Iowa State’s Charlie Kolar Leads Mackey Award Watch List
Iowa State’s Charlie Kolar was among the Big 12 tight ends named to the 2021 John Mackey Award Watch List on Friday.
The watch list revealed the tight ends that are initial candidates for the award given to the best tight in college football. It is named for John Mackey.
Charlie Kolar was also named to the Biletnikoff Watch List on Thursday, given to the best pass catcher in college football.
Last season Kolar was a finalist for the Mackey Award, which eventually went to Florida’s Kyle Pitts.
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Kolar was named a Second Team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation and the American Football Coaches Association, while earning Third Team All-American from the Associated Press. He was the Cyclones’ first two-time All-American since Troy Davis in 1995-96 (Kolar was also named an All-American in 2019). The First Team All-Big 12 selection led all Big 12 tight ends with 44 catches, 591 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions.
Kolar’s teammate, Chase Allen is also on the watch list.
Other Big 12 players on the Mackey Award Watch List include Oklahoma’s Austin Stogner, Texas’ Cade Brewer, West Virginia’s Mike O’Laughlin, Texas Tech’s Travis Koontz and Baylor’s Ben Sims.
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2021 John Mackey Award Watch List
(Big 12 Players in Bold)
Jalen Wydermeyer, Texas A&M
Nick Muse, South Carolina
Jahleel Billingsley, Alabama
Arik Gilbert, Georgia
John Samuel Shenker, Auburn
Hudson Henry, Arkansas
Darnell Washington, Georgia
Keon Zipperer, Florida
Jake Ferguson, Wisconsin
Peyton Hendershot, Indiana
Sam Laporta, Iowa
Brenton Strange, Penn State
Jeremy Ruckert, Ohio State
Chigoziem Okonkwo, Maryland
Charlie Mangieri, Northwestern
Austin Allen, Nebraska
James Mitchell, Virginia Tech
Will Mallory, Miami
Garrett Walston, North Carolina
Braden Galloway, Clemson
Brandon Chapman, Wake Forest
Camren McDonald, Florida State
Lucas Krull, Pittsburgh
Jelani Woods, Virginia
Charlie Kolar, Iowa State
Austin Stogner, Oklahoma
Chase Allen, Iowa State
Cade Brewer, Texas
Mike O’Laughlin, West Virginia
Travis Koontz, Texas Tech
Ben Sims, Baylor
Cade Otten, Washington
Greg Dulcich, UCLA
Benjamin Yurosek, Stanford
Jake Tonges, California
Teagan Quitoriano, Oregon State
Cole Fotheringham, Utah
Brady Russell, Colorado
Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
Isaac Rex, BYU
Sean Dykes, Memphis
Josh Whyle, Cincinnati
Grant Calcaterra, SMU
Cole Turner, Nevada
Trey McBride, Colorado State
Derrick Deese, San Jose State
Saniel Bellinger, San Diego State
Joshua Simon, WKU
Hayden Pittman, UAB
Leroy Watson, UTSA
Thomas Odukoya, Eastern Michigan
Ryan Luehrman, Ohio
Isaiah Likely, Coastal Carolina
Roger Carter, Georgia State
Henry Pearson, Appalachian State
Johnny Lumpkin, Louisiana
