2024 Jerry Rice Award Watch List Released

Stats Perform has released a midseason watch list of 30 FCS players for the 2024 Jerry Rice Award, given each season to the top rookie in the subdivision.

To be eligible for the award, a player must be classified as a freshman by his conference in his first or second academic year without surpassing four games in the previous academic year – similar to the NCAA’s redshirt rule.

The winner will be announced on December 4th and honored at the FCS National Awards Banquet to be held on January 4th in Frisco, Texas.

Below is the 2024 Jerry Rice Award watchlist.

Attack:

Carson Conklin (Sacramento State, QB)

Trey Hedden (Furman, QB)

Collin Hurst (Presbyterian, QB)

Elijah Owens (Indiana State, QB)

Drew VanVleet (Dayton, QB)

Jack Wagner (Idaho, QB)

Adam Jones (Montana State, RB)

David Avit (Villanova, RB)

CharMar Brown (North Dakota State, RB)

Matt Childs (Brown, RB)

Jason Collins Jr. (Morgan State, RB)

Jalen Fletcher (North Alabama, RB)

Steve Hall (Lindenwood, RB)

Jamarie Hostzclaw (Alabama State, RB)

Tariq Thomas (Bucknell, RB)

TJ Thomas Jr. (Elon, RB)

Brennan Ridley (Hampton, WR)

Defense:

AJ Pigford (Princeton, DE)

Isaac Saffold (Georgetown, DE)

Josh Anglin (North Alabama, LB)

Charles Battaglia (Stonehill, LB)

Sanders Ellis (Tennessee State, LB)

Ayden Jones (Prairie View A&M, LB)

Cole Nilles (Bryant, LB)

Dallas Winner-Johnson (Missouri State, LB)

Jayden Robertson (Southern Utah, CB)

CJ Coombes (Wofford, S)

Derek Ganter Jr. (Eastern Washington, S)

Special teams:

Finn Lappin (McNeese, P)

Travis Terrell Jr. (Jackson State, RB/RS)

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