Award watch lists grows
Senior defensive lineman Aikeem Coleman is the most recent athlete to be named to a preseason award watch list. Coleman was one of 34 athletes named to the Ted Hendricks watch list, one of four collegiate athletes not in a Power Five conference to be named to the list. The award is announced Dec. 6 and is given to the best defensive end in the country. The most recent award winners were Jonathan Allen of Alabama in 2016 and Carl Nassib of Penn State in 2015.
Last season Coleman was named the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year.