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Walter Payton & Buck Buchanan '08 Award Lists

Photo - QB Liam Coen - Massachusetts

QB Liam Coen - Massachusetts Heads the Walter Payton '08 Award list

QB Liam Coen of Massachusetts heads the Walter Payton Award list for the 2008 season. Coen is the UMass team Captain and All-American who started his fourth season this weekend. He has been a decorated QB who led UMass to the National Championship game as a sophomore and holds nearly every UMass QB passing record for a game, season and career. He combines fine size, arm strength with great play-action ability and nice mobility in the pocket to be one of the more efficient QBs in college football. Over his long starting career, he has compiled a 29-8 in his 37 starts dating to 2005 with a 29-5 record vs. FCS teams. In the UMass '08 season opener on Aug. 30th, he went 10 of 20 passes for 92 yards and 3 TDs in leading UMass to a 28-16 opening victory over Albany (N.Y.).

2008 Doak Walker Award Candidates:

Photo - LeSean McCoy - Pittsburgh

Tarrion Adams (Sr.), Tulsa
Reggie Arnold (Jr.), Arkansas St
Kahill Bell (Sr.), UCLA
Andre Brown (Sr.), North Carolina St
Donald Brown (Jr.), Connecticut
Donald Buckram (So.), UTEP
James Davis (Sr.), Clemson
Mike Davis (Sr.), South Carolina
Andre Dixon (Jr.), Connecticut
Anthony Dixon (Jr.), Mississippi St
Jonathan Dwyer (So.), Georgia Tech
Jamelle Eugene (Jr.), North Carolina St
Tyrell Fenroy (Sr.), Louisiana Lafayette
Rodney Ferguson (Sr.), New Mexico

Pitt linebacker Scott McKillop Heads Walter Camp and Butkus Awards

Photo - LB Scott McKillop - Pittsburgh

The preseason Walter Camp “watch list” is comprised of 35 players. The list will be narrowed to 15 semifinalists in early November. The 2008 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is selected by a vote of the 119 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced on the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards Show in December.
Scott McKillop is coming off an outstanding junior campaign in which he led the nation in tackles, averaging 12.58 per game, and finished second in solos (8.17 avg.). He received a slew of postseason honors in 2007, including selection to four different All-America squads.

2008 O'Brien Quarterback Award Watch List
Frank Coyle is a longtime member of the FWAA and votes in all the major college awards - the Heisman Trophy, Lombardi, Outland, Bronko Nagurski and Jim Thorpe awards including all the defensive awards. He is also a voter for the FWAA on the weekly College team polls. He is one of the select few who votes on the FWAA All-American team annually.

Photo - QB Mike Teel - Rutgers

FORT WORTH, Texas - The 2008 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List was released by the Davey O'Brien Foundation and its National Selection Committee. The Watch List spotlights 31 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) quarterbacks who will vie for the award honoring the nation's best quarterback for the 2008 football season. In addition to the Watch List, all Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks are equal candidates for The O'Brien until semifinalists are selected.

The Football Writers Association of America released its 2008 Outland Trophy Watch List, which includes two linemen from its 2007 All-America Team – Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs and West Virginia offensive tackle Ryan Stanchek. Seventy standout linemen from around the country have been nominated for consideration in the preseason.

Photo - Center Alex Mack - California, Sr.

The Outland Trophy has been awarded to the best interior lineman in college football since 1946. With input from the entire FWAA membership, the winner is selected by the FWAA's All-America Committee, which selects the association's 25-man All-America team and picks the three Outland Trophy finalists and the winner.
The 2008 Outland Trophy announcement will be on Dec. 11 in Orlando, Fla., on the ESPNU Home Depot College Football Awards Show. Three finalists will appear on the show. The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be on Jan. 15, 2008 in Omaha, Neb.
The Outland Trophy is named after the late John Outland, a lineman at Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. Senior defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, who played for the national champion LSU Tigers, won the 2007 Outland Trophy.
Nebraska has more Outland Trophy winners than another school. Seven Cornhuskers have claimed the trophy, with Nebraska center Dave Rimington being the only player to win it twice (in 1981 and '82).
Additional Outland Trophy candidates may be added during the course of the season. Tackles, guards and centers are eligible for consideration.

Player - School - Position - Class
Geno Atkins, Georgia, DT, Jr.
Ted Bentler, Army, DT, Jr.
Ciron Black, LSU, OT, Jr.
Alex Boone, Ohio St, OT, Sr.

2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List

Photo - Oregon safety Patrick Chung

Football Writers Association of America announced the Watch List for the 2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded to the best defensive player in college football and sponsored by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
Included on the list is Ohio St senior linebacker James Laurinaitis, the 2006 Nagurski Trophy winner and a 2007 finalist, and South Florida junior defensive end George Selvie, another 2007 finalist.