With 60 days left until the 2011 College Football Season (finally) kicks off, the list season is well under way. For your browsing and arguing pleasure over the next eight Saturdays, here’s the watch list for the Maxwell Award.
The Maxwell Award (much like the Heisman) is given to the player voted to be the best in college football by a panel of sports journalists, coaches and the Maxwell Football Club.
Unless I’m missing a sore thumb, there are 11 players from SEC schools on the preseason watch list. While that’s not a bad representation, there are some glaring holes. LSU doesn’t have anyone worth watching? Or Florida?
SEC players are shown with emphasis.
And every one of these players are offensive skill positions. What about defensive skill positions? No Defensive Backs or Linebackers?
Fodder for discussion.
| PLAYER NAME | SCHOOL | POSITION | CLASS |
| Edwin Baker | Michigan State | RB | Jr. |
| Montee Ball | Wisconsin | RB | Jr. |
| Vick Ballard | Mississippi State | RB | Sr. |
| Matt Barkley | USC | QB | Jr. |
| Justin Blackmon | Oklahoma State | WR | Jr. |
| Tyler Bray | Tennessee | QB | Soph. |
| Ryan Broyles | Oklahoma | WR | Sr. |
| Greg Childs | Arkansas | QB | Sr. |
| Marcus Coker | Iowa | RB | Soph. |
| Zach Collaros | Cincinnati | QB | Sr. |
| Kirk Cousins | Michigan State | QB | Sr. |
| Juron Criner | Arizona | WR | Sr. |
| Dayne Crist | Notre Dame | QB | Sr. |
| Dominique Davis | East Carolina | QB | Sr. |
| Knile Davis | Arkansas | RB | Jr. |
| Michael Dyer | Auburn | RB | Soph. |
| Andre Ellington | Clemson | RB | Jr. |
| Michael Floyd | Notre Dame | WR | Sr. |
| Nick Foles | Arizona | QB | Sr. |
| Johnathan Franklin | UCLA | RB | Jr. |
| Jeff Fuller | Texas A&M | WR | Sr. |
| Stephen Garcia | South Carolina | QB | Sr. |
| Mike Glennon | NC State | QB | Jr. |
| Ray Graham | Pittsburgh | RB | Jr. |
| Cyrus Gray | Texas A&M | RB | Sr. |
| Robert Griffin | Baylor | QB | Jr. |
| Chandler Harnish | Northern Illinois | QB | Sr. |
| Montel Harris | Boston College | RB | Sr. |
| Jared Hassin | Army | RB | Jr. |
| Ronnie Hillman | San Diego State | RB | Soph. |
| LaMichael James | Oregon | RB | Jr. |
| Alshon Jeffery | South Carolina | WR | Jr. |
| Damaris Johnson | Tulsa | WR | Sr |
| Landry Jones | Oklahoma | QB | Jr. |
| Case Keenum | Houston | QB | Sr. |
| Marcus Lattimore | South Carolina | RB | Soph. |
| Ryan Lindley | San Diego State | QB | Sr. |
| Zach Line | SMU | RB | Jr. |
| Andrew Luck | Stanford | QB | Jr. |
| E.J. Manuel | Florida State | QB | Jr. |
| Doug Martin | Boise State | RB | Sr. |
| Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | QB | Soph. |
| Bryant Moniz | Hawaii | QB | Sr. |
| Kellen Moore | Boise State | QB | Sr. |
| Aaron Murray | Georgia | QB | Soph. |
| Danny O'Brien | Maryland | QB | Soph. |
| Isaiah Pead | Cincinnati | RB | Sr. |
| Dan Persa | Northwestern | QB | Sr. |
| Chris Polk | Washington | RB | Jr. |
| Tauren Poole | Tennessee | RB | Sr. |
| Bobby Rainey | Western Kentucky | RB | Sr. |
| Trent Richardson | Alabama | RB | Jr. |
| Denard Robinson | Michigan | QB | Jr. |
| Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | QB | Soph. |
| Geno Smith | West Virginia | QB | Jr. |
| Rodney Stewart | Colorado | RB | Sr. |
| Ryan Tannehill | Texas A&M | QB | Sr. |
| Stepfan Taylor | Stanford | RB | Jr. |
| Darron Thomas | Oregon | QB | Jr. |
| Brandon Weeden | Oklahoma State | QB | Sr. |
| Ed Wesley | TCU | RB | Jr. |
| James White | Wisconsin | RB | Soph. |
| David Wilson | Virginia Tech | RB | Jr. |
| Russell Wilson | Wisconsin | QB | Sr. |
| Tyler Wilson | Arkansas | QB | Jr. |
| Robert Woods | USC | WR | Soph. |
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