GREENVILLE — The South Carolina Football Hall of Fame named Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson as its Player of the Year Wednesday evening in Greenville, just prior to the Clemson basketball team’s game against Pittsburgh at the Bon Secours Wellness Center.
Watson is the third Tiger to receive this honor from the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame. Former quarterback Tajh Boyd won the award in 2013, while former defensive end Vic Beasley won the honor last year.
Wednesday’s honor was just another in a long list of postseason awards for the Clemson quarterback. Watson was named as a consensus All-America quarterback, was third in the Heisman Trophy balloting, was the Most Valuable Player of the Atlantic Coast Conference and was the MVP of the ACC Championship game and the Orange Bowl.
He also was named the winner of the Davey O’Brien and Manning Awards as the nation’s best quarterback as well as the Archie Griffin Award as the nation’s best player.
Watson’s 478 yards of total offense set a record for a national championship game. The Tigers signal caller completed the season with 4,104 yards passing and 1,105 yards rushing and became the first player in FBS history to have at least 4,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in the same season.
Watson completed 333 of 491 passes for 4,104 yards and 35 touchdowns. Rushing, he had 207 carries for 1105 yards and 12 scores. His 5,209 yards of total offense and his 47 total touchdowns set ACC records.
Nationally, Watson ranked first in the nation in QBR (87.8), third in the nation on points responsible for with 282, was fifth in completion percentage (.678), was eighth in touchdown passes with 35, eighth in total offense per game (347.3) and was 12th in passing efficiency at 156.3.
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