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ESPN: Lots of Big 12ers up for Bednarik, Maxwell

The Maxwell and Bednarik award watch lists were released this week, and here's a look at the Big 12 players up for the awards.

The Maxwell Award is given to college football's most outstanding player. Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma Jeff Fuller, WR, Texas A&M Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State

I usually think of the Maxwell Award as the "mini-Heisman" and this is a pretty good list of who's who in terms of stars across the Big ...

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Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: