Given annually to the nation’s best defensive player since 1993, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy has released its 2010 Watch List.
And an extensive watch list it is, comprised of 74 players from ten conferences and two divisions of football.
The ACC leads the charge with 13 players named to the preseason list, followed by the SEC (12), Big 12 (10), Pac-10 (9) and Big Ten (8). The Big East has five players on the list, just one more than the Mountain West’s and Conference USA’s four.
Mark LeGree of Div. 1-AA Appalachian State also made the early cut.
Here’s the complete list of players in line for the Nagurski in 2010:
