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Chris Stoll named to watch list for nation’s top long-snapper award

Will Chris Stoll become Penn State’s first winner of this college football award in 2022?

Watch list season was in full bloom on Penn State’s first day of spring football practices on Monday. PJ Mustipher was named to the watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award and Ji’Ayir Brown and Joey Porter Jr. appeared on the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award. But don’t forget about long snapper [autotag]Chris Stoll[/autotag]. His name also appeared on a watch list for an individual award on Monday.

Stoll was named on the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award, an award presented annually to the top long snapper in college football. A relatively new individual award to college football, the Patrick Mannelly Award was first presented in 2019.

Previous winners of the Mannelly Award are John Shannon of Notre Dame (2019), Thomas Fletcher of Alabama (2020), and Cal Adomitis of Pittsburgh (2021). Penn State and the Big Ten are looking for the first winner of this particular award in 2022.

Stoll was also recently named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team watch list. This is his second season appearing on the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award.

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PJ Mustipher named on Rotary Lombardi Award watch list

Penn State’s PJ Mustipher is one of 11 Big Ten players on this year’s watch list for the Lombardi Award.

The return of [autotag]PJ Mustipher[/autotag] to the Penn State defensive line is sure to be a big plus for the Nittany Lions this season. His return is also putting him on the radar for the Rotary Lombardi Award.

On Monday, the Rotary Club of Houston released its watch list for this season’s Rotary Lombardi Award, which is designed to honor college football’s lineman of the year. Mustipher, who opted to return for another season after suffering a season-ending injury last fall, is among the players on the watch list for the award.

Semi-finalists for the award will be announced on November 10 and four finalists will be announced on November 23. The winner of the 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award will be announced on December 7.

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Mustipher is one of 11 players from the Big Ten to appear on the watch list. The Big Ten, SEC, and Big 12 tied for the most watch list players with 11 each.

Penn State has two all-time winners of the Lombardi Award. [autotag]Bruce Clark[/autotag] was the first Nittany Lion to receive the award, doing so in 1978 at the defensive tackle position. Penn State’s second and most recent Lombardi Award winner was defensive end [autotag]Carl Nassib[/autotag], who took home the award in 2015.

Last year’s recipient of the Lombardi Award was defensive end Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan.

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Bednarik Award watch list includes key pair of Nittany Lions

Penn State has more Chuck Bednarik Awards than any other school. Will either of these two players add another to the list?

As Penn State opened training camp to prepare for the 2022 college football season, a handful of players were recognized on watch lists for some individual honors in 2022. The Maxwell Football Club unveiled its watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, and two players from Penn State appeared on the watch list.

Senior safety [autotag]Ji’Ayir Brown[/autotag] and redshirt junior cornerback [autotag]Joey Porter Jr.[/autotag] were recognized on the Bednarik Award watch list.

[autotag]Dan Connor[/autotag] is the most recent Penn State player to take home the Bednarik Award. He did so in 2007 to make it three consecutive seasons a Penn State player won the award. [autotag]Paul Posluszny[/autotag] won the award in 2005 and 2006 and is one of two all-time winners to win the award multiple times. Current Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald is the only other player to win multiple Bednarik Awards. He did so in 1995 and 1996, the first two seasons the award was presented.

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In addition to Posluszny and Connor, Penn State also saw [autotag]LaVar Arrington[/autotag] win the award in 1999 to boost Penn State’s total to four Bednarik Awards. No other school has more than two Bednarik Award winners (Northwestern, Georgia, LSU, and Alabama each have two Bednarik award winners).

Last year’s recipient of the Bednarik Award was Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis. The last Big Ten player to win the award was Chase Young of Ohio State in 2019.

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Noah Sewell on the Bednarik Award watch list for best defensive player

Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell is one of 90 defensive players to be named to the Bednarik Award watch list.

Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell was one of the 90 defensive players in college football to be named to the Bednarik Award watch list. The award is given out by the Maxwell Club to the best defensive player in the nation at the end of the season. They also hand out the Maxwell award to the top offensive player, but no Ducks were on that watch list.

