Diego Pavia and Eli Stowers Named to Walter Camp Award Watch List
Two of Vanderbilt’s stars on the offensive side of the ball were named to the 2025 Walter Camp Award watch list – QB Diego Pavia and TE Eli Stowers. The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is presented annually to the, you guessed it, most outstanding player in college football. Recent winners include
CB/WR Travis Hunter (2024)
QB Jayden Daniels (2023)
QB Caleb Williams (2022)
RB Kenneth Walker III (2021)
WR DeVonta Smith (2020)
QB Joe Burrow (2019)
This is the second national award watch list that has included Diego Pavia, the other being the Maxwell Award. Pavia accounted for over 3,000 yards of total offense and 28 touchdowns for the Commodores last season.
Tight End Eli Stowers was also deservedly named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watch list. Widely considered one of the best TEs in the country, Stowers caught 49 passes for 638 yards and 5 TDs last season in black and gold. The Pavia–Stowers connection looks poised to take a step forward statistically in 2025 if Vanderbilt is able to find additional threats out of the backfield and on the outside.
46 total players were named to the watch list
Drew Allar, QB, Penn State
Luke Altmyer, QB, Illinois
Carson Beck, QB, Miami
Vaughn Blue, RB, Liberty
Braylon Braxton, QB, Southern Miss
Isaac Brown, RB, Louisville
Byrum Brown, QB, South Florida
Demond Claiborne, RB, Wake Forest
Jalon Daniels, QB, Kansas
Caleb Downs, DB, Ohio State
Dequan Finn, QB, Miami Ohio
Anthony Hankerson, RB, Oregon State
Jamal Haynes, RB, Georgia Tech
Al-Jay Henderson, RB, Buffalo
Jason Henderson, LB, Old Dominion
Anthony Hill, Jr., LB, Texas
Blake Horvath, QB, Navy
Makhi Hughes, RB, Oregon
Nico Iamaleava, QB, UCLA
Keyone Jenkins, QB, FIU
Mikail Kamara, Edge, Indiana
Cade Klubnik, QB, Clemson
DJ Lagway, QB, Florida
Sam Leavitt, QB, Arizona State
Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame
Kyle Louis, LB, Pittsburgh
Maddux Madsen, QB, Boise State
Arch Manning, QB, Texas
John Mateer, QB, Oklahoma
Dante Moore, QB, Oregon
Parker Navarro, QB, Ohio
Garrett Nussmeier, QB, LSU
Diego Pavia, QB, Vanderbilt
Koi Perich, WR/DB, Minnesota
Kaidon Salter, QB, Colorado
LaNorris Sellars, QB, South Carolina
Colin Simmons, Texas
Nicholas Singleton, RB, Penn State
Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State
Dylan Stewart, Edge, South Carolina
Eli Stowers, TE, Vanderbilt
Jai Den Thomas, RB, UNLV
Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State
Jaheim White, RB, West Virginia
Ryan Williams, WR, Alabama
Peter Woods, DL, Clemson
The winner of the 2025 Walter Camp Award will be announced during ESPN’s College Football Awards show on December 12th.
