Walter Camp Player of the Year 2019 watch list loaded with elite SEC talent
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The Walter Camp Award released its watch list for the 2019 season this week, and no surprise, the list is loaded with standout players from the nation’s best college football conference.
If you are unfamiliar with the award, it annually recognizes the nation’s most outstanding player.
“We are proud to continue the great work of Walter Camp and recognize the best college football players in the nation,” Foundation president Mario Coppola said via release. “This watch list is a great start to what is shaping up to be another exciting year of college football.”
The Walter Camp Award plans to narrow its options down to 10 semi-finalists in November. The 2019 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 130 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced live on ESPN on Thursday, December 12, during the College Football Awards show.
The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation’s 53rd annual national awards banquet on January 18, 2020, in New Haven, Conn.
Here are the SEC players featured on the 2019 Walter Camp Award watch list:
- Grant Delpit, DB, Junior, LSU
- Jake Fromm, QB, Junior, Georgia
- Najee Harris, RB, Junior, Alabama
- Jerry Jeudy, WR, Junior, Alabama
- Kellen Mond, QB, Junior, Texas A&M
- Dylan Moses, LB, Junior, Alabama
- Jared Pinkney, TE, Senior, Vanderbilt
- D’Andre Swift, RB, Junior, Georgia
- Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Junior, Alabama
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