Wide receiver Ahmmon Richards and running back Travis Homer were the Miami football players named to the Maxwell Award Watch list. Linebacker Shaq Quarterman and Safety Jaquan Johnson are on the watch list for the Bednarik Award.
Richards is hoping to turn around what was an injured filled 2017 season. His numbers in receptions and receiving yards were about half of what they were during his record-setting 2016 Freshman year. Richards played in only seven of the 13 scheduled Miami football games in 2017.
Scouts have commented on the huge upside that Richards brings to the field.