Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Blankenship on Bednarik Watch List for 3rd straight year
7/19/2021 9:00:00 AM | Football
PHILADELPHIA - The Maxwell Football Club today announced its watch list for the 27th annual Chuck Bednarik Award and Middle Tennessee's Reed Blankenship made the prestigious list for the third year in a row.
The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.
Blankenship, a senior, returned from an injury in 2020 but still led the Blue Raiders with 76 tackles. He enters the 2021 season with 309 total stops and is on pace to become the all-time leader.
The watch list will once again incorporate a broad spectrum of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs and conferences from coast to coast.
The Bednarik Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 25 awards now boast over 800 recipients, dating to 1935. Visit ncfaa.org to learn more about the association.
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Awards will be announced November 1, 2021, while the finalists will be unveiled November 22, 2021. The winner of the 2021 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 9, 2021. The formal presentation of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 11, 2022.
The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.
Blankenship, a senior, returned from an injury in 2020 but still led the Blue Raiders with 76 tackles. He enters the 2021 season with 309 total stops and is on pace to become the all-time leader.
The watch list will once again incorporate a broad spectrum of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs and conferences from coast to coast.
The Bednarik Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 25 awards now boast over 800 recipients, dating to 1935. Visit ncfaa.org to learn more about the association.
Semifinalists for the Bednarik Awards will be announced November 1, 2021, while the finalists will be unveiled November 22, 2021. The winner of the 2021 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 9, 2021. The formal presentation of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 11, 2022.
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