It’s no surprise Sewell is on this list and look for him to advance through the process as the season rolls along. He’s expected to be one of the Pac-12’s best defensive players and should be in the running for Defensive Player of the Year.

Sewell managed to have a great season in 2021 as he stayed healthy and instead of doing damage to his body, he did damage to opponents. He led the Ducks with 114 tackles to go along with four sacks and an interception.

The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, who played at Penn in the late 1940s where he was a center and linebacker. He’s also in the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Oklahoma punter Michael Turk named to Ray Guy Award watch list for 2022

Looking to build off of a tremendous 2021 season, Oklahoma punter Michael Turk was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list.

The Oklahoma Sooners lone selection to the Big 12’s preseason first-team, Michael Turk, has a chance to add more accolades to his already stunning resume. Turk was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list for 2022.

Michael Turk transferred to Oklahoma last offseason and became a weapon for a Sooners team that struggled at times with offensive consistency.

After transferring from Arizona State, Turk led the nation with 51.2 yards per punt in 2021 for the Oklahoma Sooners. Turk was fifth in the nation in net yards per punt at 45.6 and had the second longest punt during the 2021 season and was eighth in hang-time at 4.20 seconds among punters with at least 16 attempts.

Though no offense wants to punt the ball away, having a leg like the Sooners have in Michael Turk can help Oklahoma in the field position battles they’ll face this season.

Turk’s ability to flip field position can be a game changer and provide the defense with momentum before stepping on the field.

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Two Wisconsin interior linemen named to Outland Trophy Watch List

Two Wisconsin interior linemen were named to the Outland Trophy Watch List earlier this week. The Badgers’ last Outland Trophy winner was OT Gabe Carimi back in 2010.

Earlier this week, the Football Writer Association of America released their initial watch list for the Outland Trophy which is awarded to the best interior lineman in college football every year. Fortunately, the Wisconsin Badgers were able to land an interior lineman from offense and defense on the list.

Junior center Joe Tippman and senior nose tackle Keeanu Benton were selected for the award after having breakthrough seasons in 2021. Tippman started 10 out of the 11 games for Wisconsin and helped to create space for the Badgers’ outstanding run game last year.

On defense, Benton disrupted up the middle and is already nominated for several watch lists and preseason awards. The senior nose tackle did it all for Wisconsin in 2021 and finished with 25 tackles, five tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

The Badgers have had two Outland Trophy winners in the past with offensive tackles Gabe Carimi and Joe Thomas in 2010 and 2006.

Two Wisconsin Badgers named to Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List

Two Badgers were named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List on Tuesday morning, which is awarded to the best defensive player in the country:

Just ahead of the start of the Wisconsin football’s fall camp, two Badgers were named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, which is awarded to the best defensive player in the country every year.

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Senior nose tackle Keeanu Benton and junior outside linebacker Nick Herbig were added to the watch list after having fantastic 2021 seasons on one of the best defenses in the country. In addition, the two have already been named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-America team and to Athlon’s Sports Preseason All-Big Ten list.

Even though the Badgers will be losing a lot of experience going into this season, the Wisconsin defense could still be one of the best units in the country with its incoming and returning talent.

Florida offensive lineman makes Rimington Trophy watch list

Kingsley Eguakun, Florida’s starting center, is getting some national recognition before the season begins.

Under new head coach Billy Napier, the Florida Gators are hoping to take a step forward on the offensive line. The position group needed some retooling after the damage done by Dan Mullen‘s staff and Napier immediately hit the transfer portal to bolster the group for the upcoming 2022 season. Most of the talk regarding the line has been focused on Louisana transfer [autotag]O’Cyrus Torrence[/autotag], but now center [autotag]Kingsley Eguakun[/autotag], a rising redshirt junior, is receiving some national buzz.

Eguakun was named to the 2022 Rimington Trophy watch list on Friday morning. After starting all 13 games for Florida in 2021, Eguakun is expected to take some big steps forward in his second campaign as UF’s snapper. The watch list is comprised of 40 players, which the committee picked using data from Pro Football Focus and nominations from the schools.

