(ku/k-state) Several Kansas and Kansas State football players are on preseason watch lists.
For the second straight year, Kansas senior safety Kenny Logan Jr. has been named to the 2022 Watch List for the Paul Hornung Award.
The Hornung Award is presented annually to the most versatile player in major college football.
Logan, who has thrived the past two seasons both in the secondary for the Jayhawks and as a kick returner, is one of 52 players on this year’s watch list.
The Hornung Award is presented annually to the most versatile player in major college football.
Logan, who has thrived the past two seasons both in the secondary for the Jayhawks and as a kick returner, is one of 52 players on this year’s watch list.
He is also on the Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List. The Thorpe Award is given annually to the top defensive back in college football.
Kansas football super-senior defensive lineman Sam Burt was one of 115 players nationally named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, it was announced on Thursday. The Wuerrfel Trophy honors college football’s top community servant.
Kansas redshirt senior center Mike Novitsky has been named to the 2022 Rimington Trophy Watch List for the third straight year. The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I football.
Kansas State senior Malik Knowles was named to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award.
Knowles is the sixth different Wildcat to be placed on a watch list.
Running back Deuce Vaughn is up for both the Maxwell and Doak Walker awards, cornerback Julius Brents is a candidate for the Jim Thorpe Award, defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah is a candidate for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, offensive lineman Cooper Beebe is on the Outland Trophy watch list, punter Ty Zentner is up for the Ray Guy Award, and quarterback Will Howard is a candidate for the AFCA Good Works Team and Wuerffel Trophy.
