Clemson tight end Jake Briningstool was named to the 2024 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Friday. The annual award recognizes the most outstanding tight end in college football.
Briningstool had 50 catches for 498 yards and five touchdowns while starting all 13 games for the Tigers a season ago. The senior from Brentwood, Tenn., had a season-high nine catches in Clemson’s 38-35 victory over Kentucky in the Gator Bowl, finishing with 91 yards.
He totaled five catches for a season-high 126 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers’ 28-20 double-overtime loss at Miami on Oct. 21.
Semifinalists for the award will be announced Oct. 29 with the three finalists announced Nov. 26. The winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Dec. 12 on ESPN.
Briningstool was one of 11 ACC tight ends named to the Mackey Award Preseason Watch List. Pitt’s Gavin Bartholomew was also named to the list, as was North Carolina’s John Copenhaver and Bryson Nesbit, Virginia Tech’s Nick Gallo, NC State’s Justin Joly, Florida State’s Kyle Morlock, Louisville’s Mark Redman, Cal’s Jack Endries, Stanford’s Sam Roush and SMU’s RJ Maryland.
Clemson has one winner in the history of the Mackey Award, established in 2020. Former Tiger Dwayne Allen won the award in 2011. Georgia’s Brock Bowers won the Mackey Award last season.
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