San Diego State University Football has another athlete added to an awards list, wide receiver Colin Lockett. Colin Lockett was named to the 2012 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List. The
2012 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List consists of the best wide receivers in college football (FBS). The watch list includes the top 49 wide receivers in the (FBS).

The following two paragraphs are from paragraphs are from (biletnikoffaward.com). This gives us some in site into the award and how it came to be.

The Biletnikoff Award candidate must be an active collegiate receiver (any player who receives a thrown pass) at an NCAA Division lA college or university, not have been declared to be ineligible to participate in Division lA football by the NCAA at the time of any vote of the Biletnikoff Award’s National Selection Committee., not have been declared to be ineligible to participate in Division lA football by the candidate’s college or university at the time of any vote of the Biletnikoff Award’s National Selection Committee, must display leadership and self-discipline; and have a significant, positive impact on his team’s success, and must display a commitment to be the best player he can be.

In addition, other relevant factors and procedures (such as the ones identified below) may be considered by voters during the selection process. Any voter may write in any receiver not provided on the Foundation ballot through the vote for the three finalists. The quality of the candidate’s opposing teams. All voters for the Biletnikoff Award consist of sports writers and commentators who cover college football on a national, regional, or conference level, past award winners of the Biletnikoff Award, and distinguished receivers of the past. Foundation Trustees are not eligible to vote for the Biletnikoff Award recipient. All votes will be submitted electronically via an online ballot voting system supervised by a prominent CPA firm.

2012 Biletnikoff Awards List

# 1) Wisconsin Jr. Jared Abbrederis
# 2) California Jr. Keenan Allen
# 3) West Virginia Sr. Tavon Austin
# 4) West Virgina Jr. Stedman Bailey
# 5) Auburn Sr. Emory Blake
# 6) TCU Jr. Josh Boyce
# 7) North Carolina Sr. Jheranie Boyd
# 8) Ohio State Jr. Corey Brown
# 9) Arizona Sr. Dan Buckner
# 10) Wake Forest Jr. Michael Campanaro
# 11) Utah Sr. DeVonte Christopher
# 12) Iowa Sr. Keenan Davis
# 13) Virgina Tech Sr. Marcus Davis
# 14) Texas Jr. Mike Davis
# 15) Florida Jr. Andre Debose
# 16) Marshall Sr. Aaron Dobson
# 17) San Jose State Jr. Noel Grigsby
# 18) Arkansas Sr. Cobi Hamilton
# 19) Miami (Ohio) Jr. Nick Harwell
# 20) Florida State Jr. Willie Haulstead
# 21) North Carolina Sr. Erik Highsmith
# 22) BYU Jr. Cody Hoffman
# 23) Clemson Jr. DeAndre Hopkins
# 24) Tennessee Jr. Justin Hunter
# 25) Miami (FL) Jr. Allen Hurns
# 26) SMU Sr. Darius Johnson
# 27) Notre Dame Jr. TJ Jones
# 28) Georgia Sr. Tavarres King
# 29) USC Soph. Marqise Lee
# 30) Syracuse Sr. Alec Lemon
# 31) San Diego State Jr. Colin Lockett
# 32) Vanderbilt Jr. Jordan Matthews
# 33) Boise State Soph. Matt Miller
# 34) Missouri Sr. TJ Moe Missouri
# 35) Texas A&M Sr. Uzoma Nwachukwu
# 36) Louisiana Tech Sr. Quinton Patton
# 37) Baylor Jr. Tevin Reese
# 38) Tennessee Jr. Da’Rick Rogers
# 39) Michigan Sr. Roy Roundtree
# 40) Pittsburgh Sr. Mike Shanahan
# 41) Oklahoma Jr. Kenny Stills
# 42) Pittsburgh Jr. Devin Street
# 43) Texas A&M Sr. Ryan Swope
# 44) Duke Sr. Conner Vernon
# 45) Texas Tech Jr. Eric Ward
# 46) Oregon State Sr. Markus Wheaton
# 47) Baylor Sr. Terrance Williams
# 48) Washington State Jr. Marquess Wilson
# 49) USC Jr. Robert Woods

The numbers on the list are not the actual rankings of the players listed. The names, grades, and universities were gathered from (biletnikoffaward.com).

2012 Biletnikoff Trophy Watch List – Schedule.

July 17, 2012:  Watch List announcement
November 7-11, 2012:  Vote by national selection committee to determine 10 Semifinalists
November 12, 2012:  10 Semifinalists announcement
November 14 – 18, 2012:  Vote to determine 3 Finalists
November 19, 2012: 3 Finalists announcement
November 29 – December 2, 2012:  Final vote to determine Award Winner
December 6, 2012:  Winner announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show, 7:30pm – 9:30pm, live on ESPN from Orlando
February 9, 2013:  Biletnikoff Award Banquet in Tallahassee, Florida, with Larry Csonka as keynote speaker and the presentation of the Biletnikoff Award Trophy

(This schedule was compiled by (biletnikoffaward.com)

Previous Biletnikoff Trophy Award Winners

Justin Blackmon (Jacksonville), Golden Tate (Seattle), Michael Crabtree (San Francisco), Calvin Johnson (Detroit), Mike Hass (Retired United Football League), Braylon Edwards (Retired with San Francisco), Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals), Charles Rogers (Retired with Detroit), Josh Reed (Retired with San Diego), Antonio Bryant (Retired with Cincinnati), Troy Walters (Retired with Detroit), Troy Edwards (Retired Arena Football), Randy Moss (San Francisco), Marcus Harris (Retired with Detroit), Terry Glenn (Retired with Dallas), and Bobby Engram (Retired with Cleveland).

(The list of names was compiled by (biletnikoffaward.com). The names of current teams listed next to the players names was compiled by our CEO)