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Media Release: May 14, 2013

Former college and NFL coach Dick Vermeil will deliver the keynote address at the 2014 Biletnikoff Award Banquet, called by 2013 keynoter Larry Csonka and other observers ”the best banquet in college sports.” Vermeil was an outstanding head coach on four levels of football in high school, community college, NCAA Division I and the National Football League. He was head coach of UCLA, the Philadelphia Eagles, the St. Louis Rams, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Chairman Ritchie Pickron of the Tallahassee Quarterback ...

Media Release – March 4, 2013

The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, in its 20th year of existence held its 19th annual banquet on Saturday, February 9, 2013, with a sell-out crowd of 550 patrons at Florida State University’s University Center Club in the south end zone of Tallahassee’s Doak Campbell Stadium. The banquet, hailed by keynote speaker Larry Csonka, as the “best” in college sports, saw a record $740,000 in college scholarships ...

Media Release – February 5, 2013

ESPN3 will carry live Saturday’s sold-out 19th annual Biletnikoff Award Banquet starting at 7 p.m. (EST) from the University Center Club at Florida State University’s Doak Campbell Stadium.

The banquet, considered the best in college football, can be viewed at http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/798617/2013-biletnikoff-awards-banquet 

The Biletnikoff Award Banquet will honor sixteen remarkably talented North Florida high school senior scholarship recipients. The Foundation will provide $640,000 in scholarships to these sixteen outstanding young men and women, ...

Media Release – January 18, 2013

The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award presented annually to college football’s outstanding receiver, has selected sixteen remarkably talented high school seniors of high character as Foundation Scholars.

The Foundation will provide $640,000 in scholarships to these outstanding young men and women, who have overcome significant emotional, mental, physical, and environmental barriers to achieve at the highest academic and extracurricular levels.

Founding Trustee and Foundation Chairman Walter. W. Manley, II, commented, ...

Media Release: January 7, 2013

The Biletnikoff Award was featured in the January 2013 issue of the Tallahassee Magazine article titled, “Celebrating the Catch: A heavyweight award with a Tallahassee connection“, by Lizeth George.

Media Release – December 6, 2012

The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, announces that Marqise Lee of the University of Southern California is the 2012 Biletnikoff Award recipient as the outstanding receiver in college football. Lee was selected by the Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee of 190 prominent college football sportswriters, commentators, analysts, and former players. Trustees of the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation are prohibited from serving on the National Selection Committee and, ...

Media Release: November 19, 2012

Tallahassee, FL  — The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, announces the three Finalists for the 2012 Biletnikoff Award. The electronic voting by the 190 distinguished members of the Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee was conducted from November 14th through November 18th. Foundation trustees cannot serve on the National Selection Committee and, hence, do not vote.

Finalists for the 2012 Biletnikoff Award are:
(listed in alphabetical order)   

Stedman Bailey, West ...

Media Release: November 12, 2012

The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, announces the ten Semifinalists for the 2012 Biletnikoff Award. The electronic voting by the 190 distinguished members of the National Selection Committee was conducted from November 7th through November 11th.

Semifinalists for the 2012 Biletnikoff Award are:
(listed in alphabetical order)

Tavon Austin, West Virginia

Stedman Bailey, West Virginia

Brandin Cooks, Oregon State

Austin Franklin, New Mexico State

Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas

Austin Hill, Arizona

Deandre Hopkins, Clemson

Marqise Lee, Southern California

Quinton ...

Media Release: October 16, 2012

The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, presented annually to college football’s outstanding receiver (click here for the definition of receiver eligible for the award), today announced the addition of five players to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.

Those players are:

Jamison Crowder, Duke University
Mike Evans, Texas A&M
Justin Hardy, East Carolina University
Jordan Leslie, University of Texas at El Paso
Bernard Reedy, University of Toledo

For the current ...

Media Release: October 2, 2012

Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, presented annually to college football’s outstanding receiver, today announced the addition of eleven players to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.

Those players are:

Davante Adams – Fresno State University
Brandin Cooks – Oregon State University
Phillip Dorsett – University of Miami (FL)
Mike Edwards – University of Texas at El Paso
Quintin Payton – North Carolina State University
Chip Reeves ...