The watch list for the 2022 John Mackey Award was released today. The John Mackey Award is awarded annually to the best tight end in college football. Its two most recent winners have been standouts with Kyle Pitts being a top-5 NFL Draft Pick, and Trey McBride gaining over 1,000 yards receiving despite being the main offensive threat on his team. This year’s field of candidates is as powerful as the tight-end position has become. Georgia has three players to watch out for whose biggest trouble
may be there is only one ball for them to share, while dark horse Isaac Rex of BYU has to be one of my favorites coming into the 2022 college football season.
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
2012 – Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
2013 – Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington
2014 – Nick O’Leary, Florida State
2015 – Hunter Henry, Arkansas
2016 – Jake Butt, Michigan
2017 – Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
2018 – T.J. Hockenson, Iowa
2019 – Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic
2020 – Kyle Pitts, Florida
2021 – Trey McBride, Colorado State
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
2012 – Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
2013 – Jace Amaro, Texas Tech
2014 – Nick O’Leary, Florida State
2015 – Thomas Duarte, UCLA
2016 – Evan Engram, Ole Miss
2017 – Mike Gesicki, Penn State
2018 – Jace Sternberger, Texas A&M
2019 – Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic
2020 – Kyle Pitts, Florida
2021 – Brock Bowers, Georgia
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
- Brock Bowers, Georgia
- Isaac Rex, BYU
- Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
- Sam LaPorta, Iowa
- Gee Scott Jr., Ohio State
- Cameron Latu, Alabama
- Austin Stogner, South Carolina
- Arik Gilbert, Georgia
- Jacob Warren, Tennessee
- Darnell Washington, Georgia
