Myles Bryant Named To Thorpe Award Watch List
July 22, 2019 | Football
Senior Myles Bryant has been named to the preseason watch list for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, given annually by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame to the nation's top college defensive back.
Bryant, a senior defensive back from Pasadena, Calif., has started 25 games over the last two seasons and enters the 2019 season as the most experienced player on a defense that has finished atop the Pac-12 the last four seasons. Bryant was a second-team All-Pac-12 player last year after having earned honorable mention in 2017.
Last week, he was named to the preseason watch list for the Bednarik Award.
Today marks the sixth day of summer watch-list season as, over a two-week period, lists for 16 college postseason awards will be announced. Here's the schedule:
Mon., July 15 – Bednarik Award & Maxwell Award
Tue., July 16 – Davey O'Brien Award
Wed., July 17 – Doak Walker Award
Thu., July 18 – Biletnikoff Award
Fri., July 19 – Mackey Award & Rimington Trophy
Mon., July 22 – Paycom Jim Thorpe Award & Butkus Award
Tue., July 23 – Outland Trophy presented by NFID & Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Wed., July 24 – Lou Groza Award & Ray Guy Award
Thu., July 25 – Paul Hornung Award & Wuerffel Trophy
Fri., July 26 – Walter Camp Award
Bryant, a senior defensive back from Pasadena, Calif., has started 25 games over the last two seasons and enters the 2019 season as the most experienced player on a defense that has finished atop the Pac-12 the last four seasons. Bryant was a second-team All-Pac-12 player last year after having earned honorable mention in 2017.
Last week, he was named to the preseason watch list for the Bednarik Award.
Today marks the sixth day of summer watch-list season as, over a two-week period, lists for 16 college postseason awards will be announced. Here's the schedule:
Mon., July 15 – Bednarik Award & Maxwell Award
Tue., July 16 – Davey O'Brien Award
Wed., July 17 – Doak Walker Award
Thu., July 18 – Biletnikoff Award
Fri., July 19 – Mackey Award & Rimington Trophy
Mon., July 22 – Paycom Jim Thorpe Award & Butkus Award
Tue., July 23 – Outland Trophy presented by NFID & Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Wed., July 24 – Lou Groza Award & Ray Guy Award
Thu., July 25 – Paul Hornung Award & Wuerffel Trophy
Fri., July 26 – Walter Camp Award
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