D’Shawn Jamison leads Big 12 on Paul Hornung Watch List
Texas special teams ace D’Shawn Jamison leads several Big 12 players selected to the 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, which was released on Thursday.
Jamison was the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2020, and also earned All-Big 12 honorable mention as a kick/punt returner. He played in all 10 games, serving as the Longhorns’ primary punt and kick returner. He 17 kicks for 564 yards and one touchdown, set a UT single season record with a 31.7 yards-per-return average on kickoff, and his 564 kickoff return yards rank as the third-most in a season in school history. As a defensive back, he also had 31 tackles and broke up six passes.
The Paul Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission in the memory of the late football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung.
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The other Big 12 players named to the Watch List were Phillip Brooks of Kansas State, Derius Davis of TCU, Tresten Ebner of Baylor, Kenny Logan Jr. of Kansas, Marvin Mims of Oklahoma, Myles Price of Texas Tech and Winston Wright Jr. of West Virginia.
There are two more college football award watch lists to be released this week. The Wuerrfel Award is released on Thursday, while the Walter Camp Award is released on Friday.
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2021 Hornung Award Watch List
(Big 12 Players in Bold)
Jacob Adams, Louisiana Tech
Tyler Allgeier, BYU
Tyler Badie, Missouri
Jake Bailey, Rice
Tank Bigsby, Auburn
Phillip Brooks, Kansas State
Jermaine Brown Jr., UAB
Jordan Byrd, San Diego State
Tyleek Collins, UNLV
Britain Covey, Utah
Aron Cruickshank, Rutgers
Derius Davis, TCU
Nathaniel Dell, Houston
Jahan Dotson, Penn State
Romeo Doubs, Nevada
Demario Douglas, Liberty
Jerrion Ealy, Ole Miss
Tresten Ebner, Baylor
Jahmyr Gibbs, Georgia Tech
Danny Gray, Southern Methodist
Donavon Greene, Wake Forest
Justin Hall, Ball State
Travell Harris, Washington State
Connor Heyward, MSU
Khaleb Hood, Georgia Southern
Jha’Quan Jackson, Tulane
D’Shawn Jamison, Texas
Cam Johnson, Vandy
Jeshaun Jones, Maryland
Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
Zonovan Knight, NC State
Jaylan Knighton, Miami
Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
DJ Matthews, Indiana
Marvin Mims, Oklahoma
Kyle Phillips, UCLA
Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
Myles Price, Texas Tech
Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
Jayden Reed, Michigan State
Nikko Remigio, Cal
Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State
Stephon Robinson Jr., Northwestern
Tyrell Robinson, Army
Wandale Robinson, Kentucky
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
Chris Smith, Louisiana Tech
Tyler Snead, East Carolina
Caleb Spurlin, Appalachian State
Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
Keylon Stokes, Tulsa
Deandre Torrey, North Texas
Calvin Turner Jr., Hawaii
Kyren Williams, Notre Dame
Garret Wilson, Ohio State
Mykael Wright, Oregon
Winston Wright Jr., West Virginia
