NEW HAVEN, Conn. – University of Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate has been selected a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced.

Tate is one of three wide receivers to make the 15-player list.

The 5-11, 195-pounder from Hendersonville, Tenn., leads the Irish with 74 receptions for 1,172 yards with 11 receiving touchdowns adding two rushing touchdowns and one punt return touchdown. He is five receptions shy and 78 yards away from breaking Notre Dame’s single-season school record for receptions and receiving yards.

Tate’s 14 total touchdowns are tied for most among wide receivers in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

He is tied for third in touchdown receptions, ranks fourth in total receiving yards and receiving yards per game and is ninth in both yards per catch and receptions per game.
Tate has totaled seven 100-yard receiving games this year, second most in Notre Dame history and no FBS player has more this season.

Selected a first-team mid-season All-American by CBSSports.com, Tate has also been named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award (top college football player) and the Biletnikoff Award (top collegiate wide receiver).

A list of five finalists will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

The 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be presented live on Thursday, Dec. 10 during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter.

The winner will receive his trophy at the Foundation’s annual national awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.