Each week the IMPACT® Player of the Week is chosen by the Legends Football Coaches Association (LFCA) and weekly rankings of the top five players are displayed here. The LFCA is an advisory poll comprised of 21 former college football coaches, including 12 College Football Hall of Fame Members and represents ten national championships and over 3,500 victories combined. The legendary coaches review all of the relevant game tapes following each week of competition, discuss each team's performance during a weekly conference call, then establish a ranking of the Top 25 teams. The Legends Poll Top 25 can be found on the Legends Channel website (www.legendspoll.com), including a breakdown of how the coaches voted.
As part of their selection process, the coaches not only attend games across the nation, but spend countless hours reviewing the DVDs of the previous weekend's match-ups. Through this extensive process, the expert panel of coaches selects the IMPACT® Player of the Week.
The 'IMPACT® Player of the Week' award means $1,000 will be donated to the winner's school general scholarship fund.
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»»»»»»“In my opinion McClain is the best defensive player in the country,” former Auburn coach Pat Dye said. “All you have to do is look at what he did against Auburn in a very tight game.”
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Click here to view this season's IMPACT® Player of the Week rankings. It's an at-a-glance look at every player & every week in the season.
Who are the Legends Football Coaches?
Their names are synonymous with college football excellence. The legendary coaches are all College Football Hall of Fame members, or former coaches who are on track to be Hall of Fame members in the future. Here are the current voting members:
Frank Broyles, John Cooper, Fisher DeBerry, Vince Dooley, Terry Donahue, Pat Dye, LaVell Edwards, Don James, Frank Kush, Dick MacPherson, Bill Mallory, Don Nehlen, John Ralston, John Robinson, R.C. Slocum, Bill Snyder, Gene Stallings and George Welsh. The other non-voting members are: Lloyd Carr, Hayden Fry and Tom Osborne.
The LFCA Mission
The legendary coaches discuss team strengths and weaknesses every week of the season to separate the pretenders from the contenders. The evaluation process is very comprehensive, and the standards are beyond reproach.
The Legends Poll is unique because it is made up of three components … the most experienced coaches, who actually watch the games, and discuss and deliberate before they cast their vote. No other system has any of these components. Come back each week and review the results of the LFCA's efforts here at the LottTrophy.com.