Southeast Missouri State redshirt freshman quarterback
Scott Lathrop has been added to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List as announced by the Sports Network on Thursday.
The Rice Award, in its second year, honors the national freshman of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision. It is named for legendary wide receiver Jerry Rice, who was a two-time first-team All-American in the FCS (then Division I-AA) at Mississippi Valley State.
In nine games this season Lathrop has completed 80-of-138 passes for 908 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 603 yards and six additional scores. He was named OVC Newcomer of the Week on Oct. 28 after rushing for a career-high 179 yards in a 48-27 victory at Austin Peay.
The award will be voted on by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries following the regular season, and presented at the FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation on Dec. 17 in Philadelphia.
Jerry Rice Award Watch List
Vernon Adams (QB), Eastern Washington
Zak Browning (LB), Southern Utah
Reese Hannon (QB), Furman
Ryan Heaston (RB), Missouri State
Jacob Huesman (QB), Chattanooga
Jake Hutson (RB), Valparaiso
Jameer Jackson (WR), North Dakota
Miles Killebrew (S), Southern Utah
Sawyer Kollmorgen (QB), Northern Iowa
T.J. Lally (LB), South Dakota State
Scott Lathrop (QB), Southeast Missouri State
Kieran McDonagh (QB), Portland State
Sean Price (WR), Appalachian State
J.J. Raffelson (LB), Western Illinois
Luke Rhodes (LB), William & Mary
Elandon Roberts (LB), Morgan State
John Robertson (QB), Villanova
Andre Stubbs (AP), Youngstown State
Jeff Williams (LB), Delaware
Josh Woodrum (QB), Liberty