Florida’s line was solid last year, as the Gators finished among the top 16 in offense nationally, averaging 208.7 yards per game on the ground and 5.5 yards per carry.

With Napier at the helm, and a running back room brimming with potential, Florida should lean on the run plenty in 2022. If Florida can put together another strong year offensively, Eguakun should be at least in the conversation for the award.

The only Gator to ever take home the Rimington Trophy was Maurkice Pouncey in 2009, though, so it won’t be an easy contest to win.

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Sooners wide receiver Marvin Mims named to 2022 Biletnikoff Award watch list

Expected to take another step forward in his production, wide receiver Marvin Mims was included on the 2022 Biletnikoff Award watch list.

Perhaps no player on the Oklahoma Sooners roster will benefit more from the change in offensive play caller than wide receiver Marvin Mims.

For the second season in a row, Mims led the Oklahoma Sooners in receiving yards, despite finishing fourth on the team in targets behind Jadon Haselwood, Michael Woods, and Mario Williams. Mims averaged 22 yards per reception last season and had huge days against Tulane, Texas, and Texas Tech.

Mims was incredibly underutilized down the stretch in 2021, receiving just eight targets the final three weeks of the season against Baylor, Iowa State, and Oklahoma State. Games in which the offense struggled for all or parts of those contests.

With a new play caller in Jeff Lebby and a believer in Brent Venables, Marvin Mims is about to take the college football world by storm.

Heading into year three with the Oklahoma Sooners, Marvin Mims has been named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list for 2022.

Awarded annually since 1994, the only Oklahoma Sooner to take home the Biletnikoff was Dede Westbrook back in 2016.

Mims, who admitted he would have transferred had Lincoln Riley stayed in Norman, will get a new lease on life in an offense that feeds its number one wide receiver. Ole Miss’ No. 1 receiver in 2021, Dontario Drummond, received 94 targets. That’s more than double the number of targets Marvin Mims received last season.

Drummond also had the fifth-most snaps among Rebels last season with 902. Marvin Mims was ninth on the Sooners in snaps played with just 470, second to Jadon Haselwood among wide receivers.

If Drummond’s usage is any indication, then Mims is looking at his first 1,000-yard season with the Oklahoma Sooners in 2022. For the Sooners to get back to the top of the mountain in the Big 12 and into contention for the College Football Playoff, Mims will need to be the focal point of the Sooners’ passing attack.

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Keyvone Lee named to Doak Walker Award watch list

Penn State running back Keyvone Lee named to the Doak Walker Award watch list for a second straight season.

For the second consecutive season, Penn State running back Keyvone Lee has been named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award. The award for the nation’s top running back in college football had its watch list revealed on Wednesday, with Lee being the lone Nittany Lion on the initial watch list.

Players can be added to the watch list at any time, so it remains to be seen if any other Penn State player will receive watch list buzz once the season begins, including freshman [autotag]Nick Singleton[/autotag].

Lee was one of three Penn State running backs to appear on the watch list prior to the start of the 2021 season with [autotag]Noah Cain[/autotag] and Jonathan Lovett joining him. Cain, who transferred to LSU this offseason, did not appear on the watch list (nor did any LSU player for that matter).

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The only Penn State football player to win the Doak Walker Award was Larry Johnson, in 2022.

Other notable past winners of the Doak Walker Award includes Eddie Georgie (Ohio State), Ricky Williams (Texas, a two-time winner), LaDainian Tomlinson (TCU), Reggie Bush (USC), Rashaan Salaam (Colorado, betaing [autotag]Ki-Jana Carter[/autotag]), and Bryce Love (Stanford, who beat out [autotag]Saquon Barkley[/autotag]).

Last year’s winner of the Doak Walker Award was Kenneth Walker III of Michigan State. A Big Ten plater has won the Doak Walker Award three of the past four seasons with Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin winning back-to-back awards in 2018 and 2019. Wisconsin has the most Doak Walker Awards in the history of the award with five, including two win by Taylor.

Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford has also been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award.

NEXT: The 2022 Doak Walker Watch List

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