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Nagurski Trophy announces 2024 preseason watchlist

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The 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list was revealed Tuesday, via the Football Writers Association of American.

The FWAA selected 75 defensive standouts from 56 schools across the country. Last year’s winner Xavier Watts of Notre Dame is included, as well as five other players from last season’s FWAA All-America team.

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The list in its entirety can be viewed below.

2024 BRONKO NAGURSKI PRESEASON WATCH LIST (75)
DT Bear Alexander, USCLB Anthony Hill, TexasLB Harold Perkins, LSU
S Jahdae Barron, TexasS Maxen Hook, ToledoLB Colin Ramos, Navy
LB Jeffrey Bassa, OregonS Jack Howell, Colorado StateCB Shavon Revel, East Carolina
DE Tyler Batty, BYUDT Lee Hunter, UCFDE Kaimon Rucker, North Carolina
LB CJ Bazile, LibertyCB Travis Hunter, ColoradoLB Matt Salopek, Miami (Ohio)
S Billy Bowman, OklahomaDE Landon Jackson, ArkansasS Jonas Sanker, Virginia
CB Cobee Bryant, KansasLB Nick Jackson, IowaDE Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
CB Denzel Burke, Ohio StateDT Patrick Jenkins, TulaneS Malaki Starks, Georgia
DE Abdul Carter, Penn StateLB Nate Johnson, App StateLB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
CB Sebastian Castro, IowaCB Will Johnson, MichiganDT Junior Tafuna, Utah
S Jeremiah Cooper, Iowa StateS Ike Larsen, Utah StateS Dillon Thieneman, Purdue
DT Dontay Corleone, CincinnatiLB Deontae Lawson, AlabamaDE JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
DT Howard Cross III, Notre DameLB Jacob Manu, ArizonaDE Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
CB Tacario Davis, ArizonaLB Chandler Martin, MemphisS Jaden Voisin, South Alabama
S Caleb Downs, Ohio StateLB Nick Martin, Oklahoma StateDT Deone Walker, Kentucky
DE Joe Evans, UTSALB Francisco Mauigoa, MiamiDE Johnny Walker, Missouri
DT Joshua Farmer, Florida StateLB Smael Mondon, GeorgiaLB Marques Watson-Trent, Georgia Southern
S Beau Freyler, Iowa StateS Malachi Moore, AlabamaS Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
DE Ashton Gillotte, LouisvilleLB Xander Mueller, NorthwesternDE Maurice Westmoreland, UTEP
DT Mason Graham, MichiganCB Jabbar Muhammad, OregonLB Debo Williams, South Carolina
S Brylan Green, LibertyDT Walter Nolen, Ole MissDE Mykel Williams, Georgia
CB Maxwell Hairston, KentuckyDE CJ Nunnally IV, AkronDT Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
DE Ahmed Hassanein, Boise StateLB Collin Oliver, Oklahoma StateS Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin
LB Jason Henderson, Old DominionDE James Pearce, TennesseeLB Jackson Woodard, UNLV
LB Jay Higgins, IowaDT Aeneas Peeples, Virginia Tech (TR Duke)DE Peter Woods, Clemson

The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce the finalists for the 2024 trophy on November 20th. The winner will be revealed on December 9th at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet in Charlotte, N.C.

“The FWAA has chosen a National Defensive Player of the Year since 1993,” the release read. “In 1995, the FWAA named the award in honor of the legendary two-way player from the University of Minnesota. Nagurski dominated college football, then became a star for professional football’s Chicago Bears in the 1930s. Bronislaw “Bronko” Nagurski is a charter member of both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame.”