Frazier Named to the Lombardi Award Watch List

West Virginia center Zach Frazier appears on the Lombardi Award Watch List

Tuesday afternoon, the Rotary Club of Houston released the 2023 Preseason Lombardi Award Watch List featuring West Virginia junior offensive lineman Zach Frazier. 

The redshirt senior helped pave the way for a rushing attack that averaged 171.5 yards a game with 51 knockdown blocks last year to earn a first team All-Big 12 Conference selection.

The Lombardi Award goes annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman who exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi in addition to outstanding performance and ability.

This year’s watch list is filled with talent from many schools and conferences, making for an exciting voting process. To be considered for the Lombardi Award, players must be an NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:

• Be a down Lineman, end to end, either on offense or defense, setting up no further than ten (10) yards to the left or right of the ball at the time of the snap.
• Be a Linebacker on defense, setting up no further than five (5) yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
• Must not come out of the offensive backfield and set up on the line of scrimmage as a Blocker or a Receiver or listed in the program as an Offensive Back or Receiver.
• Be eligible to participate in the current season.

2023 Preseason Lombardi Award Watch List

Jaylon Allen - Memphis, Gr., DL

Joe Alt - Notre Dame, Jr., OT

Kelvin Banks Jr. - Texas, So., OT

Jaishawn Barham - Maryland, So., LB

Graham Barton - Duke, Sr., OT

Cooper Beebe - Kansas State, Sr., OG

Brock Bowers - Georgia, Jr., TE

Jacob Busic - Navy, Sr., DE

Barrett Carter - Clemson, Jr., LB

DeWayne Carter - Duke, Rs. Sr., DT

Abdul Carter - Penn State, So., LB

Brandon Coleman - TCU, Sr., OT

Junior Colson - Michigan, Jr., LB

Marley Cook - Middle Tennessee, Rs. Jr., DT

Dontay Corleone - Cincinnati, Rs. So., DL

Tyler Davis - Clemson, Gr., DT

Justin Dedich - USC, Rs. Sr., OC

Brandon Dorlus - Oregon, Sr., DE

Ethan Downs - Oklahoma, Jr., DE

Jamon Dumas-Johnson - Georgia, Jr., LB

Tommy Eichenberg - Ohio State, Gr., LB

D'Mitri Emmanuel - Florida State, Rs. Sr., OG

Olumuyiwa Fashanu - Penn State, Jr., OT

Troy Fautanu - Washington, Jr., OT

Jaylan Ford - Texas, Sr., LB

Javon Foster - Missouri, Gr., OT

Zach Frazier - West Virginia, Jr., OC

Tailese Fuaga - Oregon State, Jr., OG

Dallas Gant - Toledo, Sr., LB

AJ Gillie - Louisana, Rs. Jr., OG

Delmar Glaze - Maryland, Rs. Jr., OT

Cedric Gray - North Carolina, Sr., LB

Michael Hall Jr. - Ohio State, Jr., DT

Christian Haynes - UConn, Rs. Sr., OG

Jason Henderson - Old Dominion, Jr, LB

Branson Hickman - SMU, Jr., OC

Jaylon Hutchings - Texas Tech, Gr., DL

Nick Jackson - Iowa, Sr., LB

Donovan Jackson - Ohio State, Jr., OG

McKinnley Jackson - Texas A&M, Sr, DT

Kris Jenkins - Michigan, Sr., DT

Michael Jurgens - Wake Forest, Rs. Sr., OG

JT Killen - Coastal Carolina, Rs. Sr., LB

J.C. Latham - Alabama, Jr., OT

Laiatu Latu - UCLA, Sr., DE

Beaux Limmer - Arkansas, Rs. Sr., OT

Christian Mahogany - Boston College, Gr., OG

Jonah Monheim - USC, Rs. Jr., OT

Jordan Morgan - Arizona, Sr., OT

Gabriel Murphy - UCLA, Rs. Jr., DE

Jer'Zhan Newton - Illinois, Jr., DT

Maema Njongmeta - Wisconsin, Rs. Sr., LB

Mike Novitsky - Kansas, Rs. Sr., OC

Drake Nugent - Michigan, Gr., OC

Thor Paglialong - Air Force, Sr., OC

Josh Pearcy - Rice, Rs. Jr., DE

Harold Perkins - LSU, So., LB

Owen Porter - Marshall, Rs Sr, DE

Keith Randolph Jr. - Illinois, Jr., DT

Tate Ratledge - Georgia, Jr., OG

Luke Reimer - Nebraska, Sr., LB

Chop Robinson - Penn State, Jr., DE

Ja'Tavion Sanders - Texas, Jr., TE

Jackson Sirmon - California - Berkley, Rs. Sr., LB

Brevyn Spann-Ford - Minnesota, Gr., TE

Kingsley Suamataia - BYU, So., OT

Junior Tafuna - Utah, Jr., DT

Bralen Trice - Washington, Sr., DE

Jeremiah Trotter Jr. - Clemson, Jr., LB

JT Tuimoloau - Ohio State, Jr., DE

Dallas Turner - Alabama, Jr., LB

Princely Umanmielen - Florida, Jr., DE

Sedrick Van Pran - Georgia, Rs. So., OC

Jared Verse - Florida State, Rs. Jr., DE

Nathaniel Watson - Mississippi State, Gr., LB

Marlowe Wax - Syracuse, Jr., LB

Damonic Williams - TCU, So., DT

Mykel Williams - Georgia, So., DL

Mekhi Wingo - LSU, Jr., DT

Zak Zinter - Michigan, Sr., OG

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