2023 Lombardi Award Watch List
The 80-player watch list for the Lombardi award was released this week. The awards highlights college football fans the nation’s best linemen and linebackers on both sides of the ball. The list is below.
The winner of the award will be announced on December 6, 2023.
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Lombardi Award Award History below
Last year’s winner was LB Will Anderson of Alabama who was a #1 pick of the Houston Texans as the 3rd overall selection in the NFL Draft 2023. The only two-time winner of this prestigious award was OT Orlando Pace of Ohio State in 1995 and 1996. He was a #1 overall pick of the St. Louis Rams in the NFL Draft 1997. He earned both the College football HOF and the NFL HOF over his illustrious career.
Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a long-time member of the FWAA and voter in college player awards – Heisman, Biletnikoff, Thorpe, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi etc for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a consultant to many NFL player agents related to all levels of preparation for the NFL Draft process. He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year-round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.
2023 Lombardi Award Watch List
Jaylon Allen – DL – Memphis (Sr.)
Joe Alt – OT – Notre Dame (Jr.)
Kelvin Banks Jr. – OT – Texas (So.)
Jaishawn Barham – LB – Maryland (So.)
Graham Barton – OT – Duke (Sr.)
Cooper Beebe – OG – Kansas State (Sr.)
Brock Bowers – TE – Georgia (Jr.)
Jacob Busic – DE – Navy (Sr.)
Barrett Carter – LB – Clemson (Jr.)
DeWayne Carter – DT – Duke (Sr.)
Abdul Carter – LB – Penn State (So.)
Brandon Coleman – OT – TCU (Sr.)
Junior Colson – LB – Michigan (Jr.)
Marley Cook – DT – Middle Tennessee (Jr.)
Dontay Corleone – DL – Cincinnati (So.)
Tyler Davis – DT – Clemson (Sr.)
Justin Dedich – OC – USC (Sr.)
Brandon Dorlus – DE – Oregon (Sr.)
Ethan Downs – DE – Oklahoma (Jr.)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson – LB – Georgia (Jr.)
Tommy Eichenberg – LB – Ohio State (Sr.)
D’Mitri Emmanuel – OG – Florida State (Sr.)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu – OT Penn State (Jr.)
Troy Fautanu – OT – Washington (Jr.)
Jaylan Ford – LB – Texas (Sr.)
Javon Foster – OT – Missouri (Sr.)
Zach Frazier – OC – West Virginia (Jr.)
Tailese Fuaga – OG – Oregon State (Jr.)
Dallas Gant – LB – Toledo (Sr.)
AJ Gillie – OG – Louisiana (Jr.)
Delmar Glaze – OT – Maryland (Jr.)
Cedric Gray – LB – North Carolina (Sr.)
Michael Hall Jr. – DT – Ohio State (Jr.)
Christian Haynes – OG – UConn (Sr.)
Jason Henderson – LB – Old Dominion (Jr)
Branson Hickman – OC – SMU (Jr.)
Jaylon Hutchings – DT – Texas Tech (Sr.)
Nick Jackson – LB – Iowa (Sr.)
Donovan Jackson – OG – Ohio State (Jr.)
McKinnley Jackson – DT – Texas A&M (Sr)
Kris Jenkins – DT – Michigan (Sr.)
Michael Jurgens – OC – Wake Forest (Sr.)
JT Killen – LB – Coastal Carolina (Sr.)
J.C. Latham – OT – Alabama (Jr.)
Laiatu Latu – DE – UCLA (Sr.)
Beaux Limmer – OT – Arkansas (Sr.)
Christian Mahogany – OG – Boston College (Sr.)
Jonah Monheim – OT – USC (Jr.)
Jordan Morgan – OT – Arizona (Sr.)
Gabriel Murphy – DE – UCLA (Jr.)
Jer’Zhan Newton – DT – Illinois (Jr.)
Maema Njongmeta – LB – Wisconsin (Sr.)
Mike Novitsky – OC – Kansas (Sr.)
