Pair of Alabama WRs land on Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list
The Biletnikoff Award revealed its 2025 preseason watch list on Wednesday, continuing two weeks of watch list unveilings, and Alabama’s top two returning receivers made the cut.
Crimson Tide wideouts Germie Bernard and Ryan Williams were selected to the watch list for the Biletnikoff, which is annually presented to college football’s top pass-catcher. Any player, regardless of position, who catches a pass is eligible to win the postseason award.
As a freshman in 2024, Williams caught 48 passes for 865 yards and eight touchdowns. After transferring from Washington to Alabama last offseason, Bernard caught 50 passes for 794 yards and two touchdowns. They were the only two Crimson Tide wide receivers who caught more than 11 passes last season, and they’re both back for another year.
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Alabama has had three wide receivers win the Biletnikoff Award in program history – Amari Cooper did it in 2014, Jerry Jeudy in 2018 and, most recently, DeVonta Smith in 2020.
Alabama players/coaches on preseason watch lists:
Lott IMPACT Trophy – Deontae Lawson, LT Overton
Dodd Trophy – Kalen DeBoer
Maxwell Award – Ryan Williams
Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Tim Keenan, Deontae Lawson, LT Overton
Outland Trophy – Parker Brailsford, Kadyn Proctor, Jaeden Roberts
Butkus Award – Deontae Lawson, Justin Jefferson
Paul Hornung Award – Ryan Williams
Wuerffel Trophy – LT Overton
Walter Camp Award – Ryan Williams
Patrick Mannelly Award – David Bird
Doak Walker Award – Jam Miller
Biletnikoff Award – Germie Bernard, Ryan Williams
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