BATON ROUGE – Three members of the LSU football team – quarterback Joe Burrow, wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase and safety Grant Delpit – have been named finalist for national awards, it was announced on Monday.
The trio will take part in the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN on Thursday, Dec. 12 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The winners of many of college football's national awards – along with the Walter Camp All-America Team – will be announced at the College Football Awards Show.
Burrow, a senior from Athens, Ohio, is a finalist for the Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (Nation's Best Quarterback); Delpit, a junior from Houston, is a finalist for the Thorpe Award (Nation's Best Defensive Back), while Chase, a sophomore from Metairie, is a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award (Outstanding Receiver).