Auburn's Jason Campbell Selected as a Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week Finalist

Auburn's Jason Campbell Selected as a Cingular Wireless/ABC
Sports All-America Player of the Week Finalist 


ATLANTA, Oct. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- Auburn senior quarterback Jason Campbell, who
passed for a career-high 297 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' 38- 20
win over Arkansas yesterday, has been selected as a Cingular Wireless/ABC
Sports All-America Player of the Week finalist.  Campbell completed 17 of 19
passes -- all in the first three quarters -- to set the Auburn record for
completion percentage during a game in helping the No. 4-Tigers to their ninth
consecutive victory.

Campbell is one of four candidates for the All-America Player of the Week, who
are selected by a panel of ABC Sports and ESPN college football analysts, led
by John Saunders.  The other finalists are: Nebraska quarterback Joe Dailey,
who passed for 342 yards and five touchdowns in the Cornhuskers' 59-27 rout
over Baylor; USC wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett, who hauled in five receptions
for 139 yards and three touchdowns in the Trojans' 45-7 win against No. 15
Arizona State; and Michigan State quarterback Drew Stanton, who passed for 308
yards and ran for another 102 in the Spartans' 51-17 victory against No. 19
Minnesota.

Who will be this week's winner is still undecided and the final decision now
rests in the hands of college football fans nationwide.  For the first time in
college football history, fans can now make the call on who they think deserves
to be the All-America Player of the Week with the power and ease of wireless
text-messaging.  Cingular is making the voting open to other wireless carriers*
allowing even more fans to participate.  Fans can also vote online at
http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/ or at ESPN.com (keyword: cingular).

Tiger fans can show their support for Campbell by voting for him up until 8
p.m. EST on Sunday, October 17.  The winner will be announced during the
October 17 11 p.m. EST broadcast of ESPN "SportsCenter".

Here's how fans can vote for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the
Week:

  -- Text "PLAYER" to "64444" on your  wireless phones
  -- Follow the prompt to vote for your All-America selection
  -- Alternatively, go to http://www.abcsportsallamerica.com/  or log onto
     http://www.espn.com/ and enter keyword "Cingular"



Campbell is vying to become the fourth quarterback to claim the Cingular/ABC
Sports All-America Player of the Week award this season. Previous winners
include Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton, Texas Tech quarterback Sonny Cumbie,
Georgia quarterback David Greene and Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson.

Fans who vote on their wireless phones only need to register one time. Then,
each week, the four candidates for Player of the Week are automatically sent to
their wireless phones.  Each time fans vote, they will be entered into a
sweepstakes to win a trip to the Bowl Championship Series game of their choice
or thousands of other instant prizes.  Fans can vote as often as they would
like.

On December 1, fans will also get a chance to determine who the best player in
the nation is by voting for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the
Year. Fans will have until December 8 to choose from among five finalists --
voting by either text messaging or online.

The selection process will culminate on December 11 at 2 p.m. EST in a one-hour
special on ABC Sports when the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All- America Player
of the Year (selected by fans), and the All-America team (selected by the
Football Writers Association of America), will be announced.

   * Other wireless carriers must opt-in for their subscribers to
     participate

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