JONESBORO, Ark. (7/10/17) – Arkansas State senior defensive end Ja'Von Rolland-Jones has been named to the 2017 Bednarik Award Watch List the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday morning.
Rolland-Jones is the first A-State student-athlete in school history to be named to the watch list twice in a career. He also received recognition as a junior in 2016 and has been the only player from the Sun Belt named to the preseason watch list in each of the previous two seasons.
The reigning SBC Player of the Year finished his junior season ranked fifth in the nation in sacks per game (1.