The Friends of John Mackey have released the 2024 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List. Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee.

Oscar Delp Georgia Mason Taylor LSU

Caden Prieskorn Ole Miss Donovan Green Texas A&M Benjamin Yurosek Georgia CJ Dippre Alabama

Rivaldo Fairweather Auburn Amari Niblack Texas

Brett Norfleet Missouri

Daequan Wright Ole Miss Arlis Boardingham Florida

Luke Hasz Arkansas Luke Lachey Iowa

Tyler Warren Penn State Thomas Fidone Nebraska Colston Loveland Michigan Cole Rusk Illinois

Jack Veiling Michigan St Zach Horton Indiana Benjamin Brahmer Iowa St Terrance Ferguson Oregan Thomas Gordon Northwestern Kole Taylor West Virginia Drake Drabney Baylor

Moliki Matavao UCLA

Jalin Conyers Texas Tech Brant Kuithe Utah

Markeston Douglas Arizona St Jake Briningstool Clemson

RJ Maryland SMU

Nick Gallo Virginia Tech

Kyle Morlock Florida State Gavin Bartholomew Pittsburgh

John Copenhaver North Carolina Bryson Nesbit North Carolina Mark Redman Louisville

Justin Joly NC State

Jack Endries California

Sam Roush Stanford

Oscar Cardenas UTSA Mitchell Evans Notre Dame Anthony Landphere Memphis Alex Bauman Tulane

John Michael Gyllenborg Wyoming Sean Brown Jacksonville State

Eli Wilson App State

Harold Fannin Bowling Green Anthony Torres Toledo

The John Mackey Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.