With the 2015 college football season a little under two months away, the annual preseason award watch lists are starting to be released.
Earlier this week Louisville defensive end Sheldon Rankins was honored as one of eighty players to be named to the 2015 Benarik Award watch list.
The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive collegiate football player adjudged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former collegiate and professional American football player.
Voters for the Maxwell College Awards are NCAA Head College Football Coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club & sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country.