• College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Website
The College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) has named Tennessee State tight end
A.C. Leonard its Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) National Tight End of the Year.
Leonard, in his first season with TSU after transferring from Florida, was the tight end selection after catching 51 passes for 733 yards and six touchdowns in 10 games. The 733 yards were the most by a tight end at the FCS level this year and was the fourth most throughout all four divisions of college football (FBS, FCS, D-II and D-III). He led all HBCU tight ends in receptions, yards, yards per reception (14.4) and touchdowns.
Leonard is the first CFPA FCS recipient announced for 2012 season. The full list will be announced January 9th, 2013.
As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards.
The goal of the CFPA is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. CFPA recognizes weekly, annual, and multi-season (career) award recipients – selected based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.