Brock Purdy Leads Big 12 Players on Wuerffel Watch List
Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy leads several Big 12 players selected to the 2021 Danny Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, which was released on Thursday.
Purdy led the Cyclones to one of their best seasons in history, winning nine games and ending up at the top of the Big 12 standings in the regular season. Despite losing to OU in the Big 12 title game, the Cyclones went on to defeat Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. In most preseason polls the Cyclones are in the Top 10. Purdy is a two-time O’Brien Award semifinalist.
Established in 2005, The Wuerffel Trophy honors college football athletes who are serving others, while also achieving greatness on the football field and in the classroom. As part of the National Football Federation’s Collegiate Awards, The Wuerffel Trophy was the first major award honoring the character of service to others.
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The other Big 12 players named to the Watch List were Byron Hanspard, Jr. of Baylor, Evan Staley of West Virginia, Jarret Doege of West Virginia, Kwamie Lassiter II of Kansas, Obinna Eze of TCU, Pat Fields of Oklahoma, Sean Mahone of West Virginia and Skylar Thompson of Kansas State.
There is one more college football award watch lists to be released this week. The Walter Camp Award is released on Friday.
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2021 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
(Big 12 Players in Bold)
A’Jon Vivens, Colorado State
Alex Mollette, Marshall
Andre Harris, Jr., Arkansas State,
Austin Williams, Mississippi State
Bailey Flint, Toledo
Ben Stille, Nebraska
Brandon Martin, Ball State
Brian Cobbs, Maryland
Brian Keating, Uconn
Brock Hoffman, Virginia Tech
Brock Purdy, Iowa State
Bryce Cosby
Bryce Wolma, Arizona
Bubba Arslanian
Byron Hanspard, Jr., Baylor
Cal Adomitis, Pittsburgh
Calvin Tyler, Jr., Utah State
Camren McDonald, Florida State
Chris Owens, Alabama
Chris Paul, Tulsa
Colby Ragland, UAB
Damone Clark, LSU
Darien Rencher, Clemson
Derek Dorsey, Louisville
Deslin Alexandre, Pittsburgh
Elijah McAllister, Vanderbilt
Evan Staley, West Virginia
Faion Hicks, Wisconsin
Harry Miller, Ohio State
Hekili Keliiliki, Hawai’i,
Holten Ahers, East Carolina
Hunter Duplessis, UTSA
Ikenna Enechukwu, Rice
Isaac Vance, Kent State
Isaiah Moore, N.C. State
Isaiah Sanders, Stanford
Jabari Laws, Army
Jackson He, Arizona State
Jake Bobo, Duke
James Empey, BYU
Jarret Doege, West Virginia
Jaydon Grant, Oregon State
Joe Spivak, Northwestern
Jordan Silver, Arkansas
Jordan Young, Old Dominion
Joshua Mote, Louisiana Tech
Juanyeh Thomas, Georgia Tech
Julio Garcia II, UNLV
Kaevon Merriweather, Iowa
Keith Gallmon, South Alabama
Kekaula Kaniho, Boise State
Keldrick Carper, Texas A&M
Kennedy Roberts, Coastal Carolina
Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky
Kingsley Jonathan, Syracuse
Kwamie Lassiter II, Kansas
Levi Lewis, Louisiana
Luke Whittemore, Troy
Mac Brown, Ole Miss
Marcus Jones, Houston
Matthew Butler, Tennessee
Michael Marchese, Illinois
Michael Saffell, Cal
Michael Ziemba, Indiana
Mika Tafua, Utah
Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan
Mitchell Brinkman, USF
Mo Hasan, USC
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, Notre Dame
Nakobe Dean, Georgia
Nate Landman, Colorado
Nick Anderson, Tulane
Nick Brahms, Auburn
Obinna Eze, TCU
Pat Fields, Oklahoma
Peter Agabe, Charlotte
Preston Brady, Memphis
Race Porter, Washington
Re-Al Mitchell, Temple
Reed Blankenship, Middle Tennessee
Reeves Blankenship, Louisiana Tech,
Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern
Sage Doxtater, New Mexico State
Sam Allan, Kent State
Sean Clifford, Penn State
Sean Mahone, West Virginia
Shaine Hailey, SMU
Shea Pitts, UCLA
Skylar Thompson, Kansas State
Spencer Eason-Riddle, South Carolina
Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
Tariq Speights, Eastern Michigan
Thomas Hennigan, App State
Tony Bradford, Jr., Texas Tech
Ty Hardimon, Wake Forest
Tyler Badie, Missouri
Tyler Vitt, Texas State
Tysyn Parker, San Jose State
Zachary Carter, Florida
