Hamilton Named To Biletnikoff Watch List
By: Brandon Dunn
Updated: July 17, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
University of Arkansas senior Cobi Hamilton is on the Biletnikoff Award Watch
List, it was announced Tuesday.
Hamilton, who is on the watch list
for the second straight year, made a career-high 34 receptions in 2011 for 542
yards and four touchdowns. The Texarkana, Texas, native ranked fifth in the SEC
last season with an average of 15.9 yards per catch, and his career average of
17.9 yards per reception is the highest among current Razorbacks. He enters the
2012 season with a streak of at least one reception in 22 straight games and is
ninth on Arkansas' all-time career 100-yard receiving games list with four.
Hamilton also is tied for 11th all-time in school history with 13 receiving
touchdowns in his career and is 15th on UA's all-time career receiving yards list
with 1,519. In 2011, he totaled a season-high 132 receiving yards on a
season-high five catches with one touchdown in the 52-3 win vs. New Mexico and
the next week tied his season high with five receptions for 82 yards in a 38-28
win vs. Troy.
The Biletnikoff Award Watch List is
Hamilton's third preseason honor in the last eight days. He was named to the
Maxwell Award Watch List and a first-team performer on the Coaches Preseason
All-SEC Team last week.
The Biletnikoff Award annually
recognizes the outstanding receiver in college football. The award recipient is
selected by the Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of over
180 prominent football journalists, commentators and receivers. The 2012 winner
will be presented live on Dec. 6 on The Home Depot College Football Awards
Show to be broadcast on ESPN.
The Tallahassee Quarterback Club
Foundation, Inc., will announce 10 semifinalists on Nov. 12 and three finalists
on Nov. 19. The Biletnikoff Award winner will receive his trophy before 600
patrons at the Biletnikoff Award Banquet at the University Center Club at Doak
Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.
The Biletnikoff Award is named for
Fred Biletnikoff, a member of the pro and college football halls of fame.
Biletnikoff was an All-Pro receiver with the Oakland Raiders and an
All-American receiver at Florida State University. He caught 589 passes for
8,974 yards and 76 touchdowns in his 14-year Raiders career from 1965-78 and
was the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XI.
