Canes’ Rosier in 3-man race for State Offensive Player of Year in college football
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Malik Rosier remains a solid third in what continues to be a three-way race for the Herald's 2017 State Offensive Player of the Year award -- the "state Heisman." UM running back Travis Homer also finds himself in the state Top 10, along with a pair of FIU Panthers. FAU quarterback Jason Driskel won Week 8 honors with a 264.5-point game, elevating his season average to 92.00 -- just outside the Top 10. Rosier (229) and Quinton Flowers (219.5) also bagged 200-plus games to solidify their spots in the chart's upper reaches. Our weekly rankings measure the most productive quarterbacks, running backs and receivers from the state's seven FBS teams: Miami, Florida, Florida State, FIU, FAU, UCF and South Florida. The rankings are cumulative but based weekly on average points per game: Total points divided by number of games a player's team has played. This keeps the comparison level even because not all teams have played same number of games at the same time. Our simple formula awards a half-point for every passing yard and one point for every rushing or receiving yard, with six points for every TD scored or thrown.
SOPY Top 10 entering Week 9:
RK LW Player, School-Pos. Average Total/Games
1 1 McKenzie Milton-UCF qb 201.33 1,208 / 6
2 2 Quinton Flowers-SoFla qb 192.79 1,349.5 / 7
3 3 Malik Rosier-Miami qb 190.75 1,144.5 / 6
4 5 Devin Singletary, FAU-rb 141.71 992 / 7
5 4 Alex McGough-FIU qb 134.50 807 / 6
6 6 Thomas Owens-FIU rec 109.25 655.5 / 6
7 9 Travis Homer-Miami rb 104.83 629 / 6
8 8 Cam Akers-FSU rb 101.67 610 / 6
9 -- Darius Tice-SoFla rb 99.00 693 / 7
10 -- Adrian Killins-UCF rb 98.83 593 / 6
Bubble: D'Ernest Johnson-So Fla rb, 97.57. Other team leader: Malik Davis-Florida rb, 95.00. Week 8 best: Jason Driskel-FAU qb, 264.5 points. Season best: Flowers-SoFla qb, 276 points (W3).
Cote's State of the State rankings: 1. Miami (6-0); 2. South Florida (7-0); 3. UCF (6-0); 4. Florida (3-3); 5. Florida State (2-4); 6. FIU (4-2); 7. FAU (4-3).
This story was originally published October 24, 2017 at 2:22 PM with the headline "Canes’ Rosier in 3-man race for State Offensive Player of Year in college football."