Perryman Named to Nagurski Trophy Watch List
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami Hurricanes senior Denzel Perryman is one of 24 FBS linebackers named to the 2014 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, announced Thursday by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
A 2013 All-ACC first-team selection, Perryman started all 13 games at outside linebacker for the Hurricanes in 2013, registering a team-leading 108 total tackles including 69 solo stops. In addition to earning All-America Honorable Mention honors from SI.com, Perryman was the recipient of the Hurricanes’ 2013 Hard Hitter Award and Defensive MVP award.
Past Hurricane winners of the Nagurski Trophy include defensive lineman Warren Sapp (1994) and linebacker Dan Morgan (2000).
Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. The FWAA will choose a Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week each Tuesday throughout the season. If not already on the watch list, the honored player will be added at that time. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the 2014 Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Nov. 20.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from those five finalists who are part of the 2014 FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association’s entire membership, selects the 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner, the best defensive player in America.
The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be held on Dec. 8 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte. In addition to the 2014 Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner announcement, the banquet will also celebrate the recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, sponsored by Florida East Coast Railway. Maryland’s Randy White, a member of the FWAA’s 1974 All-America team and a College Football Hall of Famer, will be honored.
The FWAA has named 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. Pittsburgh tackle Aaron Donald won the award last season.
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2014 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST
TACKLES (10)
Michael Bennett, Ohio State
Malcom Brown, Texas
Christian Covington, Rice
Carl Davis, Iowa
Chucky Hunter, TCU
Grady Jarrett, Clemson
Luther Maddy, Virginia Tech
Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
Danny Shelton, Washington
Gabe Wright, Auburn
ENDS (23)
Henry Anderson, Stanford
Vic Beasley, Clemson
Joey Bosa, Ohio State
Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State
Frank Clark, Michigan
Tyeler Davison, Fresno State
Alvin Dupree, Kentucky
Mario Edwards Jr., Florida State
Devonte Fields, TCU
Trey Flowers, Arkansas
Dante Fowler Jr., Florida
Markus Golden, Missouri
Randy Gregory, Nebraska
Martin Ifedi, Memphis
Hau’oli Kikaha, Washington
Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville
Ryan Mueller, Kansas State
Shawn Oakman, Baylor
Cedric Reed, Texas
A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama
Charles Tapper, Oklahoma
Tony Washington, Oregon
Leonard Williams, USC
LINEBACKERS (24)
Stephone Anthony, Clemson
Kelby Brown, Duke
Kyler Fackrell, Utah State
Trey DePriest, Alabama
Leonard Floyd, Georgia
Alani Fua, BYU
Bryce Hager, Baylor
Ben Heeney, Kansas
Myles Jack, UCLA
Jordan Jenkins, Georgia
A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
Eric Kendricks, UCLA
Derrick Malone, Oregon
Tyler Matakevich, Temple
Derrick Matthews, Houston
Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State
Denzel Perryman, Miami
Hayes Pullard, USC
Jake Ryan, Michigan
Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame
Eric Striker, Oklahoma
A.J. Tarpley, Stanford
Shaq Thompson, Washington
Ramik Wilson, Georgia
BACKS (24)
Craig Bills, BYU
Alex Carter, Stanford
Sam Carter, TCU
Jeremy Cash, Duke
Landon Collins, Alabama
Blake Countess, Michigan
Su’a Cravens, USC
Quandre Diggs, Texas
Lorenzo Doss, Tulane
Kurtis Drummond, Michigan State
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon
Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech
Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida
Anthony Harris, Virginia
Steven Nelson, Oregon State
Marcus Peters, Washington
Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss
Jordan Richards, Stanford
KeiVarae Russell, Notre Dame
Zack Sanchez, Oklahoma
Derron Smith, Fresno State
Jared Tevis, Arizona
Trae Waynes, Michigan State
P.J. Williams, Florida State
