Biletnikoff Award Watch List 2025
The Biletnikoff Award Watch List 2025
Frank Coyle/ Publisher
November 1st
The Biletnikoff Award recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, split end, inside receiver, slot back or running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes the outstanding receiver, not merely the outstanding wide receiver. The award recipient is selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, and former receivers. BiletnikoffAward.com/voters
Frank Coyle is a longtime member of the FWAA and a voter for the Heisman Trophy, Outland Trophy, Bronko Nagurski, Jim Thorpe, Fred Biletnikoff etc awards annually for 34 years.
Receivers have become a major impact position in the college and NFL games. They have developed into the key game changes in an offense other than the QB. The Biletnikoff award has highlighted these positions extensively each season including emerging playmakers who rise in the NFL Draft and become early NFL starters.
Receivers are periodically added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. The transparently detailed and explicit criteria for candidate eligibility, watch list inclusion, and voting appear at: BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria
+Player removed from consideration due to season-ending injury without playing in the required minimum number of games.
*Player added October 1, 2025
**Player added October 15, 2025
***Player added October 23, 2025
****Player added October 29, 2025
Nov. 10 – 16, 2025:
Vote by the Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee to determine Semifinalists
Nov. 17, 2025:
Semifinalists announcement
Nov. 17 – 23, 2025:
Vote to determine 3 Finalists
Nov. 25, 2025:
3 Finalists announcement
Nov. 25 – Dec. 6, 2025:
Final vote to determine Biletnikoff Award Winner
Dec. 12, 2025:
Biletnikoff Award Winner announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards
2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
November 1st
Player School Position
Aaron Anderson LSU WR
Cooper Barkate* Duke WR
Hank Beatty** Illinois WR
Chris Bell Louisville WR
Skyler Bell UConn WR
Germie Bernard Alabama WR
O’Mega Blake Arkansas WR
Denzel Boston Washington WR
Chris Brazzell II* Tennessee WR
Camden Brown** Georgia Southern WR
Jayce Brown Kansas State WR
Josh Cameron Baylor WR
Cam Coleman Auburn WR
Kevin Coleman Jr. Missouri WR
Omar Cooper Jr.* Indiana WR
Mario Craver* Texas A&M WR
Caleb Douglas Texas Tech WR
KJ Duff* Rutgers WR
Jack Endries Texas TE
Malachi Fields Notre Dame WR
Cade Harris* Air Force WR
Emmanuel Henderson Jr.* Kansas WR
Chase Hendricks* Ohio WR
Ted Hurst Georgia State WR
Justin Joly North Carolina St TE
Omari Kelly Michigan St WR
Max Klare Ohio State TE
Tanner Koziol Houston TE
Cayden Lee Ole Miss WR
Makai Lemon USC WR
Eric McAlister TCU WR
Chrishon McCray Michigan St WR
Jordan Napier** San Diego St WR
Adrian Norton Marshall WR
Braden Pegan**** Utah State WR
Trebor Pena Penn State WR
Eric Rivers Georgia Tech WR
Chase Roberts BYU WR
Devonte Ross Penn St WR
Corey Rucker Arkansas St WR
Elijah Sarratt Indiana WR
Danny Scudero* San José St WR
DT Sheffield Rutgers WR
Eric Singleton Jr. Auburn WR
Anthony Smith East Carolina WR
Jeremiah Smith Ohio State WR
Beau Sparks*** Texas State WR
Eli Stowers Vanderbilt TE
De’Zhaun Stribling Ole Miss WR
Ian Strong* Rutgers WR
Carnell Tate Ohio State WR
Javon Tracy Minnesota WR
Jordyn Tyson Arizona State WR
Junior Vandeross III Toledo WR
Cam Vaughn West Virginia WR
Reggie Virgil Texas Tech WR
Devin Voisin* South Alabama WR
Trent Walker Oregon State WR
Harrison Wallace III Ole Miss WR
Bryant Wesco Jr. Clemson WR
Ryan Williams Alabama WR
Antonio Williams Clemson WR
Luke Wysong Arizona WR