The 2013 Fred Biletnikoff Award watch list was announced Tuesday, highlighted by defending award winner Marqise Lee of Southern Cal. The Biletnikoff Award is given annually to the nation's top collegiate wide receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. A panel of sportswriters, commentators, broadcasters, and former players votes on the award.
College football’s best wide receivers: The 2013 Biletnikoff list
The top wide receiver in college football in 2013 will likely come from this list.
Not only is Lee the sole returning finalist from last year's Biletnikoff vote, but he is one of just four returning semifinalists. Lee is joined on the Biletnikoff watch list by Maryland sophomore Stefon Diggs, Oregon State junior Brandin Cooks, Vanderbilt senior Jordan Matthews, and New Mexico State junior Austin Franklin.
The first Biletnikoff trophy was awarded to Penn State's Bobby Ingram in 1994. Lee is attempting to become the third receiver to win the Biletnikoff twice, following Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree and Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon. Pittsburgh is the only program to have won the Biletnikoff twice with two different players, Antonio Bryant (2000) and Larry Fitzgerald (2003). Other recent recipients have included Notre Dame's Golden Tate, Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson, Oregon State's Mike Hass, and Michigan's Braylon Edwards.
Here is the full Biletnikoff watch list:
Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin
Davante Adams, Fresno State
Nelson Agholor, USC
Alex Amidon, Boston College
Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU
Kenny Bell, Nebraska
Michael Bennett, Georgia
Chris Boyd, Vanderbilt
Corey Brown, Ohio State
Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State
Damiere Byrd, South Carolina
Michael Campanaro, Wake Forest
Brandon Carter, TCU
Brandon Coleman, Rutgers
Brandin Cooks, Oregon State
Amari Cooper, Alabama
Jamison Crowder, Duke
DaVaris Daniels, Notre Dame
Mike Davis, Texas
Quinshad Davis, North Carolina
Titus Davis, Central Michigan
Stefon Diggs, Maryland
Phillip Dorsett, Miami
William Dukes, FAU
Quinton Dunbar, Florida
Bruce Ellington, South Carolina
Mike Evans, Texas A&M
Shaquelle Evans, UCLA
Austin Franklin, New Mexico State
Jeremy Gallon, Michigan
Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa
Ryan Grant, Tulane
Rashad Green, Florida State
Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri
Deontay Greenberry, Houston
Noel Grigsby, San Jose State
Je’Ron Hamm, ULM
Justin Hardy, East Carolina
Chris Harper, California
Robert Herron, Wyoming
Cody Hoffman, BYU
Josh Huff, Oregon
T.J. Jones, Notre Dame
Cody Latimer, Indiana
Marqise Lee, USC
Jordan Leslie, UTEP
Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
J.D. McKissic, Arkansas State
Trey Metoyer, Oklahoma
Matt Miller, Boise State
Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia
Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss
Tracy Moore, Oklahoma State
Alex Neutz, Buffalo
Kevin Norwood, Alabama
DeVante Parker, Louisville
Charone Peake, Clemson
Bernard Reedy, Toledo
Tevin Reese, Baylor
Paul Richardson, Colorado
Allen Robinson, Penn State
Shaq Roland, South Carolina
Alonzo Russell, Toledo
Jalen Saunders, Oklahoma
Jaxon Shipley, Texas
Tommy Shuler, Marshall
Devin Smith, Ohio State
Willie Snead, Ball State
Josh Stewart, Oklahoma State
Devin Street, Pittsburgh
Eric Thomas, Troy
Jordan Thompson, West Virginia
Eric Ward, Texas Tech
Sammy Watkins, Clemson
Brandon Wimberly, Nevada
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