University of Tennessee Athletics
Sutton Named To Hornung Award Watch List
July 15, 2016 | Football
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tennessee senior Cameron Sutton has been named as one of 43 multi-talented college football players to the 2016 Watch List for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse, as announced by the Louisville Sports Commission on Friday.
PRESEASON WATCH LISTS
Walter Camp Player of The Year
Maxwell Award
Chuck Bednarik Award
Derek Barnett, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Cameron Sutton
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Derek Barnett, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Cameron Sutton
Davey O'Brien Award
Doak Walker Award
Wuerffel Trophy
Dick Butkus Award
Ray Guy Award
Paul Hornung Award
Mackey Award
Outland Trophy
Rimington Trophy
Jim Thorpe Award
Sutton is also on the watch lists for the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Jim Thorpe Award.
Sutton has started all 38 games of his career, including 13 games in 2015 in which he posted 28 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, an interception, two pass break-ups, and two forced fumbles. He is tied for fourth in Tennessee history with 32 career passes defended. The Jonesboro, Georgia, native has also become a feared punt returner after leading the nation with 18.7 yards per return last season, earning AutoNation FWAA Second Team All-American and Sporting News First Team All-American honors. Over the last two years Sutton has returned three punts for touchdowns. Sutton has garnered preseason First Team All-American honors from Sporting News and preseason Second Team All-American honors from Lindy's. Phil Steele has tabbed Sutton for preseason Third Team All-American honors as both a cornerback and a punt returner and Lindy's ranks him as the No. 4 cornerback in the country.
The Paul Hornung Award, now in its seventh season, is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission and football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung. The winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award Banquet presented by KentuckyOne Health, to be held at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville in February 2017. The Paul Hornung Award recently was named an associate member of the prestigious National College Football Awards Association.
This year's Watch List is comprised of 21 seniors, 13 juniors and nine sophomores who start at a total of seven different positions, and represent 42 universities and all 10 conferences that are part of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Pac-12 leads the conferences with eight players followed by the ACC and SEC with seven players and the Big Ten with six players.
"I'm ecstatic that the Paul Hornung Award has gained national prominence in such a short time," said Paul Hornung, the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner who played every position in the offensive backfield during his Notre Dame career and was a triple threat halfback for the title town Green Bay Packers of the early 1960s. "During the past six years the quality of our winners, finalists and weekly honorees has been impressive, and I'm pleased that we are able to acknowledge outstanding players who contribute any way possible to help their teams win the way I did."
"I enjoy following the players on our Watch List and watching many of our winners and finalists from the first six years as they make their marks in the NFL," continued Hornung who maintains an office in downtown Louisville. Hornung won the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback and earned NFL MVP honors for the Green Bay Packers in 1961, setting a single-season NFL scoring record rushing, receiving, passing and kicking that stood 46 years. He is a member of the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame, and Vince Lombardi once called him, "The most versatile man ever to play the game."
The 2016 Watch List was compiled by a panel of college football experts based on a combination of 2015 statistics, career performance, SID recommendations and expectations heading into the 2016 season. Profiles of each player and information about the Award can be found here. Players will be added to the Watch List during the 2016 regular season based on performance.
