The Fred Biletnikoff Award is given to the best wide receiver in college football every season. The 2022 college football season has incredible amounts of already proven talent ready to take the field. The only position that matches quarterback in its returning firepower is wide receiver.
Some duos like Caleb Williams and Jordan Addison at USC, Jaren Hall and Puka Nacua at BYU, Hendon Hooker and Cedric Tillman at Tennessee, and C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at Ohio State find themselves on so many awards lists because of the talented tandem they have. That said, let’s take a look at the list of receivers any quarterback in America would love to throw to this year.
The 2022 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
- Jordan Addison, USC
- Hassan Beydoun, Eastern Michigan
- Jake Bobo, UCLA
- Kayshon Boutte, LSU
- Brock Bowers, Georgia
- Roderic Burns, North Texas
- Jermaine Burton, Alabama
- Dante Cephas, Kent State
- Tyrese Chambers, FIU
- Jacob Cowing, Arizona
- Jalen Cropper, Fresno State
- Daewood Davis, WKU
- Nathaniel Dell, Houston
- Josh Downs, North Carolina
- Grant DuBose, Charlotte
- Zay Flowers, Boston College
- Zakhari Franklin, UTSA
- Corey Gammage, Marshall
- Te’Vailance Hunt, Arkansas State
- Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
- Jayshon Jackson, Ball State
- Rakim Jarrett, Maryland
- Ali Jennings III, Old Dominion
- Quentin Johnston, TCU
- Nick Mardner, Cincinnati
- Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
- Marvin Mims, Oklahoma
- Puka Nacua, BYU
- Isaiah Neyor, Texas
- Ryan O’Keefe, UCF
- A.T. Perry, Wake Forest
- Jayden Reed, Michigan State
- Corey Rucker, South Carolina
- Trayvon Rudolph, NIU
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
- Keytaon Thompson, Virginia
- Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
- Mitchell Tinsley, Penn State
- Parker Washington, Penn State
- Xavier Weaver, South Florida
- Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia
- Quian Williams, Buffalo
- Xavier Worthy, Texas
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
- 2012 – Marqise Lee, USC
- 2013 – Brandin Cooks, Oregon State
- 2014 – Amari Cooper, Alabama
- 2015 – Corey Coleman, Baylor
- 2016 – Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma
- 2017 – James Washington, Oklahoma State
- 2018 – Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
- 2019 – Ja’Marr Chase, LSU
- 2020 – DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- 2021 – Jordan Addison, Pitt
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
The past ten winners I would have chosen for this award after the bowl games (a flaw of college football) and thus taken the entire season into account.
- 2012 – Stedman Bailey, West Virginia
- 2013 – Davante Adams, Fresno State
- 2014 – Amari Cooper Alabama
- 2015 – JuJu Smith-Schuster, USC
- 2016 – Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma
- 2017 – James Washington, Oklahoma State
- 2018 – John Ursua, Hawaii
- 2019 – Ja’Marr Chase, LSU
- 2020 – Devonta Smith, Alabama
- 2021 – Jerreth Sterns, Western Kentucky
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
- Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
- Kayshon Boutte, LSU
- Jordan Addison, USC
- Puka Nacua, BYU
- Jayden Reed, Michigan State
- Xavier Worthy, Texas
- Marvin Mims, Oklahoma
- Mitchell Tinsley, Penn State
- Gunner Romney, BYU
