The Biletnikoff Award recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver, regardless of position. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, split end, inside receiver, slot back or running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes the outstanding receiver, not merely the outstanding wide receiver. The award recipient is selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, and former receivers. Foundation trustees do not vote and have never voted. BiletnikoffAward.com/voters
Receivers are periodically added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. The transparently detailed and explicit criteria for candidate eligibility, watch list inclusion, and voting appear at: BiletnikoffAward.com/criteria
2017 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
*Player added September 26, 2017
**Player added October 11, 2017
***Player added October 18, 2017
****Player added October 25, 2017
*****Player added November 1, 2017
^Player added November 6, 2017
♦Player is a semifinalist November 13, 2017
♣Player is a finalist November 20, 2017
♠Winner of the Biletnikoff Award
+Player removed from consideration due to season-ending injury
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | POS |
| Darren Andrews*♦ | UCLA | WR |
| Mark Andrews^ | Oklahoma | TE |
| Marcell Ateman**** | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Sergio Bailey, II | Eastern Michigan | WR |
| Linell Bonner | Houston | WR |
| Tyre Brady** | Marshall | WR |
| Adam Breneman | Massachusetts | TE |
| Marquise Brown^ | Oklahoma | WR |
| A.J. Brown**♦ | Ole Miss | WR |
| Ventell Bryant | Temple | WR |
| Deontay Burnett*♦ | USC | WR |
| Deon Cain | Clemson | WR |
| Darren Carrington, II* | Utah | WR |
| Simmie Cobbs, Jr.***** | Indiana | WR |
| Keke Coutee♦ | Texas Tech | WR |
| Deondre Douglas | Troy | WR |
| Jonathan Duhart+ | Old Dominion | WR |
| Shay Fields | Colorado | WR |
| Michael Gallup♦♣ | Colorado State | WR |
| James Gardner | Miami (Ohio) | WR |
| Devin Gray | Cincinnati | WR |
| Davon Grayson** | East Carolina | WR |
| Jalen Guyton*** | North Texas | WR |
| Kelvin Harmon^ | North Carolina State | WR |
| N’Keal Harry* | Arizona State | WR |
| Penny Hart*** | Georgia State | WR |
| Justin Hobbs***** | Tulsa | WR |
| Andy Isabella | Massachusetts | WR |
| Steve Ishmael*♦ | Syracuse | WR |
| Richie James | Middle Tennessee | WR |
| Gary Jennings* | West Virginia | WR |
| Anthony Johnson** | Buffalo | WR |
| Diontae Johnson***** | Toledo | WR |
| Jon’Vea Johnson | Toledo | WR |
| KeeSean Johnson | Fresno State | WR |
| Christian Kirk | Texas A&M | WR |
| Jordan Lasley** | UCLA | WR |
| Allen Lazard | Iowa State | WR |
| Tavares Martin, Jr. | Washington State | WR |
| Jalen McCleskey | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Anthony Miller♦ | Memphis | WR |
| Scott Miller | Bowling Green | WR |
| Denzel Mims* | Baylor | WR |
| D.J. Moore*** | Maryland | WR |
| J’Mon Moore | Missouri | WR |
| Stanley Morgan, Jr.** | Nebraska | WR |
| Thomas Owens*** | FIU | WR |
| Dante Pettis | Washington | WR |
| Ervin Philips | Syracuse | WR |
| Cam Phillips | Virginia Tech | WR |
| Trey Quinn**♦ | SMU | WR |
| T.J. Rahming | Duke | WR |
| Ahmmon Richards | Miami | WR |
| Calvin Ridley | Alabama | WR |
| Demetris Robertson+ | California | WR |
| Devin Ross | Colorado | WR |
| Deebo Samuel+ | South Carolina | WR |
| Jaylen Samuels** | North Carolina State | TE |
| Jaleel Scott** | New Mexico State | WR |
| David Sills, V*♦♣ | West Virginia | WR |
| Steven Sims, Jr.* | Kansas | WR |
| Tre’Quan Smith | UCF | WR |
| Equanimeous St. Brown | Notre Dame | WR |
| Allenzae Staggers | Southern Miss | WR |
| Courtland Sutton | SMU | WR |
| Cody Thompson+ | Toledo | WR |
| Emanuel Thompson | Troy | WR |
| John Ursua* | Hawaii | WR |
| James Washington♦♣♠ | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Jester Weah | Pitt | WR |
| Vic Wharton, III^ | California | WR |
| Ka’Raun White^ | West Virginia | WR |
| Nick Westbrook+ | Indiana | WR |
| Jimmy Williams | East Carolina | WR |
| Corey Willis | Central Michigan | WR |
| Caleb Wilson*+ | UCLA | TE |
| Cedrick Wilson | Boise State | WR |
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,