This year is no exception. Eleven different Sooners are named to the preseason watch lists for nine national awards.
The biggest and best of the individual awards is the Heisman Trophy. The candidate list for that coveted individual honor evolves as the college football season progresses. There are no Sooners on the short list of preseason Heisman candidates at this early stage, but Oklahoma does have the reigning Heisman winner in Baker Mayfield, and three Sooner players have captured college football’s most prestigious award three times in the past 14 seasons.
Preseason watch list have been announced for at least 14 individual awards.