Molden, Onwuzurike Named To Bednarik Watch List
July 13, 2020 | Football
Two Washington seniors – defensive back Elijah Molden and defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike – have been named to the preseason watch list for the 2020 Chuck Bednarik Award.
The Bednarik Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club, has been given to the nation's top defensive player since 1995, and is named for Chuck Bednarik, the former Penn and Philadelphia Eagles star.
After last season, Molden, a senior from West Linn, Ore., earned second-team All-America from Pro Football Focus, while also making the All-Pac-12 first team and the Academic All-District 8 first team. He started all 13 games, notching 70 tackles and four interceptions during the 2019 season.
Onwuzurike, a senior from Allen, Texas, was also a first-team All-Pac-12 pick last season, and was an Academic All-District 8 selection in 2017. He led all UW defensive linemen with 45 tackles in 2019, when he started 12 out of 13 games.
Today marks the first day of the two-week period during which most of the nation's preseason watch lists are revealed. Here is the schedule:
Monday July 13: Chuck Bednarik Award
Tuesday July 14 Davey O'Brien Award
Wednesday July 15 Doak Walker Award
Thursday July 16 Biletnikoff Award
Friday July 17 Mackey Award
Monday July 20 Jim Thorpe Award
Tuesday July 21 Outland Trophy & Nagurski Award
Wednesday July 22 Groza Award & Ray Guy Award
Thursday July 23 Hornung Award &Wuerffel Trophy
Friday July 24 Maxwell Award
The Bednarik Award, presented by the Maxwell Football Club, has been given to the nation's top defensive player since 1995, and is named for Chuck Bednarik, the former Penn and Philadelphia Eagles star.
After last season, Molden, a senior from West Linn, Ore., earned second-team All-America from Pro Football Focus, while also making the All-Pac-12 first team and the Academic All-District 8 first team. He started all 13 games, notching 70 tackles and four interceptions during the 2019 season.
Onwuzurike, a senior from Allen, Texas, was also a first-team All-Pac-12 pick last season, and was an Academic All-District 8 selection in 2017. He led all UW defensive linemen with 45 tackles in 2019, when he started 12 out of 13 games.
Today marks the first day of the two-week period during which most of the nation's preseason watch lists are revealed. Here is the schedule:
Monday July 13: Chuck Bednarik Award
Tuesday July 14 Davey O'Brien Award
Wednesday July 15 Doak Walker Award
Thursday July 16 Biletnikoff Award
Friday July 17 Mackey Award
Monday July 20 Jim Thorpe Award
Tuesday July 21 Outland Trophy & Nagurski Award
Wednesday July 22 Groza Award & Ray Guy Award
Thursday July 23 Hornung Award &Wuerffel Trophy
Friday July 24 Maxwell Award
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