5 Tennessee Volunteers Named to 2015 Maxwell and Bednarik Award Watch Lists

Yardbarker | July 13, 2015

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Tennessee's season opener is still nearly two months away, but the Volunteers are already making national headlines, placing five players on the preseason watch lists for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards. The five representatives on the two watch lists is two more than other team in the SEC.

For the Robert W. Maxwell Award, which has been given out annually to the best player in college football since 1937, Tennessee is represented by junior quarterback Joshua Dobbs and sophomore running back Jalen Hurd.