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By this time next month, college football's preseason camps will be open around the country, and the countdown continues with the coordinated release of the individual preseason award watch lists.
As coordinated by the National College Football Awards Association, the first watch lists were released today, and BYU quarterback Riley Nelson appears on the 65-player nomination list for the Maxwell Award, given to the college player of the year.
The Cougars have had multiple Maxwell Award nominees in the past, with Ty Detmer winning the award in 1990.
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Also announced today was the watch list for the Bednarik Award, presented to the defensive player of the year, but while he was the only FBS player to record a stat in every defensive category in 2011, BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy was not among the 65 players named to the list. Two additional awards will offer Van Noy the chance for preseason recognition: the Bronco Nagurski Trophy (most outstanding defensive player) and Butkus Award (best linebacker).
The Nagurski watch list is released on Thursday, while the Butkus list is due out next Monday.
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