{"id":12470,"date":"2013-07-31T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=12470"},"modified":"2013-07-31T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:06:58","slug":"seven-bears-on-preseason-watch-lists-for-11-national-football-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/07\/seven-bears-on-preseason-watch-lists-for-11-national-football-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Bears on preseason watch lists for 11 national football awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"richardson-july13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/richardson-july13.jpg\" alt=\"Cyril Richardson\" width=\"475\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exactly one month from today, Baylor football will kick off the 2013 season vs. Wofford (6:30 p.m., FSN). The Bears begin the fall with high expectations, coming off a program-record <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2012\/12\/football-pounds-no-17-ucla-49-26-to-win-2012-holiday-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\">three straight bowl appearances<\/a> and having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071813aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">received first-place votes in the Big 12 preseason poll<\/a> for the first time in program history.<\/p>\n<p>The team on the field will be as talented as any in recent history, with more than half a dozen players on preseason watch lists for national awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR:<\/strong> Junior running back Lache Seastrunk was listed among 50 players to watch for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071913aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Walter Camp Player of the Year Award<\/a>\u00a0and among 76 student-athletes on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/070813aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Maxwell Award<\/a> watch list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:<\/strong> Junior linebacker Bryce Hager is one of 81 players listed on the watch list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071113aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bronko Nagurski Trophy<\/a>\u00a0and among 75 men on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/070813aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bednarik Award<\/a> watch list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP RUNNING BACK:<\/strong> Seastrunk and senior Glasco Martin were both named preseason candidates for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071813aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doak Walker Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP RECEIVER:<\/strong> For the second straight year, senior Tevin Reese is among the 75-man watch list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071613aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Biletnikoff Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP TIGHT END:<\/strong> Senior Jordan Najvar also made his second straight appearance on the watch list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/070913aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Mackey Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP DEFENSIVE BACK:<\/strong> Senior Ahmad Dixon is one of 48 players on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071213aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Thorpe Award<\/a>&#8216;s 2013 watch list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP LINEMAN:<\/strong> Hager and senior offensive lineman Cyril Richardson both made the preliminary watch list for the 2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071613aad.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rotary Lombardi Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP LINEBACKER:<\/strong> Hager was also named to the watch list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071513aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Butkus Award<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TOP INTERIOR LINEMAN:<\/strong> Richardson has also been recognized on the watch list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/071113aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Outland Trophy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baylortix.com\/fb13\/\" target=\"_blank\">Season tickets are on sale now<\/a>; most single-game tickets go on sale Aug. 7, along with tickets for Family Weekend and Homecoming events like After Dark and Pigskin Revue. Stay tuned for more details on those offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor football!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly one month from today, Baylor football will kick off the 2013 season vs. Wofford (6:30 p.m., FSN). The Bears begin the fall with high expectations, coming off a program-record three straight bowl appearances and having received first-place votes in the Big 12 preseason poll for the first time in program history. 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