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Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award Announces Notre Dame’s Jack Coan as Semifinalist

NEW YORK, NY. —The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), in association with The Associated Press (AP) and the Fiesta Bowl Organization, has selected nine college football student-athletes who have overcome injury, illness or other adversity to excel on the field this season as semifinalists for the 2021 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award. They include: Taijh Alston (DL, West Virginia); Terrel Bernard (LB, Baylor); Jack Coan (QB, Notre Dame); Ryan Hubley (WR, Johns Hopkins); Aidan Hutchinson (DE, Michigan); McKenzie Milton (QB, Florida State); Cameron Rising (QB, Utah); Avery Samuels (OL, Stetson); and J.