As the 2013 football season comes upon us, the lists for college footballs elite are starting to come out in their preseason editions. Here are the full lists for both the Maxwell and Bednarik watch lists:
Maxwell Award (July 8)
QB Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville
RB Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska
RB Antonio Andrews, Western Kentucky
RB Dri Archer, Kent State
QB David Ash, Texas
LB Anthony Barr, UCLA
QB Blake Bell, Oklahoma
RB Beau Blankenship, Ohio
QB Blake Bortles, UCF
QB Tajh Boyd, Clemson
(cont)
QB Kolton Browning, ULM
RB Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona
QB Derek Carr, Fresno State
RB Kasey Carrier, New Mexico
QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall
DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
WR Brandin Cooks, Oregon State
WR Amari Cooper, Alabama
WR Stefon Diggs, Maryland
RB Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech
QB Jeff Driskel, Florida
WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M
QB Cody Fajardo, Nevada
QB David Fales, San Jose State
RB David Fluellen, Toledo
QB Devin Gardner, Michigan
RB Marion Grice, Arizona State
RB Todd Gurley, Georgia
QB Kevin Hogan, Stanford
RB John Hubert, Kansas State
RB Brett Hundley, UCLA
RB Carlos Hyde, Ohio State
RB Duke Johnson, Miami
QB Chuckie Keeton, Utah State
QB Taylor Kelly, Arizona State
WR Marqise Lee, USC
OT Taylor Lewan, Michigan
QB Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
QB Marcus Mariota, Oregon
RB Venric Mark, Northwestern
QB Taylor Martinez, Nebraska
WR Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
QB AJ McCarron, Alabama
QB Zach Mettenberger, LSU
QB Braxton Miller, Ohio State
QB Stephen Morris, Miami
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama
RB Adam Muema, San Diego State
QB Aaron Murray, Georgia
DT Louis Nix III, Notre Dame
RB Branden Oliver, Buffalo
QB Casey Pachall, TCU
RB LaDarius Perkins, Mississippi State
QB Keith Price, Washington
RB Silas Redd, USC
QB Bryn Renner, North Carolina
QB Tyler Russell, Mississippi State
RB Bishop Sankey, Washington
RB Lache Seastrunk, Baylor
RB Charles Sims, West Virginia
RB Jerome Smith, Syracuse
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State
RB De’Anthony Thomas, Oregon
QB Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
RB Zurlon Tipton, Central Michigan
DE Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame
QB Bo Wallace, Ole Miss
WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson
RB Trey Watts, Tulsa
QB Keith Wenning, Ball State
RB James White, Wisconsin
OG David Yankey, Stanford
RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama
RB Zach Zwinak, Penn State
Bednarik Award (July 8)
S Hakeem Smith, Louisville
S Calvin Pryor, Louisville
DE Jeremiah Attaochu, Georgia Tech
LB Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky
DE Deion Barnes, Penn State
DT Calvin Barnett, Oklahoma State
S C.J. Barnett, Ohio State
LB Anthony Barr, UCLA
LB Lamin Barrow, LSU
DE Vic Beasley, Clemson
CB Deion Belue, Alabama
CB Bene Benwikere, San Jose State
LB Greg Blair, Cincinnati
LB Chris Borland, Wisconsin
DE Carl Bradford, Arizona State
DE Morgan Breslin, USC
LB Jonathan Brown, Illinois
LB Max Bullough, Michigan State
DT Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama
DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
CB Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma
DE Scott Crichton, Oregon State
CB Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
DT Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh
DT Dominique Easley, Florida
CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon
LB Jake Fely, San Diego State
DE Devonte Fields, TCU
LB Jake Fischer, Arizona
DE Dee Ford, Auburn
CB E.J. Gaines, Missouri
DE Ben Gardner, Stanford
DE James Gayle, Virginia Tech
DT Ra’Shede Hageman, Minnesota
LB Bryce Hager, Baylor
CB Andre Hal, Vanderbilt
CB Bennett Jackson, Notre Dame
DE Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
DT Timmy Jernigan, Florida State
DT Anthony Johnson, LSU
LB A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
LB Christian Jones, Florida State
S Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State
LB Eric Kendricks, UCLA
LB DeDe Lattimore, USF
S Craig Loston, LSU
LB Khalil Mack, Buffalo
DE Kareem Martin, North Carolina
DT Daniel McCullers, Tennessee
LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State
LB Jamal Merrell, Rutgers
LB James Morris, Iowa
LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama
LB Trent Murphy, Stanford
DT Louis Nix III, Notre Dame
DT Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
CB Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida
DT Travis Raciti, San Jose State
CB Bradley Roby, Ohio State
LB Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
LB Prince Shembo, Notre Dame
LB Shayne Skov, Stanford
LB Yawin Smallwood, Connecticut
S Derron Smith, Fresno State
DE Chris Smith, Arkansas
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State
CB Jemea Thomas, Georgia Tech
DE Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame
DE Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Colorado
LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU
CB Jason Verrett, TCU
DT Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest
DT Leonard Williams, USC
S Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State