BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State football standouts Zac Thomas and Darrynton Evans have made the watch list for the Maxwell Award, which is given to America's College Player of the Year, and Akeem Davis-Gaither is on the watch list for the Bednarik Award that goes to the College Defensive Player of the Year.
App State is one of just 11 programs nationally with at least two players on the Maxwell Award watch list, and it's the only Group of Five program with that distinction. Davis-Gaither is one of 25 linebackers on the Bednarik Award watch list, which includes two Sun Belt Conference defenders.