College football analyst Kirk Herbstreit handed out honors to a pair of Clemson quarterbacks and recognized a couple of other Tigers during the annual “Herbie” Awards show Thursday night on ESPN.
Clemson freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence won the Herbie Award for Newcomer of the Year, beating out nominees Rondale Moore of Purdue (WR) and Tylan Wallace of Oklahoma State (WR).
“They put a lot on him this year, and he stepped up,” Herbstreit said of Lawrence. “I called a number of their games and I continued to kind of tap Chris Fowler, like, ‘this kid’s a freshman.