Florida quarterback Kyle Trask, who is getting considerable attention for a former high school backup heading into his redshirt senior season, has been named to the preseason watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award, given annually to the nation’s top quarterback, UF announced in a release Tuesday.
Trask became the starter in the third game of the 2019 regular season when incumbent Feleipe Franks suffered a season-ending ankle injury. Trask led the Gators to and 11-2 season, throwing 25 touchdowns to just seven interceptions and helming the best Florida passing offense in terms of yards per game since 2001.
Trask joins four other SEC passers (Auburn’s Bo Nix, Alabama’s Mac Jones, Georgia’s Jamie Newman and Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond) on the watch list, which features 30 total players from across the country.
The list of 30 will be trimmed to 16 on Nov. 10. That list of semifinalists will be cut to just three finalists two weeks later, with the award set to be announced on Dec. 10 at the Home Depot College Football Awards.
Here is the full watch list.
Kyle Trask, Florida
Hank Bachmeier, Boise State
Ian Book, Notre Dame
Alan Bowman, Texas Tech
Charlie Brewer, Baylor
Shane Buechele, SMU
Jack Coan, Wisconsin
Sean Clifford, Penn State
Dustin Crum, Kent State
Micale Cunningham, Louisville
Jayden Daniels, Arizona State
Sam Ehlinger, Texas
Justin Fields, Ohio State
Dillon Gabriel, UCF
Donald Hammond III, Air Force
Sam Howell, North Carolina
Mac Jones, Alabama
D’Eriq King, Miami
Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
Levi Lewis, Louisiana
Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
Jamie Newman, Georgia
Bo Nix, Auburn
Brock Purdy, Iowa State
Chris Robison, Florida Atlantic
Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
Kedon Slovis, USC
Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
Brady White, Memphis
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