2011 RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST

The Augusta Sports Council annually honors the nation's top punter in college football with the Ray Guy Award. The list is expected to grow throughout the coming months, and the winner will be named at the ESPN College Football Awards show, which will be held this year on December 8th.  Ray Guy kicked 3 70+ yard punts during his collegiate career. Ray's collegiate career went out in style as his final punt in college was a meager 93 yarder. A true pioneer at the position, Ray Guy, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He was the first punter to reach this achievement. The ASC recently announced the 2011 watch list:


---2011 Ray Guy Award Watch List---

• Bryan Anger, California
• Drew Butler, Georgia
• Kyle Martens, Rice
• Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
• Dawson Zimmerman, Clemson

Congratulations to last year's winner of the Ray Guy Award, Chas Henry, University of Florida.

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2011 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST

Awarded annually, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy honors the nation's best defensive player. The selection is made by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Five finalists will be announced on November 17th by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy will be awarded at the annual banquet held this year on December 12th at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, NC. This year's watch list was recently announced.

 ---2011 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List---

Tackles (16)

• Jared Crick, Nebraska
• Marcus Forston, Miami
• Logan Harrell, Fresno State
• Jaye Howard, Florida
• Malik Jackson, Tennessee
• Mike Martin, Michigan
• Dontari Poe, Memphis
• Tydreke Powell, North Carolina
• Kheeston Randall, Texas
• Kendall Reyes, Connecticut
• Kawann Short, Purdue
• Akeem Spence, Illinois
• Alameda Ta’amu, Washington
• Billy Winn, Boise State
• Derek Wolfe, Cincinnati
• Jerel Worthy, Michigan State

Ends (16)

• Jake Bequette, Arkansas
• Vince Browne, Northwestern
• Quinton Coples, North Carolina
• Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
• Vinny Curry, Marshall
• Bruce Irvin, West Virginia
• Brandon Jenkins, Florida State
• Brandon Lindsey, Pittsburgh
• Brad Madison, Missouri
• Jonathan Massaquoi, Troy
• Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
• Donte Paige-Moss, North Carolina
• Adrian Robinson, Temple
• Devin Taylor, South Carolina
• Taylor Thompson, SMU
• Nathan Williams, Ohio State

Linebackers (31)

• Nigel Bradham, Florida State
• Tanner Brock, TCU
• Arthur Brown, Kansas State
• Zach Brown, North Carolina
• Vontaze Burfict, Arizona State
• Miles Burris, San Diego State
• Tank Carder, TCU
• Lavonte David, Nebraska
• Jerry Franklin, Arkansas
• Zaviar Gooden, Missouri
• Dont’a Hightower, Alabama
• James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
• Mychal Kendricks, California
• Jake Knott, Iowa State
• Luke Kuechly, Boston College
• Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
• Chris Marve, Vanderbilt
• Michael Mauti, Penn State
• Keenan Robinson, Texas
• J.K. Schaffer, Cincinnati
• Mychal Sisson, Colorado State
• Shayne Skov, Stanford
• Sean Spence, Miami
• Kenny Tate, Maryland
• Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech
• Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
• Danny Trevathan, Kentucky
• Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
• Bobby Wagner, Utah State
• Brian Wagner, Akron
• Korey Williams, Southern Miss

Cornerbacks (14)

• Brandon Boykin, Georgia
• Morris Claiborne, LSU
• Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
• Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina
• Cliff Harris, Oregon
• Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt
• Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech
• Coryell Judie, Texas A&M
• Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama
• Chase Minnifield, Virginia
• Shaun Prater, Iowa
• Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
• Josh Robinson, UCF
• Keith Tandy, West Virginia

Safeties (10)

• Ray-Ray Armstrong, Miami
• Mark Barron, Alabama
• Tony Dye, UCLA
• Delano Howell, Stanford
• Robert Lester, Alabama
• Markelle Martin, Oklahoma State
• T.J. McDonald, USC
• Charles Mitchell, Mississippi State
• Harrison Smith, Notre Dame
• Prentiss Waggner, Tennessee

 
Congratulations to last year's winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson.
 
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2011 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST

The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) recently announced the watch list for this year's best college football interior lineman.

The Outland Trophy is presented to the nation's premier interior lineman. The annual award is presented at The Outland Trophy Presentation Banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, on January 12th, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska.



---2011 Outland Trophy Presentation Watch List---

Offensive Tackles (24)
• Levy Adcock, Oklahoma State
• Jeff Allen, Illinois
• Don Barclay, West Virginia
• Kelvin Beachum, SMU
• Tony Bergstrom, Utah
• James Brown, Troy
• Blake DeChristopher, Virginia Tech
• Andrew Datko, Florida State
• Cordy Glenn, Georgia
• Dan Hoch, Missouri
• Matt Kalil, USC
• Jonathan Martin, Stanford
• Zack Martin, Notre Dame
• Al Netter, Northwestern
• Lucas Nix, Pittsburgh
• Xavier Nixon, Florida
• Trevor Olson, Northern Illinois
• Kelechi Osemele, Iowa State
• Nate Potter, Boise State
• Riley Reiff, Iowa
• Matt Reynolds, BYU
• Mitchell Schwartz, California
• Bradley Sowell, Ole Miss
• Rokevious Watkins, South Carolina

Guards (14)

• Chris Barker, Nevada
• David DeCastro, Stanford
• Lonnie Edwards, Texas Tech
• Joel Foreman, Michigan State
• Braden Hansen, BYU
• Chris Jacobson, Pittsburgh
• Barrett Jones, Alabama
• Ryan Miller, Colorado
• Ken Plue, Purdue
• Lane Taylor, Oklahoma State
• Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech
• Larry Warford, Kentucky
• Brandon Washington, Miami
• Kevin Zeitler, Wisconsin

Centers (11)
• Mike Brewster, Ohio State
• Dalton Freeman, Clemson
• Garth Gerhart, Arizona State
• Ben Habern, Oklahoma
• Khaled Holmes, USC
• T.J. Johnson, South Carolina
• Ben Jones, Georgia
• David Molk, Michigan
• Moe Petrus, Connecticut
• Chris Thompson, Houston
• William Vlachos, Alabama


Defensive Tackles (16)
• Jared Crick, Nebraska
• Marcus Forston, Miami
• Logan Harrell, Fresno State
• Jaye Howard, Florida
• Malik Jackson, Tennessee
• Mike Martin, Michigan
• Dontari Poe, Memphis
• Tydreke Powell, North Carolina
• Kheeston Randall, Texas
• Kendall Reyes, Connecticut
• Kawann Short, Purdue
• Akeem Spence, Illinois
• Alameda Ta’amu, Washington
• Billy Winn, Boise State
• Derek Wolfe, Cincinnati
• Jerel Worthy, Michigan State


Last year's recipient of The Outland Trophy was Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin.




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