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Quinn Ewers named to the Maxwell Award watch list

Joe Cookby:Joe Cook07/29/24

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Texas QB Quinn Ewers
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Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers was named to the Maxwell Award watch list on Monday, the Maxwell Football Club announced. The Maxwell Award is given annually to the college football player of the year.

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This is Ewers’ second time making the preseason watch list. Last season, Ewers was 272-of-294 for 3479 yards and 22 touchdowns over six interceptions. He also added five rushing touchdowns on the ground. His 5656 career passing yards rank eighth all time in UT history and his 37 passing touchdowns are tied for seventh.

Ewers was the Maxwell Award’s player of the week following his performance in Texas’ win at Alabama on September 9, 2023. Ewers was 24-of-38 for 349 yards and three touchdowns in Texas’ 34-24 win.

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Four Longhorns have won the Maxwell Award. Tommy Nobis earned the honor in 1965, Ricky Williams was bestowed with the Maxwell during his Heisman campaign in 1998, Vince Young won the Longhorns’ third Maxwell Award in 2005, and Colt McCoy became the fourth UT football player to win the award in 2009. All four of Nobis, Williams, Young, and McCoy have had their jersey numbers retired by the Longhorn football program.

Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. won the Maxwell Award in 2023.

Per release, semifinalists for the Maxwell Award will be announced Nov. 12, 2024, while the three finalists for the Maxwell Award will be unveiled Nov. 26, 2024. The winners of the 88th Maxwell Award will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on Dec. 12, 2024. The formal presentations of the Maxwell Award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards on Friday March 14, 2024, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Ga.

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2024 Maxwell Award Watch List

FIRSTLASTSCHOOLCLASSPOS
JalenMilroeAlabamaJuniorQB
JoeyAguilarAppalachian StateSeniorQB
TetairoaMcMillanArizonaJuniorWR
NoahFifitaArizonaSophomoreQB
JarquezHunterAuburnSeniorRB
DequanFinnBaylorSeniorQB
AshtonJeantyBoise StateJuniorRB
ThomasCastellanosBoston CollegeJuniorQB
TerionStewartBowling Green JuniorRB
JaydnOttCalJuniorRB
CoreyKinerCincinnatiSeniorRB
CadeKlubnikClemsonJuniorQB
Phil MafahClemsonSeniorRB
ShedeurSandersColorado   SeniorQB
ToryHortonColorado StateSeniorWR
Jordan MooreDukeSeniorWR
GrahamMertzFlorida  SeniorQB
DJUiagaleleiFlorida StateSeniorQB
CarsonBeckGeorgiaSeniorQB
TrevorEtienneGeorgiaJuniorRB
HaynesKingGeorgia TechJuniorQB
JamalHaynesGeorgia TechJuniorRB
BraydenSchagerHawaiiSeniorQB
DevinNealKansas SeniorRB
JalonDanielsKansas  SeniorQB
DJ GiddensKansas StateJuniorRB
AveryJohnsonKansas StateSophomoreQB
KaidonSalterLibertyJuniorQB
QuintonCooleyLibertySeniorRB
TylerShoughLouisvilleSeniorQB
GarrettNussmeierLSUJuniorQB
KyrenLacyLSUSeniorWR
SethHeniganMemphisSeniorQB
Xavier RestrepoMiamiSeniorWR
DamienMartinezMiamiJuniorRB
CamWardMiami SeniorQB
DonovanEdwardsMichiganSeniorRB
DariusTaylorMinnesotaSophomoreRB
Brady CookMissouriSeniorQB
LutherBurdenMissouriJuniorWR
GraysonMcCallNC StateSeniorQB
OmarionHamptonNorth CarolinaJuniorRB
AntarioBrownNorthern IllinoisSeniorRB
RileyLeonardNotre DameSeniorQB
WillHowardOhio StateSeniorQB
QuinshonJudkinsOhio StateJuniorRB
EmekaEgbukaOhio StateSeniorWR
JacksonArnoldOklahomaSophomoreQB
OllieGordon IIOklahoma StateJuniorRB
JaxsonDartOle MissSeniorQB
TezJohnsonOregonSeniorWR
DillonGabrielOregon  SeniorQB
Drew AllarPenn StateJuniorQB
NicholasSingletonPenn StateJuniorRB
KyleMonangaiRutgersSeniorRB
MarquezCooperSan Diego StateSeniorRB
PrestonStoneSMUJuniorQB
RaheimSandersSouth CarolinaSeniorRB
ByrumBrownSouth FloridaSophomoreQB
ElicAyomanorStanfordSophomoreWR
KyleMcCordSyracuseSeniorQB
LeQuintAllenSyracuseJuniorRB
NicoIamaleavaTennesseeRS FreshmanQB
QuinnEwersTexasJuniorQB
ConnerWeigmanTexas A&MSophomoreQB
JordanMcCloudTexas StateSeniorQB
IsmailMahdiTexas StateJuniorRB
TahjBrooksTexas TechSeniorRB
MakhiHughesTulaneSophomoreRB
KJJeffersonUCFSeniorQB
RJHarveyUCFSeniorRB
RickyWhiteUNLVSeniorWR
MillerMossUSCJuniorQB
Cameron RisingUtahSeniorQB
JalenRoyalsUtah StateSeniorWR
KyronDronesVirginia TechJuniorQB
BhayshulTutenVirginia TechSeniorRB
WillRogersWashington  SeniorQB
GarrettGreeneWest VirginiaSeniorQB
TJFinleyWestern KentuckyJuniorQB

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