Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and NotesSam Bradford named
Associated Press player of the year: Sam Bradford of Oklahoma was voted
The Associated Press college football player of the year Monday. He
beat out the same two quarterbacks he did in capturing the Heisman
Trophy -- Colt McCoy of Texas and Tim Tebow of Florida. Bradford
received 27 votes from the AP media panel that votes in the weekly
poll. The sophomore quarterback was followed by McCoy with 17 votes.
Tebow won the award last year and had 16 votes this time. Texas Tech
receiver Michael Crabtree had two votes. Bradford is the third Oklahoma
player to win the AP award, which began in 1998. The others were Josh
Heupel in 2000 and Jason White in 2003. (AP/USA Today)
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Posted By Gilbert Sam, Jr. to Oklahoma Sooners Football Blog at
12/22/2008 02:15:00 PM