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Rounding Up UT Players on Watch Lists

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It’s that time of year when awards of all types strategically send out their “watch lists” as college football season approaches.

Watch lists truly don’t hold much, if any, significance. A player does not have to be on the a watch list at any point to actually be a quarterfinalist, semifinalist, finalist or actually win any of these awards in most circumstances. So the point of sending out the watch lists is largely for publicity for the given award.

But there’s still some level of prestige in being put on the watch lists since it recognizes players who have played at a high level in the past or players that the committee expects to play well enough in 2016 to be in contention for the award.

And with the Vols returning key contributors at virtually every position, it hasn’t been surprising to be them filling a lot of these watch lists. Here’s what we know so far, and we’ll try to keep this updated as more are unveiled in the coming days.

Ray Guy (top punter):
Trevor Daniel

Rimington (top center):
Coleman Thomas

John Mackey (top tight end):
Ethan Wolf

Maxwell (top player in the nation):
Joshua Dobbs
Jalen Hurd

Bednarik (defensive player of the year):
Derek Barnett
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Cam Sutton

Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)
Dylan Wiesman

Nagurski (best defensive player)
Derek Barnett
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Cam Sutton

Thorpe (best defensive back)
Cam Sutton

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