Davis Allen and Will Putnam named to national award watch lists |
Brandon Rink
· · Friday, July 22 2022
The Friends of John Mackey organization announced today that tight end Davis Allen has been named as one of 54 candidates on the watch list for the Mackey Award, presented annually to the nation’s top tight end.
Allen is known as a reliable receiver and physical blocker who enters 2022 with 49 career catches for 508 yards and seven touchdowns in 1,141 career snaps over 40 games (11 starts). He enters the season needing three more touchdowns to become only the sixth tight end in Clemson history to record double-digit career touchdown receptions. This year, the Mackey Trophy committee worked with Pro Football Focus (PFF) to narrow down its list to the top 40 centers. PFF grades every player on every play of every game on how well they execute their given assignment. That play-by-play grading allowed the Trophy committee to create a watchlist based both on nominations from the schools and data provided by PFF. Once the season begins, schools will be able to nominate their centers for late addition based on in-season merit. The Boomer Esiason Foundation also announced today that offensive lineman Will Putnam has been named as one of 40 members on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, presented annually to the nation’s top center. The multi-year starter at guard is transitioning to center and enters 2022 having played 1,615 career snaps over 33 career games (22 starts). While more than a dozen All-America teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these three teams to determine a winner: • Walter Camp Foundation (WCF) • Sporting News (SN) • Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Because the selectors of these three All-America teams can place centers in a “mix” of offensive linemen that includes guards and tackles, their 11-man first teams can often have two centers. The Rimington Trophy committee’s policy is to count all players that play primarily the center position for their respective teams as centers, even though they may be listed as guards or tackles on the All- America teams. The center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. If there is a tie with first team votes, then the center with the most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy Committee, provided with data from Pro Football Focus. Mackey Award watch list Player, School Brock Bowers, Georgia Cameron Latu, Alabama John Samuel, Auburn Austin Stogner, South Carolina Jaheim Bell, South Carolina Michael Trigg, Ole Miss Darnell Washington, Georgia Arik Gilbert, Georgia Jacob Warren, Tennessee Ben Bresnahan, Vanderbilt Michael Mayer, Notre Dame Isaac Rex, BYU Sam Laporta, Iowa Payne Durham, Purdue Erick Ali, Michigan Luke Schoonmaker, Michigan Brenton Strange, Penn State Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota Luke Ford, Illinois Theo Johnson, Penn State Will Mallory, Miami Marshon Ford, Louisville Davis Allen, Clemson Camren Mcdonald, Florida Blake Whitehart, Wake Forest George Takacs, Boston College Gavin Bartholomew, Pittsburgh Benjamin Yurosek, Stanford Terrance Ferguson, Oregon Brady Russell, Colorado Michael Ezeike, UCLA Dalton Kincaid, Utah Luke Musgrave, Oregon State Devin Culp, Washington Malcolm Epps, USC Ben Sims, Baylor Baylor Cupp, Texas Tech Mike O’Laughlin, West Virginia Brayden Willis, Oklahoma Ja’Tavion Sanders, Texas Christian Trahan, Houston Tyrick James, Tulane Josh Whyle, Cincinnati Ryan Jones, East Carolina Leonard Taylor, Cincinnati Ke’More Gamble, UCF Mark Redman, San Diego State Sam Olson, San Jose State Kris Leach, Kent State Christian Sims, Bowling Green Johnny Lumpkin, Louisiana Oscar Cardenas, UTSA Rivaldo Fairweather, FIU Joshua Simon, Western Kentucky The 2022 Rimington Trophy Watchlist is as follows: Ricky Stromberg, SR, Arkansas Nick Brahms, SR, Auburn Jacob Ball, GRAD, Baylor Connor Pay, RS SO, BYU Matthew Cindric, SR, California Will Putnam, SR, Clemson Willie Lampkin, JR, Coastal Carolina Kingsley Eguakun, RS SO, Florida Sedrick Van Pran, RS SO, Georgia Malik Sumter, RS SR, Georgia State Trevor Downing, RS SR, Iowa State Mike Novitsky, RS SR, Kansas Jacob Likes, RS JR, Memphis Jakai Clark, JR, Miami Olu Oluwatimi, GRAD, Michigan John Michael Schmitz, SR, Minnesota LaQuiston Sharp, RS SR, Mississippi State Grant Gibson, RS GRAD, North Carolina State Jarett Patterson, GRAD, Notre Dame Luke Wypler Jr, JR, Ohio State Preston Wilson, SR JR, Oklahoma State Alex Forsyth, SR, Oregon Jake Levengood, RS JR, Oregon State Juice Scruggs, RS SR, Penn State Gus Hartwig, RS SO, Purdue Alama Uluave, SR, San Diego State Drake Nugentd, SR, Stanford Steve Avila, SR, TCU Bryce Foster, SO, Texas A&M Jake Andrews, JR, Troy Sincere Haynesworth, JR, Tulane Will Rykard, RS JR, UAB Matt Lee, RS JR, UCF Brett Neilon, RS SR, USC Johnny Jordan, GRAD, Virginia Tech Michael Jurgens, JR, Wake Forest Zach Frazier, SO, West Virginia Jacob Gideon, RS SO, Western Michigan Joe Tippman, JR, Wisconsin Rusty Staats, RS JR, WKU
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