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TCU Football: Multiple Players Named to Preseason Watch Lists – A Summary

Fourteen Horned Frogs have been named to 18 preseason watch lists with a total of 28 nominations, which leads the Big 12

Barry Lewis

TCU Athletics
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It’s been a busy few of weeks as most of college football’s postseason awards have been naming their preseason watch lists as the beginning of the season has arrived.

The TCU Horned Frogs have been fortunate to have 14 players named to 18 of these watch lists (28 total nominations) or preseason teams. The 28 total nominations leads the Big 12 with Texas coming in second with 27 and Oklahoma right behind at 26. The nominations on 18 lists also leads the league and is tied with Oklahoma and Texas.  The 14 different players nominated is 2nd in the league, tied with Oklahoma with 16. 

As each of these watch lists has been announced, KillerFrogs has published an article with more information about the award and the TCU player named to that watch list.

The following summarizes the different nominations and various articles written about the watch lists. Clicking the award title below will take you to the article on that award/trophy.

Steve Avila (Center)

Taye Barber (Wide Receiver)

Millard Bradford (Safety)

Andrew Coker (Offensive Tackle)

Noah Daniels (Cornerback)

Derius Davis (Wide Receiver/Return Specialist)

Emari Demercado (Running Back)

Max Duggan (Quarterback)

Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (Cornerback)

Dylan Horton (Defensive End)

Quentin Johnston (Wide Receiver)

Kendre Miller (Running Back)

Jordy Sandy (Punter)

Dee Winters (Linebacker)

Award Predictions

Also, in the last two weeks, KillerFrogs has published articles on our predictions of which player will win the major postseason college football awards.

Those predictions can be found here:

Big 12 Nominations

All ten of the Big 12 schools had players named to at least eight of the preseason awards. A total of 103 players from the league received 207 nominations to the preseason watch lists for the 26 awards, trophies and teams.

TCU’s 28 nominations (not counting the two Preseason All-Big 12 nominations) lead the league. Texas has 27 nominations. Oklahoma had the most players nominated with 16.

Big 12 players with seven nominations

  • Will McDonald (Iowa State) - AP All American First Team, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Bruce Feldman's College Football Freaks List, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Senior Bowl, and Walter Camp Player of the Year
  • Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) - Davey O'Brien Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Senior Bowl, and Walter Camp Player of the Year

Big 12 players with six nominations

  • Bijan Robinson (Texas) - AP All American First Team, Doak Walker Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, and Wuerfell Trophy

Big 12 players with five nominations

  • Siaki Ika (Baylor) - AP All American Second Team, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Outland Award, and Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award
  • Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (TCU) - Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Bruce Feldman's College Football Freaks List, Chuck Bednarik Award, Jim Thorpe Award, and Senior Bowl 
  • Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State) - Biletnikoff Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Maxwell Award, Senior Bowl, and Walter Camp Player of the Year
  • Quentin Johnston (TCU) - Biletnikoff Award, Bruce Feldman's College Football Freaks List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Player of the Year
  • DeMarvion Overshown (Texas) - Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Butkus Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, and Senior Bowl 
  • Dante Stills (West Virginia) - Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Outland Award, and Senior Bowl
  • Deuce Vaughn (Kansas State) - AP All American First Team, Doak Walker Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Player of the Year

Big 12 players with four nominations

  • JT Daniels (West Virginia) - Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Maxwell Award, Senior Bowl, and Walter Camp Player of the Year
  • Trevor Downing (Iowa State) - Lombardi Award, Outland Award, Rimington Award, and Senior Bowl
  • Dillon Gabriel (Oklahoma) - Davey O'Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Player of the Year
  • Connor Galvin (Baylor) - AP All American Second Team, Lombardi Award, Outland Award, and Senior Bowl
  • Kenny Logan Jr. (Kansas) - Chuck Bednarik Award, Paul Hornung Award, Jim Thorpe Award, and Senior Bowl
  • Marvin Mims (Oklahoma) - Biletnikoff Award,  Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Paul Hornung Award, and Wuerfell Trophy
  • Xavier Worthy (Texas) - AP All American Second Team, Biletnikoff Award, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Player of the Year

Big 12 players with three nominations

  • Felix Anudike-Uzomah (Kansas State) - Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, and Lombardi Award
  • Steve Avila (TCU) - Outland Award, Rimington Award, and Senior Bowl
  • Zach Frazier (West Virginia) - Lombardi Award, Rimington Award, and Wuerfell Trophy
  • Anthony Johnson (Iowa State) - Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, Senior Bowl, and Wuerfell Trophy
  • Roschon Johnson (Texas) - Doak Walker Award, Bruce Feldman's College Football Freaks List, and Senior Bowl
  • Ben Sims (Baylor) - John Mackey Award, Senior Bowl, and Wuerfell Trophy

Number of Nominations/Players Nominated/Award Lists by School

  • Baylor – 8 players on 13 watch lists; 18 nominations
  • Iowa State – 5 players on 14 watch lists; 20 nominations
  • Kansas – 5 players on 8 watch lists; 9 nominations
  • Kansas State – 9 players on 15 watch lists; 20 nominations
  • Oklahoma – 16 players on 18 watch lists; 26 nominations
  • Oklahoma State – 11 players on 16 watch lists; 21 nominations
  • TCU – 14 players on 18 watch lists; 28 nominations
  • Texas – 12 players on 18 watch lists; 27 nominations
  • Texas Tech – 12 players on 11 watch lists; 17 nominations
  • West Virginia – 11 players on 14 watch lists; 21 nominations

For a complete list of the Big 12 nominations, click here.

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the publisher/managing editor for KillerFrogs.com. He has been a Horned Frog since the Jim Wacker era and loves covering all of TCU's sports. 

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