The Outland Trophy is awarded annually to the nations best interior lineman (off or def). The Bronko Nagurski Award is awarded to the nations best defensive player yearly. Wheras we had nobody named to the Outland list, Hakeem Smith was named to the Bronko Nagurski watch list. He joins himself, Teddy Bridgewater, Calvin Pryor III Gerald Christian and John Wallace which made the Bednarik Maxwell Mackey and Groza lists respectively. Here are the full Bronko Nagurski & Outland Trophy Watch Lists.
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (July 11)
| Hakeem Smith, Louisville, DB | Christian Jones, Florida State, LB |
| Jeremiah Attaochu, Georgia Tech, DL | Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State, DB |
| Deion Barnes, Penn State, DL | Eric Kendricks, UCLA, LB |
| Calvin Barnett, Oklahoma State, DL | Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State, DL |
| Anthony Barr, UCLA, LB | Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State, LB |
| Deion Belue, Alabama, DB | Craig Loston, LSU, DB |
| Bene Benwikere, San Jose State DB | Aaron Lynch, USF, DL |
| Greg Blair, Cincinnati, LB | Khalil Mack, Buffalo, LB |
| Chris Borland, Wisconsin, LB | Kareem Martin, North Carolina, DL |
| Tre Boston, North Carolina, DB | Daniel McCullers, Tennessee, DL |
| Carl Bradford, Arizona State, LB | Terrance Mitchell, Oregon, DB |
| Morgan Breslin, USC, DL | James Morris, Iowa, LB |
| Jonathan Brown, Illinois, LB | C.J. Mosley, Alabama, LB |
| Christian Bryant, Ohio State, DB | Trent Murphy, Stanford, LB |
| Max Bullough, Michigan State, LB | Marco Nelson, Tulsa, DB |
| Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina, DL | Louis Nix III, Notre Dame, DL |
| Ross Cockrell, Duke, DB | Roosevelt Nix, Kent State, DL |
| Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma, DB | Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss, LB |
| Scott Crichton, Oregon State, DL | Kevin Pierre-Louis, Boston College, LB |
| Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State, DB | Hayes Pullard, USC, LB |
| Quandre Diggs, Texas, DB | Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida, DB |
| Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DL | Ed Reynolds, Stanford, DB |
| Dominique Easley, Florida, DL | Bradley Roby, Ohio State, DB |
| Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon, DB | Marcus Rush, Michigan State, DL |
| Antone Exum, Virginia Tech, DB | Tyler Scott, Northwestern, DL |
| Devonte Fields, TCU, DL | Ryan Shazier, Ohio State, LB |
| Ben Gardner, Stanford, DL | Shayne Skov, Stanford, LB |
| Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State, DB | Yawin Smallwood, Connecticut, LB |
| Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama, DB | Chris Smith, Arkansas, DL |
| Ra’Shede Hageman, Minnesota, DL | Ricardo Allen, Purdue, DB |
| Bryce Hager, Baylor, LB | Will Sutton, Arizona State, DL |
| Andre Hal, Vanderbilt, DB | Damian Swann, Georgia, DB |
| Jordan Hicks, Texas, LB | Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame, DL |
| Adrian Hubbard, Alabama, LB | Jack Tyler, Virginia Tech, LB |
| Kerry Hyder, Texas Tech, DL | Kyle Van Noy, BYU, LB |
| Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky, LB | Jason Verrett, TCU, DB |
| Shawn Jackson, Tulsa, LB | Nickoe Whitley, Mississippi State, DB |
| Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas, DL | Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest, DL |
| Timmy Jernigan, Florida State, DL | Leonard Williams, USC, DL |
| A.J. Johnson, Tennessee, LB | Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State, DB |
| Anthony Johnson, LSU, DL |
Outland Trophy (July 11)
| Calvin Barnett, Oklahoma State, DT | Taylor Lewan, Michigan, OT |
| Austen Bujnoch, Cincinnati, G | Brandon Linder, Miami, G |
| Chris Burnette, Georgia, G | Spencer Long, Nebraska, G |
| A.J. Cann, South Carolina, G | Antwan Lowery, Rutgers, G |
| Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State, DT | Cornelius Lucas, Kansas State, OT |
| Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech, OT | Eathyn Manumaleuna, BYU, DT |
| Deandre Coleman, California, DT | Zack Martin, Notre Dame, OT |
| La’el Collins, LSU, OT | John Martinez, USC, G |
| Kevin Danser, Stanford, G | Jake Matthews, Texas A&M, OT |
| Anthony Dima, Massachusetts, OT | Daniel McCullers, Tennessee, DT |
| Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh, DT | Jack Mewhort, Ohio State, OT |
| Dominique Easley, Florida, DT | Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech, C |
| Cameron Erving, Florida State, OT | Morgan Moses, Virginia, OT |
| BJ Finney, Kansas State, C | Louis Nix III, Notre Dame, DT |
| Cameron Fleming, Stanford, OT | Roosevelt Nix, Kent State, DT |
| Kevin Graf, USC, OT | Andrew Norwell, Ohio State, G |
| Hroniss Grasu, Oregon, C | Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina, DT |
| Ryan Groy, Wisconsin, OT | Antonio Richardson, Tennessee, OT |
| Ra’Shede Hageman, Minnesota, DT | Cyril Richardson, Baylor, G |
| Trey Hopkins, Texas, G | Weston Richburg, Colorado State, C |
| Chucky Hunter, TCU, DT | Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State, C |
| James Hurst, North Carolina, OT | Will Simmons, East Carolina, G |
| Kerry Hyder, Texas Tech, DT | Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska, OT |
| Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma, C | Anthony Steen, Alabama, G |
| Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State, G | Bryan Stork, Florida State, C |
| Tré Jackson, Florida State, G | Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA, G |
| Ja’Wuan James, Tennessee, OT | Will Sutton, Arizona State, DT |
| Timmy Jernigan, Florida State, DT | Travis Swanson, Arkansas, C |
| Anthony Johnson, LSU, DT | Brandon Thomas, Clemson, OT |
| Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers, OT | Laken Tomlinson, Duke, G |
| Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt, OT | John Urschel, Penn State, G |
| Tyler Johnstone, Oregon, OT | Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern, C |
| DaQuan Jones, Penn State, DT | Mason Walters, Texas, G |
| Zac Kerin, Toledo, C | Austin Wentworth, Fresno State, OT |
| Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama, OT | Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest, DT |
| Tyler Larsen, Utah State, C | Leonard Williams, USC, DT |
| Eric Lefeld, Cincinnati, OT | David Yankey, Stanford, G |
| Charles Leno, Boise State, OT |
