You know we are starting to turn a page toward the next college football season when spring games are in the air and some award gets an early jump on watch list season. Today the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation got award watch list season underway with 42 players being named to the watch list for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is awarded to a defensive player based largely on performance on the field and character.
Six players on this year’s first watch list were on the watch list for the trophy last season. Duke’s Kelby Brown, Michigan State’s Shilque Calhoun, Florida’s Vernon Hargreaves, West Virginia’s Karl Joseph, Notre Dame’s Jaylon Smith and Oklahoma’s Eric Striker are among the players represented. Other prominent names for the award on the watch list include Baylor’s Shawn Oakman, Robert Nkemdiche of Ole Miss, Ohio State’s Joey Bosa, and Arizona’s Scooby Wright III. The watch list includes a total of 37 players from power five conferences, with the Big Ten leading the way with 10 players.
2015 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY WATCH LIST
LB Kevin Anderson, Stanford
DB Dante Barnett, Kansas State
LB Joe Bolden MichiganDB
DB Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota
DL Joey Bosa, Ohio State
LB Kelby Brown, Duke
DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon
S Michael Caputo, Wisconsin
DE Shilque Calhoun, Michigan State
S Jeremy Cash, Duke
S Su’a Cravens, USC
LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia
CB Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech
DB Nate Gerry, Nebraska
DL Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech
LB Deon Hollins, UCLA
DB Dylan Haines, Texas
CB Vernon Hargreaves, Florida
DB Ryan Janvion, Wake Forest
DB Jonathan Jones, Auburn
S Karl Joseph, West Virginia
LB Bronson Kaufusi, BYU
S Derrick Kindred, TCU
DB Jordan Lomax, Iowa
DL Dean Lowry, Northwestern
LB Blake Martinez, Stanford
LB Viliami Moeakiola, Arizona State
LB Calvin Munson, San Diego State
DT Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
LB Jared Norris, Utah
DE Shawn Oakman, Baylor
DE Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State
LB Joshua Perry, Ohio State
LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama
DB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State
DE Sheldon Rankins, Louisville
LB Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame
DB Weston Steelhammer, Air Force
LB Eric Striker, Oklahoma
LB Jeremy Timpf, Army
LB Scooby Wright III, Arizona
DT Anthony Zettel, Penn State