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Rozeboom second in Rice Award voting
12/5/2016 2:21:00 PM | Football
South Dakota State University linebacker Christian Rozeboom finished as runner-up in the voting for the 2016 STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award, which is presented to the top freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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A national panel of more than 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries voted on the Rice Award, which had 23 finalists from 12 FCS conferences. Duquesne running back A.J. Hines won the award by a single vote over Rozeboom, 333-332, but garnered 30 first-place votes compared to Rozeboom's 22. Hines will receive the award Jan. 6, 2017, in Frisco, Texas, on the eve of the FCS national championship game.
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A redshirt freshman from Sioux Center, Iowa, Rozeboom completed the 11-game regular season schedule with a team-best 107 total tackles, including five tackles for loss and three sacks. The Missouri Valley Football Conference Freshman of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection, Rozeboom registered double figures in tackles in five games, while adding two interceptions, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles.
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Rozeboom is the second Jackrabbit to finish second in the voting for the Jerry Rice Award in three years. Wide receiver Jake Wieneke was runner-up in 2014, while quarterback Austin Sumner finished third in 2011.
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In other balloting for FCS awards, three Jackrabbits finished in the top 14 for the 2016 STATS Walter Payton Award. Sophomore quarterback Taryn Christion was the top-vote getter among the Jackrabbit trio by finishing seventh with 74 points. Wieneke was 10th with 55 points, including one first-place vote, and junior tight end Dallas Goedert was 14th with 32 points and one first-place vote.
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A national panel of more than 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries voted on the Rice Award, which had 23 finalists from 12 FCS conferences. Duquesne running back A.J. Hines won the award by a single vote over Rozeboom, 333-332, but garnered 30 first-place votes compared to Rozeboom's 22. Hines will receive the award Jan. 6, 2017, in Frisco, Texas, on the eve of the FCS national championship game.
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A redshirt freshman from Sioux Center, Iowa, Rozeboom completed the 11-game regular season schedule with a team-best 107 total tackles, including five tackles for loss and three sacks. The Missouri Valley Football Conference Freshman of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection, Rozeboom registered double figures in tackles in five games, while adding two interceptions, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles.
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Rozeboom is the second Jackrabbit to finish second in the voting for the Jerry Rice Award in three years. Wide receiver Jake Wieneke was runner-up in 2014, while quarterback Austin Sumner finished third in 2011.
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In other balloting for FCS awards, three Jackrabbits finished in the top 14 for the 2016 STATS Walter Payton Award. Sophomore quarterback Taryn Christion was the top-vote getter among the Jackrabbit trio by finishing seventh with 74 points. Wieneke was 10th with 55 points, including one first-place vote, and junior tight end Dallas Goedert was 14th with 32 points and one first-place vote.
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