In terms of wins and national exposure, 2018 marked the mountaintop of the Buffalo Bulls’ program. Buffalo — while attaining its first 10-win season as an FBS member — annihilated its first-ever Big Ten program, gathered a collection of AP votes, landed a spot in the MAC Championship Game, and went bowling for the first time since 2013.
Buffalo’s main contributors composed of an interesting blend of new faces and upperclassmen. But one of the new faces took the conference by storm, and now he’s flying on the national radar as one of 80 members on the Maxwell Award Watch List, handed to the best all-around players in college football.