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CUTrevor
2020-07-21 15:03:43
Skalski is on 3 watch lists! Butkus, Bednarik and Nagurski. His name fits in with all 3!
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CUTrevor
2020-07-21 15:05:37
DALLAS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America, in conjunction with the Charlotte Touchdown Club, released its preseason watch list for the 2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy presented by LendingTree today, selecting 98 defensive standouts from 66 schools in all 10 Division I FBS conferences plus independents on a roster that includes five returning players from last season's FWAA All-America team and one from 2018. Two of the nation's returning sack leaders, Miami defensive end Gregory Rousseau and Oregon State linebacker Hamilcar Rashed Jr., headline the list from among the six returning FWAA All-America selections: LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr., who tied for fifth in the nation with six interceptions last season, Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, Pitt defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman and Stanford cornerback Paulson Adebo, who was on the second team in 2018. Seven schools are tied with three representatives each, including Pitt, which in addition to Twyman has defensive end Patrick Jones and safety Paris Ford to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference's 17 players that top the conference totals and hail from 11 of its 14 schools. Defending national champion LSU has defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin and safety JaCoby Stevens in its trio alongside Stingley Jr., and Alabama and Georgia also have three players as part of the Southeastern Conference's crew of 15. Oregon, USC and Washington also have trios on the list from among the Pac-12's 13 players that also includes Washington State's Jahad Woods, fourth in the nation in tackles last season with 141. There are 18 schools with teammates on the list and 15 players return from last season's watch list. National runner-up Clemson has defensive tackle Tyler Davis and linebacker James Skalski listed. Penn State has defensive end Shaka Toney in addition to its All-American Parsons, and Miami adds Quincy Roche, a transfer from Temple, to its pairing with All-American Rousseau. Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade and Oklahoma defensive end Ronnie Perkins made the list from last year's other College Football Playoff teams. Western Michigan linebacker Treshaun Hawyard, the nation's top returning tackle leader (142), is one of the Mid-American Conference's five members. Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. As in previous years, the FWAA will announce a National Defensive Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week's honored player will be added at that time. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the 2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy. The winner of the 2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy presented by LendingTree as the National Defensive Player of the Year will be chosen from those five finalists. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association's full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football. This year's watch list includes at least four players from all 10 FBS conferences plus three from the independents. The ACC led the conference list with 17 with the SEC (15) just behind, making up almost one-third of the list. The Pac-12 (13), Big 12 (12) and Big Ten (10) also have double-digit representation, followed by Conference USA (7), the American Athletic (6), Sun Belt (6), Mid-American (5), Mountain West (4) and Independents (3). The list includes 31 linebackers, 28 backs, 23 ends and 16 tackles. DB Paulson Adebo, Stanford LB Blaze Alldredge, Rice LB Rayshard Ashby, Virginia Tech DE JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State DE Carlos Basham, Wake Forest LB Tavante Beckett, Marshall LB Terrel Bernard, Baylor DB Reed Blakenship, Middle Tennessee LB Nick Bolton, Missouri LB K.J. Britt, Auburn LB Troy Brown, Central Michigan DE Big Kat Bryant, Auburn DB Eric Burrell, Wisconsin DB Andre Cisco, Syracuse DT Tyler Davis, Clemson DE Victor Dimukeje, Duke DB Greg Eisworth, Iowa State LB Diego Fagot, Navy DB Caleb Farley, Virginia Tech LB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern DB Paris Ford, Pitt DB Darrick Forrest, Cincinnati DE Chauncey Golston, Iowa DB Richie Grant, UCF LB Jake Hansen, Illinois DB Kolby Harvell-Peel, Oklahoma State LB Treshaun Hayward, Western Michigan DB Jevon Holland, Oregon DE Wyatt Hubert, Kansas State DB Talanoa Hufanga, USC DE Drake Jackson, USC DE Tarron Jackson, Coastal Carolina LB Buddy Johnson, Texas A&M DE Raymond Johnson III, Georgia Southern DB Shaun Jolly, Appalachian State DE Patrick Jones, Pitt DB Kekaula Kaniho, Boise State DE George Karlaftis, Purdue DE Malcolm Koonce, Buffalo LB Nate Landman, Colorado DB Richard LeCounte, Georgia DT Ifeanyi Maijeh, Temple DE DeAngelo Malone, WKU LB Carlton Martial, Troy DB Trevon Moehrig, TCU DB Elijah Molden, Washington LB Kristopher Moll, UAB LB Dylan Moses, Alabama DB Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State DT Lorenzo Neal, Purdue DT Dion Novil, North Texas DT Levi Onwuzurike, Washington LB Joseph Ossai, Texas LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame LB Micah Parsons, Penn State DE Kwity Paye, Michigan DE Ronnie Perkins, Oklahoma DE Dom Peterson, Nevada DB Antonio Phillips, Ball State LB Hamilcar Rashed Jr., Oregon State DT LaBryan Ray, Alabama LB Justin Rice, Fresno