Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon led 16 Big 12 players on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List, which was released on Wednesday.
Gordon, who won this award last year along with the Doak Walker Award, returns to the Cowboys after he led the nation with 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns. He opted to return for one more season in Stillwater to play for a team that has a chance to win the Big 12 Championship and earn the league’s berth in the expanded College Football Playoff.
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The other Big 12 players selected to the watch list included Kansas wide receiver Lawrence Arnold, Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks, TCU tight end Drake Dabney, Baylor quarterback Dequan Finn, TCU quarterback Josh Hoover, Texas Tech wide receiver Josh Kelly, UCF center Caden Kitler, Utah tight end Brant Kuithe, BYU running back L J Martin, Arizona State running back Alton McCaskill, Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Houston quarterback Donovan Smith, Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson and TCU wide receiver Savion Williams.
Brooks is another serious candidate for the award. Like Gordon, he opted not to go to the NFL after he rushed for more than 1,500 yards in 2023.
The award is named for the former Texas Longhorns legend, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1977 and went on to a NFL career that led to his induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Because the award is named for Campbell and because of his Texas roots, the award is given each year to the best Division I player who played football at and graduated from a Texas high school and/or currently playing at a Texas Division 1 four-year college.
2024 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
Ife Adeyi, Sam Houston, WR
Kelly Akharaiyi, Mississippi State, WR
Sedrick Alexander, Vanderbilt, RB
Nic Anderson, Oklahoma, WR
Lawrence Arnold, Kansas, WR
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Jackson Arnold, Oklahoma, QB
Kevorian Barnes, UTSA, RB
Jacob Bayer, Arkansas State, Center
Dillon Bell, Georgia, WR
Ulysses Bentley IV, Ole Miss, RB
Braylon Braxton, Marshall, QB
Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee, WR
Robert Briggs Jr., Utah State, RB
Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech, RB
Caleb Burton III, Auburn, WR
Jeremiah Byers, Florida State, OL
Dalevon Campbell, South Carolina, WR
Hudson Card, Purdue, QB
Oscar Cardenas, UTSA, TE
Dean Connors, Rice, RB
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Drake Dabney, TCU, TE
Bryson Daily, Army West Point, QB
Kordell David, New Mexico State, WR
Kyron Drones, Virginia Tech, QB
Stone Earle, Marshall, QB
Bert Emanuel Jr., Central Michigan, QB
Omari Evans, Penn State, WR
Nick Evers, UConn, QB
Quinn Ewers, Texas, QB
Jay Fair, USC, WR
Dequan Finn, Baylor, QB
Elijah Fisher, ULM, OL
Braydon Fowler-Nicolosi, Colorado State, QB
Zakhari Franklin, Illinois, WR
Trey Goodman, UTEP, WR
Thomas Gordon, Northwestern, TE
Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State, RB
Jaden Greathouse, Notre Dame, WR
Bryson Green, Wisconsin, WR
Taylen Green, Arkansas, QB
Hayden Hansen, Florida, TE
Seth Henigan, Memphis, QB
Josh Hoover, TCU, QB
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State, RB
Quinten Joyner, USC, RB
Josh Kelly, Texas Tech, WR
Haynes King, Georgia Tech, QB
Caden Kitler, UCF, Center
Cade Klubnik, Clemson, QB
Brant Kuithe, Utah, TE
Brendon Lewis, Nevada, QB
Ismail Mahdi, Texas State, RB
L J Martin, BYU, RB
Damien Martinez, Miami, RB
John Mateer, Washington State, QB
Alton McCaskill, Arizona State, RB
Devin McCuin, UTSA, WR
Lake McRee, USC, TE
Caleb Medford, New Mexico, WR
Jalen Milroe, Alabama, QB
Chandler Morris, North Texas, QB
Behren Morton, Texas Tech, QB
Isaiah Neyor Nebraska, WR
Alex Orji, Michigan, QB
Myles Price, Indiana, WR
Savion Red, Nevada, RB
J’Onre Reed, Syracuse, Center
Chandler Rogers, California, QB
Kaidon Salter, Liberty, QB
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado, QB
Brayden Schager, Hawai’i, QB
Raylen Sharpe, Fresno State, WR
Donovan Smith, Houston, QB
Noah Smith, Sam Houston, WR
Jaden Smith, Nevada, WR
Evan Stewart, Oregon, WR
Preston Stone, SMU, QB
Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt, TE
J.Michael Sturdivant, UCLA, WR
Jack Turner, Louisiana Tech, QB
Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State, WR
Cam Ward, Miami, QB
Dre’lyn Washington, Louisiana, RB
Anthony Watkins, Tulsa, RB
Romello Watson, Georgia State, OL
Conner Weigman, Texas A&M, QB
Van Wells, Oregon State, OL
Savion Williams, TCU, WR
Josh Williams, LSU, RB
Kelby Williams, Old Dominion, WR
Kole Wilson, Texas State, WR
Nathaniel Yarnell, Pitt, QB
Jacob Zeno, UAB, QB
