Fresno State Athletics
Jackson on Outland List
6/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 30, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - The 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List has been announced by the Football Writers Association of America. The prestigious list gives football fans the first glimpse at a great crop of college offensive and defensive tackles, offensive guards and centers. Among those on the list is Fresno State's Andrew Jackson, who will enter his fourth season as a starter at right guard for the Bulldogs.
Jackson was a first-team All-WAC player as a junior in 2009 and was selected first-team Academic All-American, the first Bulldog in school history to earn such an honor. He earned honorable mention All-America by several publications after his junior season. He was the leader on the line that opened holes for NCAA rushing leader Ryan Mathews. In 2009, Fresno State offense ranked in the top 20 nationally in total offense, scoring, rushing and passing efficiency.
Fresno State returns all five offensive line starters in 2010.
"Andrew Jackson is a great football player, an excellent student and has hard a working player as we have in our program," said head coach Pat Hill. "When we recruited Andrew out of Grass Valley, we knew he could be a special player and he's worked hard to become that. He's certainly an elite college lineman and making the Outland Trophy list is well deserved."
Jackson was a second-team All-WAC selection as a sophomore and been starting since his freshman season.
The FWAA will consider other players for the 2010 Outland Trophy Watch List and will also delete players as the season progresses. The FWAA All-America Committee will select three finalists in late November and eventually the overall winner.
The Outland Trophy, presented annually since 1946, is the third oldest award in major college football. The Outland Trophy is named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century. The 2010 winner will be announced on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 9. The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be on Jan. 13 in Omaha, Neb.
"We Are Your Team!" 2010 Bulldog season football tickets are available by clicking the tickets icon at the top of this page. The Fresno State scheduled features seven home games, starting Sept. 4 with defending Big East Champion Cincinnati. Also on the schedule is Big Ten powerhouse Illinois, Cal Poly and WAC rivals Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho and New Mexico State.
