players
Jordan Shipley
Charlie Tanner
Clyde Littlefield Outstanding Offensive Back
Jamaal Charles
Roy Williams Joe Jamail Leadership Award
Drew Kelson
Valor Awards
Billy Pittman
Will Harvey
Thomas Marshall
Chris Ogbonnaya
Ishie Oduegwu
Greg Smith
Luke Tiemann
American Airlines D.X. Bible Most Team Spirited
Tony Hills
Frank Denius Most Valuable Special Teams Player
Ryan Bailey
Quan Cosby
D. Harold Byrd Leadership Award
Dallas Griffin
Tony Hills
Derek Lokey
Team Captains Award
Dallas Griffin
Tony Hills
Derek Lokey
Frank Okam
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Bevo Sports » Jermichael Finley and Roy Miller say they’ll return for senior seasons
December 10th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
[…] Texas juniors Jermichael Finley and Roy Miller both announced at the annual football banquet that they would be returning next year for their senior seasons. I hadn’t really heard much about Miller but there’s been rumors about Finley jumping early almost since the day he stepped on campus. […]
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GQTEXASAGGIE
December 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Someone is deleting the comments. WHAT A FREAKING BABY!!!!!!!!!!
TYPICAL WHINEY SIP.
(Editor’s note: Feel free to make actual intelligent comments, even pro-Aggie, and they’ll stay up. Bad language and spamming with 3 word comments will not be tolerated.)
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tummer
December 11th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
As always, agroloids’ obsession with Daddy Texas knows no bounds.
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landman
December 11th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Lowe’s, American Airlines, Pacificare – is there anything not for sale by the athletic department. I bleed orange as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous.
And Derry should have been given the Mapsco Linebacker Award.
Hook’em.
(Editor’s note: See this is an example of an actual negative comment mocking Derry and it gets to stay up.)
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Don Key-Bohls
December 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
So if you’re on the team and didn’t get an award, there’s a message here somewhere
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Jim Bob Cooter
December 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
They should just give every single player on the roster an award so their pretty little feelings don’t get hurt. Mack can clap in their faces and then pass on some herpes from a nice tongue session.
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txjortsagent
December 11th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
What about the John Deere Immobility Award handed out to the player carted off the field the most?
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Red
December 11th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Tampax, Keenex, etc. Dodds is leaving a lot of money on the table.
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claude shingo-fett
December 11th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
what about the Mack Brown “Gosh darnit this is just a good kid who I’ve never seen play an f’n down award” for all the cheerleaders in white pants waving towels all game telling the lame horn “fans” who need to be told when to cheer?
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Brian
December 11th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Um… Claude I’m not sure that was an attempt at humor or what but Texas A&M is the school with cheerleaders in white pants waving towels and telling fans when to cheer.
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Milkman
December 11th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I hate to break this to you son, you’re momma never told you this, but I am your Daddy.