The 2025 Preseason Biletnikoff Award Watch List

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Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, has released the 2025 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List.

The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football’s outstanding receiver, not merely college football’s outstanding wide receiver. Tight end Kyle Pitts was a finalist in 2020 and other tight ends were semifinalists in prior years. Moreover, the Biletnikoff Award is a single season, not career, award.

The Biletnikoff Award’s semifinalists, three finalists, and award recipient are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of 600 prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, Biletnikoff Award winners, and other former receivers. Foundation trustees do not vote and have never voted. For a list of voters, please see BiletnikoffAward.com/voters.

Receivers are frequently added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.

The Biletnikoff Award candidate eligibility and voting criteria, transparently explicit and detailed, are available for review at BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria.

The 2025 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List

(Other receivers will be added as their season performances dictate)

(See below)

Aaron Anderson, LSU (WR)

Chris Bell, Louisville (WR)

Skyler Bell, UConn (WR)

Germie Bernard, Alabama (WR)

O’Mega Blake, Arkansas (WR)

Denzel Boston, Washington (WR)

Jayce Brown, Kansas State (WR)

Josh Cameron, Baylor (WR)

Cam Coleman, Auburn (WR)

Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri (WR)

Caleb Douglas, Texas Tech (WR)

Jack Endries, Texas (TE)

Malachi Fields, Notre Dame (WR)

Ted Hurst, Georgia State (WR)

Justin Joly, North Carolina State (TE)

Omari Kelly, Michigan State (WR)

Max Klare, Ohio State (TE)

Tanner Koziol, Houston (TE)

Cayden Lee, Ole Miss (WR)

Makai Lemon, USC (WR)

Eric McAlister, TCU (WR)

Chrishon McCray, Michigan State (WR)

Adrian Norton, Marshall (WR)

Trebor Pena, Penn State (WR)

Eric Rivers, Georgia Tech (WR)

Chase Roberts, BYU (WR)

Devonte Ross, Penn State (WR)

Corey Rucker, Arkansas State (WR)

Elijah Sarratt, Indiana (WR)

DT Sheffield, Rutgers (WR)

Eric Singleton Jr, Auburn (WR)

Anthony Smith, East Carolina (WR)

Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State (WR)

Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt (TE)

De’Zhaun Stribling, Ole Miss (WR)

Carnell Tate, Ohio State (WR)

Javon Tracy, Minnesota (WR)

Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State (WR)

Junior Vandeross III, Toledo (WR)

Cam Vaughn, West Virginia (WR)

Reggie Virgil, Texas Tech (WR)

Trent Walker, Oregon State (WR)

Harrison Wallace III, Ole Miss (WR)

Bryant Wesco Jr., Clemson (WR)

Ryan Williams, Alabama (WR)

Antonio Williams, Clemson (WR)

Luke Wysong, Arizona (WR)

2024 Biletnikoff Award winner: All-America Travis Hunter of Colorado
Travis Hunter was formally introduced by Colorado Coach Michael Pollock and presented the Biletnikoff Award trophy by TQC Foundation Chairman Charles Hopkins, assisted by the 1992 Heisman Memorial Trophy winner and national champion Gino Torretta, keynote speaker, at the black-tie Biletnikoff Award Banquet & Celebration at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center in Tallahassee on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The banquet, always sold-out and attended by 700 patrons, was hailed by 2014 keynote speaker Dick Vermeil, as well as by 2013 keynoter Larry Csonka, as “the best banquet in college sports.”

The banquet has featured distinguished keynoters of profound character and accomplishments including the late Bart Starr, Dick Vermeil, the late Floyd Little, Larry Csonka, Steve Largent, Mike Ditka, the late Don Shula, the late Dan Reeves, Archie Manning, Ron Jaworski, Gene Stallings, Bob Griese, Bill Curry, the late Bobby Bowden, Jim Kelly, Jerry Kramer, Joe Theismann, Dan Fouts, Chad Hennings, Lou Holtz, Aaron Taylor, Archie Griffin, Danny Wuerffel, and Drew Pearson.
Foundation Chairman and Founding Trustee Walter Manley II presented the beautiful Biletnikoff Award trophy to unanimous 1st-team All America Marvin Harrison Jr. with the 1996 Heisman Trophy winner and national champion Danny Wuerffel, keynote speaker, at the 30th Biletnikoff Award Banquet with 700 patrons in attendance on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
The correlation between Biletnikoff Award winners and stardom in the National Football League is nearly uniformly consistent. Past Biletnikoff Award winners include Calvin Johnson, Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree, Amari Cooper, Golden Tate, Brandin Cooks, the late Terry Glenn, Ja’Marr Chase, DeVonta Smith, and Larry Fitzgerald.

The 501(c)(3) TQC Foundation’s charitable mission is the provision of college and vocational scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest academic and extracurricular levels. Participation in sports is not a requirement, but does count as an extracurricular activity. The all-volunteer Foundation has provided over 350 scholarships with benefits of nearly 7 million dollars through 2025. TQC Founding Trustee & many-times chairman Walter Manley II, serving his 28th year as fundraising chairman, recently announced a goal of 10 million dollars to be awarded in scholarships by 2030.

2025 Scholarship Recipients

2024 Scholarship Recipients
The name Biletnikoff is synonymous with the term receiver. Fred Biletnikoff, a member of the pro and college football halls of fame, was a consensus 1st-team All-America receiver at Florida State University and an All-Pro receiver for the Oakland Raiders. He caught 589 passes for 8,974 yards and 76 touchdowns in his 14-year Raiders career from 1965 through 1978. Fred was the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XI.

Fred Biletnikoff was Florida State’s first consensus 1st-Team All-America
The Biletnikoff Award
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot or inside receiver, wingback, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award.

(BiletnikoffAward.com/about_award)

The TQC Foundation, Inc., is an independent, charitable organization designated with 501(c)(3) status that was founded in 1994. Many trustees have contributed to its development as one of the most prominent awards in college football. The TQC Foundation, Inc., joined the idea of a college receiver’s award to the organization’s vision and created the outstanding award and dynamic organization.

The trophy, presented to each winner, is the most beautiful in college football – it has won several national, juried competitions for design excellence and aesthetic brilliance.

Likewise, the website and printed banquet program have been cited nationally for excellence in design and content.
The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, is the creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award. The Foundation administers the Biletnikoff Award, its charitable activities, and the distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee. Foundation Trustees are prohibited from serving on the National Selection Committee. For a full recounting of the Foundation’s activities, please consult BiletnikoffAward.com.
National College Football Awards Association
The Biletnikoff Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

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