Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson will have the opportunity to repeat as the Walter Camp Award winner, which is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding player.
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Here are the watch lists for three of the most prominent awards in college football: the Davey O’Brien Award, Doak Walker Award and Walter Camps Award.
All players listed in alphabetical order
Davey O’Brien Award — Nation’s best quarterback
2016 winner: Deshaun Watson, Clemson
— Austin Allen, Arkansas — Josh Allen, Wyoming — J.T. Barrett, Ohio State — Jake Bentley, South Carolina — Jake Browning, Washington — Shane Buechele, Texas — Sam Darnold, USC — Eric Dungey, Syracuse — Jacob Eason, Georgia — Jesse Ertz, Kansas State — Luke Falk, Washington State — Riley Ferguson, Memphis — Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State — Quinton Flowers, USF — Deondre Francois, Florida State — Jalen Hurts, Alabama — Lamar Jackson, Louisville — Daniel Jones, Duke — Tanner Mangum, BYU — Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma — Trace McSorley, Penn State — Shea Patterson, Ole Miss — Josh Rosen, UCLA — Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State — Brett Rypien, Boise State — Brandon Silvers, Troy — Wilton Speight, Michigan — Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee — Mike White, Western Kentucky — Logan Woodside, Toledo
Doak Walker Award — Nation’s best running back
2016 winner: D’Onta Foreman, Texas
— Josh Adams, Notre Dame — Ryquell Armstead, Temple — Kalen Ballage, Arizona State — Saquon Barkley, Penn State — Alex Barnes, Kansas State — Jamauri Bogan, Western Michigan — D’Angelo Brewer, Tulsa — Nick Chubb, Georgia — Jordan Chunn, Troy — Justin Crawford, West Virginia — Damarea Crockett, Missouri — Rico Dowdle, South Carolina — D’Andre Ferby, Western Kentucky — Kendrick Foster, Illinois — Jarvion Franklin, Western Michigan — Myles Gaskin, Washington — James Gilbert, Ball State — Derrius Guice, LSU — Damien Harris, Alabama — Kyle Hicks, TCU — Justice Hill, Oklahoma State — Jon Hilliman, Boston College — Justin Jackson, Northwestern — Chris James, Wisconsin — Ty Johnson, Maryland — Ronald Jones II, USC — Ray Lawry, Old Dominion — Phillip Lindsay, Colorado — Tonny Lindsey Jr., Utah State — Bryce Love, Stanford — Sony Michel, Georgia — Dedrick Mills, Georgia Tech — David Montgomery, Iowa State — Jamal Morrow, Washington State — Ryan Nall, Oregon State — Jacques Patrick, Florida State — Kamryn Pettway, Auburn — Demario Richard, Arizona State — Diocemy Saint Juste, Hawaii — Bo Scarbrough, Alabama — Jordan Scarlett, Florida — LJ Scott, Michigan State — Bradrick Shaw, Wisconsin — Armand Shyne, Utah — Justin Silmon, Kansas State — Ito Smith, Southern Miss — Rodney Smith, Minnesota — Benny Snell Jr., Kentucky — Terry Swanson, Toledo — Shaq Vann, Eastern Michigan — Akrum Wadley, Iowa — Mark Walton, Miami — Warren Wand, Arkansas State — Tre Watson, California — Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt — Mike Weber, Ohio State — Braeden West, SMU — Devwah Whaley, Arkansas — Aeris Williams, Mississippi State — Shaun Wilson, Duke — Marquis Young, UMass
Walter Camp Award — Nation’s most outstanding player
2016 winner: Lamar Jackson, Louisville
Watch list announced on July 21.
