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UPDATED: NCFAA Announces Finalists For ESPN Home Depot Awards Show On Dec. 7

December 8, 2022 by ESPN Press Release

The National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) has named the award finalists for honors that will be presented during The Home Depot College Football Awards. The 32nd annual awards show will air on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7 p.m. ET (ESPN and the ESPN App). Rece Davis will host the two-hour special from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios joined by college football analysts Greg McElroy and Sam Acho and reporters Jen Lada and Christine Williamson.

NCFAA awards to be announced:
*-CollegeFootballPoll.com 's Dave Congrove is a voter for each of these awards
**-Nominating member for this award

*-Chuck Bednarik - Defense Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati
Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
*-Fred Biletnikoff - Receiver Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State
Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
*-Lou Groza - Placekicker Christopher Dunn, NC State
Joshua Karty, Stanford
Jake Moody, Michigan
*-Ray Guy - Punter Mason Fletcher, Cincinnati
Bryce Baringer, Michigan State
Adam Korsak, Rutgers
*-Robert "Tiny" Maxwell - Player C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
Caleb Williams, USC
Davey O’Brien - Quarterback Max Duggan, TCU
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
Caleb Williams, USC
**-Outland Trophy -
Interior Lineman		 Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh
Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
Peter Skoronski Northwestern
Dave Rimington - Center Brett Neilon, USC
Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
Jim Thorpe - Defensive Back Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
Clark Phillips III, Utah
Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
Doak Walker - Running Back Chase Brown, Illinois
Blake Corum, Michigan
Bijan Robinson, Texas

Additional honors to be recognized (This is not a complete list):

Frank Broyles - Assistant Todd Monken, Georgia, OC/QB
Ryan Walters, Illinois, DC
Jesse Minter, Michigan, DC
Garrett Riley, TCU, OC/QB
Alex Golesh, Tennessee, OC/TE
Brandon Burlsworth -
Began as walk-on		 Aidan O’Connell, Purdue
Carlton Martial, Troy
Stetson Bennett, Georgia
Dick Butkus - Linebacker Drew Sanders, Arkansas
Jack Campbell, Iowa
Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
Daiyan Henley, Washington State
Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati
Walter Camp - Player Max Duggan, QB, Sr., TCU
Hendon Hooker, QB, Sr., Tennessee
C.J. Stroud, QB, Jr., Ohio State
Caleb Williams, QB, So., USC
Blake Corum, RB, Jr., Michigan
John Mackey - Tight End Brock Bowers, Georgia
Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
Sam LaPorta, Iowa
**-Bronko Nagurski - Defense Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
Calijah Kancey, Pitt
Christopher Smith, Georgia
Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
Dave Rimington - Center Brett Neilon, USC
Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
Danny Wuerffel -
Community Service
Athletic/Academic Achievement		 Dillan Gibbons, Florida State
Tanner Morgan, Minnesota
Patrick Fields, Stanford