The Maxwell Football Club released the Maxwell Award watch list today as part of a group of college football awards watch lists to be released over the next couple of weeks. The Bednairk Award is awarded annually to the best collegiate football player, offensively , in the country after being judge by the Maxwell Football Club.
The Maxwell Award is named after Robert W. Maxwell, who played college football, was a coach and a sportswriter.
These eight former Florida HS Football players made the watch list and should be commended for their efforts on the field and getting recognized for it.
- RB Giovani Bernard / Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas / North Carolina
- QB Teddy Bridgewater / Miami Northwestern / Louisville
- RB Onterio McCalebb / Fort Meade / Auburn
- QB Aaron Murray / Plant / Georgia
- RB Branden Oliver / Miami Southridge / Buffalo
- QB Denard Robinson / Deerfield Beach / Michigan
- QB Geno Smith / Miramar / West Virginia
- WR Sammy Watkins / South Fort Myers / Clemson
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Florida Gator and Ponte Vedra Nease QB Tim Tebow is only one of two players to have ever won the Maxwell Award twice and the only one from the state of Florida to win the award twice.
![Miami Northwestern Head Coach Teddy Bridgewater and QB Leon Strawder huddle up the rest of the Bulls offense during a time out during the recent 2024 FHSAA Class 3A State Championship. Strawder was among three athletes that stood out in the 2024 FHSAA Class 3A State Championship Game on Sat. Dec. 14, 2024, at South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium in Miami [Joshua Wilson/FloridaHSFootball.com]](https://floridahsfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cover-3-Class-3A-State-Championship-120x86.jpg)
![Miami Northwestern head coach Teddy Bridgewater hoists up the 2024 Class 3A State Championship trophy after the Bulls defeated Raines (Jacksonville), 41-0 on Sat. Dec. 14, 2024 at South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium in Miami, Fla. [Joshua Wilson/FloridaHSFootball.com]](https://floridahsfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Northwestern-vs.-Raines-3A-recap-120x86.jpg)
![FIU will be hosting the 2024 FHSAA State Championships at South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium [Photo Courtesy of FIU Athletics]](https://floridahsfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Class-3A-State-Championship-Prevew-Northwestern-vs.-Raines-120x86.jpg)
![Fort Meade took the Rural FIT Championship 21-13 over Dixie County on Fri. Dec 6, 2024 at The Range at H.G. Morse Stadium at The Villages Charter High School in Middleton, FL [Joshua Wilson/FloridaHSFootball.com]](https://floridahsfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RURAL-FIT-Recap-Fort-Meade-vs.-Dixie-County-120x86.jpg)
![The Range at H.G. Morse Stadium at The Villages High School in Middleton, Fla. [Photo Courtesy of The Villages Charter High School]](https://floridahsfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RURAL-FIT-Preview-Featured-120x86.jpg)
