College football’s watch list season is officially underway, and Penn State quarterback [autotag]Sean Clifford[/autotag] is already making an appearance on one of the more notable individual award’s watch list.
Clifford was among the players mentioned on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club. The award is presented annually to college football’s most outstanding player as determined by The Maxwell Football Club.
Penn State has a strong history with the Maxwell Award with seven all-time winners of the award. Previous Maxwell Award winners from Penn State include [autotag]Richie Lucas[/autotag] (1959), [autotag]Glenn Ressler[/autotag] (1964), [autotag]Mike Reid[/autotag] (1969), [autotag]John Cappelletti[/autotag] (1973), [autotag]Chuck Fusina[/autotag] (1978), [autotag]Kerry Collins[/autotag] (1994), and [autotag]Larry Johnson[/autotag] (2002). Johnson is also the most recent player from a Big Ten school to win the award, giving the conference a surprising 20-year drought it is looking to end this fall.
The Maxwell Football Club today announced its watch list for the 86th Maxwell Award presented annually to the outstanding player in college football. Check out who made the list here ⬇️
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— Maxwell Football (@MaxwellFootball) July 18, 2022
Penn State is tied with Notre Dame for the most all-time Maxwell aWard winners with seven each.
Last year’s winner of the Maxwell Award was Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. Young was the fifth player from Alabama to win the award. Alabama’s first Maxwell Award winner was A.J. McCarron in 2013.
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