PHILADELPHIA – Texas Football senior QB Sam Ehlinger was named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list, the Maxwell Football Club announced Friday. It is the second-straight year that Ehlinger has been named to the preseason watch list for the award that is given annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Ehlinger was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award in 2019. Longhorn Legends Tommy Nobis (1965), Ricky Williams (1998), Vince Young (2005) and Colt McCoy (2009) have won the Maxwell Award during their careers.
Ehlinger, an Austin native, has started all 27 games for UT over the past two seasons and leads all active FBS quarterbacks in completions (571), attempts (879), passing yards (6,955), total offense (8,100) and total touchdowns (80) since the start of the 2018 season.