Texas A&M Athletics - Texas A&M sophomore Kyle Allen was named one of the Davey O'Brien Award's weekly "Great 8" honorees after helping the Aggies to a 30-17 win over then-No. 21 Mississippi State.

Allen, from Scottsdale, Ariz., threw for 322 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions on 25-of-41 passing as the Aggies moved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference. Allen also chipped in a career-high 65 rushing yards on 12 carries. Allen's touchdown passes came via a one-yard connection with sophomore Ricky Seals-Jones on a fourth-down play and with sophomore Damion Ratley on a 29-yard catch-and-run.

Allen is the SEC leader in passing efficiency with a 169.0 rating (No. 9 in FBS) and passing touchdowns with 13 (tied for No. 9). Allen has passed for 1,274 yards (254.8 per game) on 89-of-139 passing.

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The Davey O'Brien Award has announced its "Great 8" quarterback performances for week five of the college football season. The eight honorees include: Kyle Allen of Texas A&M, Arizona State's Mike Bercovici, Trevone Boykin of TCU, Western Kentucky's Brandon Doughty, Blake Frohnapfel of UMass, Florida's Will Grier, Seth Russell of Baylor and Houston's Greg Ward Jr.

All 128 FBS quarterbacks are eligible for the weekly honor, which is determined by a subset of the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee.

In 1938, Davey O'Brien, who wore No. 8 as a star quarterback for TCU, became the first player ever to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award in the same year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

O'Brien was drafted fourth overall in the 1939 NFL Draft and earned Pro Bowl honors in his rookie season after setting an National Football League record for season passing yardage. The NFL's highest-paid player retired after the 1940 season to become an FBI agent.

The Davey O'Brien Foundation was created in 1977, and the National Quarterback Award, the oldest and most prestigious college quarterback award, was first issued in 1981. Since 1977, the Foundation has given away more than $900,000 in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life.