On Tuesday afternoon the 2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List was released. The award is given annually to the National Defensive Player of the Year.
Here is our preseason watch list, featuring 98 of the nation's best defensive players. https://t.co/K3EFUsnAq9 pic.twitter.com/4syjy69bcy
— Nagurski Trophy (@NagurskiTrophy) July 21, 2020
A total of 12 former All-American Bowl athletes were named to the preseason watch list.
- DB Talanoa Hufanga (USC)
- DL Drake Jackson (USC)
- DL George Karlaftis (Purdue)
- DB Richard LeCounte (Georgia)
- LB Micah Parsons (Penn State)
- DL Ronnie Perkins (Oklahoma)
- DB Caden Sterns (Texas)
- DB Derek Stingley Jr. (LSU)
- DB Patrick Surtain (Alabama)
- LB Henry To’o To’o (Tennessee)
- DL Jay Tufele (USC)
- DB Shaun Wade (Ohio State)
In 2019, former All-American Chase Young was named the winner of the award.
Make sure to watch the twenty first edition of the All-American Bowl, Brown will play in the annual East vs. West matchup on Saturday, January 9, 2021 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Bowl will be nationally televised, live on NBC at 1:00 PM ET, and will feature the nation’s top 100 high school football players.
As an NBC Sports-owned property, the All-American Bowl is part of a marquee lineup of elite events that includes the Olympics, the NHL, the Premier League, and the number one primetime show since 2011: Sunday Night Football. The All-American Bowl is annually the most-watched, most-talked about, and most-prestigious high school all-star event with more than 4,500,000 unique television viewers and over 25,000 in attendance. The history and tradition of the All-American Bowl is unparalleled: 450 draft picks; 66 Super Bowl champions; 160 Pro Bowl selections; 17 Heisman finalists including, but not limited to: Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, Tim Tebow, Adrian Peterson, Joe Thomas, and Trevor Lawrence. For more information, visit NBCSports.com/AllAmericanBowl, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@AABonNBC).