State LB Monty Rice, Georgia LB Max Richardson, Boston College DE Taylor Riggins, Buffalo DB Aaron Robinson, UCF DE Quincy Roche, Miami DE Gregory Rousseau, Miami DT Jordon Scott, Oregon DT Tyler Shelvin, LSU LB James Skalski, Clemson DE Jordan Smith, UAB LB Charles Snowden, Virginia DB Caden Sterns, Texas DB JaCoby Stevens, LSU DT Dante Stills, West Virginia DT Darius Stills, West Virginia DB Derek Stingley Jr., LSU DB Eric Stokes, Georgia DB Corey Straughter, ULM LB Chazz Surratt, North Carolina DB Patrick Surtain II, Alabama DE Demetrius Taylor, Appalachian State DE Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon DT Cameron Thomas, San Diego State LB Henry To'o To'o, Tennessee DE Shaka Toney, Penn State DT Khyiris Tonga, BYU LB Joe Tryon, Washington DT Jay Tufele, USC DT Jaylen Twyman, Pitt DB Shaun Wade, Ohio State LB Garret Wallow, TCU LB Drew White, Notre Dame DT Kobie Whiteside, Missouri DB James Wiggins, Cincinnati DT Marvin Wilson, Florida State LB Jahad Woods, Washington State By conference: ACC 17, SEC 15, Pac-12 13, Big 12 12, Big Ten 10, Conference USA 7, American Athletic 6, Sun Belt 6, Mid-American 5, Mountain West 4, Independents 3. By position: Linebackers 31, Backs 28, Ends 23, Tackles 16. 2020 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED DALLAS (FWAA) — The Football Writers Association of America has announced the preseason watch list for the 2020 Outland Trophy, recognizing 85 standout interior linemen representing all 10 Division I FBS conferences and independents. This is the 75th anniversary season for the Outland Trophy and the watch list presents a diverse field of players to accompany the return of 2019 Outland Trophy winner, offensive tackle Penei Sewell of Oregon. Sewell, a junior, is the only returning lineman among the 2019 Outland Trophy semifinalists and 2019 FWAA All-Americans. He became Oregon's first Outland Trophy winner last season and was the third consecutive sophomore to receive this prestigious award. The 6-6, 325-pound junior from Malaeimi, American Samoa and then Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah, emerged as a dominant left tackle for the 2020 Rose Bowl champions and did not allow a sack last season. He had eight games without allowing a pressure, hit or hurry on the quarterback, and in 466 pass-blocking snaps allowed only seven quarterback pressures. The Alabama Crimson Tide top the watch list with four selections – guards Deonte Brown and Landon Dickerson, offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood and defensive tackle LaBryan Ray – with Notre Dame and Ohio State posting three players each. Notre Dame's three representatives are all on offense – center Jarrett Patterson, guard Aaron Banks and 2019 watch list member Liam Eichenberg. The SEC leads the conference totals with 14 – defending national champion LSU has defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin, Tennessee offers a guard pair with Cade Mays and Trey Smith, and Kentucky has center Drake Jackson and offensive tackle Darian Kinnard. The Big Ten has 12 players, buoyed by a trio of Ohio State offensive linemen – center Josh Myers, guard Wyatt Davis and tackle Thayer Munford – to go with teammates from Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Pitt is one of 17 schools to have a pair of players on the list, as defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman led the nation’s interior linemen last season with 10.5 sacks and center Jimmy Morrissey is among 13 players who return from the 2019 watch list. Clemson, the national runner-up, offers a pair of tackles in Jackson Carman on offense and Tyler Davis on defense, part of the ACC’s nine entries that also includes Boston College guard Zion Johnson and offensive tackle Ben Petrula, linemen who led the nation’s eighth-best rushing attack last year. The Pac-12 is third among the conference totals with 11 as defensive tackle Jordon Scott joins Sewell from Oregon, Stanford has center Drew Dalman and offensive Walker Little, and USC has defensive tackle Jay Tufele and offensive guard Alijah Vera-Tucker. Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey and offensive tackle Adrian Ealy guided one of last season's College Football Playoff teams and top-five total offense units up front. West Virginia is the only team to have multiple defensive players on the list with the brother defensive tackle tandem of Dante and Darius Stills, part of the Big 12’s six entries. BYU, Western Michigan, Air Force and Appalachian State also have double representation on the list. The recipient of the 75th Outland Trophy will be announced in early December. The official presentation to the winner will be made in Omaha, Neb., at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner sponsored by Werner Enterprises and produced by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, scheduled for Jan. 13, 2021. Watch list candidates may be added or removed during the season. The distribution of watch list candidates is spread well among the conferences – behind the 14 from the SEC and 12 from the Big Ten are the Pac-12 with 11 and the Atlantic Coast (9), followed by the Mountain West (7), Big 12 (6), the Independents (6), and the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American and Sun Belt with five each. The list includes 32 offensive tackles, 21 offensive guards, 17 defensive tackles and 15 centers. G Jack Anderson, Texas Tech G Blaise Andries, Minnesota OT Kayode Awosika, Buffalo G Aaron Banks, Notre Dame G Deonte Brown, Alabama G Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan OT Jackson Carman, Clemson OT Larnel Coleman, Massachusetts |
