Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – As the National College Football Awards Association continues to reveal their preseason awards lists, Virginia Tech's Christian Darrisaw was placed on the Outland Trophy Watch List Tuesday, an award honoring the best college football interior lineman.
Darrisaw (6-5, 311), started all 13 contests at left tackle in 2019 for the Hokies, a year in which he received Second Team All-ACC recognition from Athlon in 2019 and was placed on Phil Steele's Third Team for his play a season ago.
Highest graded returning ACC offensive tackles:
— PFF College (@PFF_College) May 15, 2020
1. Jordan McFadden, Clemson - 88.3
2. Christian Darrisaw, VA Tech - 80.7
3. Ikem Ekwonu, NC State - 80.5 pic.twitter.com/DkuDQuYYBR
Caleb Farley and Rayshard Ashby have also been named to the Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List Tuesday, honoring the best defensive player in college football. The pair have previously appeared on the Bednarik Award Watch List after stellar 2019 seasons.
Hokies on preseason Watch Lists in 2020:
DB Caleb Farley
•Bednarik Award
•Jim Thorpe Award
•Nagurski Award
LB Rayshard Ashby
•Bednarik Award
•Nagurski Award
•Butkus Award
DB Jermaine Waller
•Jim Thorpe Award
OL Christian Darrisaw
•Outland Trophy
Phil Steele's All-ACC Team included 13 Hokies; Ashby, Farley, Darrisaw, Oscar Bradburn, Tayvion Robinson, Lecitus Smith, Jermaine Waller, Jarrod Hewitt, Tré Turner, Justus Reed, Dax Hollifield, Divine Deablo and Brian Johnson.