For the first time ever, the Capitol Broadcasting Company’s team of sports reporters from TV, radio and the Web will combine to award a Player of the Year in college football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. The good news for you – the fan – is that you will also be involved.

There will be a 16-person committee consisting of six radio representatives from 620 The Buzz and 99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio, five from WRAL-TV, three from WRALSportsFan.com and two regular WRAL contributors. A fan vote will be weighted equal to one member of our committee bringing the total number of votes to 17.

A list of semifinalists was identified last week and now we are down to the final five. This year’s football finalists are:

The winner will be determined by a scaled vote (similar to the Heisman) with 1st places votes worth 5 points and 5th place votes worth 1 point. The honoree will be named the Monday following the last regular season contest.