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20 Navy All-Americans Named to Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
Earlier this week the Maxwell Football Club released the watchlist for the 2025 Chuck Bednarik award, presented annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football. Check out the 2025 #BednarikAward Watch List!!! 👀 🏈 #MaxwellFootball 🔗 20 Navy All-Americans were named to the watch list. Deontae Lawson (Alabama) Xavion Alford (Arizona State) Xavian Sorey (Arkansas) Keldric Faulk (Auburn) TJ Parker (Clemson) Tyreak Sapp (Florida) CJ Allen (Georgia) KJ Bolden (Georgia) Christen Miller (Georgia) Aaron Graves (Iowa) Whit Weeks (LSU) Koi Perich (Minnesota) Drayk Bowen (Notre Dame) Caleb Downs (Ohio State) Matayo Uiagalelei (Oregon) AJ Harris (Penn State) Dani Dennis-Sutton (Penn State) Arion Carter (Tennessee) Anthony Hill Jr. (Texas) David Bailey (Texas Tech) Only 100 football players receive the honor of wearing the Navy All-American Bowl jersey each year. The 2026 Navy All-American Bowl from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, will be presented live on NBC and Peacock. About the All-American Bowl As an NBC Sports-owned property, the All-American Bowl is part of a marquee lineup of elite events that includes the Olympics and Paralympics, the Premier League, and primetime's #1 show for an unprecedented 14 consecutive years: Sunday Night Football. The All-American Bowl is annually the most-watched, most-talked about, and most-prestigious high school all-star event with more than four million unique television viewers and more than 25,000 fans in attendance. The history and tradition of the All-American Bowl is unparalleled, as it features: 631 draft picks; 103 Super Bowl champions; 274 Pro Bowl selections; and 18 Heisman finalists. For more information, visit or follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram (@AABonNBC).
USA Today
2 hours ago
- USA Today
Two Ohio State players named to ESPN's 2025 preseason College Football All-American team
Like preseason polls, preseason All-America teams can be tricky. With input from pro scouts, college coaches and media colleagues, here's our 2025 team at ESPN. As we continue to march through fall camp and head towards the beginning of the college football season, we've seen plenty of Ohio State players receive preseason accolades and honors. The Buckeye program always has a few players mentioned among the best in the country because -- well -- it IS Ohio State after all. This week, two OSU players received another preseason honor when ESPN announced its preseason 2025 College Football All-American team. And while there are plenty of Ohio State players that could have been mentioned, and maybe just missed the cut, there are two that continue to appear on everyone's preseason list of best players as members of ESPN's first-team preseason All-American squad. On offense, wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was honored with ESPN gushing about the star wide receiver and perhaps the best player in all the game. "Smith returns as college football's premier player and the one who strikes the most fear into opposing defensive coordinators' hearts," wrote Chris Low. "The 6-3, 225-pound sophomore is a nightmarish matchup for defensive backs with his blend of size, strength and speed. He had 17 touchdown catches last year, including four in the Buckeyes' first two playoff games, and averaged 17.5 yards per catch." On the defensive side, you can once again guess which OSU player was recognized on the first team, none other than all-everything safety Caleb Downs. "Downs came into college football as one of the top prospects in the country, played that way as a freshman at Alabama and took yet another step this past season after transferring to Ohio State and helping lead the Buckeyes to the national championship," Low said. "The prototypical safety, Downs was third on Ohio State's team last season with 81 tackles, 7 ½ of them for loss, and had two interceptions." It should be noted that there was also one other Ohio State player who was mentioned on ESPN's second-team, and that was tight end Max Klare. He, too, is expected to do big things and build off of what he did at Purdue. In other words, there is still plenty of talent in the cupboard on the banks of the Olentangy. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
USA Today
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Ohio State vs. Texas to set historic precedent on Aug. 30
When Ohio State and Texas do battle to open the college football season on Aug. 30, it will be an historic matchup. Not only will it be the first meeting between preseason No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Coaches Poll, but it will also mark another notable first-time event in history. With Texas being ranked No. 1 in both polls, and with the game being played inside Ohio Stadium, the oddsmakers -- at least for now -- have the Buckeyes as a favorite. In fact, ESPN itself has OSU as a - 2.5 point favorite over the Longhorns. And while that would hardly be the first time a No. 1 team was an underdog by Vegas standards, according to the "worldwide leader," it will be the first time in college football history that a No. 1-ranked preseason team has opened the season as an underdog. So, what is the closest a No. 1 team has come to not being favored in its season-opener? According to Doug Greenberg of ESPN, it was when No. 1 Florida State was a four-point favorite over No. 8 Miami (FL) and lost convincingly in the Orange Bowl, 31-0. The game between the Buckeyes and Longhorns is sure to be one of the most anticipated games of the college football season, and it's already generating a lot of buzz in not just Columbus and Austin, but across the country. Let's hope the home-field advantage OSU should get from playing in the 'Shoe is just what the scarlet and gray doctor ordered. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
