TYLER, Texas — UTSA senior quarterback Frank Harris and junior running back Sincere McCormick have been named semifinalists for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
Harris and McCormick are two of 16 semifinalists for the award, which recognizes the top offensive player in college football with ties to the state of Texas. It marks the second straight year McCormick has made this semifinalist list, as he was one of five finalists a year ago, while this is the second national award semifinalist list Harris has landed on this season (Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award).
Harris has started all 10 games under center for UTSA, helping lead the Roadrunners to a 10-0 record, a 6-0 mark in Conference USA and a No. 15 national ranking in this week's AP Top 25. The Schertz Clemens High School graduate has completed 189 of 283 passes for 2,306 yards and 20 touchdowns against only five interceptions and also has rushed for 400 yards and four TDs on 70 carries, giving him 2,706 yards of total offense and 24 total scores. He turned in arguably his top performance as a Roadrunner in the 52-46 win at WKU, completing 28 of 38 passes for a career-best 349 yards and school-record six touchdowns to earn Manning Award QB of the Week and C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honors. He rushed for 51 yards, giving him the single-game total offense program mark of 400, and he also caught a 23-yard TD pass and forced a fumble on his only interception of the night against the Hilltoppers.
A product of Converse Judson High School, McCormick paces UTSA's potent ground attack now in his third year as the starting tailback. He ranks eighth in the nation in rushing yards with 1,150 to go along with 11 touchdowns on 230 carries through 10 games this season. The 2020 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year and second-team All-American has posted a UTSA record-tying seven 100-yard rushing games this season highlighted by a 184-yard output on a school-record 41 rushes in the 31-28 comeback win at Memphis on Sept. 25 for which he earned Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week accolades. He went for 169 yards on 21 carries, including a 75-yard TD dash on the second play from scrimmage, in the 44-23 road win over UTEP.
Finalists will be selected from this group and announced on Dec. 14. The winner will be announced at an award banquet in Tyler, Texas on Jan. 12, 2022.
Fan voting for this round will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, and will run through noon Sunday, Dec. 12. Visit earlcampbellaward.com and vote once daily for your favorite.
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community, and tenacity; specifically, tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals.
2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalists
Gerry Bohanon, Baylor
Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma
Jacob Cowing, UTEP
Frank Harris, UTSA
Sincere McCormick, UTSA
Tanner Mordecai, SMU
Bijan Robinson, Texas
Abram Smith, Baylor
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M
Jerreth Sterns, WKU
Clayton Tune, Houston
Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
Garrett Wilson, Ohio State
Xavier Worthy, Texas
Bailey Zappe, WKU
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