Drake Nugent – OC – Michigan (Sr.)
Thor Paglialong – OC – Air Force (Sr.)
Josh Pearcy – DE – Rice (Jr.)
Harold Perkins – LB – LSU (So.)
Owen Porter – DE – Marshall (Sr)
Keith Randolph Jr. – DT – Illinois (Jr.)
Tate Ratledge – OG – Georgia (Jr.)
Luke Reimer – LB – Nebraska (Sr.)
Chop Robinson – DE – Penn State (Jr.)
Ja’Tavion Sanders – TE – Texas (Jr.)
Jackson Sirmon – LB – California (Sr.)
Brevyn Spann-Ford – TE – Minnesota (Sr.)
Kingsley Suamataia – OT – BYU (So.)
Junior Tafuna – DT – Utah (Jr.)
Bralen Trice – DE – Washington (Sr.)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. – LB – Clemson (Jr.)
JT Tuimoloau – DE – Ohio State (Jr.)
Dallas Turner – LB – Alabama (Jr.)
Princely Umanmielen – DE – Florida (Jr.)
Sedrick Van Pran – OC – Georgia (So.)
Jared Verse – DE – Florida State (Jr.)
Nathaniel Watson – LB – Mississippi State (Sr.)
Marlowe Wax – LB – Syracuse (Jr.)
Damonic Williams – DT – TCU (So.)
Mykel Williams – DL – Georgia (So.)
Mekhi Wingo – DT – LSU (Jr.)
Zak Zinter – OG – Michigan (Sr.)
By Conference: Big Ten (19), SEC (14), Big 12 (12), Pac-12 (11), ACC (11), American (4), Sun Belt (4), Independent (2), MAC (1), Mountain West (1)
Lombardi Award Winners – History
Year Player School
2022 Will Anderson Jr. Alabama
2021 Aidan Hutchinson Michigan
2020 Zaven Collins Tulsa
2018 Ugo Amadi Oregon
2017 Bryce Love Stanford
2016 Jonathan Allen Alabama
2015 Carl Nassib Penn State
2014 Scooby Wright Arizona
2013 Aaron Donald Pitt
2012 Manti Te’o Notre Dame
2011 Luke Kuechly Boston College
2010 Nick Fairley Auburn
2009 Ndamukong Suh Nebraska
2008 Brian Orakpo Texas
2007 Glenn Dorsey LSU
2006 LaMarr Woodley Michigan
2005 A.J. Hawk Ohio State
2004 David Pollack Georgia
2003 Tommie Harris Oklahoma
2002 Terrell Suggs Arizona St
2001 Julius Peppers North Carolina
2000 Jamal Reynolds Florida St
1999 Corey Moore Virginia Tech
1998 Dat Nguyen Texas A&M
1997 Grant Wistrom Nebraska
1996 Orlando Pace Ohio State
1995 Orlando Pace Ohio State
1994 Warren Sapp Miami
1993 Aaron Taylor Notre Dame
1992 Marvin Jones Florida St
1991 Steve Emtman Washington
1990 Chris Zorich Notre Dame
1989 Percy Lee Snow Michigan St
1988 Tracy Rocker Auburn
1987 Chris Spielman Ohio State
1986 Cornelius Bennett Alabama
1985 Tony Casillas Oklahoma
1984 Tony Degrate Texas
1983 Dean Steinkuhler Nebraska
1982 Dave Rimington Nebraska
1981 Kenneth Wayne Sims Texas
1980 Hugh Donell Green Pitt
1979 Brad Edward Budde USC
1978 Bruce M. Clark Penn State
1977 Ross Dean Browner Notre Dame
1976 Wilson Whitley Jr. Houston
1975 Lee Roy Selmon Oklahoma
1974 Randy White Maryland
1973 John Hicks Jr. Ohio State
1972 Richard Glover Nebraska
1971 Walter Patulski Notre Dame
1970 Jim Stillwagon Ohio State
