3Aug 2012
The Maxwell Football Club released their Maxwell and Bednarik Award watch lists today, and there are a couple Wolverines on the list – along with several guys on Michigan’s schedule and in the Big Ten:
MAXWELL AWARD (Best Overall Player)
A.J. McCarron – QB – Alabama
Eddie Lacy – RB – Alabama
James Vandenberg – QB – Iowa
Denard Robinson – QB – Michigan
Fitzgerald Toussaint – RB – Michigan
Le’Veon Bell – RB – Michigan State
Rex Burkhead – RB – Nebraska
Cierre Wood – RB – Notre Dame
Tyler Eifert – TE – Notre Dame
Braxton Miller – QB – Ohio State
Silas Redd – RB – Penn State
Logan Thomas – QB – Virginia Tech*
Montee Ball – RB – Wisconsin
BEDNARIK AWARD (Best Defensive Player)
Nico Johnson – LB – Alabama
Robert Lester – CB – Alabama
C.J. Mosley – LB – Alabama
Jesse Williams – DT – Alabama
Jonathan Brown – LB – Illinois
Michael Buchanan – DE – Illinois
Micah Hyde – CB – Iowa
James Morris – LB – Iowa
Johnny Adams – CB – Michigan State
Denicos Allen – LB – Michigan State
Max Bullough – LB – Michigan State
William Gholston – LB – Michigan State
Manti Te’o – LB – Notre Dame
Johnathan Hankins – DT – Ohio State
John Simon – DE – Ohio State
Gerald Hodges – LB – Penn State
Ricardo Allen – CB – Purdue
Kawann Short – DT – Purdue
Kyle Fuller – CB – Virginia Tech*
James Gayle – DE – Virginia Tech*
Bruce Taylor – LB – Virginia Tech*
Chris Borland – LB – Wisconsin
*Virginia Tech isn’t on the schedule this coming season, obviously, but Michigan just played them in January, so I thought it was relevant.