Today has been a busy day for Ed Oliver.
Earlier Tuesday, the standout nose tackle from Houston was named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list. Now, Oliver is also one of 82 individuals placed on the Outland Trophy preseason watch list.
Oliver was the winner of the 2017 version of the Outland, handed out annually to the nation’s top interior lineman.
The Power Five conferences were the only leagues with double-digit representation on this particular watch list, with the Big Ten’s 13 paving the way and followed by the ACC (12), Big 12 (11), Pac-12 (11) and SEC (11). The AAC was the best of the rest with nine, with the MAC (five), Mountain West (three), Conference USA (two) and Sun Belt rounding out the rest. Football independents also accounted for three of the 82 watch listers.
