Nov. 2, 2005

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maxwell Football Club President, Ron Jaworski, announced the 2005 Semifinalists for the 69th Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year, the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year, and the 17th George Munger Award for College Coach of the Year. Maryland linebacker D'Qwell Jackson was named to the list for the Bednarik Award, following in the footsteps of 2002 recipient and fellow Terrapin E.J. Henderson.

The respective lists include a field of twelve candidates for each of these awards as selected by the Maxwell Football Club Advisory Committee.

Jackson was a first team All-ACC selection in 2004, the league's leading tackler and is now leading the NCAA with an average of 14 tackles per game. In addition to the Bednarik honor, he has been named this season as a semifinalist for the Butkus Award and Lott Trophy.

The announcement of the winners of the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be made during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show that will be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday December 8, 2005. Three finalists for each award will be in attendance for the ESPN broadcast. The Maxwell Football Club will announce the winner of the 17th George Munger Award via a press release in December. The formal presentation of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club's Awards Dinner, to be held on Friday March 3, 2006 at the Harrah's Entertainment Complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Voting for all three of the collegiate awards presented by the Maxwell Football Club will begin on Monday November 7th and close on Friday November 25th.

All Semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order with the player's school, position and class designated.

Semifinalists for the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award
Elvis Dumervil		Univ. of Louisville		DE
Chad Greenway		Univ. of Iowa			LB
Aaron Harris		Univ. of Texas			LB
Spencer Havner		UCLA				LB
A.J. Hawk		Ohio State University		LB
D'Qwell Jackson		Univ. of Maryland		LB
Mathias Kiwanuka	Boston College			DE
Tim McGarigle		Northwestern			LB
A.J. Nicholson		Florida State University	LB
Paul Posluszny		Penn State University		LB
DeMeco Ryans		Univ. of Alabama		LB
Patrick Willis		Univ. of Mississippi		LB
Semifinalists for the 69th Maxwell Award
Reggie Bush		Univ. of Southern California	RB
Brian Calhoun		Univ. of Wisconsin		RB
Brodie Croyle		Univ. of Alabama		QB
Maurice Drew		UCLA				RB
Cody Hodges		Texas Tech University		QB
Matt Leinart		Univ. of Southern California	QB
Laurence Maroney	Univ. of Minnesota		RB
Brady Quinn		Notre Dame			QB
D.J. Shockley		Univ. of Georgia		QB
Drew Stanton		Michigan State University	QB
DeAngelo Williams	Univ. of Memphis		RB
Vince Young		Univ. of Texas			QB
Semifinalists for the 17th George Munger Award
Barry Alvarez		University of Wisconsin
Frank Beamer		Virginia Tech
Bobby Bowden		Florida State University
Mack Brown		University of Texas
Pete Carroll		University of Southern California
Larry Coker		University of Miami
Karl Dorrell		UCLA
Les Miles		Louisiana State University
Joe Paterno		Penn State University
Mark Richt		University of Georgia
Mike Shula		University of Alabama
Charlie Weis		Notre Dame