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Watch list season continues to roll on with the latest preseason list coming from the Maxwell Award.
The award has been given out annually since 1937 to the nation’s best overall player and is named after Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell, legendary college player, official and sports columnist. The award is voted on by head coaches, Maxwell Football Club members, as well as media members.
The Southeastern Conference has captured the two most recent Maxwell Awards as Joe Burrow won the honor in 2019 and Tua Tagovailoa won it in 2018.
Here is a complete list of the players hailing from the SEC that made the 2020 Maxwell Award watch list.
SEC Players
- RB Rakeem Boyd, Arkansas
- WR Ja’Marr Chase, LSU
- QB K.J. Costello, Mississippi State
- RB Najee Harris, Alabama
- RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
- QB Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
- QB Jamie Newman, Georgia
- QB Bo Nix, Auburn
- WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- CB Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
- QB Kyle Trask, Florida
- WR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
- WR Seth Williams, Auburn
Here is the full list of players on the 2020 Maxwell Award watch list:
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
