NEW HAVEN, Conn. – University of Texas Football quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named to the watch list for the 2019 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award on Friday. The Walter Camp is the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade and has been awarded to a Longhorn on three occasions (Ricky Williams, 1998; Colt McCoy, 2008-09).
Ehlinger, an Austin, Texas native, played in and started all 14 games a season ago. He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the league's head coaches and a semifinalist for the 2018 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award after finishing the year with 3,292 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns and 16 more scores on the ground.