BATON ROUGE, La. – On Thursday afternoon, the Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List was announced with six Tigers making the cut in Kendell Beckwith, Leonard Fournette, Davon Godchaux, Arden Key, Lewis Neal and Ethan Pocic.
The six LSU football players were among 158 candidates to make the initial list for the award to the player that demonstrates outstanding performance and skill in offensive or defensive positions and best exemplify the discipline, virtue and wisdom that defined Vincent Lombardi's exceptional brand of leadership.
The players selected for the watch list were chosen by earning All-American honors, being named to their respective all-conference teams, or by receiving 2016 pre-season honors.