| Daily Blog •July 11, 2013 |
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Starting today I will be giving you the preseason watch lists for the various awards that I am a proud voting member for and with each of these lists I was an integral part in the players that were selected. Today the 2013 Outland Trophy Watch List was released. The award goes to the best interior lineman in college football and the winner is selected by the Football Writers Association of America,which I am also a proud member of.
The Outland Trophy, presented annually since 1946, is the third oldest award in major college football. It is named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century.
Every conference, along with independents BYU and Notre Dame, had at least one player on the annual list, which includes only tackles, guards and centers on both sides of the ball. Of the 75 players on the watch list, 19 defensive tackles occupied spots. The rest of the linemen were on offense. 18 players made the watch list for the 2nd year in a row including DT Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh: C Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma: G Gabe Jackson, Mississippi St: DT Timmy Jernigan, Florida St: OT Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt: C Tyler Larsen, Utah St: OT Taylor Lewan, Michigan: G Spencer Long, Nebraska: OT Zack Martin, Notre Dame: OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M: C Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech: OT Morgan Moses, Virginia: DT Roosevelt Nix, Kent St: G Cyril Richardson, Baylor: C Weston Richburg, Colorado St: C Travis Swanson, Arkansas: G, Mason Walters, Texas and G David Yankey, Stanford .
Here is the complete list.
2013 Outland Trophy Watch List
| Calvin Barnett, Oklahoma State, DT | Taylor Lewan, Michigan, OT |
| Austen Bujnoch, Cincinnati, G | Brandon Linder, Miami, G |
| Chris Burnette, Georgia, G | Spencer Long, Nebraska, G |
| A.J. Cann, South Carolina, G | Antwan Lowery, Rutgers, G |
| Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State, DT | Cornelius Lucas, Kansas State, OT |
| Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech, OT | Eathyn Manumaleuna, BYU, DT |
| Deandre Coleman, California, DT | Zack Martin, Notre Dame, OT |
| La’el Collins, LSU, OT | John Martinez, USC, G |
| Kevin Danser, Stanford, G | Jake Matthews, Texas A&M, OT |
| Anthony Dima, Massachusetts, OT | Daniel McCullers, Tennessee, DT |
| Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT | Jack Mewhort, Ohio State, OT |
| Dominique Easley, Florida, DT | Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech, C |
| Cameron Erving, Florida State, OT | Morgan Moses, Virginia, OT |
| BJ Finney, Kansas State, C | Louis Nix III, Notre Dame, DT |
| Cameron Fleming, Stanford, OT | Roosevelt Nix, Kent State, DT |
| Kevin Graf, USC, OT | Andrew Norwell, Ohio State, G |
| Hroniss Grasu, Oregon, C | Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina, DT |
| Ryan Groy, Wisconsin, OT | Antonio Richardson, Tennessee, OT |
| Ra’Shede Hageman, Minnesota, DT | Cyril Richardson, Baylor, G |
| Trey Hopkins, Texas, G | Weston Richburg, Colorado State, C |
| Chucky Hunter, TCU, DT | Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State, C |
| James Hurst, North Carolina, OT | Will Simmons, East Carolina, G |
| Kerry Hyder, Texas Tech, DT | Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska, OT |
| Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma, C | Anthony Steen, Alabama, G |
| Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State, G | Bryan Stork, Florida State, C |
| Tré Jackson, Florida State, G | Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA, G |
| Ja’Wuan James, Tennessee, OT | Will Sutton, Arizona State, DT |
| Timmy Jernigan, Florida State, DT | Travis Swanson, Arkansas, C |
| Anthony Johnson, LSU, DT | Brandon Thomas, Clemson, OT |
| Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers, OT | Laken Tomlinson, Duke, G |
| Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt, OT | John Urschel, Penn State, G |
| Tyler Johnstone, Oregon, OT | Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern, C |
| DaQuan Jones, Penn State, DT | Mason Walters, Texas, G |
| Zac Kerin, Toledo, C | Austin Wentworth, Fresno State, OT |
| Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama, OT | Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest, DT |
| Tyler Larsen, Utah State, C | Leonard Williams, USC, DT |
| Eric Lefeld, Cincinnati, OT | David Yankey, Stanford, G |
| Charles Leno, Boise State, OT |
By conference: SEC (16), Pac-12 (12), ACC (11), Big Ten (10), Big 12 (10), American Athletic (4), Mountain West (4), Independents (3), Mid-American (3), Conference USA (1), Sun Belt (1).