Senior full-back Brad Robert was one of 52 players named to the 2022 Walter Camp Award Watch List, announced today by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. This is the second major player on the list of awards Roberts has won, as he was also named to the Maxwell Awards Watch List earlier this season.

Roberts was second at Mountain West and 17th nationally in rushing with an average of 104.0 yards per game last season. He rushed for 1,352 yards on a school-record 298 carries that ranked second nationally. His 1,352 rushing yards ranks third in program history and is the most since 2007. A first-team selection in all conferences, Roberts recorded the conference’s best seven rushing performances of 100 yards on the year, the second most in Air Force history and the most -ever by a fullback. Roberts is the best ground return in Mountain West and among the best nationally. Roberts rushed for 1,352 yards last season, averaging 104.0 per game. He ranks 14th nationally in yards per game and 12th in rushing yards among returning players.

There are 44 offensive players (22 quarterbacks, 12 running backs and 10 receivers/tight ends) on the preseason watch list along with eight on the defensive side of the ball.

Players from 40 different schools representing 11 conferences (including independents) are represented on the preseason watch list. Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State each have three players on the watch list, while four schools (Kentucky, USC, Texas and Iowa State) have two.

The 2022 watch list will be reduced to 10 semi-finalists in mid-November. The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted by the 130 head coaches and sports information directors of the NCAA Bowl Subdivision, will be announced during ESPN’s College Football Awards Show. (date to be determined).

The winner will then receive their trophy at the Foundation’s 55th Annual National Awards Banquet in New Haven, Conn in early 2023.



2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year Pre-Season Players to Watch
Jordan Addison, WR, junior, USC
Rasheen Ali, RB, second year, Marshall
Braelon Allen, RB, sophomore, Wisconsin
Will Anderson, LB, junior, Alabama
Kayshon Boutte, WR, junior, LSU
Brock Bowers, TE, sophomore, Georgia
Andre Carter II, LB, junior, Army West Point
Jalen Carter, TD, junior, Georgia
Dante Cephas, WR, junior, Kent State
Sean Clifford, QB, senior, Penn State
Blake Corum, RB, junior, Michigan
Malik Cunningham, QB, senior, Louisville
JT Daniels, QB, junior, West Virginia
Josh Downs, WR, junior, North Carolina
Dillon Gabriel, QB, junior, Oklahoma
Brett Gabbert, QB, junior, Miami (Ohio)
Jake Haener, QB, senior, Fresno State
Jaren Hall, QB, junior, BYU
Frank Harris, QB, senior, UTSA
Sam Hartman, QB, senior, Wake Forest
TreVeyon Henderson, RB, sophomore, Ohio State
Xavier Hutchinson, WR, senior, Iowa State
Quentin Johnston, WR, junior, TCU
Phil Jurkovec, QB, senior, Boston College
Calijah Kancey, DT, junior, Pittsburgh
Devin Leary, QB, junior, North Carolina State
Will Levis, QB, senior, Kentucky
Grayson McCall, QB, senior, Coastal Carolina
Will McDonald IV, DE, senior, Iowa State
Michael Mayer, TE, junior Notre Dame
Tanner Mordecai, QB, senior, EMS
Lew Nicholls, RB, sophomore, Central Michigan
Aiden O’Connell, QB, senior, Purdue
Spencer Rattler, QB, junior, South Carolina
Eli Ricks, DB, junior, Alabama
Kelee Ringo, DB, sophomore, Georgia

Brad RobertRB, Senior, Air Force
Bijan Robinson, RB, Jr., Texas
Chris Rodriquez, RB, senior, Kentucky
Spencer Sanders, QB, senior, Oklahoma State
Noah Sewell, LB, junior, Oregon
Jaxson Smith-Njigba, WR, junior, Ohio State
CJ Stroud, QB, sophomore, Ohio State
Tavion Thomas, RB, junior, Utah
Payton Thorne, QB, junior, Michigan State
Cedric Tillman, WR, senior, Tennessee
Sean Tucker, RB, sophomore, Syracuse
Tyler Van Dyke, QB, second year, Miami (Florida)
Deuce Vaughn, RB, junior, Kansas State
Caleb Williams, QB, sophomore, USC
Xavier Worthy, WR, sophomore, Texas
Bryce Young, quarterback, junior, Alabama