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.
2025 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | POS |
| Aaron Anderson | LSU | WR |
| Chris Bell | Louisville | WR |
| Skyler Bell | UConn | WR |
| Germie Bernard | Alabama | WR |
| O’Mega Blake | Arkansas | WR |
| Denzel Boston | Washington | WR |
| Jayce Brown | Kansas State | WR |
| Josh Cameron | Baylor | WR |
| Cam Coleman | Auburn | WR |
| Kevin Coleman Jr. | Missouri | WR |
| Caleb Douglas | Texas Tech | WR |
| Jack Endries | Texas | TE |
| Malachi Fields | Notre Dame | WR |
| Ted Hurst | Georgia State | WR |
| Justin Joly | North Carolina State | TE |
| Omari Kelly | Michigan State | WR |
| Max Klare | Ohio State | TE |
| Tanner Koziol | Houston | TE |
| Cayden Lee | Ole Miss | WR |
| Makai Lemon | USC | WR |
| Eric McAlister | TCU | WR |
| Chrishon McCray | Michigan State | WR |
| Adrian Norton | Marshall | WR |
| Trebor Pena | Penn State | WR |
| Eric Rivers | Georgia Tech | WR |
| Chase Roberts | BYU | WR |
| Devonte Ross | Penn State | WR |
| Corey Rucker | Arkansas State | WR |
| Elijah Sarratt | Indiana | WR |
| DT Sheffield | Rutgers | WR |
| Eric Singleton Jr | Auburn | WR |
| Anthony Smith | East Carolina | WR |
| Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State | WR |
| Eli Stowers | Vanderbilt | TE |
| De’Zhaun Stribling | Ole Miss | WR |
| Carnell Tate | Ohio State | WR |
| Javon Tracy | Minnesota | WR |
| Jordyn Tyson | Arizona State | WR |
| Junior Vandeross III | Toledo | WR |
| Cam Vaughn | West Virginia | WR |
| Reggie Virgil | Texas Tech | WR |
| Trent Walker | Oregon State | WR |
| Harrison Wallace III | Ole Miss | WR |
| Bryant Wesco Jr. | Clemson | WR |
| Ryan Williams | Alabama | WR |
| Antonio Williams | Clemson | WR |
| Luke Wysong | Arizona | 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,