Arch Manning, Colin Simmons, and Anthony Hill were named to the preseason watch list for the Walter Camp Award on Monday, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced. The Walter Camp Award is presented annually to the college football player of the year. [Sign up for Inside Texas TODAY and get the BEST Longhorns coverage!] Texas […]
Arch Manning, Colin Simmons, and Anthony Hill were named to the preseason watch list for the Walter Camp Award on Monday, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced. The Walter Camp Award is presented annually to the college football player of the year.
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Texas has had three players bring home three Walter Camp Awards. Ricky Williams won the 1998 Walter Camp Award during his Heisman Trophy season, and Colt McCoy earned the honor in 2008 and 2009. McCoy is the only back-to-back and two-time award winner in the history of the Walter Camp.
Texas lead the nation with three selections to the 2025 watch list.
Manning was a third-team preseason All-SEC selection and was also named to the Maxwell Award watch list. He was 61-of-91 passing last year for 939 yards and nine touchdowns in 2024. He also rushed for four scores.
Simmons, also on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and a first-team preseason All-SEC selection, lead Texas with 9.0 sacks and was second in tackles for loss with 14.0 in 2024. He took home the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year trophy and was on the freshman All-SEC team.
Hill, a second-team All-American last year according to multiple outlets, was a preseason first-team All-SEC selection. He was a Butkus and Bednarik semifinalist in 2024. He notched a team leading 103 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, and four forced fumbles.
Travis Hunter of Colorado won the award last year.
2025 Preseason Watch List
- QB Drew Allar, Penn State
- QB Luke Altmyer, Illinois
- QB Carson Beck, Miami
- RB Vaughn Blue, Liberty
- QB Braylon Braxton, Southern Miss
- RB Isaac Brown, Louisville
- QB Byrum Brown, South Florida
- RB Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest
- QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas
- DB Caleb Downs, Ohio State
- QB Dequan Finn, Miami Ohio
- RB Anthony Hankerson, Oregon State
- RB Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech
- RB Al-Jay Henderson, Buffalo
- LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- LB Anthony Hill, Jr., Texas
- QB Blake Horvath, Navy
- RB Makhi Hughes, Oregon
- QB Nico Iamaleava, UCLA
- QB Keyone Jenkins, FIU
- EDGE Mikail Kamara, Edge, Indiana
- QB Cade Klubnik, Clemson
- QB DJ Lagway, Florida
- QB Sam Leavitt, Arizona State
- RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
- LB Kyle Louis, Pittsburgh
- QB Maddux Madsen, Boise State
- QB Arch Manning, Texas
- QB John Mateer, Oklahoma
- QB Dante Moore, Oregon
- QB Parker Navarro, Ohio
- QB Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
- QB Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
- WR/DB Koi Perich, Minnesota
- QB Kaidon Salter, Colorado
- QB LaNorris Sellars, South Carolina
- EDGE Colin Simmons, Texas
- RB Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
- WR Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
- EDGE Dylan Stewart, South Carolina
- TE Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
- RB Jai Den Thomas, UNLV
- WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State
- RB Jaheim White, West Virginia
- WR Ryan Williams, Alabama
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