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Football's Bradley Named to Nagurski Trophy Watch List
7.23.19 | Football
PHILADELPHIA – Temple senior linebacker Shaun Bradley has been named to the 2019 Outland Trophy Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America announced today. He joins 92 defensive standouts from 65 schools in all 10 Division I FBS conferences plus independents on a roster that includes four returning players from last season's FWAA All-America team.
Temple's Tyler Matakevich won the award in 2015.
Bradley leads Temple from his middle linebacker position. He enters his senior campaign as Temple's active leader with 169 tackles, averaging over 80 a season while starting 25 games over the past two years. He also has a penchant for big plays with 2.0 sacks, 14.0 TFLs, three interceptions, and two forced fumbles on his resume. Temple awards single-digit jersey numbers to its toughest players and Bradley earned the number "5" entering his junior season.
Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. As in previous years, the FWAA will announce a National Defensive Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week's honored player will be added at that time. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the 2019 Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Nov. 20.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from those five finalists. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association's full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football.
This year's watch list includes at least four players from eight of the 10 FBS conferences. The SEC (18) and Big Ten (15) have the most members and combine to make up more than one-third of the 92-man list. The ACC and Pac-12 (12 each) and Big 12 (11) also have double-digit representation, followed by the American Athletic (6), Independents (5), Conference USA (4), Mountain West (4), Mid-American (3) and Sun Belt (2). The list includes 36 linebackers, 28 backs, 21 ends and seven tackles
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Bradley, who was also named to the Bednarik Award Watch List joins Temple OL Jovahn Fair (Outland Trophy), OL Matt Hennessy (Rimington Award), LB Chapelle Russell (Butkus Award), QB Anthony Russo (Maxwell Award), and TE Kenny Yeboah (Mackey Award) as Owls who have earned Watch List selections in 2019.
Temple's Tyler Matakevich won the award in 2015.
Bradley leads Temple from his middle linebacker position. He enters his senior campaign as Temple's active leader with 169 tackles, averaging over 80 a season while starting 25 games over the past two years. He also has a penchant for big plays with 2.0 sacks, 14.0 TFLs, three interceptions, and two forced fumbles on his resume. Temple awards single-digit jersey numbers to its toughest players and Bradley earned the number "5" entering his junior season.
Players may be added or removed from the watch list during the course of the season. As in previous years, the FWAA will announce a National Defensive Player of the Week each Tuesday this season. If not already on the watch list, each week's honored player will be added at that time. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the 2019 Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Nov. 20.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from those five finalists. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association's full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football.
This year's watch list includes at least four players from eight of the 10 FBS conferences. The SEC (18) and Big Ten (15) have the most members and combine to make up more than one-third of the 92-man list. The ACC and Pac-12 (12 each) and Big 12 (11) also have double-digit representation, followed by the American Athletic (6), Independents (5), Conference USA (4), Mountain West (4), Mid-American (3) and Sun Belt (2). The list includes 36 linebackers, 28 backs, 21 ends and seven tackles
.
Bradley, who was also named to the Bednarik Award Watch List joins Temple OL Jovahn Fair (Outland Trophy), OL Matt Hennessy (Rimington Award), LB Chapelle Russell (Butkus Award), QB Anthony Russo (Maxwell Award), and TE Kenny Yeboah (Mackey Award) as Owls who have earned Watch List selections in 2019.
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