[BAYLOR FOOTBALL] Sawyer Robertson Selected to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List

Thu Aug 7 11:13:36 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Aug. 7, 2025

Baylor Football’s Sawyer Robertson Selected to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
Award recognizes the nation’s best college quarterback
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu> or Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, Brent_Ingram at Baylor.edu<mailto:Brent_Ingram at Baylor.edu> or Matt Roberts; 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

FORT WORTH, Texas – Baylor football quarterback Sawyer Robertson has been named to the 2025 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Preseason Watch List, as announced Thursday by the Davey O’Brien Foundation.

The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. Robertson is one of 36 quarterbacks nationwide named to this year’s watch list. Additionally, he is one of eight Big 12 QBs on the list, a mark which leads all leagues.

Baylor’s fifth-year signal caller, Robertson had a breakout 2024 campaign and led the Bears to eight wins, including six in a row to end the regular season. He threw for 3,071 yards with 28 TDs and just eight interceptions, completing 62.2 percent of his passes. He also rushed 63 times for 230 yards with four TDs. Robertson ranked among the tops in single-season program history in passing efficiency, passing yards, completions, completion percentages, TDs and TD:INT ratio. He had four 300+-yard passing games and threw for a career-high 445 yards with two scores vs. LSU in the Texas Bowl.

Inclusion on the Davey O’Brien Watch List marks Robertson’s third watch list selection of the preseason, joining previous Maxwell Award and Wuerffel Trophy honors. He was also named a preseason All-Big 12 and All-Texas selection earlier this summer. Robertson returns the nation’s best Total QBR with an 83.7 mark.

This year’s list was compiled by a subset of the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee based on previous Division I career player performance, as well as expectations heading into the 2025 season. The official Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 21, and will contain active quarterbacks from the preseason watch list, players honored as weekly Great 8 recipients through the year and any additional quarterbacks approved by the selection subcommittee.

The 35-player Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2025 will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 28. For the fifth-straight year, fan voting on social media will earn players bonus votes during the semifinalist, finalist and winner voting rounds.

The list of semifinalists selected from the QB Class will be named on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The Foundation will announce the three finalists two weeks later on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The 2025 Davey O’Brien Award winner will be unveiled live on ESPN on Thursday, Dec. 11, during The Home Depot College Football Awards.

The 49th Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner honoring the winner will be held Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

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BAYLOR FOOTBALL 2025 PRESEASON HONORS
Omar Aigbedion, OG
Outland Trophy Watch List
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Pick Six Previews)
Preseason Second-Team All-Texas (DCTF)

Travion Barnes, LB
DCTF Texas 50 (No. 46)
Preseason Second-Team All-Texas (DCTF)
Preseason Third-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon)

Josh Cameron, WR/PR
Biletnikoff Award Watch List
Hornung Award Watch List
Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List (No. 49)
DCTF Texas 50 (No. 23)
Preseason First-Team All-America, PR (Athlon)
Preseason All-Big 12, PR/KR (Big 12 Media)
Preseason First-Team All-Texas, WR (DCTF)
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12, WR (Pick Six Previews)
Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12, WR (Athlon, Phil Steele)
Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12, PR (Phil Steele)

Sidney Fugar, OL
Preseason Third-Team All-Big 12 (Pick Six Previews)
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)

Caden Jenkins, CB
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon)

Ryan Lengyel, OL
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon)

Jackie Marshall, DL
DCTF Texas 50 (No. 38)
Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Pick Six Previews)
Preseason Second-Team All-Texas (DCTF)
Preseason Third-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)

Coleton Price, OL
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon)

Sawyer Robertson, QB
Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
Maxwell Award Watch List
Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
Preseason Second-Team All-Texas (DCTF)
Preseason Third-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Pick Six Previews)

Keaton Thomas, LB
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List
Butkus Award Watch List
Preseason Fourth-Team All-America (Athlon, Phil Steele, Pick Six Previews)
Preseason All-Big 12 (Big 12 Media)
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Phil Steele, Pick Six Previews)
Preseason First-Team All-Texas (DCTF)

Michael Trigg, TE
Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Pick Six Previews))
Preseason Third-Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)

Devin Turner, S
Preseason Fourth-Team All-Big 12 (Pick Six Previews)

Bryson Washington, RB
Maxwell Award Watch List
Doak Walker Award Watch List
DCTF Texas 50 (No. 11)
Preseason Third-Team All-America (Athlon)
Preseason All-Big 12 (Big 12 Media)
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Phil Steele, Pick Six Previews, Sports Info Solutions)
Preseason First-Team All-Texas (DCTF)

Palmer Williams, P
Ray Guy Award Watch List
Preseason Second-Team All-America (Phil Steele)
Preseason Third-Team All-America (Athlon)
Preseason All-Big 12 (Big 12 Media)
Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Phil Steele, Sports Info Solutions)

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