Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Steven Montez was named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award that recognizes the best overall college football player on Monday. The announcement of the 85 players by the Maxwell Football Club included a total of 12 players from the Pac-12 conference.
The group of twelve, including Montez, selected to represent the conference are Arizona’s Khalil Tate, Arizona State’s Manny Wilkins and N’Keal Harry, Cal’s Patrick Laird, Oregon’s Justin Herbert, Stanford’s KJ Costello and Bryce Love, USC’s Stephen Carr, Utah’s Zack Moss, and Washington’s Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin.