2017 college football awards watch lists

College football season is approaching fast. 

And with a new season, that also means a new set of award watch lists to keep an eye out for. 

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Sixteen different award watch lists were announced over a 10-day span in July, starting with the Bednarik and Maxwell Awards on July 10 and ending with the Walter Camp Award on July 21. Watch lists will be shortened throughout the season and this year's winners will be announced on Dec. 7 at the annual Home Depot College Football Awards, hosted by the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.

Here is the full list of 2017 preseason watch lists, as they were announced: 

AWARD WATCH LISTS: Bednarik | Maxwell | Mackey | Rimington | Lou Groza | Ray Guy | Nagurski | Outland | Thorpe | Butkus | Hornung | Biletnikoff | Wuerffel | O'Brien | Doak Walker | Walter Camp

Click here to check out the 2016 winners.