{"id":263894,"date":"2025-08-05T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/263894\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:29:17","slug":"alabama-receiver-named-to-2025-preseason-watch-list-for-top-college-football-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/263894\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama receiver named to 2025 preseason watch list for top college football award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The preseason accolades continue to roll in for <a href=\"https:\/\/rolltidewire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama Crimson Tide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alabama Crimson Tide<\/a> wide receiver Ryan Williams.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon, Williams was among the 46 total players named to the 2025 preseason watch list for one of the top individual honors in college football, the <a href=\"https:\/\/waltercamp.org\/forty-six-players-named-to-2025-walter-camp-player-of-year-watch-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Walter Camp Player of the Year Award;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Walter Camp Player of the Year Award<\/a>. Williams has also received honors this offseason such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/alabama-wide-receiver-named-preseason-140056731.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maxwell Award preseason watch list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxwell Award preseason watch list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The lone <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/3478\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alabama<\/a> player on the watch list, Williams is coming off a stellar freshman season in which he hauled in 48 receptions for 865 yards and eight touchdowns as the Crimson Tide&#8217;s top receiver, while also rushing for 48 yards and two more scores.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama has won the Walter Camp Award three times before, which came via Derrick Henry (2015), Tua Tagovailoa (2018), and DeVonta Smith (2020).<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rolltidewire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@RollTideWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@RollTideWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RollTideWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/1284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alabama<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinion.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/rolltidewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/crimson-tide\/football\/2025\/08\/05\/alabama-football-ryan-williams-walter-camp-watch-list\/85513743007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama football&#039;s Ryan Williams named to Walter Camp Award watch list;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alabama football&#8217;s Ryan Williams named to Walter Camp Award watch list<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The preseason accolades continue to roll in for Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Ryan Williams. 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