LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville Sports Commission announced on Thursday that the University of South Alabama's Tra Minter is a preseason candidate for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse this fall.
Minter — a rising senior from Ellaville, Ga. — has also been chosen preseason second-team All-America by The Sporting News and named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List in the final month before preseason practice begins.
The Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football. Hornung is considered by many the most versatile player in the history of college and pro football, winning the 1956 Heisman Trophy at quarterback for Notre Dame before becoming the number one pick in the 1957 NFL draft.