The various college football awards watchlists are starting to trickle out. I have to admit to not expecting to see a lot of Pitt players listed on the watch lists this year.
DE Joe Clermond, though, name made it onto the Bronko Nagurski Award Watchlist for the best defensive player.
Last year he paced the conference and ranked 15th nationally with an average of 1.38 tackles for loss per game (16.5 total). Clermond had at least one TFL in seven consecutive games to close the year and in 10 of 12 games overall.
The second-team All-Big East selection finished the 2006 season with 48 tackles and a Pitt-high 5.5 quarterback sacks.
Five other Big East players are on the list:
Rutgers — Eric Foster, DT
Rutgers — Courtney Greene, S
Louisville — Adrian Grady, DT
Syrause — Jameel McClain, DE
USF –Â Ben Moffit, LB
Really, the D was Jeckyll and Hyde. They were pretty effective in the games we won (i.e., none were 53-52 shootouts). One might even call them almost dominant in the Cuse game. But when they were bad …
