SEC Football Dominates Preseason Award Watch Lists

Bronko Nagurski Trophy

I really don’t know if there is a more apt name for the nation’s best defensive player.  Bronko Nagurski just sounds like a really mean middle linebacker that grew up on a farm and doesn’t know pain.  SEC football is extremely well represented here, with 27 names.  27 is more than double the amount of players from any other conference.  In a conference that believes defense wins championships, that should come as no surprise.  These young men on the Nagurski Trophy Watch List make SEC football proud.

Montravius Adams, DT, Auburn
Jamal Adams, S, LSU
Jonathan Allen, DE, Alabama
Derek Barnett, DE, Tennessee

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Kendell Beckwith, LB, LSU

Richie Brown, LB, Mississippi State

Lorenzo Carter, LB, Georgia

Tony Conner, S, Ole Miss

Zach Cunningham, LB, Vanderbilt

Jarrad Davis, LB, Florida

Reuben Foster, LB, Alabama

Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M

Davon Godchaux, DT, LSU

Daeshon Hall, DE, Texas A&M

Charles Harris, DE, Missouri

Marquis Haynes, DE, Ole Miss

Marlon Humphrey, DB, Alabama

Eddie Jackson, S, Alabama

Carl Lawson, DE, Auburn

Marcus Maye, DB, Florida

Lewis Neal, DE, LSU

Jalen Reeves-Maybin, LB, Tennessee

Cameron Sutton, CB, Tennessee

Jalen Tabor, CB, Florida

Tre’Davious White, CB, LSU

Tim Williams, LB, Alabama

Deatrich Wise, DE, Arkansas

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