Miami Places Three Receivers on Biletnikoff Award Watch List
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Three Hurricanes earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the 2024 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, as announced by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation.
Wide receivers Sam Brown, Jacolby George and Xavier Restrepo comprised the trio for Miami, as the Hurricanes were the lone program nationally with three honorees.
The watch list features 49 student-athletes with the goal of recognizing the season’s outstanding FBS receiver in college football. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back and running back), who catches a pass is eligible for the award.
Brown — who spent the past two seasons at Houston — totaled 1,286 receiving yards with the Cougars.
In 2023, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound wideout posted 62 receptions, 815 yards and three touchdowns, garnering Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades.
George enjoyed a breakout campaign for the Hurricanes a year ago, ranking third in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a career-high 864 receiving yards.
The All-ACC Third Team pick finished with 57 catches and registered a team-high eight receiving touchdowns, highlighted by a three-score performance against No. 23 Texas A&M on Sept. 9.
Last year, Restrepo delivered one of the best campaigns by a wide receiver in Miami history, setting a program single-season record with 85 receptions.
An All-ACC First Team selection, Restrepo tallied 1,092 yards and six touchdowns, as part of only the sixth 1,000-yard season by a pass-catcher in UM history.
For Brown and George, the recognition marks their first of the offseason, while Restrepo picked up his third preseason distinction after being named to the Maxwell Award Watch List and the Preseason All-ACC Team.
Eleven Hurricanes have collected preseason plaudits: defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. (Preseason All-ACC), kicker Andres Borregales (Groza Award), defensive back Jaden Harris (Wuerffel Trophy), running back Damien Martinez (Doak Walker Award, Maxwell Award), linebacker Francisco Mauigoa (Nagurski Trophy, Preseason All-ACC), offensive lineman Jalen Rivers (Outland Trophy), quarterback Cam Ward (Maxwell Award, Preseason ACC Player of the Year, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award) and quarterback Emory Williams (Comeback Player of the Year Award).
The semifinalists, finalists and award recipient of the Biletnikoff Award are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of 600 prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, former winners and other ex-receivers.
