TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Washington State redshirt-junior wide receiver Gabe Marks has been named a 2015 Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced Tuesday.
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the outstanding receiver at any position in college football. Marks, one of ten semifinalists, is the second Cougar in as many years to be named a semifinalist after Vince Mayle earned the same honor last season. Marks, along with redshirt-senior wide out Dom Williams and junior River Cracraft were named to the watch list throughout the season, making WSU the only team from a power 5 conference with three players on the list and the only Pac-12 Conference team with multiple players on the list. Last season, three Cougars were named to the watch list including Cracraft, Mayle and Isiah Myers.
Marks enters the week fourth in the country and leading the Pac-12 Conference in receptions (81), receptions-per-game (8.1) and touchdown receptions (13), and is second in the conference with 957 receiving yards. Marks has produced three 100-yard games this season and also owns the school record with five career games with 10+ receptions. The Venice, Calif. native is coming off a record-breaking performance in the win at No. 18 UCLA, catching 12 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns including the go-ahead 21-yard score with three seconds remaining. In the win, Marks broke Michael Bumpus’ school record for career receptions (195) and enters Saturday’s game against Colorado with 204 career catches and tied for fourth in school history with 22 career touchdown catches.
The Biletnikoff Award has opened its online FanVote for voting for Biletnikoff Award candidates on the Biletnikoff Award website. Every fan may vote once daily on the Biletnikoff Award FanVote page. The aggregate fan tally will be counted as one official vote to determine finalists (three) and the winner.
The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., will announce the three finalists following another vote, on Nov. 24. The 2015 Biletnikoff Award winner will be presented live on Dec. 10, on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show.
Semifinalists for the 2015 Biletnikoff Award are as follows (in alphabetical order):
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Corey Coleman
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Baylor University
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Josh Doctson
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Texas Christian University
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William Fuller
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University of Notre Dame
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Roger Lewis
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Bowling Green State University
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Gabe Marks
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Washington State University
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Tajae Sharpe
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University of Massachusetts
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Sterling Shepard
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University of Oklahoma
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JuJu Smith-Schuster
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University of Southern California
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Taywan Taylor
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Western Kentucky University
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Laquon Treadwell
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University of Mississippi
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