College football is just about a month away from starting fall training camps and its under two months until the start of the season. That means just two major moments remain before pads go on and we talk about the actual games. One of those two moments is award watch lists being released, and that began on Monday.
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First to release on Monday was one of the newest awards out there—the Paul Hornung Award, which is given annually to the most versatile player in college football. It is presented by the Louisville Sports Commission to honor the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner and native son.
There are 47 players who have made the watch list in 2014, including big names like Ameer Abdullah (Nebraska), Tyler Boyd (Pitt), Shilique Calhoun (Michigan State), Jamison Crowder (Duke), D.J. Foster (ASU), Myles Jack (UCLA) and others.
Since the inception of the award in 2010, the winners have been Owen Marecic (Stanford, 2010), Brandon Boykin (Georgia, 2011), Tavon Austin (West Virginia, 2012) and Odell Beckham, Jr. (LSU, 2013).
Beckham won the award last season after finishing first in the SEC and second nationally with 2,222 all-purpose yards and 185.2 yards per game.
Here is the full 2014 Hornung Award watch list:
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska
Nelson Agholor, Southern California
Kenny Bell, Nebraska
V’Angelo Bentley, Illinois
Victor Bolden, Oregon State
Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh
Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State
B.J. Catalon, TCU
Rashon Ceaser, Louisiana Monroe
Stacy Coley, Miami (FL)
James Conner, Pittsburgh
Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina
Jamison Crowder, Duke
Stefon Diggs, Maryland
Chris Dunkley, South Florida
DeVon Edwards, Duke
D.J. Foster, Arizona State
Charles Gaines, Louisville
Rannell Hall, Central Florida
Scott Harding, Hawaii
Justin Hardy, East Carolina
Akeem Hunt, Purdue
Myles Jack, UCLA
Christion Jones, Alabama
Jameon Lewis, Mississippi State
Tommylee Lewis, Northern Illinois
Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
T.J. Logan, North Carolina
Venric Mark, Northwestern
Kevonte Martin-Manley, Iowa
J.D. McKissic, Arkansas State
Ty Montgomery, Stanford
Khalfani Muhammad, California
Marcus Murphy, Missouri
Jamarcus Nelson, UAB
Levi Norwood, Baylor
Ryan Switzer, North Carolina
Shaq Thompson, Washington
Antonio Vaughan, Old Dominion
Levonte “Kermit” Whitfield, Florida State
Carlos Wiggins, New Mexico
Kenny Williams, Texas Tech
Shane Williams-Rhodes, Boise St.
Myles Willis, Boston College
Dontre Wilson, Ohio State
Aaron Wimberly, Iowa St.
Shane Wynn, Indiana
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