Sep

14

2009

QB of the Week: Tate Forcier – Michigan

Written by Will Spencer

Tate Forcier



QB – Michigan

Freshman



The Davey O’Brien award has named Michigan’s Tate Forcier as the QB of the week. Forcier led Michigan in a back and forth win against #18 Notre Dame. A true freshman, Forcier completed a 5 yard touchdown pass to Greg Matthews with 11 seconds left in the game. Forcier finished the game 23 of 33 with 240 yards, 2 touchdowns and one interception, helping Michigan become the 25th ranked team in the country.


Other quarterbacks receiving votes this week included: USC’s Matt Barkley (FR), BYU’s Max Hall (SR), Houston’s Case Keenum (RS JR), Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour (SR), Texas’ Colt McCoy (SR), and Florida’s Tim Tebow (SR).


The O’Brien honors the nation’s best college quarterback of the year. Each week a subset of The O’Brien Selection Committee will name the quarterback of the week who exemplifies the award’s standards. Currently all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) quarterbacks are candidates for the award until Semifinalists are announced Oct. 26. Finalists will be announced Nov. 23 and the 2009 O’Brien Winner will be announced Dec. 10.


For more information, visit the Davey O’Brien Award website.

Will Spencer

Will is the founder and President of Draft Breakdown & has been scouting draft prospects since 2002. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including the USA Today Draft Preview Magazine, the official website of the Baltimore Ravens, Ravens Insider and The Orange and Brown Report. Will has previous playing experience as a defensive end in the AFA, is currently a member of the Football Writers Association of America and graduated from the SMWW Football Scouting course in 2009.

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