Marvin Harrison Jr. and Tommy Eichenberg were both named as semifinalists for national player of the year awards on Monday.
Harrison is one of 17 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award, which honors college football’s most outstanding player, and Eichenberg is one of 20 semifinalists for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which recognizes college football’s most outstanding defensive player.
Both players are semifinalists for those respective awards for the second year in a row.
Harrison certainly ranks among the frontrunners for this year’s Maxwell Award – and the Heisman Trophy, for that matter – after his seventh 100-yard receiving game and fourth multi-touchdown game of the season against Michigan State on Saturday, in which he caught seven passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns and added a 19-yard touchdown run.