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 without playing in the required minimum number of games.
*Player added October 2, 2024
**Player added October 9, 2024
***Player added October 16, 2024
****Player added October 23, 2024
*****Player added October 30, 2024
******Player added November 7, 2024
♦Player is a semifinalist November 19, 2024
♣Player is a finalist November 26, 2024
2024 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | POS |
| Kelly Akharaiyi | Mississippi State | WR |
| Nic Anderson+ | Oklahoma | WR |
| Andrew Armstrong | Arkansas | WR |
| Lawrence Arnold | Kansas | WR |
| Pofele Ashlock | Hawaii | WR |
| Sean Atkins | USF | WR |
| Elic Ayomanor | Stanford | WR |
| Jack Bech*♦ | TCU | WR |
| Demeer Blankumsee | Memphis | WR |
| Denzel Boston*** | Washington | WR |
| Ja’Corey Brooks***♦ | Louisville | WR |
| Sam Brown Jr. | Miami | WR |
| Luther Burden III | Missouri | WR |
| Kevin Coleman Jr.****** | Mississippi State | WR |
| Kevin Concepcion | North Carolina State | WR |
| Mac Dalena**** | Fresno State | WR |
| CJ Daniels | LSU | WR |
| Emeka Egbuka | Ohio State | WR |
| Mitchell Evans | Notre Dame | TE |
| Harold Fannin Jr.*♦ | Bowling Green | TE |
| Tai Felton*♦ | Maryland | WR |
| Malachi Fields | Virginia | WR |
| Jacolby George | Miami | WR |
| Tre Harris♦ | Ole Miss | WR |
| Ashtyn Hawkins | Baylor | WR |
| Jayden Higgins | Iowa State | WR |
| Joey Hobert | Texas State | WR |
| Tory Horton | Colorado State | WR |
| Kobe Hudson | UCF | WR |
| Travis Hunter♦♣ | Colorado | WR/CB |
| Daniel Jackson | Minnesota | WR |
| Ashton Jeanty | Boise State | RB |
| Tez Johnson | Oregon | WR |
| Omari Kelly*** | Middle Tennessee | WR |
| Josh Kelly | Texas Tech | WR |
| Caullin Lacy+ | Louisville | WR |
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith** | Auburn | WR |
| Robert Lewis | Auburn | WR |
| Colston Loveland | Michigan | TE |
| Ja’Mori Maclin | Kentucky | WR |
| Eric McAlister | TCU | WR |
| Tetairoa McMillan♦♣ | Arizona | WR |
| Kris Mitchell | Notre Dame | WR |
| Jordan Moore | Duke | WR |
| Nick Nash*♦♣ | San Jose State | WR |
| Jerjuan Newton***** | Toledo | WR |
| Jaylin Noel | Iowa State | WR |
| Rashod Owens | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Will Pauling | Wisconsin | WR |
| Brennan Presley | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Jamaal Pritchett | South Alabama | WR |
| Xavier Restrepo♦ | Miami | WR |
| Eric Rivers****** | FIU | WR |
| Kaedin Robinson | App State | WR |
| Devonte Ross* | Troy | WR |
| Jalen Royals | Utah State | WR |
| Corey Rucker***** | Arkansas State | WR |
| Elijah Sarratt | Indiana | WR |
| DT Sheffield***** | North Texas | WR |
| Jeremiah Smith***♦ | Ohio State | WR |
| Eli Stowers** | Vanderbilt | TE |
| De’Zhaun Stribling** | Oklahoma State | WR |
| Roc Taylor | Memphis | WR |
| Tyler Warren**** | Penn State | TE |
| LaJohntay Wester | Colorado | WR |
| Squirrel White | Tennessee | WR |
| Ricky White III | UNLV | WR |
| Kyle Williams | Washington State | WR |
| Ryan Williams**♦ | Alabama | WR |
| Luke Wysong**** | New Mexico | 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,