Nagurski Trophy watch list released

Tyrann Mathieu and Eric Reid represent the LSU secondary. (US Presswire)

The watch list has arrived in college football. The annual individual awards given at the end of the season will be rolling out their initial lists over the next couple weeks, and college football fans get their first round of debatable distinctions for 2012.

Unlike a lot of the awards given out in college football, the Bronco Nagurski Award is a lot more general. It's not an award for the best interior lineman, or the best linebacker or defensive back, it's an award for the best defensive player in the country. One that's voted on by the FWAA.

Now, there are a lot of defensive players in the country, which helps explain why there are 84 players on the Bronco Nagurski watch list for 2012, and here are every single one of them.

2012 Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List

Johnny Adams, State" data-canon="Michigan Wolverines" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" id="shortcode0"> , CB
Ricardo Allen, Purdue , CB
David Amerson, N.C. State , CB
Dion Bailey, USC , LB
Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State , CB
Chris Borland, Wisconsin , LB
John Boyett, Oregon , S
Travis Brown, Fresno State , LB
Jonathan Brown, Illinois , LB
Arthur Brown, Kansas State , LB
Brodrick Brown, State" data-canon="Oklahoma Sooners" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" id="shortcode0"> , CB
Michael Buchanan, Illinois, DE
Max Bullough, Michigan State, LB
Carrington Byndom, Texas , CB
Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina , DE
Jamie Collins, Southern Miss , LB
Matt Elam, Florida , S
Sharrif Floyd, Florida, DT
Kyle Fuller, Tech" data-canon="Virginia Cavaliers" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" id="shortcode0"> , CB
William Gholston, Michigan State, DE
Khaseem Greene, Rutgers , LB
Steve Greer, Virginia , LB
Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State , DT
Gerald Hodges, Penn State , LB
Jarred Holley, Pittsburgh , S
Demontre Hurst, Oklahoma , CB
Micah Hyde, Iowa , CB
Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky , LB
Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas, DE
Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma, S
Brandon Jenkins, Florida State , DE
John Jenkins, Georgia , DT
Nico Johnson, Alabama , LB
Travis Johnson, San Jose State , DE
Jarvis Jones, Georgia, LB
Dion Jordan, Oregon, DE
Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State, S
A.J. Klein, Iowa State , LB
Jake Knott, Iowa State, LB
Jordan Kovacs, Michigan , S
Corey Lemonier, Auburn , DE
Robert Lester, Alabama, S
Kapron Lewis-Moore, Notre Dame , DE
Rob Lohr, Vanderbilt , DT
Travis Long, Washington State , LB
Star Lotulelei, Utah , DT
Khalil Mack, Buffalo , LB
Trent Mackey, Tulane , LB
Nigel Malone, Kansas State, CB
Stansly Maponga, TCU , DE
Tyrann Mathieu, LSU , CB
Dexter McCoil, Tulsa , S
T.J. McDonald, USC, S
Leon McFadden, San Diego State , CB
Dee Milliner, Alabama, CB
Barkevious Mingo, LSU, DE
Sam Montgomery, LSU, DE
C.J. Mosley, Alabama, LB
Roosevelt Nix, Kent State , DT
Alex Okafor, Texas, DE
Kevin Pierre-Louis, Boston College , LB
Sean Porter, Texas A&M , LB
Jordan Poyer, Oregon State , CB
Kevin Reddick, North Carolina , LB
Eric Reid, LSU, S
Xavier Rhodes, Florida State, CB
Nickell Robey, USC, CB
Kawann Short, Purdue, DT
John Simon, Ohio State, DE
Shayne Skov, Stanford , LB
Hakeem Smith, Louisville , S
Devin Taylor, South Carolina, DE
Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech, LB
Mike Taylor, Wisconsin, LB
Manti Te'o, Notre Dame, LB
Chase Thomas, Stanford, LB
Kenny Vaccaro, Texas, S
Kyle Van Noy, BYU , LB
Joe Vellano, Maryland , DT
Bjoern Werner, Florida State, DE
Jesse Williams, Alabama, DT
Trevardo Williams, Connecticut , DE
Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green , LB
Tom Wort, Oklahoma, LB