Reese Named to Bednarik Watch List
Monday, July 16, 2018 | Football
2018 Bednarik Watch List
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Junior linebacker David Reese earned a spot on the 2018 Bednarik Award Watch List, as announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.
Reese, a sports management major, did not miss a start last season after returning from surgery on both wrists. The Farmington, MI. native led the team in tackles (102) and finished second on the team in tackles-for-loss (10). He also tallied 1.5 sacks, one interception and one quarterback hurry in 2017. Reese became the third Gators linebacker to record 100-plus tackles in a season since 2007 and only the second since 2010. He surpassed the 100-tackle mark when he posted a career-best 14 tackles against Florida State. He led the team in tackling in 10 out of the 11 games and became the first Gator linebacker to intercept a pass since 2017. Reese enters his junior season with 23 games played, 151 tackles, 12 tackles-for-loss and one defensive PAT.
The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced October 29, 2018, while the three finalists will be unveiled November 19, 2018. The winners of the 2018 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 6, 2018. The formal presentations of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 8, 2019.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Junior linebacker David Reese earned a spot on the 2018 Bednarik Award Watch List, as announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.
Reese, a sports management major, did not miss a start last season after returning from surgery on both wrists. The Farmington, MI. native led the team in tackles (102) and finished second on the team in tackles-for-loss (10). He also tallied 1.5 sacks, one interception and one quarterback hurry in 2017. Reese became the third Gators linebacker to record 100-plus tackles in a season since 2007 and only the second since 2010. He surpassed the 100-tackle mark when he posted a career-best 14 tackles against Florida State. He led the team in tackling in 10 out of the 11 games and became the first Gator linebacker to intercept a pass since 2017. Reese enters his junior season with 23 games played, 151 tackles, 12 tackles-for-loss and one defensive PAT.
The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced October 29, 2018, while the three finalists will be unveiled November 19, 2018. The winners of the 2018 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 6, 2018. The formal presentations of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 8, 2019.
NCFAA Preseason Watch Lists Unveiling Schedule
May 30
- Rimington Trophy (spring watch list)
- Bednarik Award
- Davey O'Brien Award
- Doak Walker Award
- Biletnikoff Award
- John Mackey Award
- Rimington Trophy
- Jim Thorpe Award
- Butkus Award
- Bronko Nagurski Award
- Outland Trophy
- Lou Groza Award
- Ray Guy Award
- Paul Hornung Award
- Wuerffel Trophy
- Walter Camp Award
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