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ESPN announces finalists for upcoming 2022 college football awards show
By Andrew Olson
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Many of the top awards for the 2022 college football season are set to be handed out on Thursday. ESPN will broadcast the 32nd annual edition of the College Football Awards show (7 p.m. ET).
Monday, ESPN revealed the finalists for many of the awards featured on the show. Nine of the awards handed out are presented by the National College Football Awards Association.
Here are the finalists NCFAA awards:
| Chuck Bednarik Award Defensive Player of the Year |
Will Anderson Jr., Alabama Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati Tuli Tuipulotu, USC |
| Biletnikoff Award Outstanding Receiver |
Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee |
| Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Outstanding Placekicker |
Christopher Dunn, NC State Joshua Karty, Stanford Jake Moody, Michigan |
| Ray Guy Award Punter of the Year |
Mason Fletcher, Cincinnati Bryce Baringer, Michigan State Adam Korsak, Rutgers |
| Maxwell Award Player of the Year |
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State Hendon Hooker, Tennessee Caleb Williams, USC |
| Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Best Quarterback |
Max Duggan, TCU C.J. Stroud, Ohio State Caleb Williams, USC |
| Outland Trophy Most Outstanding Interior Lineman |
Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan Peter Skoronski Northwestern |
| Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Best Defensive Back |
Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU Clark Phillips III, Utah Devon Witherspoon, Illinois |
| Doak Walker Award Premier Running Back |
Chase Brown, Illinois Blake Corum, Michigan Bijan Robinson, Texas |
| Burlsworth Trophy College football’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on |
Aidan O’Connell, Purdue Carlton Martial, Troy Stetson Bennett, Georgia |
| John Mackey Award Outstanding Tight End |
Brock Bowers, Georgia Michael Mayer, Notre Dame Sam LaPorta, Iowa |
| Nagurski Trophy | Will Anderson Jr., Alabama Calijah Kancey, Pitt Christopher Smith, Georgia Tuli Tuipulotu, USC |
| Wuerffel Trophy Community Service with Athletic & Academic Achievement |
Dillan Gibbons, Florida State Tanner Morgan, Minnesota Patrick Fields, Stanford |
Thursday’s award show does not include the Heisman Trophy. The Heisman finalists are set to be announced Monday evening and the winner crowned Saturday.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
