DALLAS – Junior safety Yam Banks continued to reel in preseason honors as he was named to the Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List on Tuesday as selected by the Football Writers Association of America.
The Bronco Nagurski Award is given by the FWAA annually and recognizes the top defensive player in the country. In all 10 players from the 94-player list were on last season's FWAA Freshman All-America Team. There are 70 schools – more than half of the FBS membership – represented on this year's team.
Banks, who was named First-Team All-Sun Belt as a defensive back at the end of last season, was also an honorable mention All-America selection by Phil Steele, second team by PFF and third team by CFN in 2022.