The Maxwell Award Watch List for the 2023 college football season has been released.
On Monday, the Maxwell Football Club released its annual watch list of 60+ student-athletes nationwide. The award is presented annually to the best player in college football and is given out at the ESPN College Football Awards Show every December. It
Last season, USC’s Caleb Williams won the award, giving USC their fourth winner ever but first in nearly 40 years. Williams joined a trio of Trojan running backs, O.J. Simpson, Charles White, and Marcus Allen.
USC’s four winners are tied with Navy and Texas for the fourth most of any college football program. Ahead of those three is Alabama with five, while Penn State and Notre Dame are tied for first with seven winners all-time.
Williams, this fall, will look to become just the third player all-time to win the award twice. Previously, Notre Dame’s Johnny Lattner and Florida’s Tim Tebow won the award twice in their collegiate careers.
On this year’s preseason watch list, notable names include Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson, Clemson running back Will Shipley, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, Florida State QB Jordan Travis, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, LSU QB Jayden Janis, Michigan QB and RB combo J.J.McCarthy and Blake Corum.
Also included are Heisman contenders such as North Carolina QB Drake Maye, Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman, and USC QB Caleb Williams. The complete list is on the Maxwell Football Club’s official website.
The Maxwell Football Club also presents the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is annually given out to the best defensive player in College Football.