The 2015 Rotary Lombardi watch list was unveiled on Tuesday.
The nominations are given to the best down linemen on offense or defense who line up 10 yards right or left of the ball, and linebackers no more than five yards off the line of scrimmage. Last year's winner was Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III. He could become just the second student-athlete to receive the award twice. Former Ohio State offensive tackle Orlando Pace won the award in 1995 and 1996.
Here are the players to watch:
| 2015 ROTARY LOMBARDI WATCH LIST | |
|---|---|
| Ramadan Ahmeti, OL, Central Michigan | Dominique Alexander, LB, Oklahoma |
| Vadal Alexander, OG, LSU | Jack Allen, C, Michigan State |
| T.T. Barber, LB, Middle Tennessee | Alex Barrett, DL, San Diego State |
| Willie Beavers, OL, Western Michigan | Adrian Bellard, OT, Texas State |
| Caleb Benenoch, OL, UCLA | Dalton Bennett, OG, Troy |
| Vince Biegel, LB, Wisconsin | Zeek Bigger, LB, East Carolina |
| Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor | Adam Bisnpwaty, OL, Pittsburgh |
| Ronald Blair, DE, Appalachian State | Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State |
| J.T. Boyd, OG, East Carolina | Jatavis Brown, LB, Akron |
| DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon | James Burgess, LB, Louisville |
| Vernon Butler, DT, Louisiana Tech | Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State |
| Brandon Chubb, LB, Wake Forest | Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA |
| Le'Raven Clark, OT, Texas Tech | Ben Clarke, OL, Hawaii |
| Trevon Coley, DT, Florida Atlantic | Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State |
| Kamalei Correa, DE, Boise State | Sheldon Day, DT, Notre Dame |
| Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State | Hunter Dimick, DE, Utah |
| Spencer Drango, OT, Baylor | Parker Ehinger, OG, Cincinnati |
| Ken Ekanem, DE, Virginia Tech | Pat Elflein, OG, Ohio State |
| Steve Elmer, OG, Notre Dame | Kyler Fackrell, LB, Utah State |
| Dan Feeney, OG, Indiana | Sedrick Flowers, OG, Texas |
| Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia | Isaiah Folasa-Lutui, OG, New Mexico State |
| Kyle Fuller, C, Baylor | Joshua Garnett, OG, Stanford |
| Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M | Adam Gotsis, DT, Georgia Tech |
| Darrell Greene, OL, San Diego State | Ike Harris, OT, East Carolina |
| Tylor Harris, DT, Wake Forest | Marcus Henry, OG, Boise State |
| Nick Holt, LB, Western Kentucky | Alex Huettel, C, Bowling Green |
| Matt Hugenberg, OL, Army | D.J. Hunter, LB, Marshall |
| Great Ibe, LB, Eastern Michigan | Myles Jack, LB, UCLA |
| Jordan Jenkins, LB, Georgia | Darius Johnson, OG, Middle Tennessee |
| Gerrand Johnson, DT, Louisiana-Monroe | Tyler Johnstone, OT, Oregon |
| Jarron Jones, DT, Notre Dame | Bronson Kaufusi, DE, BYU |
| Kingsley Keke, DT, Texas A&M | Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama |
| Kaydon Kirby, C, North Texas | Hunter Kissenger, LB, Louisiana-Monroe |
| Tejan Koroma, OL, BYU | James Kristof, OL, Western Michigan |
| Nick Kwiatkoski, LB, West Virginia | Royce LaFrance, DE, Tulane |
| Forrest Lamp, OL, KR Western Kentucky | Taylor Lasecki, C, SMU |
| Darron Lee, LB, SO Ohio State | Steve Longa, LB, Rutgers |
| Alex Lyons, LB, Rice | Nick Martin, C, Notre Dame |
| Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford | Praise Martin-Oguike, DL, Temple |
| Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple | Boomer Mays, LB, Northern Illinois |
| Cassanova McKinzy, LB, Auburn | Marc Millan, LB, Idaho |
| Mason Monheim, LB, Illinois | Alfredo Morales, OL, Texas Tech |
| Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Cincinnati | Antonio Morrison, LB, Florida |
| Andrew Ness, C, Northern Illinois | Dadi Nicolas, DE, Virginia Tech |
| Thomas Niles, DE, UCF | Robert Nkemdiche, DT, Mississippi |
| Reggie Northrup, LB, Florida State | Shawn Oakman, DE, Baylor |
| Pat O'Connor, DE, Eastern Michigan | Rees Odhiambo, OT, Boise State |
| Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State | Joe Ostman, DE, Central Michigan |
| Montese Overton, LB, East Carolina | Denzell Perine, DE, Florida International |
| Caleb Peterson, OG, North Carolina | Joseph Peterson, LB, Georgia State |
| Davion Pierson, DT, TCU | Manoa Pikula, LB, BYU |
| Greg Pyke, OG, Georgia | Mykheal Quave, OT, Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Reggie Ragland, LB, Alabama | Sheldon Rankins, DE, Louisville |
| Andrew Reue, OL, Rice | Tyler Roberts, DE, Troy |
| A'Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama | Jovan Santos-Knox, LB, Massachusetts |
| Joseph Scelfo, C, South Alabama | Joe Schmidt, LB, Notre Dame |
| Isaac Seumalo, C, Oregon State | Ian Seau, DE, Nevada |
| Blake Serpa, DL, Central Michigan | Ryan Simmons, LB, Oklahoma State |
| Matt Skura, C, Duke | Pearce Slater, OL, San Diego State |
| Jaylon Smith, LB, Notre Dame | Terrence Smith, LB, Florida State |
| Garrett Stafford, OT, Tulsa | Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame |
| Graham Stewart, LB, Connecticut | Chris Stone, DE, Arkansas State |
| Eric Striker, LB, Oklahoma | Christian Tago, LB, San Jose State |
| Chris Taylor, OG, Tulane | Jeremy Timpf, LB, Army |
| Dominique Tovell, LB, Louisiana-Lafayette | Max Tuerk, C, Southern California |
| Laremy Tunsil, OT, Mississippi | Landon Turner, OG, North Carolina |
| Tanner Vallejo, LB, Boise State | Eddie Vanderdoes, DL, UCLA |
| Clint Van Horn, OT, Marshall | Nick Vigil, LB, Utah State |
| Trent Voss, DE, Toledo | Michael Wakefield, DE, Florida International |
| Adolphus Washington, DT, Ohio State | Toby Weathersby, OT, LSU |
| Scooby Wright III, LB, Arizona | Eddie Yarbrough, DE, Wyoming |
| Avery Young, OT, Auburn | Anthony Zettel, DT, Penn State |
