USA TODAY Sports QBs Cardale Jones, Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett were selected to the Maxwell Award watch list. The Maxwell Football Club released its watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented to the nation’s top player, and the Maxwell selectors wouldn’t pick a starting quarterback for Ohio State, either. So, they included all three Buckeyes signal-callers on the list of 80 players. Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones all made the initial list of candidates for the award, weeks in advance of the difficult decision Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer will have to make regarding a starter among three talented and proven options. By the end of September, presumably, two of them will be all but out of the race. Along with running back Ezekiel Elliott, OSU led all schools with four candidates. All 80 candidates play either quarterback, running back or wide receiver. Other top players named to the watch list include TCU’s Trevone Boykin, USC’s Cody Kessler, Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott and Michigan State’s Connor Cook at quarterback, Georgia’s Nick Chubb, Pittsburgh’s James Conner and Oklahoma’s Samaje Perine at running back, and wide receivers Rashard Higgins (Colorado State), Duke Williams (Auburn) and Nelson Spruce (Colorado). Schedule of award watch list releases: Tuesday, July 7: Bednarik Award and Maxwell AwardWednesday, July 8: Mackey Award and Rimington TrophyThursday, July 9: Lou Groza Award and Ray Guy AwardFriday, July 10: Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Outland TrophyMonday, July 13: Jim Thorpe AwardTuesday, July 14: Butkus Award and Rotary Lombardi AwardWednesday, July 15: Biletnikoff Award and Wuerffel TrophyThursday, July 16: Davey O’Brien Award and Doak Walker AwardFriday, July 17: Walter Camp Award 15 for ’15:CFB 24/7 counts down the best of what college football has to offer in varying categories for 2015. …
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