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Coxie and White Named to Touchdown Club of Columbus List
Jan 08, 2019 | Football
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Wide receiver Damonte Coxie and quarterback Brady White were named to the Touchdown Club of Columbus' Players to Watch List and will be honored at the February 9 Awards show in Columbus in Ohio. The duo follows former Tigers Riley Ferguson and Anthony Miller (2017) and Darrell Henderson (2018) on the Touchdown Club's list. Coxie is one of five wide receivers that will be recognized at the February 9 Awards show while White is one of eight quarterbacks invited to the event.
Coxie is coming off a season in which he was just the third player in program history to post a 1,000-yard receiving season. A second-team all-conference honoree in his first season as a starter at wide receiver, Coxie finished 16thin the NCAA with 1,174 yards receiving. His 83.9 receiving yards per game ranked third in The American and his 5.1 catches per game ranked fifth.
White just completed his first season at Memphis and his 3,296 passing yards in 2018 ranked 20thin FBS Football and fourth in Memphis single season history. He is already eighth in the Memphis career record book through 14 career games and his 13.40 yards per completion last year ranked 19thin the country.
The duo is part of a Memphis offense that ranked fifth in the country last year with 523.1 yards per game and with 344 total first downs. They are two of the seven starters returning to Memphis football when spring ball opens on March 16th.
Former Tiger running back Darrell Henderson will also be honored by the Touchdown Club of Columbus at the February event. Henderson was named the club's Jim Brown Award recipient back in December. Previous winners of that award include Marshall Faulk, Ladanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson and two-time winner Ricky Williams.
Touchdown Club of Columbus 2019 Players to Watch
Markus Bailey – Linebacker - Purdue
Eno Benjamin – Running Back – Arizona State
Isaiah Bowser – Running Back – Northwestern
Andre Cisco – Defensive Back - Syracuse
Damonte Coxie – Wide Receiver - Memphis
J.K. Dobbins – Running Back – Ohio State
Sam Ehlinger - Quarterback – Texas
Travis Etienne – Running Back – Clemson
Richie Grant – Defensive Back - UCF
Justin Herbert – Quarterback – Oregon
Kelvin Hopkins, Jr. – Quarterback – Army
Mohamed Ibrahim – Running Back – Minnesota
Jermer Jefferson – Running Back – Oregon State
Jerry Jeudy – Wide Receiver - Alabama
D'Eriq King – Quarterback – Houston
Jordan Love – Quarterback – Utah State
Greg McCrae – Running Back - UCF
Kellen Mond – Quarterback – Texas A&M
Kenneth Murray – Linebacker - Oklahoma
James Proche – Wide Receiver - SMU
Ronnie Rivers – Running Back – Fresno State
Kenny Robinson – Linebacker – West Virginia
Justin Ross – Wide Receiver – Clemson
Lavisha Shenault, Jr. – Wide Receiver – Colorado
Tylan Wallace – Wide Receiver – Oklahoma State
Michael Warren – Running Back – Cincinnati
Curtis Weaver – Linebacker – Boise State
Brady White – Quarterback – Memphis
Zachary Wilson – Quarterback – BYU
David Woodward – Linebacker – Utah State
About the Touchdown Club of Columbus
The Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in 1956 at the request of then State Auditor (and eventual Governor) James A. Rhodes by the late Sam B. Nicola. For the first ten years of the banquet, the Master of Ceremonies was Baseball Hall of Fame announcer Mel Allen, and the guest list read like a virtual Who's Who of American sports legends -- football immortals such as Jim Brown, Bronko Nagurski, Bobby Layne, and of course, Coach Woody Hayes. Baseball Hall of Famers with names like Mantle, Mays, Koufax and Derek Jeter have graced the stage at the annual Touchdown Club Banquet.
But the Touchdown Club name has always been somewhat of a misnomer since athletes from all sports are recognized each year. In the past 60+ years, the Touchdown Club of Columbus has hosted and honored more than 2000 of the world's finest athletes, as well as the greatest football players to ever take the field. Athletes are selected each year by the Touchdown Club's committees consisting of coaches, sportswriters, and former players themselves.
Coxie is coming off a season in which he was just the third player in program history to post a 1,000-yard receiving season. A second-team all-conference honoree in his first season as a starter at wide receiver, Coxie finished 16thin the NCAA with 1,174 yards receiving. His 83.9 receiving yards per game ranked third in The American and his 5.1 catches per game ranked fifth.
White just completed his first season at Memphis and his 3,296 passing yards in 2018 ranked 20thin FBS Football and fourth in Memphis single season history. He is already eighth in the Memphis career record book through 14 career games and his 13.40 yards per completion last year ranked 19thin the country.
The duo is part of a Memphis offense that ranked fifth in the country last year with 523.1 yards per game and with 344 total first downs. They are two of the seven starters returning to Memphis football when spring ball opens on March 16th.
Former Tiger running back Darrell Henderson will also be honored by the Touchdown Club of Columbus at the February event. Henderson was named the club's Jim Brown Award recipient back in December. Previous winners of that award include Marshall Faulk, Ladanian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson and two-time winner Ricky Williams.
Touchdown Club of Columbus 2019 Players to Watch
Markus Bailey – Linebacker - Purdue
Eno Benjamin – Running Back – Arizona State
Isaiah Bowser – Running Back – Northwestern
Andre Cisco – Defensive Back - Syracuse
Damonte Coxie – Wide Receiver - Memphis
J.K. Dobbins – Running Back – Ohio State
Sam Ehlinger - Quarterback – Texas
Travis Etienne – Running Back – Clemson
Richie Grant – Defensive Back - UCF
Justin Herbert – Quarterback – Oregon
Kelvin Hopkins, Jr. – Quarterback – Army
Mohamed Ibrahim – Running Back – Minnesota
Jermer Jefferson – Running Back – Oregon State
Jerry Jeudy – Wide Receiver - Alabama
D'Eriq King – Quarterback – Houston
Jordan Love – Quarterback – Utah State
Greg McCrae – Running Back - UCF
Kellen Mond – Quarterback – Texas A&M
Kenneth Murray – Linebacker - Oklahoma
James Proche – Wide Receiver - SMU
Ronnie Rivers – Running Back – Fresno State
Kenny Robinson – Linebacker – West Virginia
Justin Ross – Wide Receiver – Clemson
Lavisha Shenault, Jr. – Wide Receiver – Colorado
Tylan Wallace – Wide Receiver – Oklahoma State
Michael Warren – Running Back – Cincinnati
Curtis Weaver – Linebacker – Boise State
Brady White – Quarterback – Memphis
Zachary Wilson – Quarterback – BYU
David Woodward – Linebacker – Utah State
About the Touchdown Club of Columbus
The Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in 1956 at the request of then State Auditor (and eventual Governor) James A. Rhodes by the late Sam B. Nicola. For the first ten years of the banquet, the Master of Ceremonies was Baseball Hall of Fame announcer Mel Allen, and the guest list read like a virtual Who's Who of American sports legends -- football immortals such as Jim Brown, Bronko Nagurski, Bobby Layne, and of course, Coach Woody Hayes. Baseball Hall of Famers with names like Mantle, Mays, Koufax and Derek Jeter have graced the stage at the annual Touchdown Club Banquet.
But the Touchdown Club name has always been somewhat of a misnomer since athletes from all sports are recognized each year. In the past 60+ years, the Touchdown Club of Columbus has hosted and honored more than 2000 of the world's finest athletes, as well as the greatest football players to ever take the field. Athletes are selected each year by the Touchdown Club's committees consisting of coaches, sportswriters, and former players themselves.
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