The offseason is slowly reaching its end, with conference media days coming up and the start of fall camp just weeks away. Preseason predictions are nearing their peak, with media members and fans giving out their selections for the best teams and players in the country.
On Tuesday, the National College Football Awards Association released the first of its 16 preseason watch lists of the season, including one of the biggest awards not named the Heisman Trophy—the Maxwell Award, given to college football's "player of the year."
Here are the names that make up this year's massive list of preseason Maxwell candidates:
| Name | Position | School | Class |
| Kyle Allen | QB | Texas A&M | Sophomore |
| Tommy Armstrong Jr. |