Stats Perform Release
 
Bronx, N.Y. - Stats Perform has announced 30 FCS finalists for the 2022 Walter Payton Award, which is annually presented to the national offensive player of the year in college football's Division I subdivision. Included in the 30 are two Fordham Rams, senior quarterback Tim DeMorat and senior wide receiver Fotis Kokosioulis. Fordham is just one of two schools to have multiple finalists.
 
The Payton Award, which was first presented in 1987 and in its 36th season, is named for legendary running back Walter Payton, who starred at Jackson State as part of his Hall of Fame career.
 
Affectionately known as the Heisman of the FCS, its past recipients include Steve McNair, Tony Romo, Brian Westbrook, Jimmy Garoppolo, Cooper Kupp and Trey Lance.
 
Tim DeMorat (Sr., QB, Merritt Island, Fla./Viera)
• Three-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year.
• Three-time First Team All-Patriot League.
• Completed 301 of 458 passes (65.7%) for 4,561 yards and 53 touchdowns.
• Set school single season record with 4,561 passing yards and 53 touchdowns (also a Patriot League record).
• Leads the NCAA FCS in passing yards/game (414.6), passing touchdowns (53), and total offense (417.4 yards/game).
• Set the school and Patriot League records for most passing touchdowns in a season (53) and career (120) and most passing yards in a season (4,561).
• Also set school career records for completions (1,007) and passing yards (13,124).
• Has earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the week nine times in 2022.
 
Fotis Kokosioulis (Sr., WR, Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South)
• Caught 89 passes for 1,180 yards and 14 touchdowns.
• Sixth Fordham receiver, and one of three on 2022 team, to record more than 1,000 passing yards in a season.
• Led team in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving scores.
• 14 touchdown catches ties Fordham single season record.
• Leads Patriot League and second in the NCAA FCS in receiving touchdowns.
• Second in the Patriot League and the NCAA FCS in receiving yards/game (107.3).
• Second in the League and the NCAA FCS in receptions/game (8.1).
• Leads the Patriot League and ninth in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards/game (153.9).
• Has 35 career receiving touchdowns, a new school record.
• Has 215 career receptions, third all-time at Fordham.
• Has 2,862 career receiving yards, fifth on the Fordham career list.
• Caught 13 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns at Ohio University, setting a school and Patriot League record for receiving yards in a game.
• Tied Fordham single game record with four receiving scores.
 
The Rams, who are 13th in the latest AFCA FCS Coaches' Top 25 Poll, open play at the 2022 NCAA FCS Championship by traveling to Durham, New Hampshire, to face the 16^th-ranked University of New Hampshire Wildcats on Saturday, November 26, at 2:00 p.m.