... >West Virginia Mountaineers player has ever received the coveted Maxwell Award for the best collegiate player of the year.

As a matter of fact, with so many great players in the college ranks, very rarely have we seen a player from WVU make the finals of the watch list.

This year the powers that be have selected WVU junior running back, Noel Devine, as one of the 16 semi-finalists for the 2009-2010 watch list.

Among those players are Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, Pittsburgh running back Dion Lewis, Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen, and last year’s winner, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow.

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