TYLER, Texas — UTSA sophomore running back Sincere McCormick has been named a finalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler announced Wednesday.
McCormick joins wide receiver Jaelon Darden of North Texas, D'Eriq King of Miami (Fla.), Kellen Mond of Texas A&M and Kyle Trask (Florida) on the list of finalists for the award, which recognizes the top offensive player in college football with ties to the state of Texas. The winner will be announced at a virtual award banquet in Tyler in late January 2021. He is the first Roadrunner to land on the award's finalist list.
Fans can vote daily for their favorite Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award finalist at www.earlcampbellaward.com.
Earlier this week, McCormick was tabbed Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference in a vote by the league's head coaches. The Doak Walker Award semifinalist leads C-USA and ranks second in the FBS with a school-record 1,345 rushing yards to go along with a program-record 11 rushing touchdowns in 10 games this season.
The Converse Judson High School product boasts six 100-yard rushing games, including five of 150-plus, in 2020. He is a four-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and he was named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week after totaling 165 yards and three TDs on a school-record 37 carries in the win over Louisiana Tech. McCormick, who was chosen to the Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College First Team this week, has twice this season broken his own school record for rushing yards in a game, including 251 yards in the win over North Texas in his last outing. He owns the top two and five of the top 10 rushing games in C-USA this season. He has 31 runs of 10-plus yards, including 16 of 20-plus and four of 50-plus yards.
Announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award 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.
In addition, the nominee must meet one or more of the following criteria: born in Texas and/or graduated from a Texas High School and/or played at a Texas-based junior college or four-year NCAA Division I Texas college. For more information about The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award go to www.earlcampbellaward.com.
The Roadrunners will make their second bowl game appearance this Saturday, Dec. 26, when they face No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas and the game will be televised nationally on ABC and ESPN Deportes.
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