SEC lands 17 players on the 2023 Outland Trophy Watch List
By Keith Farner
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There are 91 selections on this year’s Outland Trophy Watch List, and 17 call the SEC home.
Defending national champion Georgia leads 5 schools that have 3 players represented, including center Sedrick Van Pran, guard Tate Ratledge and defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse. It joins Alabama and LSU, also with 3 each, to lead the SEC.
LSU defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo tied for the most votes among returning players for last season’s Outland Trophy. Almost half of the SEC’s list – 8 of 17 – are defensive tackles.
Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.
Michigan center Olusegun Oluwatimi won last year’s award.
Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. For the first time, the Football Writers Association of America will announce an Outland Trophy National Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week’s honored player will be added at that time.
Here are the players per team:
Alabama
G Tyler Booker
OT JC Latham
DT Jaheim Oatis
Arkansas
C Beaux Limmer
Auburn
DT Justin Rogers
Georgia
DT Nazir Stackhouse
C Sedrick Van Pran
OG Tate Ratledge
Kentucky
DT Deone Walker
LSU
OT Will Campbell
DT Mekhi Wingo
OT Emery Jones Jr.
Mississippi State
DT Jaden Crumedy
Missouri
OT Javon Foster
Ole Miss
OT Micah Pettus
South Carolina
DT Tonka Hemingway
Texas A&M
DT McKinley Jackson
Here is a breakdown by conference:
SEC – 17
Pac-12 – 12
Big Ten – 11
Big 12 – 10
ACC – 8
AAC – 8
Sun Belt – 7
MAC – 5
Mountain West – 5
Conference USA – 4
Independents – 4
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
