🏈 Cobee Bryant Named to Lott Impact Trophy Watch List for Second-Straight Season
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas’ Cobee Bryant was one of 42 candidates named to the 2024 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List, the Pacific Club IMPACT announced. The Lott Impact Trophy is in its 21st season and is awarded annually goes to the Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year, a player who has had the biggest impact on his team both on and off the field.
The 42-man Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List is comprised of 18 defensive backs, 13 defensive linemen and 11 linebackers. There are 13 players from SEC schools, the most of any conference, followed by the Big Ten with 12, while the ACC and Big 12 each have seven players on the watch list, to go with three from independents.
Bryant, from Evergreen, Alabama, enters his senior season as a First Team All-Big 12 selection in back-to-back seasons, becoming the first Kansas defensive back to earn first team honors in back-to-back seasons since Aqib Talib in 2006-07. Bryant finished the 2023 season with 32 tackles, 4 interceptions and 9 pass breakups.
Bryant was also named to the Lott Impact Trophy Watch List in 2023.
Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ronnie Lott, The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is awarded to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Founded in 2004 by The Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation, The Lott Trophy is the first and only college football award to recognize both athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player.
The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity. Voters for the award include selected members of the national media, previous finalists, the Board of Directors of the Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation and a distinguished group of former college football head coaches.
The annual winner is selected by a national voter panel, consisting of former winners, members of the media, coaches, and members of the Board of Directors of The IMPACT Foundation. The winner will be announced at a gala, black-tie event at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, CA on December 8.
2024 Lott Impact Trophy Watch List:
David Bailey, LB, Stanford
Rueben Bain, DL, Miami
Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas
Cobee Bryant, CB, Kansas
Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State
Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson
Jeremiah Cooper, S, Iowa State
Dontay Corleone, DL, Cincinnati
Howard Cross III, DT, Notre Dame
Tacario Davis, DB, Arizona
Dani Dennis-Sutton, DE, Penn State
Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State
Nick Emmanwori, CB, South Carolina
Tre Freeman, LB, Duke
Ashton Gillotte, DE, Louisville
Mason Graham, DT, Michigan
Johnny Hodges, LB, TCU
Travis Hunter, CB, Colorado
Landon Jackson, DE, Arkansas
Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
Deontae Lawson, LB, Alabama
Jacob Manu, LB, Arizona
Malachi Moore, S, Alabama
Benjamin Morrison, CB, Notre Dame
Jabbar Muhammad, CB, Oregon
Andrew Mukuba, S, Texas
James Pearce, DE, Tennessee
Harold Perkins, LB, LSU
D’Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana
Colin Ramos, LB, Navy
Kamari Ramsey, S, USC
Kaimon Rucker, DE, North Carolina
Nic Scourton, DE, Texas A&M
Quinn Schulte, S, Iowa
Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
Danny Stutsman, LB, Oklahoma
Dillon Thieneman, S, Purdue
JT Tuimoloau, DE, Ohio State
Deone Walker, DL, Kentucky
Jalon Walker, LB, Georgia
Marlowe Wax, LB, Syracuse
