The Foundation, when appropriate, will add receivers to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List (based upon performance) up to the commencement of voting by the Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee.
Click here for PDF Press Release of the initial preseason watch list
2012 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
(listed in alphabetical order)
* Player was added to watch list on October 16, 2012
| Player | School | Year |
| Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | JR |
| Davante Adams | Fresno State | FR |
| Keenan Allen | California | JR |
| Alex Amidon | Boston College | JR |
| Anthony Amos | Middle Tennessee | SR |
| Tavon Austin | West Virginia | SR |
| Stedman Bailey | West Virgina | JR |
| Emory Blake | Auburn | SR |
| Josh Boyce | TCU | JR |
| Jheranie Boyd | North Carolina | SR |
| Corey Brown | Ohio State | JR |
| Dan Buckner | Arizona | SR |
| Michael Campanaro | Wake Forest | JR |
| DeVonte Christopher | Utah | SR |
| Brandin Cooks | Oregon State | SO |
| Jamison Crowder* | Duke University | SO |
| Keenan Davis | Iowa | SR |
| Marcus Davis | Virgina Tech | SR |
| Mike Davis | Texas | JR |
| Andre Debose | Florida | JR |
| Aaron Dobson | Marshall | SR |
| Phillip Dorsett | Miami (FL) | SO |
| Mike Edwards | UTEP | SR |
| Mike Evans* | Texas A & M | FR |
| Austin Franklin | New Mexico State | SO |
| Noel Grigsby | San Jose State | JR |
| Cobi Hamilton | Arkansas | SR |
| Justin Hardy* | East Carolina | SO |
| Nick Harwell | Miami (OH) | JR |
| Willie Haulstead | Florida State | JR |
| Erik Highsmith | North Carolina | SR |
| Austin Hill | Arizona | SO |
| Cody Hoffman | BYU | JR |
| DeAndre Hopkins | Clemson | JR |
| Justin Hunter | Tennessee | JR |
| Allen Hurns | Miami (FL) | JR |
| Darius Johnson | SMU | SR |
| TJ Jones | Notre Dame | JR |
| Tavarres King | Georgia | SR |
| Marqise Lee | USC | SO |
| Alec Lemon | Syracuse | SR |
| Jordan Leslie* | UTEP | SO |
| Colin Lockett | San Diego State | JR |
| Jordan Matthews | Vanderbilt | JR |
| Matt Miller | Boise State | SO |
| TJ Moe | Missouri | SR |
| Donte Moncrief | Ole Miss | SO |
| Uzoma Nwachukwu | Texas A&M | SR |
| Quinton Patton | Louisiana Tech | SR |
| Quintin Payton | NC State | JR |
| Bernard Reedy* | Toledo | JR |
| Tevin Reese | Baylor | JR |
| Chip Reeves | Troy | JR |
| Allen Robinson | Penn State | SO |
| Roy Roundtree | Michigan | SR |
| Alonzo Russell | Toledo | FR |
| Marcus Sales | Syracuse | SR |
| Dawan Scott | Miami (OH) | SO |
| Mike Shanahan | Pittsburgh | SR |
| Tommy Shuler | Marshall | SO |
| Willie Snead | Ball State | SO |
| Kenny Stills | Oklahoma | JR |
| Devin Street | Pittsburgh | JR |
| Marquelo Suel | Akron | SR |
| Ryan Swope | Texas A&M | SR |
| Conner Vernon | Duke | SR |
| Eric Ward | Texas Tech | JR |
| Markus Wheaton | Oregon State | SR |
| Terrance Williams | Baylor | SR |
| Jaime Wilson | Western Michigan | FR |
| Marquess Wilson | Washington State | JR |
| Robert Woods | USC | JR |
The Biletnikoff Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association’s official website,