Archive for 2012

Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., unveils new Biletnikoff Award website

Media Release – June 8, 2012

Tallahassee, FL -The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida based creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, on Friday unveiled a dramatically new look for its website (www.biletnikoffaward.com), designed to help the public and media easily find information about the award and its student scholarships, which have been given to over 120 students since 1994.

The Biletnikoff Award was created in 1994 to recognize college football’s outstanding receiver, as chosen by a ...

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Florida Congressman Steve Southerland, who presented the invocation at the banquet, flanked by Justin Blackmon and Ron Jaworski.

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Keynote speaker Ron Jaworski delivers an outstanding speech to 550 patrons. He praises the Foundation’s outstanding accomplishments, calls it one of the greatest in America, salutes the scholarship recipients, and identifies the Biletnikoff Award as one of the most well known and respected in American sports!

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TQC Foundation Founder and former Chairman Walter Manley, II, is joined by Founder and former Chairman L. Tom Cox, Jr., Ron Jaworski, and Justin Blackmon prior to the banquet in 2012. Former Chairman Manley announced that the Foundation would award a minimum of $640,000 in scholarships next year.

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Scholarship recipients meet with Ron Jaworski and Justin  Blackmon before the banquet.

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Justin Blackmon accepts the 2011 Biletnikoff Award trophy from keynote  speaker Ron Jaworski, with Mr. and Mrs. Blackmon, Fred Biletnikoff, Jr., and coach Todd Monken.

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2006 Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson selected to appear on the cover of Madden NFL13

Media Release – May 2, 2012

Tallahassee, FL -The Board of Trustees of the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida based creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, sent its congratulations to 2006 Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson for being selected by national fan voting to appear on the cover of Madden NFL13, the dynamic interactive football game.

Johnson was selected from an original field of 64 NFL players; twenty million fans cast votes to select the NFL player who ...

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Biletnikoff Award winner Justin Blackmon selected 5th in the NFL draft

Media Release – April 27, 2012

Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the Florida based creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award which recognizes America’s outstanding college football receiver, is elated that Justin Blackmon, the 2010 and 2011 Biletnikoff Award winner, was selected 5th in the National Football League draft last night by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“Justin Blackmon and his family had made such a positive impression on the 550 patrons at the Biletnikoff Award Banquet in February that ...

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Biletnikoff Award Announces New Trustees

Media Release – April 13, 2012

Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., the Florida based creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award which recognizes America’s outstanding college football receiver, announced the selection of seven new trustees. Foundation Chairman, Walter Manley, II, remarked, “The Foundation has long been served by outstanding Floridians. The new trustees continue that tradition of excellence.”

The new trustees, all residents of Tallahassee, Florida, are expected to enhance the Foundation’s fulfillment of its charitable mission to provide ...

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