Making the List
July 06, 2004 09:36 AM | General
July 6, 2004
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Football Writers Association of America has announced the 2004 Bronko Nagurski Watch List, which is a compilation of the best defensive players in college football regardless of position. West Virginia University’s Adam “Pac-Man” Jones is one of six players from the BIG EAST among the group.
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| Pac-Man Jones produced 89 tackles and four interceptions in 2003 as a sophomore. (All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks) |
Jones, a junior, picked off four passes and returned one 49 yards for a touchdown against Boston College last season. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound, College Park, Ga., resident also accumulated 89 tackles, 14 pass breakups, six tackles for losses and two fumble recoveries. Jones is also a big-play performer on special teams, returning 33 kicks for 867 yards and an average of 26.3 yards per return.
Other Big East players listed are Syracuse’s Diamond Ferri, Rutgers’ Jarvis Johnson, Boston College’s Mathias Kiwanuka, Connecticut’s Maurice Lloyd and Temple’s Rian Wallace.
The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, presented by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club, will be named on December 6 at a banquet in Charlotte, N.C.
The FWAA will select a defensive player of the week during the 2004 season. Top defensive performances around the country will be submitted by schools and conferences. An FWAA committee will select the winner from those nominees.
One player per school is listed below. All defensive players on the All-America Watch List are considered by the FWAA All-America Committee. Those players who win defensive player of the week awards and have not been previously listed also will be considered.
Jones joins Jeremy Hines and Dan Mozes as WVU players presently listed on preseason watch lists. Hines is a candidate for both the Outland Trophy and the Rimington Award while Mozes is also listed as a candidate for the Outland Trophy.
Single game tickets for the 2004 football season are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Mountaineer Ticket Office toll-free at 1-800-WVU GAME or by logging onto WVUGAME.com. Season tickets are also still available for purchase.
2004 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST
Muhammad Abdullah, DB, Kentucky
Allan Adami, DT, SMU
Brian Atkinson, LB, Northern Illinois
Andy Avalos, LB, Boise State
Adrian Awasom, DE, North Texas
Jermaine Berry, DT, Kansas State
Jason Berryman, DE, Iowa State
Jamaal Brimmer, DB, UNLV
Michael Boley, LB, Southern Miss
Nick Bunting, LB, Tulsa
Kevin Burnett, LB, Tennessee
Chris Canty, DE, Virginia
Shaun Cody, DT-DE, USC
Channing Crowder, LB, Florida
Will Derting, LB, Washington State
DIAMOND FERRI, SS, Syracuse
Dan Cody, DE, Oklahoma
Trent Cole, DE, Cincinnati
Justin Crooks, LB, Baylor
Adell Duckett, DE, Texas Tech
Simon Fraser, DE, Ohio State
Orien Harris, DT, Miami (Fla.)
Spencer Havner, LB, UCLA
Jovan Haye, DE, Vanderbilt
Anttaj Hawthorne, DT, Wisconsin
Eric Henderson, DE, Georgia Tech
Leroy Hill, LB, Clemson
D'Qwell Jackson, LB, Maryland
Derrick Johnson, LB, Texas
JARVIS JOHNSON, SS, Rutgers
ADAM JONES, CB, West Virginia
Eric King, DB, Wake Forest
James Kinney, LB, Missouri
MATHIAS KIWANUKA, DE, Boston College
MAURICE LLOYD, LB, Connecticut
Jamus Martin, DE, Marshall
Donnie McCleskey, DB, California
Mitch Meeuwsen, FS, Oregon State
Eric Moore, DE, Florida State
Zach Morris, NG, Wyoming
Kirk Morrison, LB, San Diego State
Terna Nande, LB, Miami (Ohio)
David Pollack, DE, Georgia
Brady Poppinga, DE, BYU
Josh Powell, DB, San Jose State
Julius Roberts, DE, Boise State
Robert Rodriguez, LB, UTEP
Matt Roth, DE, Iowa
DeMeco Ryans, LB, Alabama
James Sanders, DB, Fresno State
Morgan Scalley, DB, Utah
Marcus Spears, DE, LSU
John Syptak, DE, Rice
Pat Thomas, LB, NC State
Justin Tuck, DE, Notre Dame
RIAN WALLACE, LB, Temple
Darrent Williams, DB, Oklahoma State
Jimmy Williams, DB, Virginia Tech
Pierre Woods, LB, Michigan
Zac Woodfin, LB, UAB
