Watch List Week kicked off Monday, with the Hornung Award joining the Maxwell Award and Bednarik Award on the rollout. We'll be posting at least one of these lengthy roll calls each day this week, getting our minds set for football seasons before conference media days get started later this month.
The Hornung Award is given to the nation's best all-purpose player. The 2014 watch list is headlined by UCLA sophomore linebacker Myles Jack, a fan favorite after his productive move to running back later in the Bruins' 2013 campaign. In terms of "classic" all-purpose players -- players with an impact on special teams -- the early favorites here include Stanford wide receiver Ty Montgomery and UAB wide receiver Jamarcus Nelson.
Here's how the list breaks down by conferences:
- Big Ten -- 10
- ACC -- 10
- Pac-12 -- 7
- Big 12 -- 5
- SEC -- 4
- American -- 3
- Mountain West -- 3
- Sun Belt -- 2
- Conference USA -- 2
- MAC -- 1
Check out the full list below, courtesy of the Louisville Sports Commission:
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska
Nelson Agholor, Southern California
Kenny Bell, Nebraska
V'Angelo Bentley, Illinois
Victor Bolden, Oregon State
Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh
Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State
B.J. Catalon, TCU
Rashon Ceaser, Louisiana Monroe
Stacy Coley, Miami (Fla.)
James Conner, Pittsburgh
Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina
Jamison Crowder, Duke
Stefon Diggs, Maryland
Chris Dunkley, South Florida
DeVon Edwards, Duke
D.J. Foster, Arizona State
Charles Gaines, Louisville
Rannell Hall, Central Florida
Scott Harding, Hawaii
Justin Hardy, East Carolina
Akeem Hunt, Purdue
Myles Jack, UCLA
Christion Jones, Alabama
Jameon Lewis, Mississippi State
Tommylee Lewis, Northern Illinois
Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
T.J. Logan, North Carolina
Venric Mark, Northwestern
Kevonte Martin-Manley, Iowa
J.D. McKissic, Arkansas State
Ty Montgomery, Stanford
Khalfani Muhammad, California
Marcus Murphy, Missouri
Jamarcus Nelson, UAB
Levi Norwood, Baylor
Ryan Switzer, North Carolina
Shaq Thompson, Washington
Antonio Vaughan, Old Dominion
Levonte "Kermit" Whitfield, Florida State
Carlos Wiggins, New Mexico
Kenny Williams, Texas Tech
Shane Williams-Rhodes, Boise State
Myles Willis, Boston College
Dontre Wilson, Ohio State
Aaron Wimberly, Iowa State
Shane Wynn, Indiana
