Kelvin Banks named to the Outland Trophy watch list
Texas left tackle Kelvin Banks was named to the 2024 Outland Trophy watch list on Tuesday, the FWAA announced. The Outland Trophy is presented annually to the nation’s top interior lineman.
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Banks, a junior from Humble, has started all 27 games during the first two years of his Texas career. He was recently named to the preseason All-SEC first-team. He was a second-team All-American and a first-team All-Big 12 honoree in 2023.
Scott Appleton (1963), Tommy Nobis (1965), Brad Shearer (1977), and T’Vondre Sweat (2023) are the Longhorns who have been honored as the nation’s top interior lineman
Per release, the FWAA will announce the Outland Trophy semifinalists on Nov. 20, and those players will then be paired down to three finalists announced on Nov. 26. The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from those finalists who will be part of the annual FWAA All-America Team.
The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends are not eligible.
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2024 Outland Trophy Watch List
| DT Bear Alexander, USC | OG AJ Gillie, Louisiana | C Jonah Monheim, USC |
| OT Kelvin Banks, Texas | OG Michael Gonzalez, Louisville | DT Walter Nolen, Ole Miss |
| OT Bryce Benhart, Nebraska | DT Mason Graham, Michigan | C Justin Osborne, SMU |
| DT Jordan Bertagnole, Wyoming | DT Kenneth Grant, Michigan | OT Shiyazh Pete, New Mexico State |
| OG Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M | OT Joshua Gray, Oregon State | OG Emmanuel Pregnon, USC |
| OG Gabe Blair, North Texas | DT B.J. Green, Colorado | OG Tate Ratledge, Georgia |
| OG Tyler Booker, Alabama | OG Zane Herring, South Florida | OT Jalen Rivers, Miami |
| C Parker Brailsford, Alabama | C Branson Hickman, Oklahoma | OT Jonah Savaiinaea, Arizona |
| DT Brandon Brown, UTSA | OG Xavier Hill, Memphis | OT Tiger Shanks, UNLV |
| OT Will Campbell, LSU | OT Reid Holskey, Miami (Ohio) | DT Tim Smith, Alabama |
| OT Kage Casey, Boise State | DT Lee Hunter, UCF | OG Jalen St. John, UNLV |
| OT Dalton Cooper, Oklahoma State | OG Donovan Jackson, Ohio State | DT Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia |
| DT Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati | DT Patrick Jenkins, Tulane | DT Junior Tafuna, Utah |
| OT Ajani Cornelius, Oregon | OG Cam’Ron Johnson, Missouri | OT Makilan Thomas, Arkansas State |
| C Zeke Correll, NC State | OT Emery Jones, LSU | DT Soane Toia, San Jose State |
| C Eli Cox, Kentucky | C Logan Jones, Iowa | OT Ozzy Trapilo, Boston College |
| DT Howard Cross III, Notre Dame | OG Luke Kandra, Cincinnati | OT Xavier Truss, Georgia |
| OT Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota | OG Daniel King, Troy | C Mose Vavao, Fresno State |
| OT Fa’alili Fa’amoe, Washington State | OG Quantavious Leslie, WKU | DT Deone Walker, Kentucky |
| OG Dylan Fairchild, Georgia | C Cooper Mays, Tennessee | OT Darius Washington, Florida State |
| DT Joshua Farmer, Florida State | OT Armand Membou, Missouri | OG Clay Webb, Jax State |
| C Weston Franklin, Georgia Tech | C Joe Michalski, Oklahoma State | C Jordan White, Liberty |
| OT Josh Fryar, Ohio State | OT Blake Miller, Clemson | DT Tyleik Williams, Ohio State |
| C Jacob Gardner, Colorado State | DT Rylie Mills, Notre Dame | OT Alex Wollschlaeger, Bowling Green |
| C Jacob Gideon, Western Michigan | OT Wyatt Milum, West Virginia | OG Sal Wormley, Penn State |
