Ollie Gordon Named to Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List

The preseason accolades continue to stack up for Ollie Gordon, and Monday’s accolade is a highly touted one.

Gordon, Oklahoma State’s star running back, was named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year preseason watch list, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Monday. As the name entails, the award is given annually to college football’s player of the year. Gordon was a semifinalist for the award last season after rushing for 1,732 yards and 21 touchdowns, leading OSU to a 10-4 record and an appearance in the Big 12 title game.

Gordon’s big year saw him win the Doak Walker, given to the nation’s best running back, as well as the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Year. He was a consensus All-American and finished seventh in Heisman voting — tops of any running back.

Barry Sanders is the only Cowboy to have won the award — doing so as part of his Heisman Trophy-winning 1988 season.

This watch list includes 50 players. There are nine players from the Big 12 on the list, being Gordon, Tahj Brooks (Texas Tech), Jalon Daniels (Kansas), Noah Fifita (Arizona), Garrett Green (West Virginia), Travis Hunter (Colorado), Tetairoa McMillan (Arizona), Cameron Rising (Utah) and Shedeur Sanders (Colorado).

Three finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year will be announced No. 26 and the winner will be announced on ESPN’s awards show on Dec. 12.

Here are all 50 included on the watch list:

Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
Carson Beck, QB, Georgia
Zachariah Branch, WR/KR, Southern California
Tahj Brooks, RB, Texas Tech
Antario Brown, RB, Northern Illinois
Byrum Brown, QB, South Florida
Luther Burden III, WR, Missouri
Abdul Carter, DE, Penn State
Howard Cross III, DT, Notre Dame
Jalon Daniels, QB, Kansas
Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
Donovan Edwards, RB, Michigan
Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
Quinn Ewers, QB, Texas
Noah Fifita, QB, Arizona
TJ Finley, QB, Western Kentucky
Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon
Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State
Garrett Greene, QB, West Virginia
Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina
Jamal Haynes, RB, Georgia Tech
Seth Henigan, QB, Memphis
Will Howard, QB, Ohio State
Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State
Travis Hunter, WR/DB, Colorado, WR/DB
Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
Quinshon Judkins, RB, Ohio State
Riley Leonard, QB, Notre Dame
Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan
Grayson McCall, QB, North Carolina State
Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse
Jordan McCloud, QB, Texas State
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
Malachi Moore, DB, Alabama
Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
James Pearce Jr., Edge, Tennessee
Harold Perkins Jr., LB, LSU
Cameron Rising, QB, Utah
Kaidon Salter, QB, Liberty
Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
Nicholas Singleton, RB, Penn State
Malaki Starks, DB, Georgia
Terion Stewart, RB, Bowling Green
Danny Stutsman, LB, Oklahoma
D.J. Uiagalelei, QB, Florida State
Cam Ward, QB, Miami
Xavier Watts, DB, Notre Dame
Conner Weigman, QB, Texas A&M
Ricky White, WR, UNLV