College football's Maxwell Award unveils preseason watch list

The 2023 college football preseason is upon us, which means loads of preseason rankings and watch lists, the latest of which came from the prestigious Maxwell Award, who named a hefty group of players to its own preseason watch list.

Of course, the Maxwell Award is one of college football’s longstanding annual honors, which is given to the athlete deemed to be the best all-around player in college sports. Recent champions include Bryce Young, Caleb Williams, Joe Burrow and Davonta Smith. As for who will be next, you can read the entire preseason Maxwell Award watch list right here:

You can view the list as provided by the Maxwell Football twitter account below, or if you can’t see all those tiny names, you can scroll just below and view the entire list:

The Maxwell Football Club announced its watch list for the 87th Maxwell Award presented annually to the outstanding player in college football. #MaxwellFootball #MaxwellAward

🔗: https://t.co/WLP97tKb4b

Check out the full list here ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/PgLosFbnJY

— Maxwell Football (@MaxwellFootball) July 31, 2023

2023 Maxwell Award Watch List

• Alex Adams (WR) | Akron
• Jesse McClellan (RB) | Alabama
• Nate Noel (RB) | Appalachian State
• Jayden de Laura (QB) | Arizona
• Jacob Cowing (WR) | Arizona
• KJ Jefferson (QB) | Arkansas
• Raheim Sanders (RB) | Arkansas
• Marquez Cooper (RB) | Ball State
• Richard Reese (RB) | Baylor
• Taylen Green (QB) | Boise State
• George Holani (RB) | Boise State
• Kedon Slovis (QB) | BYU
• Aidan Robbins (RB) | BYU
• Jaydn Ott (RB) | California
• Will Shipley (RB) | Clemson
• Grayson McCall (QB) | Coastal Carolina
• Shedeur Sanders (QB) | Colorado
• Tory Horton (WR) | Colorado State
• Riley Leonard (QB) | Duke
• Samson Evans (RB) | Eastern Michigan
• Ricky Pearsell (WR) | Florida
• Larry McCammon (RB) | FAU
• Jordan Travis (QB) | Florida State
• Trey Benson (RB) | Florida State
• Brock Bowers (TE) | Georgia
• Jalen White (RB) | Georgia Southern
• Darren Grainger (QB) | Georgia State
• Matthew Golden (WR) | Houston
• Isaiah Williams (WR) | Illinois
• Cade McNamara (QB) | Iowa
• Devin Neal (RB) | Kansas
• Jalon Daniels (QB) | Kansas
• Will Howard (QB) | Kansas State
• Devin Leary (QB) | Kentucky
• Jack Plummer (QB) | Louisville
• Jayden Daniels (QB) | LSU
• Malik Nabers (WR) | LSU
• Taulia Tagovailoa (QB) | Maryland
• Seth Henigan (QB) | Memphis
• JJ McCarthy (QB) | Michigan
• Blake Corum (RB) | Michigan
• Will Rogers (QB) | Mississippi State

• Diego Pavia (QB) | New Mexico State
• Drake Maye (QB) | North Carolina
• Sam Hartman (QB) | Notre Dame
• Kurtis Rourke (QB) | Ohio
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR) | Ohio State
• Emeka Egbuka (WR) | Ohio State
• Dillon Gabriel (QB) | Oklahoma
• Quinshon Judkins (RB) | Ole Miss
• Bo Nix (QB) | Oregon
• Damien Martinez (RB) | Oregon State
• Nicholas Singleton (RB) | Penn State
• Phil Jurkovec (QB) | Pittsburgh
• Hudson Card (QB) | Purdue
• Chevan Cordeiro (QB) | San Jose State
• Carter Bradley (QB) | South Alabama
• La’Damian Webb (RB) | South Alabama
• Spencer Rattler (QB) | South Carolina
• Frank Gore Jr. (RB) | Southern Miss
• Garrett Schrader (QB) | Syracuse
• Oronde Gadsden (TE) | Syracuse
• Chandler Morris (QB) | TCU
• EJ Warner (QB) | Temple
• Joe Milton (QB) | Tennessee
• Quinn Ewers (QB) | Texas
• Xavier Worthy (WR) | Texas
• Tyler Shough (QB) | Texas Tech
• Dequann Finn (QB) | Toledo
• Michael Pratt (QB) | Tulane
• Jermaine Brown (RB) | UAB
• John Rhys Plumlee (QB) | UCF
• Caleb Williams (QB) | USC
• Cameron Rising (QB) | Utah
• Frank Harris (QB) | UTSA
• Will Sheppard (WR) | Vanderbilt
• Donavon Greene (WR) | Wake Forest
• Rome Odunze (WR) | Washington
• Michael Penix (QB) | Washington
• Cameron Ward (QB) | Washington State
• Austin Reed (QB) | Western Kentucky
• Malachi Corley (WR) | Western Kentucky
• Tanner Mordecai (QB) | Wisconsin
• Braelon Allen (RB) | Wisconsin

That’s quite a list and one that includes players of a multitude of positions and from schools of varying conferences and prestige. It’s really a good reference for who some of the top names in the sport will be this fall.