SEMO quarterback on FCS top freshman list

SEMO redshirt freshman quarterback Scott Lathrop has been added to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List.

The Rice Award, in its second year, honors the national freshman of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision. It is named for legendary wide receiver Jerry Rice, who was a two-time first-team All-American in the FCS (then Division I-AA) at Mississippi Valley State.

The Rice Award will be voted on by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries following the regular season. It will be presented at the FCS awards banquet on Dec. 17 in Philadelphia.

Lathrop is among 20 players currently on the Rice Award Watch List. He is the only player on the list from the OVC.