Tuesday, December 18, 2012 | Valley Football
Zach Zenner Tops for MVFC in Payton Voting
Zach Zenner of South Dakota State was the league's top vote getter in the 2012 Walter Payton Award Voting. Zenner, who set a league record for single-season rushing yards this year, was No. 7. RB Shakir Bell and RB Jamaine Cook also represented the Missouri Valley.
| 2012 Walter Payton Award Voting |
| Name |
School |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
Total |
| 1 Taylor Heinicke |
Old Dominion |
72 |
29 |
13 |
6 |
4 |
531 |
| 2 Miguel Maysonet |
Stony Brook |
13 |
25 |
20 |
21 |
17 |
284 |
| 3 Eric Breitenstein |
Wofford |
11 |
15 |
15 |
12 |
13 |
197 |
| 4 Erik Lora |
Eastern Illinois |
7 |
14 |
15 |
7 |
14 |
164 |
| 5 Gavin McCarney |
Colgate |
15 |
9 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
158 |
| 6 Casey Brockman |
Murray St |
8 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
139 |
| 7 Zach Zenner |
South Dakota St |
4 |
8 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
134 |
| 8 Aaron Mellette |
Elon |
1 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
88 |
| 9 DeNarius McGhee |
Montana St |
3 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
87 |
| 10 Jimmy Garoppolo |
E. Illinois |
3 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
84 |
| 11 Wynrick Smothers |
C. Arkansas |
2 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
77 |
| 12 Shakir Bell |
Indiana St |
1 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
57 |
| 13 Timothy Flanders |
Sam Houston St |
2 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
53 |
| 14 Jamal Jackson |
Appalachian St |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
33 |
| 15 Brad Sorensen |
Southern Utah |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
| 16 Deonte Williams |
Cal Poly |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
22 |
| 17 Zach Bauman |
N. Arizona |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
| 18 Terrance West |
Towson |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
| 19 Matt Denham |
E. Kentucky |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| 20 Jamaine Cook |
Youngstown State |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |