Bednarik Award

2026 Preseason Watch List

• Melkart Abou Jaoude, North Carolina, DE
• Xavier Atkins, Auburn, LB
• Matthew Bailey, Illinois, DB
• Travion Barnes, Baylor, LB
• Rasheem Biles, Texas, LB
• KJ Bolden, Georgia, S
• Peyton Bowen, Oklahoma, S
• Dalton Brooks, Texas A&M, S
• Bray Brown, Alabama, S
• Sammy Brown, Clemson, LB
• Taye Brown, Arizona, LB
• Zabien Brown, Alabama, CB
• Amare Campbell, Tennessee, LB
• Lewis Carter, UCF, LB
• Jeremiah Cooper, Penn State, S
• Kemari Copeland, Virginia Tech, DT
• John Henry Daley, Michigan, DE
• Will Echoles, Ole Miss, NT
• Jaxton Eck, New Mexico, LB
• Kolbe Fields, Louisiana Tech, LB
• Brandon Finney, Oregon, CB
• Robert Fitzgerald, Northwestern, S
• Noah Flemmings, ULM, LB
• Blake Fletcher, Air Force, LB
• Ian Foster, Memphis, DB
• Isaiah Glasker, BYU, LB
• Myles Graham, Florida, LB
• Elijah Green, Tulsa, CB
• Wendell Gregory, Kansas State, DE
• Johnathan Hall, Utah, LB
• Jordan Hall, Michigan State, LB
• Brevin Hamblin, Utah State, S
• Ashton Hampton, Clemson, CB
• Langston Hardy, Wake Forest, DE
• Rolijah Hardy, Indiana, LB
• Jyaire Hill, Michigan, CB
• A.J. Holmes, Texas Tech, DT
• Bray Hubbard, Alabama, S
• Kenyatta Jackson, Ohio State, DE
• Will James, Houston, CB
• Jamel Johnson, TCU, S
• Isaiah Jones, Indiana, LB
• Kelley Jones, Mississippi State, CB
• Dylan LaBarbera, Nevada, DE
• Gideon Lampron, Colorado, LB
• Trey Lathan, Kansas, LB
• Kip Lewis, Oklahoma, LB
• Earl Little, Ohio State, S
• Braylan Lovelace, Pitt, LB
• Clev Lubin, Louisville, DE
• Zach Lutmer, Iowa, S
• Leonard Moore, Notre Dame, CB
• Ahmad Moten, Miami, DT
• Gavin Moul, Delaware, LB
• Caleb Nix, Jax State, S
• Colton Phares, App State, LB
• DJ Pickett, LSU, CB
• Yhonzae Pierre, Alabama, LB
• Brice Pollock, Texas Tech, CB
• Mason Posa, Wisconsin, LB
• Ja’Bril Rawls, Florida State, CB
• Ty Redmond, Tennessee, CB
• Quincy Rhodes, Arkansas, DE
• Ben Roberts, Texas Tech, LB
• Ellis Robinson, Georgia, CB
• Kam Robinson, Virginia, LB
• Matt Rose, Stanford, LB
• Faletau Satuala, BYU, S
• Adon Shuler, Notre Dame, S
• Colin Simmons, Texas, DE
• Anthony Smith, Minnesota, DE
• Donnie Smith, Troy, DE
• Dylan Stewart, South Carolina, DE
• David Stone, Oklahoma, DT
• MJ Stroud, Georgia Southern, DE
• Jack Tchienchou, Tulane, S
• Isaac Terrell, Iowa State, DE
• Keaton Thomas, Ole Miss, LB
• Jonathan Thompson, Cincinnati, LB
• Boubacar Traore, Notre Dame, DE
• Tyrique Tucker, Indiana, NT
• Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon, DE
• Cade Uluave, BYU, LB
• Princewill Umanmielen, LSU, DE
• DJ Walker, Ohio, S
• A’Mauri Washington, Oregon, DT
• Whit Weeks, LSU, LB
• Jontez Williams, USC, CB
• Damon Wilson, Miami, DE
• Keenan Wilson, North Dakota State, DT
• Raylen Wilson, Georgia, LB
• Daniel Wingate, Maryland, LB