Is there such a thing as a bad day during which we get to discuss Brad Wing? There is not! The LSU legsman has been named on a college football award watch list, which is the same thing as saying he has been named as a college football player. Nevertheless, the quest to claim what's rightfully his begins right here.
First, the watch list for the Lou Groza Award, which aims to award the best kicker:
- Drew Alleman, LSU
- Brett Baer, Louisiana
- Drew Basil, Ohio State
- Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia
- Maikon Bonani, USF
- Chris Boswell, Rice
- Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson
- Dan Conroy, Michigan State
- Mitch Ewald, Indiana
- Anthony Fera, Penn State
- Andrew Furney, Washington State
- Brendan Gibbons, Michigan
- Jack Griffin, FIU
- Andre Heidari, USC
- Parker Herrington, Air Force
- Zach Hocker, Arkansas
- Dustin Hopkins, Florida State
- Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma
- Ty Long, UAB
- Brett Maher, Nebraska
- Craig McIntosh, Kentucky
- Mike Meyer, Iowa
- Jimmy Newman, Wake Forest
- Cody Parkey, Auburn
- Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
- Jeremy Shelley, Alabama
- Caleb Sturgis, Florida
- Matt Weller, Ohio
- Jake Wieclaw, Miami
- Jordan Williamson, Stanford
And the Ray Guy, bequeathed to the nation's finest punter, ideally:
- Will Atterberry, North Texas
- Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech
- Tyler Bennett, Utah State
- Dalton Botts, Miami
- Dylan Breeding, Arkansas
- Ian Campbell, UTEP
- Tyler Campbell, Ole Miss
- Steven Clark, Auburn
- Bobby Cowan, Idaho
- Ron Doherty, Kansas
- Richard Kent, Vanderbilt
- Pete Kontodiakos, Colorado State
- Richie Leone, Houston
- Jeff Locke, UCLA
- Brett Maher, Nebraska
- Pat O'Donnell, Cincinnati
- Darragh O'Neill, Colorado
- Jackson Rice, Oregon
- Brian Schmiedebusch, Bowling Green
- Sean Sellwood, Utah
- Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
- Riley Stephenson, BYU
- Kirby Van Der Kamp, Iowa State
- Harrison Waid, San Jose State
- Brad Wing, LSU