BOULDER—Senior Nate Landman was one of 91 players on the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. The award is given to the best defensive player in college football and kicks off two weeks of watch list announcements.
Landman, who was on the Bednarik Award watch list last season, is returning for his senior season and has earned various levels of All-America and All-Pac-12 honors each of the last two years. He became just the sixth CU player to record 250 tackles in adjoining seasons (123 in 2018 and 137 in 2019), and he's the two-time defending defensive MVP for the Buffs.