Florida football’s incumbent starting quarterback DJ Lagway is among the 46 players named to this year’s edition of the Walter Camp Award preseason watch list by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
The 6-foot-3-inch, 247-pound passer out of Willis, Texas, enters his sophomore season amid high expectations after helping the Gators finish 8-5 in 2024 with a bowl game victory to boot. He earned eight different Freshman All-American honors and was named the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl MVP for his efforts, while also serving as a prominent figure in helping various nonprofit organizations in the Gainesville area.
The 2025 watch list includes 38 offensive players (22 quarterbacks, 11 running backs, four receivers/tight ends and one two-way player) along with eight from the defensive side of the ball. A committee comprised of 133 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors will narrow the list down to a group of 10 semifinalists in early November and then to a group of three finalists in early December, with the winner being announced Friday, Dec. 12.
About the Walter Camp Award
The Walter Camp Award was founded in the name of Walter Camp, who was one of the main contributors in making the game of football into what it is today. A player at Yale, Camp competed from 1877 to 1882 and served as the captain of the team in 1878, 1879 and 1881.
His contributions off the field were even more important than his performance on the field. Camp helped create the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), served as Yale’s first football coach from 1876 to 1910, and helped lead the adoption of new rules that made the game safer and helped differentiate football from rugby.
The qualifications for this nomination include contributing to the game of American football, upholding the ideals of…
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