Hey, at least they’re a bit selective relative to other awards.
Regardless, the Ray Guy Award became the latest to release its watch list, with a mere 23 players making up this year’s initial group. Included on the 2013 preseason list are four semifinalists from 2012: Florida’s Kyle Christy, Auburn’s Steven Clark, Marshall’s Tyler Williams and Iowa State’s Kirby Van Der Kamp.
The award has been given out annually since 2000 in honor of Ray Guy, the former Southern Miss and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders great. Last year’s award went to Louisiana Tech’s Ryan Allen, the second year in a row he claimed that honor.
• Steven Clark (Sr.), Auburn
• Pat O’Donnell (Gr.), Miami (Fl.)
• Darragh O’Neill (Jr.), Colorado
• Will Monday (So.), Duke
• Trent Tignor (Sr.), East Carolina
• Kyle Christy (Jr.), Florida
• Richie Leone (Sr.), Houston
• Justin DuVernois (Jr.), Illinois
• Kirby Van Der Kamp (Jr.), Iowa State
• Anthony Melchiori (So.), Kent State
• Landon Foster (So.), Kentucky
• Tyler Williams (So.), Marshall
• Colter Johnson (Sr.), Massachusetts
• Tom Hornsey (Sr.), Memphis
• Mike Sadler (Jr.), Michigan State
• Ben Skaer (Sr.), New Mexico
• Cayle Chapman-Brown (Sr.), New Mexico State
• Thomas Hibbard (Jr.), North Carolina
• Keith Kostol (Jr.), Oregon State
• Cody Webster (Sr.), Purdue
• Harrison Waid (Sr.), San Jose State
• Mike Loftus (Jr.), SMU
• Ethan Perry (So.), TCU
• Hunter Mullins (Jr.), UAB
• Michael Bowlin (Sr.), Washington State
