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TCU places 3 on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - TCU Athletics
TYLER, Texas -- TCU wide receivers Taye Barber and Quentin Johnston and running back Kendre Miller have been named to the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler
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TYLER, Texas -- TCU wide receivers Taye Barber and Quentin Johnston and running back Kendre Miler have been named to the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, presented to the nation's offensive player of the year who was either born in Texas, graduated from a Texas high school or plays at a Texas college.
The award is named after Tyler, Texas, native and football legend Earl Campbell.
Barber is a three-time All-Big 12 recipient. The Cypress, Texas, native has earned his TCU degree and is also a two-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient. His 122 career receptions top all current Horned Frogs. He placed third on TCU last season with 30 catches for 514 yards and two touchdowns. He totaled a season-best six receptions for 78 yards in the 30-28 win over Baylor and had a key 13-yard first-down catch late against Cal to help TCU run out the clock in its 34-32 victory.
Johnston has been selected to multiple preseason All-America teams and is also on watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year. He was First-Team All-Big 12 last season.
A junior from Temple, Texas, Johnston ranks first in Big 12 history with a 20.4 yards per catch average for a player in his first two seasons. It is also eighth nationally since 1996 for the first two years of a career.
Playing in just nine games, Johnston led the Horned Frogs last season in receiving yards (634), yards per reception (19.2) and touchdown catches (six) while placing second in receptions (33). He topped 100 yards receiving on three occasions, all in his final five games. He had a career day at Oklahoma with seven receptions for 185 yards and three touchdowns, including the No. 2 Collegiate Play of the Year on ESPN's You Got Mossed. The 185 yards receiving were the most by a Horned Frog since Taj Williams had 210 versus Oklahoma in 2016. He was also the first Horned Frog with three touchdown catches in a game since KaVontae Turpin had four against Texas in 2015. Johnston had five catches for 142 yards and a touchdown in the 30-28 win over Baylor.
A junior from Mount Enterprise, Texas, Miller ranks No. 1 nationally among active Power 5 conference players with his 7.4 career yards per carry average.
Miller placed second on TCU last season with 623 yards rushing while topping the team with seven touchdowns. His 7.5 yards per carry mark ranked fourth for a season at TCU, giving him two of the top-six averages in program history in his first two seasons. He ran for a career-high 185 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries in a 52-31 win at Texas Tech. His scoring runs of 33, 75 and 45 yards made him the only player in the nation in 2021 with three touchdowns of at least 33 yards in the same game. He rushed for 112 yards on 12 attempts, including a 56-yard touchdown, in a victory over Kansas. He also ran for 102 yards at Kansas State while tying a career-high with four receptions. His first career receiving touchdown went for 53 yards at Oklahoma.
Former TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin was the 2014 recipient of the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
