DALLAS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America released its 2023 Freshman All-America Watch List today, selecting 62 freshman standouts from all 10 Division I FBS conferences plus Independents.
The FWAA will unveil its 2023 Freshman All-America Team, sponsored by Chris Doering Mortgage, and the sixth annual Freshman of the Year Award in January.
Paced by five selections from Florida, the SEC led all conferences on the current watch list with 14 members, followed by the Atlantic Coast’s 11 and the Big 12’s seven. The Big Ten and Mountain West both finished with six, and the Pac-12 added five. No other conference had more than three players on the list. Of the 62 players represented, 33 are true freshmen.
Out of hometown states, Texas was the most represented with 10 selections. Georgia finished with eight, and California added five.
Following is the complete, 62-man 2023 FWAA Freshman All-America Watch List
* denotes redshirt freshmen
Quarterbacks (4)
*Rocco Becht, Iowa State (6-1, 205, Wesley Chapel, Fla.)
*Byrum Brown, USF (6-3, 209, Raleigh, N.C.)
*Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, Colorado State (6-3, 205, Aledo, Tx.)
Dante Moore, UCLA (6-3, 210, Detroit, Mich.)
Running Backs (5)
Jalen Buckley, Western Michigan (5-11, 210, Aurora, Ill.)
Makhi Hughes, Tulane (5-11, 195, Birmingham, Ala.)
LJ Martin, BYU (6-2, 205, El Paso. Tx.)
Darius Taylor, Minnesota (5-11, 195, Detroit, Mich.)
Jai’Den Thomas, UNLV (5-9, 180, Atlanta, Ga.)
Wide Receivers (4)
*Pofele Ashlock, Hawaii (6-2, 175, Euless, Tx.)
Kevin Concepcion, North Carolina State (5-11, 187, Charlotte, N.C.)
*Jalen Moss, Fresno State (6-1, 168, Menlo Park, Calif.)
Eric Singleton, Jr, Georgia Tech (5-11, 173, Douglasville, Ga.)
Tight Ends (3)
*Arlis Boardingham, Florida (6-3, 240, Van Nuys, Calif.)
Benjamin Brahmer, Iowa State (6-7, 240, Pierce, Neb.)
Luke Hasz, Arkansas (6-3, 242, Bixby, Okla.)
Offensive Line (16)
Xavier Bausley, Jacksonville State (6-5, 315, Dunbar, W.Va.)
*Parker Brailsford, Washington (6-2, 275, Mesa, Ariz.)
*Louie Canepa, NM State (6-3, 320, Napa, Calif.)
Spencer Fano, Utah (6-5, 300, Spanish Fork, Utah)
*Earnest Greene III, Georgia (6-4, 320, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Knijeah Harris, Florida (6-3, 315, Port St. Lucie, Fla.)
*Luke Jones, UAB (6-6, 310, Sugar Hill, Ga.)
*Caden Kitler, UCF (6-3, 295, Dallas, Tx.)
Francis Mauigoa, Miami (6-6, 315, Ili’ili, American Samoa)
*Wendell Moe, Arizona (6-2, 340, Long Beach, Calif.)
*Braelin Moore, Virginia Tech (6-3, 290, Bethlehem, Pa.)
Brian Parker II, Duke (6-5, 300, Cincinnati, Ohio)
*Kaden Sieracki, Baylor (6-8, 309, The Woodlands, Tx.)
Brady Small, Army (6-0, 309, Mt. Ephraim, N.J.)
Carter Smith, Indiana (6-5, 305, Powell, Ohio)
*Chandler Strong, Georgia Southern (6-3, 290, Warner Robins, Ga.)
Defensive Line (8)
Rueben Bain Jr, Miami (6-3, 275, Miami, Fla.)
*Caleb Banks, Florida (6-6, 320, Detroit, Mich.)
*Paul Fitzgerald, Utah State (6-3, 240, Idaho Falls, Idaho)
*Nuer Gatkoth, Colorado State (6-3, 240, Edmonton, AB, Canada)
*Horace Lockett, Georgia Tech (6-6, 341, Atlanta, Ga.)
T.J. Parker, Clemson (6-3, 255, Phenix City, Ala.)
T.J. Searcy, Florida (6-5, 245, Thomaston, Ga.)
Peter Woods, Clemson (6-2, 315, Alabaster, Ala.)
Linebackers (6)
Anthony Hill Jr., Texas (6-3, 243, Denton, Tx.)
*Javante Mackey, Arkansas State (6-2, 228, Chicago, Ill.)
Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss (6-3, 205, Raleigh, Miss.)
Kamren Robinson, Virginia (6-2, 227, Tappahannock, Va.)
*Tate Romney, Arizona State (6-2, 220, Chandler, Ariz.)
Taurean York, Texas A&M (6-0, 230, Temple, Tx.)
Defensive Backs (8)
Peyton Bowen, Oklahoma (6-0, 198, Denton, Tx.)
Jordan Castell, Florida (6-2, 220, Orlando, Fla.)
Caleb Downs, Alabama (6-0, 203, Hoschton, Ga.)
Caden Jenkins, Baylor (6-1, 173, Lewisville, Tx.)
Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina (6-1, 204, Eatonton, Ga.)
*Deshaun Lee, Iowa (5-10, 187, Belleville, Mich.)
Michael Richard, Louisiana Tech (5-11, 180, New Orleans, La.)
Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (6-0, 205, Westfield, Ind.)
Kickers (2)
*Lucas Carneiro, Western Kentucky (5-11, 175, Cornelius, N.C.)
*Alex McPherson, Auburn (5-9, 154, Fort Payne, Ala.)
Punters (2)
Atticus Bertrams, Wisconsin (6-3, 225, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
*Jackson Ross, Tennessee (6-3, 195, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Kick Returners (2)
Kenny Johnson, Pitt (6-1, 195, York, Pa.)
*Major Everhart, TCU (5-11, 175, Amarillo, Tx.)
Punt Returners (2)
*Isaiah Sategna, Arkansas (5-11, 180, Fayetteville, Ark.)
*Kaden Saunders, Penn State (5-10, 175, Columbus. Ohio)
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