Maxwell Award
Presented to the college player of the year by the Maxwell Football Club
2025 Preseason Watch List
- QB Drew Allar, Penn State
- RB Kaytron Allen, Penn State
- QB Luke Altmyer, Illinois
- QB Jackson Arnold, Auburn
- QB CJ Bailey, NC State
- QB Alonza Barnett III, James Madison
- QB Rocco Becht, Iowa State
- QB Carson Beck, Miami
- QB Braylon Braxton, Southern Miss
- RB Isaac Brown, Louisville
- RB Jalen Buckley, Western Michigan
- QB Tommy Castellanos, Florida State
- RB Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest
- WR Cam Coleman, Auburn
- RB Jonah Coleman, Washington
- QB Devon Dampier, Utah
- QB Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech
- RB Caden Durham, LSU
- RB Dylan Edwards, Kansas State
- QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
- RB Nate Frazier, Georgia
- QB Tucker Gleason, Toledo
- QB Taylen Green, Arkansas
- QB Mark Gronowski, Iowa
- RB Anthony Hankerson, Oregon State
- RB Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
- RB Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech
- RB Justice Haynes, Michigan
- RB Al-Jay Henderson, Buffalo
- QB Eli Holstein, Pitt
- QB Josh Hoover, TCU
- QB Blake Horvath, Navy
- RB Makhi Hughes, Oregon
- QB Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
- QB Keyone Jenkins, FIU
- QB Kevin Jennings, SMU
- QB Avery Johnson, Kansas State
- QB Haynes King, Georgia Tech
- QB Cade Klubnik, Clemson
- QB DJ Lagway, Florida
- QB Sam Leavitt, Arizona State
- RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
- QB Maddux Madsen, Boise State
- QB Arch Manning, Texas
- QB John Mateer, Oklahoma
- QB Owen McCown, UTSA
- QB Maverick McIvor, WKU
- QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
- QB Darian Mensah, Duke
- QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
- QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech
- RB Le’Veon Moss, Texas A&M
- QB Miller Moss, Louisville
- QB Maalik Murphy, Oregon State
- QB Parker Navarro, Ohio
- RB Jaden Nixon, UCF
- QB Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
- RB Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma
- QB Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
- QB Dylan Raiola, Nebraska
- QB Marcel Reed, Texas A&M
- RB Desmond Reid, Pitt
- QB Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
- WR Corey Rucker, Arkansas State
- WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana
- QB LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
- RB Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
- WR Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
- QB Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati
- RB Terion Stewart, Virginia Tech
- RB Darius Taylor, Minnesota
- RB Jai’Den Thomas, UNLV
- WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State
- QB Caden Veltkamp, Florida Atlantic
- RB Bryson Washington, Baylor
- RB Jahiem White, West Virginia
- WR Antonio Williams, Clemson
- WR Ryan Williams, Alabama
- QB Demond Williams Jr., Washington
- RB Quintrevion Wisner, Texas