Whitlock finishes third in Payton Award Balloting
12/14/2006 | 12:00:00 | Football
Dec. 14, 2006
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.(Sports Network) - New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos was named the 20th winner of the Walter Payton Award earlier tonight at the Division I-AA College Football Awards held at the Sheraton Read House Hotel. Southern Illinois University running back Arkee Whitlock finished third in the overall voting.
Whitlock finished behind a pair of quarterbacks, including Santos and Northern Arizona's Jason Murrietta. Santos received 20 first-place votes and 250 points from a panel of 112 I-AA/FCS sports information directors and selected media.
Murrietta was close behind with 17 first-place votes and 238 points, while Whitlock earned 11 first-place nods and 199 points.
More to come . . .
