With the 2024 college football campaign on our doorstep, another season is already upon us. It’s one that sets the table for the feast we’re about to consume, preparing us for the top players we will witness in action these coming fall Saturdays. That’s right, it’s award watch list season, and earlier this week, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list was released.
Which Players Are on the 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List?
The Bronco Nagurski Trophy has been honoring the best defensive player in college football since 1993. Named after the legendary Minnesota Golden Gophers player, the award is given out annually by the Football Writers Association of America. Recent winners include Xavier Watts, Will Anderson Jr., and Zaven Collins, but which players headline the student-athletes earmarked for success this fall?
There are 75 players on the Outland Trophy watch list for the 2024 college football season, representing the top interior linemen from both sides of the ball. This year, there are 22 linebackers, 16 defensive ends, 16 safeties, and 12 defensive tackles and nine cornerbacks represented from 56 FBS programs. The full list is below:
- Bear Alexander, USC
- Jahdae Barron, Texas
- Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
- Tyler Batty, BYU
- CJ Bazile, Liberty
- Billy Bowman, Oklahoma
- Cobee Bryant, Kansas
- Denzel Burke, Ohio State
- Abdul Carter, Penn State
- Sebastian Castro, Iowa
- Jeremiah Cooper, Iowa State
- Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
- Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
- Tacario Davis, Arizona
- Caleb Downs, Ohio State
- Joe Evans, UTSA
- Joshua Farmer, Florida State
- Beau Freyler, Iowa State
- Ashton Gillotte, Louisville
- Mason Graham, Michigan
- Brylan Green, Liberty
- Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
- Ahmed Hassanein, Boise State
- Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- Jay Higgins, Iowa
- Anthony Hill, Texas
- Maxen Hook, Toledo
- Jack Howell, Colorado State
- Lee Hunter, UCF
- Travis Hunter, Colorado
- Landon Jackson, Arkansas
- Nick Jackson, Iowa
- Patrick Jenkins, Tulane
- Nate Johnson, App State
- Will Johnson, Michigan
- Ike Larsen, Utah State
- Deontae Lawson, Alabama
- Jacob Manu, Arizona
- Chandler Martin, Memphis
- Nick Martin, Oklahoma State
- Francisco Mauigoa, Miami
- Smael Mondon, Georgia
- Malachi Moore, Alabama
- Xander Mueller, Northwestern
- Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon
- Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
- CJ Nunnally IV, Akron
- Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
- James Pearce, Tennessee
- Aeneas Peeples, Virginia Tech
- Harold Perkins, LSU
- Colin Ramos, Navy
- Shavon Revel, East Carolina
- Kaimon Rucker, North Carolina
- Matt Salopek, Miami (Ohio)
- Jonas Sanker, Virginia
- Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
- Malaki Starks, Georgia
- Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
- Junior Tafuna, Utah
- Dillon Thieneman, Purdue
- JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
- Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
- Jaden Voisin, South Alabama
- Deone Walker, Kentucky
- Johnny Walker, Missouri
- Marques Watson-Trent, Georgia Southern
- Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
- Maurice Westmoreland, UTEP
- Debo Williams, South Carolina
- Mykel Williams, Georgia
- Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
- Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin
- Jackson Woodard, UNLV
- Peter Woods, Clemson
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