It is college football award watch list season. As exhausting as those watch lists may be, the good news is that it means the start of the college football season is just around the corner.
One of the first watch lists to come our way is for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.
The award is presented by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation based on standout ability and performances on and off the field.
Among the notable players on the watch list are Duke’s Kelby Brown, Michigan State’s Shilque Calhoun, Florida’s Vernon Hargreaves, West Virginia’s Karl Joseph, Notre Dame’s Jaylon Smith, Oklahoma’s Eric Striker, Ohio State standout Joey Bosa, Ole Miss’ Robert Nkemdiche and many more.
The full Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list can be seen below:
LB Kevin Anderson, Stanford
DB Dante Barnett, Kansas State
LB Joe Bolden MichiganDB
DB Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota
DL Joey Bosa, Ohio State
LB Kelby Brown, Duke
DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon
S Michael Caputo, Wisconsin
DE Shilque Calhoun, Michigan State
S Jeremy Cash, Duke
S Su’a Cravens, USC
LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia
CB Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech
DB Nate Gerry, Nebraska
DL Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech
LB Deon Hollins, UCLA
DB Dylan Haines, Texas
CB Vernon Hargreaves, Florida
DB Ryan Janvion, Wake Forest
DB Jonathan Jones, Auburn
S Karl Joseph, West Virginia
LB Bronson Kaufusi, BYU
S Derrick Kindred, TCU
DB Jordan Lomax, Iowa
DL Dean Lowry, Northwestern
LB Blake Martinez, Stanford
LB Viliami Moeakiola, Arizona State
LB Calvin Munson, San Diego State
DT Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
LB Jared Norris, Utah
DE Shawn Oakman, Baylor
DE Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State
LB Joshua Perry, Ohio State
LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama
DB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State
DE Sheldon Rankins, Louisville
LB Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame
DB Weston Steelhammer, Air Force
LB Eric Striker, Oklahoma
LB Jeremy Timpf, Army
LB Scooby Wright III, Arizona
DT Anthony Zettel, Penn State
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