Johnson Fourth Cane Named to CFPA Watch List

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami Hurricanes senior Denzel Perryman is one of 40 FBS linebackers selected to the 2014 CFPA Linebacker Trophy Watch List. 

“Congratulations to Miami’s Duke Johnson on earning a spot on the 2014 CFPA Watch List,” said CFPA Executive Director Brad Smith. “Johnson is one of the nation’s most dynamic players, averaging 6.6 yards per carry, 9.6 yards per reception, and 31.8 yards per kickoff return for his career.”

A second-team All-ACC performer in 2013, Johnson rushed for 920 yards and six TDs in eight games before suffering a season-ending ankle injury. The Miami native enters his junior season with 1,867 career rushing yards in 20 games.

Johnson is the fourth Miami player named to the 2014 CFPA Watch List, following Anthony Chickillo (DL), Denzel Perryman (LB), and Ladarius Gunter (DB).

Miami’s Leonard Hankerson won the 2010 CFPA Wide Receiver of the Year Award and Pat O’Donnell won the 2013 CFPA Punter of the Year Award.

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About College Football Performance Awards
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA has received praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.

CFPA is now in its seventh season of player and team performance recognition. Twenty-eight CFPA winners have been first-round NFL Draft selections.