CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - UNI linebacker Spencer Cuvelier is among the first 35 FCS players nominated to the 2022 Buck Buchanan Award preseason watch list.
Stats Perform presents the Buck Buchanan Award to the national defensive player of the year in college football's Division I subdivision.
More players can join the watch list during the regular season, and afterwards a national media panel will select the winner. First awarded in 1995, the Buchanan includes past recipients such as Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis, Jared Allen and Arthur Moats.
Cuvelier, a senior linebacker from Cresco, Iowa, has also been nominated for the Allstate's 31st AFCA Good Works Team, one of the most coveted community service awards in college football.