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O-Line Named Joe Moore Award Semifinalist
November 19, 2019 | Football
NORMAN — The Joe Moore Award announced its semifinalists for the annual selection of the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit in College Football, and the Oklahoma offensive line is among the 10 honorees for the second consecutive year.
OU, which under the direction of co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh won the 2018 Joe Moore Award, is joined as a semifinalist by the units from Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
The Sooners are semifinalists again despite replacing four of the five starters from last year's award-winning group, a testament to the leadership and hard work of Bedenbaugh and the young position group. OU's starting offensive line this season has featured redshirt sophomore center Creed Humphrey (10 starts), redshirt sophomore right guard/tackle Tyrese Robinson (10 starts), redshirt sophomore left guard Marquis Hayes (nine starts), redshirt sophomore right tackle Adrian Ealy (eight starts) and redshirt junior left tackle Erik Swenson (eight starts). In addition, redshirt senior R.J. Proctor has made three starts at left tackle and redshirt freshman Brey Walker has made two starts at right guard.
Oklahoma ranks first nationally (among teams attempting at least 12 passes per game) with its 11.7 yards per pass attempt (next highest average is 10.9) and third with its 6.5 yards per rush. OU is averaging a nation-leading 8.8 yards per offensive play, which is 1.0 yard more than the team with the next-highest average (Alabama at 7.8). Last year's Oklahoma team, behind the Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line, set the FBS single-season record by averaging 8.6 yards per play.
OU has produced three games this season of at least 300 passing yards and at least 300 rushing yards, most nationally.
The Sooners offensive line anchors a unit that leads the nation in total offense (581.1 yards per game) and passing efficiency (201.7), ranks third in scoring (47.0 points per game), fifth in passing offense (334.0 yards per game) and 10th in rushing offense (247.1 yards per game). OU also ranks fifth nationally converting 51.5 percent of third downs.
The finalists for the Joe Moore Award will be announced on Dec. 10.
The Joe Moore Award voting committee comprises 13 individuals who are highly knowledgeable about offensive line play, including former linemen, coaches, talent evaluators and media analysts. This group conducts in-depth analysis by reviewing game tape every week of the season to assess both the fundamentals and subtleties of overall O-line performance. The 2018 voting committee includes Chairman Cole Cubelic (Auburn, SEC Network); Charles Arbuckle (UCLA, Indianapolis Colts); Randy Cross (UCLA, San Francisco 49ers); Gerry DiNardo (Notre Dame, former head coach at LSU); Mike Golic, Jr. (Notre Dame, ESPN); Dave Harding (Duke, Blue Devil Network); Pat Hill (former head coach at Fresno State, O-line coach at Atlanta Falcons); Barrett Jones (Alabama, St. Louis Rams); Duke Manyweather (Humboldt State, player and coach); Geoff Schwartz (Oregon, Carolina Panthers); Phil Steele (publisher or Phil Steele's College Football Preview, ESPN); Aaron Taylor (Notre Dame, Green Bay Packers); and Lance Zierlein (NFL draft analyst, NFL.com).
After the finalists have been selected on Dec. 4, a vote will be held to select the 2019 recipient of the Joe Moore Award by a voting body of 200-plus members. This voting body includes all of the current offensive line coaches at the Division I/FBS level, as well as former players, coaches, colleagues of Coach Moore and select group of qualified media members.
Past recipients of the Joe Moore Award include the offensive lines of the University of Alabama (2015), the University of Iowa (2016), the University of Notre Dame (2017) and the University of Oklahoma (2018).
The Joe Moore Award is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history, most notably for his work at Notre Dame and the University of Pittsburgh. The Joe Moore Award trophy, crafted by legendary sports sculptor Jerry McKenna, is the largest trophy in college football, standing at a height of 6 feet and weighing in at 800 pounds. The perpetual trophy is made available for display by the winning university until the conclusion of the following college football season.
The trophy is currently on display in the public lobby of OU's Switzer Center in the south end zone of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
OU, which under the direction of co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh won the 2018 Joe Moore Award, is joined as a semifinalist by the units from Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
The Sooners are semifinalists again despite replacing four of the five starters from last year's award-winning group, a testament to the leadership and hard work of Bedenbaugh and the young position group. OU's starting offensive line this season has featured redshirt sophomore center Creed Humphrey (10 starts), redshirt sophomore right guard/tackle Tyrese Robinson (10 starts), redshirt sophomore left guard Marquis Hayes (nine starts), redshirt sophomore right tackle Adrian Ealy (eight starts) and redshirt junior left tackle Erik Swenson (eight starts). In addition, redshirt senior R.J. Proctor has made three starts at left tackle and redshirt freshman Brey Walker has made two starts at right guard.
Oklahoma ranks first nationally (among teams attempting at least 12 passes per game) with its 11.7 yards per pass attempt (next highest average is 10.9) and third with its 6.5 yards per rush. OU is averaging a nation-leading 8.8 yards per offensive play, which is 1.0 yard more than the team with the next-highest average (Alabama at 7.8). Last year's Oklahoma team, behind the Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line, set the FBS single-season record by averaging 8.6 yards per play.
OU has produced three games this season of at least 300 passing yards and at least 300 rushing yards, most nationally.
The Sooners offensive line anchors a unit that leads the nation in total offense (581.1 yards per game) and passing efficiency (201.7), ranks third in scoring (47.0 points per game), fifth in passing offense (334.0 yards per game) and 10th in rushing offense (247.1 yards per game). OU also ranks fifth nationally converting 51.5 percent of third downs.
The finalists for the Joe Moore Award will be announced on Dec. 10.
The Joe Moore Award voting committee comprises 13 individuals who are highly knowledgeable about offensive line play, including former linemen, coaches, talent evaluators and media analysts. This group conducts in-depth analysis by reviewing game tape every week of the season to assess both the fundamentals and subtleties of overall O-line performance. The 2018 voting committee includes Chairman Cole Cubelic (Auburn, SEC Network); Charles Arbuckle (UCLA, Indianapolis Colts); Randy Cross (UCLA, San Francisco 49ers); Gerry DiNardo (Notre Dame, former head coach at LSU); Mike Golic, Jr. (Notre Dame, ESPN); Dave Harding (Duke, Blue Devil Network); Pat Hill (former head coach at Fresno State, O-line coach at Atlanta Falcons); Barrett Jones (Alabama, St. Louis Rams); Duke Manyweather (Humboldt State, player and coach); Geoff Schwartz (Oregon, Carolina Panthers); Phil Steele (publisher or Phil Steele's College Football Preview, ESPN); Aaron Taylor (Notre Dame, Green Bay Packers); and Lance Zierlein (NFL draft analyst, NFL.com).
After the finalists have been selected on Dec. 4, a vote will be held to select the 2019 recipient of the Joe Moore Award by a voting body of 200-plus members. This voting body includes all of the current offensive line coaches at the Division I/FBS level, as well as former players, coaches, colleagues of Coach Moore and select group of qualified media members.
Past recipients of the Joe Moore Award include the offensive lines of the University of Alabama (2015), the University of Iowa (2016), the University of Notre Dame (2017) and the University of Oklahoma (2018).
The Joe Moore Award is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history, most notably for his work at Notre Dame and the University of Pittsburgh. The Joe Moore Award trophy, crafted by legendary sports sculptor Jerry McKenna, is the largest trophy in college football, standing at a height of 6 feet and weighing in at 800 pounds. The perpetual trophy is made available for display by the winning university until the conclusion of the following college football season.
The trophy is currently on display in the public lobby of OU's Switzer Center in the south end zone of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
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