Haener tabbed "Player to Watch"

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Fresno State senior quarterback Jake Haener adds another preseason accolade to his resume on Friday, being named a preseason addition to the 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list.

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of 52 "players to watch" for its 2022 Player of the Year award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade. Haener is one of 22 quarterbacks on the list this season.

The senior from Danville, Calif. enters his sixth year of collegiate football in 2022. Transferring to Fresno State from Washington in 2019, Haener has had two successful seasons as the Bulldogs' starting quarterback.

Haener led Fresno State to a 10-3 season in 2021, being named a second team All-Mountain West quarterback last season. Haener was also a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, and earned mid-season recognitions by the Manning Award and Maxwell Award in 2021.

Haener finished the 2021 season with 4,096 yards passing and 33 touchdowns, completing 329-of-490 pass attempts. He became the first Bulldog quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards since Derek Carr (2013), and just the third quarterback in program history to hit that mark - joining Derek and David Carr.

Derek Carr is the only Bulldog in program history to be named a semifinalist of the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award (2013). Former Bulldogs Derron Smith (2014 - DB) and Tom Brandstater (2008 - QB) were two additional past players who were recognized on the preseason watch list for the award.

The 2022 watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in mid-November. The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 130 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on ESPN's College Football Awards Show (date TBD).

The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's 55th annual national awards banquet in New Haven, Conn in early 2023.

Please note: Appearing on the preseason Watch List is not a requirement for a player to win the Walter Camp award or be named to the All-America team.

Fresno State Football Preseason Watch Lists
Maxwell Award - Jake Haener
Davey O'Brien Award - Jake Haener
Doak Walker Award - Jordan Mims
Biletnikoff Award - Jalen Cropper
Jim Thorpe Award - Evan Williams
Bronko Nagurski Trophy - Evan Williams
Wuerffel Trophy - Jalen Cropper
Paul Hornung Award - Nikko Remigio
Walter Camp Award - Jake Haener

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Haener tabbed "Player to Watch"

Players Mentioned

Jake Haener

Jordan Mims

Jalen Moreno-Cropper

Nikko Remigio

Evan Williams

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