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 on Monday this week, the Walter Camp Award watch list was released.
Which Players Are on the 2024 Walter Camp Watch List?
The Walter Camp Award has been honoring the College Football Player of the Year since 1967. Named after the “Father of American Football”, the award is given out annually by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Recent winners include Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, and Kenneth Walker III, but which players headline the student-athletes earmarked for success this fall?
The 2024 Walter Camp Award watch list includes 50 of the nation’s best players. It’s an offense-heavy list, with 41 players from that side of the ball, including 20 quarterbacks. 39 of the 134 FBS programs are represented, with Ohio State and Notre Dame leading the way with three nominations. The full list is below:
- Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
- Carson Beck, QB, Georgia
- Zachariah Branch, WR/KR, Southern California
- Tahj Brooks, RB, Texas Tech
- Antario Brown, RB, Northern Illinois
- Byrum Brown, QB, South Florida
- Luther Burden III, WR, Missouri
- Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State
- Howard Cross III, DT, Notre Dame
- Jalon Daniels, QB, Kansas
- Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
- Donovan Edwards, RB, Michigan
- Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
- Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas
- Noah Fifita, QB, Arizona
- TJ Finley, QB, Western Kentucky
- Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon
- Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State
- Garrett Greene, QB, West Virginia
- Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina
- Jamal Haynes, RB, Georgia Tech
- Seth Henigan, QB, Memphis
- Will Howard, QB, Ohio State
- Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State
- Travis Hunter, WR/DB, Colorado, WR/DB
- Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
- Quinshon Judkins, RB, Ohio State
- Riley Leonard, QB, Notre Dame
- Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan
- Grayson McCall, QB, North Carolina State
- Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse
- Jordan McCloud, QB, Texas State
- Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
- Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
- Malachi Moore, DB, Alabama
- Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
- James Pearce Jr., Edge, Tennessee
- Harold Perkins Jr., LB, LSU
- Cameron Rising, QB, Utah
- Kaidon Salter, QB, Liberty
- Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
- Nicholas Singleton, RB, Penn State
- Malaki Starks, DB, Georgia
- Terion Stewart, RB, Bowling Green
- Danny Stutsman, LB, Oklahoma
- D.J. Uiagalelei, QB, Florida State
- Cam Ward, QB, Miami
- Xavier Watts, DB, Notre Dame
- Conner Weigman, QB, Texas A&M
- Ricky White, WR, UNLV
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