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Eastern Kentucky junior running back Dy’Shawn Mobley finished 19th in voting for the 2014 Walter Payton award. The Walter Payton Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision. Mobley finished the season with 1,491 yards on 258 carries and 20 touchdowns. He averaged 114 yards per game for the Colonels.
In the 2014 Walter Payton Award voting, there were 160 ballots cast by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries. The top three in the running are all quarterbacks, Vernon Adams Jr. of Eastern Washington, Justin Arias of Idaho State and John Robertson of Villanova. The winner will be announced at The Sports Network’s FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation on Dec. 15 in Philadelphia.
2014 Walter Payton Award voting
| Rank | Name | School | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Vad Lee | James Madison | 9 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 199 |
| 5 | Marshaun Coprich | Illinois State | 8 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 172 |
| 6 | Zach Zenner | South Dakota State | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 114 |
| 7 | Alex Ross | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 100 |
| 8 | R.J. Harris | New Hampshire | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 94 |
| 9 | Gus Johnson | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 86 |
| 10 | David Johnson | Northern Iowa | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 78 |
| 11T | DeAndre Carter | Sacramento State | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 71 |
| 11T | Jacob Huesman | Chattanooga | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 71 |
| 13 | Dakota Prukop | Montana State | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 59 |
| 14 | Tyler Varga | Yale | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 53 |
| 15 | Chase Edmonds | Fordham | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 50 |
| 16 | Khairi Dickson | Saint Francis | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 48 |
| 17 | Malcolm Cyrus | Alabama State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| 18 | Cooper Kupp | Eastern Washington | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 19 | Dy'Shawn Mobley | E. Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 20 | DaMarcus James | Jacksonville St. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 21 | Bryan Bennett | SE Louisiana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 22 | Herb Walker Jr | Morgan State | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 23 | MyCole Pruitt | Southern Illinois | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | Connor Kacsor | Dayton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | Rob Hollomon | Central Connecticu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
