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Another day of watch lists being put out today, another pair of Nebraska Cornhuskers on the list.
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Nebraska Tight End Cethan Carter was named to one of the ones to watch for the Mackey Award Wednesday, named for the best Tight End in College Football.
Carter, a Senior from New Orleans, Louisiana, has come into one of the better blocking TE’s in the nation, while finding a niche in the Mike Riley/Danny Langsdorf Offense late in the year last season.
Carter is one of 6 Big Ten Conference players on the watch list.
The Mackey Award, named after the famous Syracuse TE who went on to fame with the Baltimore Colts and the first president of the NFL Players Association, has been given out since 2000.
The full Mackey Award Watch List:
Jeb Blazevich, Georgia
Pharaoh Brown, Oregon
Barrett Burns, Appalachian State
Jake Butt, Michigan
Cethan Carter, Nebraska
Connor Cella, Rice
CJ Conrad, Kentucky
Buck Cowan, Idaho
Darrell Daniels, Washington
Elkanah Dillon, USF
DJ Dowdy, Cincinnati
Evan Engram, Ole Miss
Gerald Everett, South Alabama
Billy Freeman, San Jose State
Mike Gesicki, Penn State Jarred Gipson, Nevada
DeAndre Goolsby, Florida
Cole Hikutini, Louisville
Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech
Wyatt Houston, Utah State
OJ Howard, Alabama
Ryan Izzo, Florida State
Blake Jarwin, Oklahoma State
Ben Johnson, Kansas
Alize Jones, Notre Dame
George Kittle, Iowa
Kody Kohl, Arizona State
Jordan Leggett, Clemson
Brandon Lingen, Minnesota
Troy Mangen, Ohio Hayden Plinke, UTEP
Josiah Price, Michigan State
Michael Roberts, Toledo
Jake Roh, Boise State
Keith Rucker, Georgia State
Mason Schreck, Buffalo
Dalton Schultz, Stanford
Cam Serigne, Wake Forest
Jonnu Smith, FIU
Jeremy Sprinkle, Arkansas
Todd Stafford, UMass
Colin Thompson, Temple
Cody Tuttle, Eastern Michigan
Ethan Wolf, Tennessee
Ryan Yurachek, Marshall
Nebraska Center Dylan Utter was also placed on a watch list today, making the Rimington Award list. Utter, the Senior from Papillion, played mostly Left Guard for the Huskers in his career. He does have one Center start, in the 2014 Holiday Bowl.
Including Utter, there are 8 Big Ten Conference players on the watch list.
Of course, the Rimington Award is named after former Nebraska Center Dave Rimington, who has been giving the award to the nation’s best Center. Rimington was awarded the Outland Trophy (best lineman in CFB) twice in 1981 and 1982.
Rimington will give his trophy out January 14th, 2017 at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln.
The Rimington Trophy Watch List:
Brian Allen, Michigan State
Jonathan Alvarez, Oklahoma
Jon Baker, Boston College
Jake Bennett, Colorado State
Deyshawn Bond, Cincinnati
Evan Brown, SMU
Freddie Burden, Georgia Tech
Nick Clarke, Old Dominion
Jamaal Clayborn, Mississippi State
Mason Cole, Michigan
Robert Conyers, Ole Miss
Lucas Crowley, North Carolina
Ryan Crozier, UConn
Atlantic Dillon DeBoer, Florida
Michael Deiter, Wisconsin
Alec Eberle, Florida State
Pat Elfein, Ohio State
Asotui Eli, Hawaii
Jason Emerich, Syracuse
Arthur Flores, San Diego State
Kyle Fuller, Baylor Nathan Goltry, Nevada
Jay Guillermo, Clemson
Max Halpin, Western Kentucky
Alan Knott, South Carolina
Will Kreitler, UNLV
Brandon Kublanow, Georgia
Andy Kwon, Georgia Southern
Drew Kyser, Memphis
Nicholas Linder, Miami
Toa Lobendahn, USC
Brad Lundblade, Oklahoma State
Steve Matlock, Idaho
Jackson Matteo, Virginia
Tim McAuliffe, Bowling Green
Brendan McGowan, Temple
Chandler Miller, Tulsa
Gabe Mobley, Georgia State
Devin Mondie, Arkansas State
Michael Montero, FIU
Brendan Moore, Maryland Tony Morales, Texas Tech
Will Noble, Houston
Alex Officer, Pittsburgh
James O'Hagan, Buffalo
Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia
Ethan Pocic, LSU
Frank Ragnow, Arkansas
Dalton Risner, Kansas State
Joe Scelfo, N.C. State
Austin Schlottmann, TCU
Coleman Shelton, Washington
Riley Sorenson, Washington State
Joe Spencer, Illinois
Austin Stephens, Utah State
Daniel Stephens, Middle Tennessee
Coleman Thomas, Tennessee
Cameron Tom, Southern Miss
Jon Toth, Kentucky
Dylan Utter, Nebraska
Sean Welsh, Iowa