It’s July 24 and Indiana is already the Big Ten leader in one category — candidates for college football’s most outstanding player award.
Indeed, no conference team landed more players on the Maxwell Award’s preseason watch list than the Hoosiers, who saw nominations doled out to quarterback Michael Penix, running back Stevie Scott and receiver Whip Philyor. It’s the second watch list appearance this month for Scott and Philyor, who were previously named to the Doak Walker Watch List and the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, respectively.
Scott enters his junior season needing 18 yards to become the 14th Hoosier to reach 2,000 for his career.