June 30, 2008

Reesing And Rivera Named To Preseason Watch Lists On Monday

June 30, 2008

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, while Jayhawk linebacker Mike Rivera was tabbed to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, it was announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday.

The Maxwell Award has been presented to the outstanding collegiate football player in America since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert W. “Tiny” Maxwell.

The Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented since 1995 and is named in honor of Chuck Bednarik, a former University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Eagle great. Bednarik is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the NFL Hall of Fame.

Seventy-five players were named to both preseason watch lists.

Reesing, a junior-to-be from Austin, Texas, set 21 school records a year ago, including season marks for passing yards (3,486) and touchdowns (33), career records for touchdown passes (36) and 300-yard passing games (five) and a game mark for touchdown passes in a game (six vs. Nebraska). Reesing was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection in 2007

Rivera, a senior-to-be from Shawnee Mission, Kan., recorded 96 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss from his outside linebacker position last season. He earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors in each of the last two seasons.

Semifinalists for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be announced in early November and three finalists for each award will be announced November 25^th. The winners of the 2008 Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show in December. The formal presentation of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah’s Entertainment Atlantic City on March 6, 2009.

The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club’s Selection Committee and the Maxwell Club reserves the right to make additions and subtractions to these lists as the 2008 season unfolds. All members of the Maxwell Football Club, NCAA Sports Information Directors, Head Coaches and selected national media are eligible to vote for these awards.

Other Jayhawks on announced preseason watch lists include defensive ends Russell Brorsen and John Larson (Lott Trophy), center Ryan Cantrell (Rimington Trophy), and linebacker Joe Mortensen (Nagurski and Lombardi Awards).

Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List

*PLAYER NAME*	*SCHOOL*	*POSITION*	*CLASS*
Appleby, Antonio	University of Virginia	LB	SR
Atkins, Geno	University of Georgia	DL	JR
Austin, Marvin	University of North Carolina	DL	SOPH
Beckwith, Darryl	Louisiana State University	LB	SR
Berry, Eric	University of Tennessee	DB	SOPH
Brinkley, Jasper	University of South Carolina	LB	SR
Brown, Everette	Florida State University	DE	JR
Burnett, Joe	University of Central Florida	DB	SR
Byrd, Jarius	University of Oregon	DB	JR
Byrd, Terrill	University of Cincinatti	DL	SR
Campbell, Ian	Kansas State University	DE	SR
Carter, Reggie	UCLA	LB	JR
Chung, Patrick	University of Oregon	DB	SR
Coleman, Antonio	Auburn University	DE	JR
Crum, Maurice	Notre Dame	LB	SR
Curry, Aaron	Wake Forest	LB	SR
Cushing, Brian	University of Southern California	LB	SR
Davis, Vontae	University of Illinois	DB	JR
Elimimian, Solomon	University of Hawaii	LB	SR
Ellerbe, Dannell	University of Georgia	LB	SR
Ellison, Kevin	University of Southern California	DB	SR
English, Austin	University of Oklahoma	DE	JR
Evans, Maurice	Penn State University	DE	JR
Follett, Zach	University of California	LB	SR
Freeman, Marcus	Ohio State University	LB	SR
Grainger, DeMarcus	University of Oklahoma	DL	JR
Greene, Courtney	Rutgers University	DB	SR
Hamlin, Michael	Clemson University	DB	SR
Hardy, Greg	University of Mississippi	DE	JR
Harris, Nic	University of Oklahoma	DB	SR
Harris, Victor	Virginia Tech	DB	SR
Heygood, Anthony	Purdue University	LB	SR
Hypolite, George	University of Colorado	DL	SR
Jackson, Tyson	Louisiana State University	DE	SR
Jean-Francois, Ricky	Louisiana State University	DL	JR
Jenkins, Malcolm	Ohio State University	DB	SR
Johnson, Michael	Georgia Tech	DE	SR
King, Mitch	University of Iowa	DL	SR
Laurinatis, James	Ohio State University	LB	SR
Lindley, Trevard	University of Kentucky	DB	JR
Maualuga, Rey	University of Southern California	LB	SR
Mays, Taylor	University of Southern California	DB	JR
McCoy, Gerald	University of Oklahoma	DL	SOPH
McCoy, Rico	University of Tennessee	LB	JR
McGrath, Gerald	University of Southern Mississippi	LB	JR
McKenzie, Tyrone	University of South Florida	LB	SR
McKillop, Scott	University of Pittsburgh	LB	SR
Mickens, Mike	University of Cincinatti	DB	SR
Middleton, Greg	University of Indiania	DE	JR
Miller, Roy	University of Texas	DL	SR
Moala, Fili	University of Southern California	DL	SR
Moore, William	University of Missouri	DB	SR
Nicholson, Derek	Florida State University	LB	SR
Nolan, Troy	Arizona State University	DB	SR
Oghobaase, Vince	Duke	DL	JR
Owens, Jeff	University of Georgia	DL	SR
Pegues, Derek	Mississippi State University	DB	SR
Peria, Jerry	University of Mississippi	DL	SR
Philistin, Dave	University of Maryland	LB	SR
Reynolds, Ryan	University of Oklahoma	LB	JR
Rivera, Mike	University of Kansas	LB	SR
Robinson, Antwain	University of Arkansas	DE	SR
Rolle, Myron	Florida State University	DB	JR
Sapp, Ricky	Clemson University	DE	JR
Selvie, George	University of South Florida	DE	JR
Shaughnessy, Matt	University of Wisconsin	DE	SR
Smith, Alphonso	Wake Forest	DB	SR
Snyder, Clinton	Stanford University	LB	JR
Spikes, Brandon	University of Florida	LB	JR
Taylor, Terrance	University of Michigan	DL	SR
Thurmond, Walter	University of Oregon	DB	JR
Toal, Brian	Boston College	LB	SR
Walker, vance	Georgia Tech	DL	SR
Westerman, Jamaal	Rutgers University	DE	SR
Williams, Worrell	University of California	LB	SR

Maxwell Award Watch List

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