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Several SEC players featured on 2020 Paul Hornung Award watch list

Michael Wayne Bratton

By Michael Wayne Bratton

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Watch list season rolls on as the Paul Hornung Award has announced the 50 players around the nation that have been selected as watch list members.

The Paul Hornung Award has been given out for 10 years and is given annually to the most versatile player in the nation. Last season, Kentucky’s outstanding receiver/quarterback Lynn Bowden Jr. won the award.

In previous years, Tavon Austin, Odell Beckham Jr., Shaq Thompson, Christian McCaffrey, Jabrill Peppers and Saquon Barkley have won the award.

Here is a complete breakdown of the players featured on the 2020 Paul Hornung Award watch list.

SEC Players

  • Tyler Badie, Missouri
  • Treylon Burks, Arkansas
  • Jerrion Ealy, Ole Miss
  • Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
  • Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
  • Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
  • Kadarius Toney, Florida
  • Jaylen Waddle, Alabama

National Players

  • Jaylond Adams, Southern Miss
  • Otis Anderson, UCF
  • Journey Brown, Penn State
  • Tre Brown, Oklahoma
  • Jordan Byrd, SDSU
  • Michael Carter, UNC
  • Britain Covey, Utah
  • Dylan Drummond, Eastern Michigan
  • D’Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan
  • Demetric Felton, UCLA
  • Xavier Gaines, Marshall
  • Hassan Hall, Louisville
  • Thomas Hennigan, Appalachian State
  • Connor Heyward, Michigan State
  • Jevon Holland, Oregon
  • Deon Jackson, Duke
  • Giles Jackson, Michigan
  • D’Shawn Jamison, Texas
  • Amare Jones, Tulane
  • Lopini Katoa, BYU
  • Wesley Kennedy III, Georgia Southern
  • Myron Mitchell, UAB
  • Rondale Moore, Purdue
  • K.D. Nixon, Colorado
  • Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
  • Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State
  • Stephon Robinson Jr., Kansas
  • Tayvion Robinson, Virginia Tech
  • Wan’Dale Robinson, Nebraska
  • Amari Rodgers, Clemson
  • Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Iowa
  • Tyler Snead, ECU
  • Marquez Stevenson, Houston
  • Amon-Ra St. Brown, USC
  • Toa Taua, Nevada
  • Juanyeh Thomas, Georgia Tech
  • Thayer Thomas, NC State
  • Deven Thompkins, Utah State
  • Austin Trammell, Rice
  • Connor Wedington, Stanford
  • Avery Williams, Boise State
  • Dante Wright, Colorado State
Michael Wayne Bratton

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

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