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
+Player removed from consideration due to season-ending injury
*Player added September 25, 2019
**Player added October 9, 2019
***Player added October 23, 2019
****Player added October 30, 2019
*****Player added November 11, 2019
♦Player is a semifinalist November 18, 2019
♣Player is a finalist November 25, 2019
♠Winner of the Biletnikoff Award
2019 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
PLAYER | SCHOOL | POS |
Brandon Aiyuk* | Arizona State | WR |
Brandon Arconado**** | Washington State | WR |
Chatarius Atwell***** | Louisville | WR |
Rashod Bateman**♦ | Minnesota | WR |
Omar Bayless*♦ | Arkansas State | WR |
David Bell*** | Purdue | WR |
Lynn Bowden Jr. | Kentucky | WR |
Rico Bussey Jr.+ | North Texas | WR |
Cedric Byrd | Hawaii | WR |
Grant Calcaterra | Oklahoma | TE |
Ja’Marr Chase*♦♣♠ | LSU | WR |
Damonte Coxie | Memphis | WR |
Gabriel Davis | UCF | WR |
Devin Duvernay* | Texas | WR |
Bryan Edwards | South Carolina | WR |
D’Wayne Eskridge+ | Western Michigan | WR |
Aaron Fuller | Washington | WR |
Antonio Gandy-Golden♦ | Liberty | WR |
KJ Hamler | Penn State | WR |
Adrian Hardy | Louisiana Tech | WR |
Damon Hazelton | Virginia Tech | WR |
Tee Higgins | Clemson | WR |
K.J. Hill | Ohio State | WR |
Isaiah Hodgins♦ | Oregon State | WR |
Lucky Jackson***** | Western Kentucky | WR |
Trishton Jackson***** | Syracuse | WR |
Warren Jackson**** | Colorado State | WR |
Justin Jefferson♦ | LSU | WR |
Jauan Jennings***** | Tennessee | WR |
Jerry Jeudy♦ | Alabama | WR |
Tyler Johnson | Minnesota | WR |
Collin Johnson | Texas | WR |
CeeDee Lamb♦♣ | Oklahoma | WR |
Ty Lee | Middle Tennessee | WR |
Kalija Lipscomb | Vanderbilt | WR |
Taysir Mack** | Pittsburgh | WR |
McLane Mannix | Texas Tech | WR |
Kirk Merritt | Arkansas State | WR |
Riley Miller | Ball State | WR |
Denzel Mims | Baylor | WR |
Darnell Mooney | Tulane | WR |
Elijah Moore* | Ole Miss | WR |
Rondale Moore | Purdue | WR |
Albert Okwuegbunam | Missouri | TE |
K.J. Osborn | Miami | WR |
Dezmon Patmon | Washington State | WR |
Whop Philyor**** | Indiana | WR |
Jared Pinkney | Vanderbilt | TE |
Michael Pittman Jr.♦♣ | USC | WR |
James Proche♦ | SMU | WR |
Jalen Reagor | TCU | WR |
Jared Rice | Fresno State | TE |
Sean Riley | Syracuse | WR |
Reggie Roberson Jr. | SMU | WR |
Justyn Ross | Clemson | WR |
Henry Ruggs III | Alabama | WR |
Laviska Shenault Jr. | Colorado | WR |
DeVonta Smith**♦ | Alabama | WR |
JD Spielman | Nebraska | WR |
Amon-Ra St. Brown | USC | WR |
Marquez Stevenson | Houston | WR |
Darrell Stewart Jr.* | Michigan State | WR |
Keylon Stokes**** | Tulsa | WR |
Sage Surratt*♦ | Wake Forest | WR |
Tamorrion Terry | Florida State | WR |
Jaylen Waddle | Alabama | WR |
Tre Walker***** | San José State | WR |
Tylan Wallace | Oklahoma State | WR |
JoJo Ward | Hawaii | WR |
Scotty Washington** | Wake Forest | WR |
Austin Watkins Jr.*** | UAB | WR |
Quez Watkins | Southern Miss | WR |
Easop Winston Jr.* | Washington State | WR |