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•By: News Service of Florida PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — His professional football career remains up in the air, but Tim Tebow will be named a “Great Floridian” this week by Gov. Rick Scott. The former Florida Gator quarterback will be honored, one of only 66 people since 1981 to get the award, on Friday. [...]

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Peyton Manning won his seventh NFL 101 Award on Saturday night as AFC offensive player of the year. TotalBroncos

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After turning heads—and jumping over them—on Sunday, Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno has been nominated for the Week 15 FedEx Ground Player of the Week award on NFL.com. Against the Baltimore Ravens, Moreno rushed 22 times for 118 yards and a score.  His competition in the voting this week is Houston’s Arian Foster and [...]

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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are worthy, but no player has had a better season than Peterson. TotalBroncos

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Miller was named the 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year in February. (Joey Foley/Getty Images, File Photo) Helping the second-year outside linebacker’s candidacy for Defensive Player of the Year, the NFL announced on Thursday that Denver Broncos rising star Von Miller has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Month of November. Miller helped the Broncos [...]

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Easley Florida’s Dominique Easley was named to the Ted Hendricks Award preseason watch list Tuesday. The award is given annually to college football’s premier defensive end and awards on-field performance as well as academics and contributions to the school. Easley, a junior defensive tackle, recorded 37 tackles including 7.5 tackles for loss. He also had [...]

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By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com Tim Tebow, who arrived in New York with a reputation for being media friendly, was selected the winner of the 2012 Good Guy Award by the Pro Football Writers of America. The Good Guy Award is given to a NFL player for his qualities and professional style in helping pro [...]

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Florida junior Nolan Fontana was among 25 players in the running for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award when the list was released on Tuesday. The Winter Garden native has started 56 games for the Gators (41-16) and is hitting .280 with a team-high 48 runs, 40 walks and 11 stolen bases. He [...]

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For the second year in a row, Florida’s Mike Zunino has been named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award which is given to the country’s top catcher each year. The Gators junior one of three finalists in 2011. He is the only SEC player among the 12 semifinalists this year. After being named the [...]

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Florida senior right fielder Preston Tucker has been named one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, the school announced on Wednesday. Eligible athletes must be seniors at a Division I school have notable achievements in four areas – community, classroom, character and competition. Tucker was a 16th-round pick in the 2011 MLB [...]

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