[BAYLOR FOOTBALL] Richard Reese Named to Maxwell Award Watch List

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 31, 2023

Baylor Football’s Richard Reese Named to Maxwell Award Watch List
Award honors most outstanding player in college football
For more information contact: Brent Ingram, 210-845-8651, Brent_Ingram at Baylor.edu<mailto:Brent_Ingram at Baylor.edu>; Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>; or Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1 at Baylor.edu<mailto:Colin_Pirtle1 at Baylor.edu>

PHILADELPHIA – Baylor sophomore running back Richard Reese has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, as announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club.

Reese is one of 85 candidates named to the award’s watch list, which is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football. He is one of 13 Big 12 players named to the list, including one of just three league running backs.

Already a preseason All-Big 12 honoree, Reese was tabbed a Freshman All-American in 2022 after shattering Baylor’s rookie rushing record with 972 yards on 198 carries. He added 14 touchdowns, which ranked fourth-best in BU single-season history, and finished just 28 yards shy of becoming the 16th 1,000-yard rusher in program history.

The Bellville, Texas, native logged three games of 100+ yards rushing and was twice named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in 2022. For his efforts, Reese was also named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the league coaches and Offensive Freshman of the Year in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football a year ago.

The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, a former standout at Swarthmore College and a renowned sportswriter and football official. Semifinalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 13, while the three finalists will be unveiled on Nov. 28.

The winner of the 87th Maxwell Award will be revealed as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on Dec. 7. The formal presentation of the Maxwell Award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards in March 2024.

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2023 Baylor Football Preseason Honors
Baylor
Preseason Offensive Line of the Year (College Football Network)

Monaray Baldwin, WR
Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

Clark Barrington, OL
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (College Football Network)
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (PFF)
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Athlon Sports, Phil Steele)

Campbell Barrington, OL
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

Gavin Byers, OL
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

TJ Franklin, DL
Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)

Gabe Hall, DL
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (Phil Steele)
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Athlon Sports)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

Matt Jones, LB
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (Athlon Sports)
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (College Football Network)

Devin Lemear, S
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

Garmon Randolph, OLB
Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

Richard Reese, RB
Maxwell Award Watch List
Preseason All-Big 12 First Team (Athlon Sports, Big 12 Media, PFF)
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (College Football Network)

Dominic Richardson, RB
Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)

Mike Smith Jr., LB
Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team (Phil Steele)


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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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