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Ulysses Bentley IV Named to Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Preseason Watch List
8/21/2024 | Football
TYLER, Texas – Ole Miss football senior running back Ulysses Bentley IV has been named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award preseason watch list, as announced on Wednesday.
Bentley is among 93 total student-athletes and 17 running backs on the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, which recognizes the top offensive player with Texas ties in Division I football each season. The award is named after Heisman Trophy winner and Tyler, Texas native Earl Campbell, who was a star running back at the University of Texas and with the Houston Oilers in the NFL. To be nominated, players must either have been born in Texas, graduated from a Texas high school, played at a Texas-based junior college, and played or is currently playing at a four-year institution in Texas.
Bentley – already a member of the Doak Walker Award watch list – is in his third season as a Rebel and is coming off a full season of action after missing more than half of the 2022 campaign due to injury. Bentley ended 2023 with 540 yards rushing and four scores on 95 total carries, while also adding 87 yards and a touchdown through the air on 11 total receptions. Additionally, Bentley handled the majority of kickoffs for the Rebels last season, returning 14 kicks for 272 yards.
In his Ole Miss career, Bentley owns 976 all-purpose yards and nine total touchdowns, and combined with his time at SMU he enters 2024 with 2,172 total rushing yards, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 2,967 career all-purpose yards.
The watch list announced today will be narrowed to up to 16 semifinalists in November and then up to five finalists in December. They will be selected by broadcasters, commentators, journalists, fans and previous winners. The finalists will be brought to Tyler for The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Banquet scheduled for Jan. 22, 2025.
Bentley is among 93 total student-athletes and 17 running backs on the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, which recognizes the top offensive player with Texas ties in Division I football each season. The award is named after Heisman Trophy winner and Tyler, Texas native Earl Campbell, who was a star running back at the University of Texas and with the Houston Oilers in the NFL. To be nominated, players must either have been born in Texas, graduated from a Texas high school, played at a Texas-based junior college, and played or is currently playing at a four-year institution in Texas.
Bentley – already a member of the Doak Walker Award watch list – is in his third season as a Rebel and is coming off a full season of action after missing more than half of the 2022 campaign due to injury. Bentley ended 2023 with 540 yards rushing and four scores on 95 total carries, while also adding 87 yards and a touchdown through the air on 11 total receptions. Additionally, Bentley handled the majority of kickoffs for the Rebels last season, returning 14 kicks for 272 yards.
In his Ole Miss career, Bentley owns 976 all-purpose yards and nine total touchdowns, and combined with his time at SMU he enters 2024 with 2,172 total rushing yards, 23 rushing touchdowns, and 2,967 career all-purpose yards.
The watch list announced today will be narrowed to up to 16 semifinalists in November and then up to five finalists in December. They will be selected by broadcasters, commentators, journalists, fans and previous winners. The finalists will be brought to Tyler for The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Banquet scheduled for Jan. 22, 2025.
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