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Colorado's Shedeur Sanders named 2023 Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist

The Buffaloes QB is in the midst of a career year in Boulder
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Shedeur Sanders has been one of the best quarterbacks in the country this season. Despite a high sack total, the Colorado Buffaloes passer was among 20 players named to the list of semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award this week. 

Sanders is currently fifth in FBS with 3,144 passing yards with 26 TDs and three INTs. In fact, he leads the nation with most completions (292) and attempts (420). He's also one of two QBs with 400+ attempts in the top 10. He's easily the most accurate passer in college football. 

The Davey O'Brien Award is given out annually to the best quarterback in the country. Sanders was one of five from the Pac-12 to make the list. Here's the entire list in alphabetical order. 

Carson Beck, Georgia 

Brady Cook, Missouri 

Jayden Daniels, LSU 

Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss

Quinn Ewers, Texas

Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma 

Sam Hartman, Notre Dame

Drake Maye, UNC 

J.J. McCarthy, Michigan 

Jordan McCloud, JMU 

Kyle McCord, Ohio State

Jalen Milroe, Alabama 

Bo Nix, Oregon

Michael Penix Jr., Washington 

Michael Pratt, Tulane

Kaidon Salter, Liberty 

Shedeur Sanders, Colorado 

Jordan Travis, FSU

DJ Uiagalelei, OSU  

Caleb Williams, USC

The three finalists for the 2023 Davey O'Brien Award will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The winner of the award will be announced on Friday, Dec. 8, at the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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