Ducks and Beavers on CFB Preseason Watch Lists

In the brief 2020 College Football season many individual awards weren’t handed out. With an expected normal 2021 football campaign, watch lists again poured in for dozens of awards. The representation for Ducks and Beavers was notable primarily with Oregon Defensive End Kayvon Thibodeaux littered across lists.
Walter Camp Award – college football’s most outstanding player
Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
Bednarik Award – college football’s most outstanding defensive player
Avery Roberts, Oregon State
Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
Biletnikoff Award – college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position.
Johnny Johnson III, Oregon
Butkus Award – college football’s most outstanding linebacker
Noah Sewell, Oregon
Avery Roberts, Oregon State
John Mackey Award – college football’s most outstanding tight end
Teagan Quitoriano, Oregon State
Outland Trophy – college football’s most outstanding interior lineman
Alex Forsyth, Oregon
Nathan Eldridge, Oregon State
Paul Hornung Award – college football’s most versatile player in major college football
Mykael Wright, Oregon
Paycom Jim Thorpe Award – college football’s most outstanding defensive back
Mykael Wright, Oregon
Rimington Trophy – college football’s most outstanding center
Alex Forsyth, Oregon
Nathan Eldridge, Oregon State
Bronko Nagurski Trophy – college football’s most outstanding defensive player (voted by the Football Writers Association of America)
Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
Wuerffel Trophy – college football player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
Jaydon Grant, Oregon State