Penn State's Abdul Carter, KJ Winston on watch list for college football's defensive player-of-the-year award.
Penn State's Abdul Carter and KJ Winston are on the preseason watch list for the Bednarik Award, which the Maxwell Football Club presents to the nation's most outstanding defensive football player. The preseason nomination is the fourth for Carter, who also was named to watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. The watch list is the first for Winston.
“He'll play both. We have the flexibility to play him at both positions,” Franklin said. “He's one of the unique athletes that was playing linebacker at 250 pounds. You never know how that transition is going to go, playing in space at the linebacker position compared to moving up to the line of scrimmage and having to go against the offensive tackles. He made the adjustment pretty quickly.
Carter and Winston, both part of Penn State's 2022 recruiting class, already are drawing conversation about the 2025 NFL Draft. Winston is considered among the top safeties in the nation, according to the All Access Football scouting service. In fact, Ric Serritella's scouting report ranks Winston as the
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