BATON ROUGE – LSU quarterback Joe Burrow has been named as one of 20 semifinalists for the 83rd Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year, the Maxwell Football Club announced on Tuesday.
Burrow, who has been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week four times this year, has led the Tigers to an 8-0 record and a No. 1 national ranking. LSU has three wins over Top 10 teams this year becoming the first team in the history of the Associated Press poll to beat three Top 10-ranked teams during the first eight games of a season.