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It’s Award Watch List season in college football — and we’re tracking all of the Pac-12 players on each of the major college football awards preseason lists.
The Pac-12 has had success in years past with some of the awards, but not so much in others. Could we see a Pac-12 WR win the Biletnikoff Award this year? Perhaps another Pac-12 back winning the Doak Walker? Time will tell but being placed on the award watch list in the preseason is a great start to an award-winning season.
Davey O’Brien Award — nation’s top quarterback
Jayden Daniels, Arizona State Sun Devils
Kedon Slovis, USC Trojans
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Doak Walker Award — nation’s top running back
Max Borghi, Washington State Cougars
Gary Brightwell, Arizona Wildcats
Christopher Brown Jr., California Golden Bears
Stephen Carr, USC Trojans
Demetric Felton, UCLA Bruins
Alex Fontenot, Colorado Buffaloes
Jermar Jefferson, Oregon State Beavers
Vavae Malepeai, USC Trojans
Richard Newton, Washington Huskies
CJ Verdell, Oregon Ducks
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Biletnikoff Award — nation’s top receiver
Max Borghi, Washington State Cougars
Frank Darby, Arizona State Sun Devils
Johnny Johnson III, Oregon Ducks
Amon-Ra St. Brown, USC Trojans
Tyler Vaughns, USC Trojans
Michael Wilson, Stanford Cardinal
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Bednarik Award — nation’s top overall defensive player
Paulson Adebo, CB, Stanford Cardinal
Camryn Bynum, CB, California Golden Bears
Kuony Deng, LB, California Golden Bears
Jevon Holland, S, Oregon Ducks
Talanoa Hufanga, S, USC Trojans
Drake Jackson, DE, USC Trojans
Nate Landman, LB, Colorado Buffaloes
Elijah Molden, CB, Washington Huskies
Levi Onwuzurike, DT, Washington Huskies
Hamilcar Rashed Jr., OLB, Oregon State Beavers
Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon Ducks
Jay Tufele, DT, USC Trojans
Jahad Woods, LB, Washington State Cougars
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We’ll be back with more as they are released.
The schedule is set for the following awards:
Mackey Award — July 17
Thorpe Award — July 20
Outland Trophy — July 21
Nagurski Award — July 21
Groza Award — July 22
Ray Guy Award — July 22
Hornung Award — July 23
Wuerffel Trophy — July 23
Maxwell Award — July 24