Howell Returns to Nagurski Award Watch List

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FORT COLLINS – Colorado State senior safety Jack Howell has been named to the watch list for the 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy for the second-consecutive season, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced on Tuesday.

Howell, a preseason all-conference selection on the Mountain West team, led the Rams' secondary and defense in 2023 as the second-leading tackler in the Mountain West with 114 tackles and 9.5 per game. He was third in the nation among defensive backs in tackles last season and earned All-Mountain West First Team recognition for the second-consecutive season.

The watch list is comprised of 75 players nationally and the trophy recognizes the best defensive player in college football. Howell is one of four Mountain West players to be named to the watch list.

The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce finalists for the 2024 trophy on Nov. 20 and the winner will be unveiled Dec. 9 at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet in Charlotte, N.C.

The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association's full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from the five finalists named in November. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football.

The FWAA has chosen a National Defensive Player of the Year since 1993. In 1995, the FWAA named the award in honor of the legendary two-way player from the University of Minnesota. Nagurski dominated college football, then became a star for professional football's Chicago Bears in the 1930s. Bronislaw "Bronko" Nagurski is a charter member of both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football's most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 12 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.

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