The Walter Camp Football Foundation has released its preseason watch list for the 2013 Walter Camp Award, which is presented to the nation’s most outstanding college football player.
The Walter Camp Award is named after Walter Camp, who is consider “The Father of American Football.” Camp played at Yale from 1877 to 1882 and is credited with creating many strategy features which led to the development of the organized game, according to the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
The winner will be announced on December 12 at The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
Florida HS Football Alumni on the 2013 Walter Camp Award preseason watch list:
| Name | Position | College | High School |
| Dri Archer | RB | Kent State | Venice |
| Teddy Bridgewater | QB | Louisville | Miami Northwestern |
| Rakeem Cato | QB | Marshall | Miami Central |
| Amari Cooper | WR | Alabama | Miami Northwestern |
| Duke Johnson | RB | Miami (FL) | Miami Norland |
| Aaron Murray | QB | Georgia | Plant |
| Louis Nix III | DE | Notre Dame | Raines |
| Sammy Watkins | WR | Clemson | South Fort Myers |











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