Mackey Award finalists announced

Bethpage, N.Y. (November 19, 2012) - The Nassau County Sports Commission, sponsored by Briarcliffe College, has announced three finalists for the 2012 John Mackey Award. Listed alphabetically, they are Tyler Eifert (SR, Notre Dame), Zach Ertz (SR, Stanford) and Austin Seferian-Jenkins (SO, Washington).

The three finalists were determined by confidential balloting of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee. The 2012 John Mackey Award winner will be presented live on ESPNU at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on December 6, 2012 at 6:30pm EST.

Please visit www.johnmackeyaward.org for more details. The website also features all Mackey Award related information including the John Mackey Selection Committee, the selection process and award criteria, information on all past award recipients and a high resolution image of the award trophy available for download.

The Nassau County Sports Commission, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization sponsored by Briarcliffe College, is responsible for the administration of the John Mackey Award and the John Mackey Award Selection Committee. For additional information, please visit www.nassausports.org.

The John Mackey Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, www.ncfaa.org.

2012 John Mackey Award Finalists

(alphabetical order)

Tyler Eifert (SR, Notre Dame)

Zach Ertz (SR, Stanford)

Austin Seferian-Jenkins (SO, Washington)

All-time John Mackey Award Recipients

2000 - Tim Stratton, Purdue

2001 - Dan Graham, Colorado

2002 - Dallas Clark, Iowa

2003 - Kellen Winslow II, Miami (FL)

2004 - Heath Miller, Virginia

2005 - Marcedes Lewis, UCLA

2006 - Matt Spaeth, Minnesota

2007 - Fred Davis, USC

2008 - Chase Coffman, Missouri

2009 - Aaron Hernandez, Florida

2010 - D.J. Williams, Arkansas

2011 - Dwayne Allen, Clemson