A day after being named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week, UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee was selected to the Davey O’ Brien Great 8 List and has been added to the watch list for best national quarterback award.
The Davey O’ Brien Great 8 List recognizes the top quarterback performances in the nation for the week and has now put Plumlee on the watch list for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award which is presented annually to the best of all NCAA quarterbacks. The players recognized are judged by the Davey O’Brien Foundation and the annual awards dinner and trophy presentation is held usually in February.
The recognition comes off the heels of an impressive 40-14 win over the FAU Owls where Plumlee racked up a career-high 339 yards where he completed nearly 70% of his passes thrown and lead the team in rushing with 121 yards and three total touchdowns.
So far this season, UCF is the only FBS team to accumulate over 600 yards of total offense within their first two games.
Plumlee will return to FBC Mortgage Stadium Friday to take on ACC foe, Georgia Tech at 4 p.m.
