DALLAS – Texas Football junior JACK Joseph Ossai and junior DB Caden Sterns were named to the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy presented by LendingTree, the Football Writers Association of America and Charlotte Touchdown Club announced Tuesday. The Nagurski Trophy is awarded annually to the best defensive player in college football.
Longhorn Legends Derrick Johnson and Brian Orakpo are the two Longhorns to win the Nagurski Trophy, doing so in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Malcom Brown was also a finalist for the award in 2014. Tuesday's announcement marked the second-straight year that Sterns was recognized on the trophy's preseason watch list, and the first such recognition for Ossai.