Beasley Leads 119 Man Lombardi Award Watch List

This year’s list features 119 candidates, including Clemson’s Vic Beasley, who finished with 13 sacks for the Tigers last season. MORE: SN All-Americans | Maxwell | Thorpe | Outland

The Lombardi Award is given to the nation’s top lineman or linebacker, but an offensive lineman hasn’t won the award since Ohio State’s Orlando Pace won in 1996. Pace is the only two-time Lombardi Award winner. 

Pittsburgh’s Aaron Donald won the Lombardi Award in 2013. 

Here’s the full watch list: 

Henry Anderson, DE, Sr., Stanford Stephone Anthony, LB, Sr., Clemson Chi Chi Ariguzo, LB, Sr., Northwestern T.T. Barber, LB, Jr., Middle Tennessee State Jamaal Bass, LB, Sr., Northern Illinois Vic Beasley, DE, Sr., Clemson Michael Bennett, DT, Sr., Ohio State Austin Blythe, C, Jr., Iowa Joey Bosa, DE, So., Ohio State Brett Boyko, T, Sr., UNLV Kelby Brown, LB, Sr., Duke Brandin Bryant, DT, Jr., Florida Atlantic Shilique Calhoun, DE, Jr., Michigan State AJ Cann, G, Sr., South Carolina Justin Cherocci, LB, Sr., Central Michigan Le’Raven Clark, T, Jr., Texas Tech Ben Clarke, C, Jr., Hawaii La’El Collins, T, Sr., LSU Christian Covington, DT, Jr., Rice Carl Davis, DT, Sr., Iowa Tyeler Davison, DT, Sr., Fresno State Reese Dismukes, C, Sr., Auburn Jamil Douglas, G, Sr., Arizona State Spencer Drango, T, Jr., Baylor Ejiro Ederaine, LB, Jr., Fresno State Steve Edmond, LB, Sr., Texas Mario Edwards, DE, Jr., Florida State Cameron Erving, T, Sr. Florida State Dominic Espinsoa, C, Sr., Texas Kyler Frackrell, LB, Jr., Utah State Devonte Fields, DE, So., TCU BJ Finney, C, Sr., Kansas State Trey Flowers, DE, Sr., Arkansas Leonard Floyd, LB, So., Georgia Alani Fau, LB, Sr., BYU Bryce Giddens, C, Jr., Arkansas State Hroniss Grasu, C, Sr. Oregon Randy Gregory, DE, Jr., Nebraska Bryce Hager, LB, Sr., Baylor Justin Hamilton, DT, Sr., UL-Lafayette Lincoln Hansen, T, Sr., Eastern Michigan Rob Havenstein, T, Sr., Wisconsin Brock Hekking, DE, Sr., Nevada Ben Henney LB, Sr., Kansas Treyvon Hester, DT, So., Toledo Sean Hickey, T, Sr., Syracuse Jermaine Holmes, LB, Sr., Marshall Chucky Hunter, DT, Sr., TCU Martin Ifedi, DE, Sr., Memphis Scott Inskeep, G, Sr., UTEP Myles Jack, LB, So., UCLA Tre Jackson, G, Sr., Florida State Grady Jarrett, DT, Sr., Clemson Chris Jasperse, C, Sr., Marshall Cameron Jefferson, G, Sr., UNLV Chris Johnson, LB, Sr., Navy Kaleb Johnson, G, Sr., Rutgers A.J. Johnson, LB, Sr., Tennessee Gerrand Johnson, DT, Jr., UL-Monroe Tyler Johnstone , T, Jr., Oregon Chris Jones, DT, So., Mississippi State Bronson Kaufusi, LB, Jr., BYU Eric Kendricks, LB, Sr., UCLA Andrae Kirk, LB, Sr., Florida Atlantic Arie Kouandjio, G, Sr., Alabama Qushaun Lee, LB, Sr., Arkansas State Cyril Lemon, G, Sr., North Texas Braden Lyons, T, Sr., Florida Atlantic Luther Maddy, DT, Sr., Virginia Tech Derrick Malone, LB, Sr., Oregon Greg Mancz, G, Sr., Toledo Nick Martin, OL, Sr., Notre Dame Shaquille Mason, G, Sr., Georgia Tech Tyler Matakevich, LB, Jr ., Temple Josue Matias, G, Sr., Florida State Derrick Mathews, LB, Sr., Houston David Mayo, LB, Sr., Texas State Benardrick McKinney, LB, Jr., Mississippi State Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Jr., Cincinnati Ryan Mueller, DE, Sr., Kansas State Robert Nkemdiche, DT, So., Ole Miss Shawn Oakman, DE, Jr., Baylor Cedric Ogbuehi. T, Sr., Texas A&M Andrus Peat, T, Jr., Stanford Remington Peck, DL, Jr., BYU Denzel Perryman, LB, Sr., Miami Andy Phillips, G, Sr., Central Michigan Terrance Plummer, LB, Sr., UCF Hayes Pullard, LB, Sr., USC Mykhael Quave, T, Jr., UL-Lafayette Daniel Quave, G, Sr., UL-Lafayette Cedric Reed, DE, Sr. Texas Jacob Richard, C, Jr., Ball State Tyler Roberts, DE, Jr., Troy A’Shawn Robinson, DE, So., Alabama Jake Ryan, LB, Sr., Michigan Ty Sambrailo, T, Sr., Colorado State Brandon Scherff, T, Sr., Iowa Isaac Seumalo, C, Jr., Oregon State Danny Shelton, DT, Jr., Washington Steve Shumaker, OL, Sr., Army Robert Singletary, DE, Sr., UTSA Jake Smith, C, Sr., Louisville Jaylon Smith, LB, So., Notre Dame Quinton Spain, G, Sr., West Virginia Eric Striker, LB, Jr., Oklahoma Junior Sylvestre, LB, Sr., Toledo AJ Tarpley, LB, Sr., Stanford Shaq Thompson, LB, Jr., Washington Laken Tomlinson, G, Sr., Duke Dominique Tovell, DE, Jr., UL-Lafayette Max Tuerk,G, Jr., USC Clint Van Horn, T, Jr., Marshall Zach Virgil, LB, Sr., Utah State Diaheem Watkins, DE, Sr., UAB Cody Whitehair,G, Sr., Kansas State Cody Wichmann, G, Sr., Fresno State Ucambre Williams, T, Sr., South Alabama Leonard Williams, DE, Jr., USC Ramick Wilson, LB, Sr., Georgia Eddie Yarbrough, DE, Jr., Wyoming Mason Y’Barbo, G, Sr., North Texas