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20 ACC Players On Maxwell & Bednarik Award Watch Lists
Jul 19, 2021, 12:07 PM
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20 ACC Players On Maxwell & Bednarik Award Watch Lists (release)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Thirteen Atlantic Coast Conference football players - the most of any conference - have been named to the 85th annual Maxwell Award Watch List. The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the outstanding player in college football. Another seven standout defensive players have been named to the 27th annual Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List. The Bednarik Award is presented annually to college football’s most outstanding defensive player.
The Watch Lists were announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.
The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell who was a former standout at the Swarthmore College and a renowned sports writer and football official.
ACC Players on the Maxwell Award Watch List:
Phil Jurkovec, QB, Boston College
Zay Flowers, WR, Boston College
D.J. Uiagalelei, QB, Clemson
Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson
Mataeo Durant, RB, Duke
McKenzie Milton, QB, Florida State
Malik Cunningham, QB, Louisville
D'Eriq King, QB, Miami
Zonovan Knight, RB, NC State
Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt
Brennan Armstrong, QB, Virginia
Jaquarii Roberson, WR, Wake Forest
ACC Players on the Bednarik Award Watch List:
Bryan Bresee, DT, Clemson
Nolan Turner, S, Clemson
Amari Gainer, LB, Florida State
Bubba Bolden, S, Miami
Payton Wilson, LB, NC State
Jeremiah Gemmel, LB, North Carolina
Calijah Kancey, DT, Pitt
The Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995 and is named in honor of Chuck Bednarik, a former standout at the University of Pennsylvania and with the Philadelphia Eagles. Bednarik is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.
The Maxwell Football Club has once again partnered with Pro Football Focus (PFF), XOS ThunderCloud and Phil Steele Publications as selection committee partners. PFF provides detailed metrics and performance-based assessments to selection committee staff, and several senior PFF analysts are members of our selection committee. Phil Steele’s College Football Preview is generally recognized as the most complete preseason magazine. XOS ThunderCloud provides the Maxwell Club selection committee with access to game footage from all FBS colleges.
Semifinalists for the Maxwell Award will be announced November 1, 2021, while the three finalists for the Maxwell Award will be unveiled November 22, 2021. The winners of the 2021 Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 9, 2021. The formal presentations of the Maxwell Award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 11, 2022.
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