Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 11, 1993 TAG: 9312110172
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Waldrop, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound senior, anchored the nation's stingiest run defense. He had eight sacks and 14 tackles for losses as Arizona allowed only 30.1 yards per game on the ground.
The other finalists were Notre Dame's Aaron Taylor and Auburn's Wayne Gandy.
\ THORPE AWARD: Alabama's Antonio Langham won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's outstanding college defensive back.
Langham is Alabama's career interception leader with 19, including seven this season.
The other finalists were Texas A&M's Aaron Glenn and Notre Dame's Bobby Taylor.
\ O'BRIEN AWARD: Florida State's Charlie Ward, who threw for 3,032 yards and 27 touchdowns, won the 1993 Davey O'Brien Award presented annually to the nation's top college quarterback.
Ward led the top-ranked Seminoles to an 11-1 record and will finish his college career against No. 2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
Tennessee's Heath Shuler and Glenn Foley of Boston College were the other finalists.
\ HARLON HILL AWARD: Roger Graham claimed the Harlon Hill Trophy as the top player in NCAA Division II football.
Graham, a junior running back from New Haven (Conn.), received the second highest vote total in the eight-year history of the award to beat out a pair of seniors: North Alabama running back Tyrone Rush and Mankato (Minn.) State's quarterback Jamie Pass.
Graham, of Spring Valley, N.Y., was the top scorer in Division II (13.6 points a game) and finished second in rushing with 1,687 yards, averaging 9.2 yards per carry.
\ DUKE SEARCH: Former Minnesota head coach John Gutekunst has emerged as the leading candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Duke University, according to published reports.
The Greensboro News & Record reported that Gutekunst and Virginia assistant Tom O'Brien appeared to be the two remaining finalists for the job, which became vacant when Barry Wilson resigned last month. William and Mary head coach Jimmye Laycock withdrew his name from consideration Friday.
Gutekunst was an assistant coach at Virginia Tech from 1979-83 when Bill Dooley was head coach there.
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