LSU’S CAMPBELL AND JONES NAMED TO OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST; PERKINS NAMED TO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST

7/30/2024

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Da Boot Sports
7/30/2024
LSU Sports Communications
By: Michael Bonnette

BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Will Campbell and Emery Jones, college football’s top offensive tackle tandem, have been named to the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, the Football Writers Association of America announced on Tuesday.

The Outland Trophy, celebrating 79 years since its founding, is the third-oldest major college
football award and honors the best interior lineman on either side of the ball. Former Tiger Glenn Dorsey won the Outland Trophy in 2007.

Campbell and Perkins are the cornerstone to one of the nation’s top offensive lines. Last year, the duo helped pave the way for record-breaking performances by Heisman Trophy quarterback Jayden Daniels and the LSU offense.

Both juniors, Campbell and Perkins have started 24 contests together on the offensive line and LSU is 18-6 in those games. In those 24 starts, LSU averaged 38 points and 482.8 total yards.

Among the highlights for the LSU duo include helping Daniels set an SEC record with 606
total yards of offense in the win over Florida in 2023; LSU racking up 701 total yards in the victory over the Gators – the most yards ever yielded by a Florida defense; Daniels setting the SEC mark for total offense in a season with 412.2 yards per game.

Last year, LSU’s offensive line – anchored by Campbell and Jones – was named as one of three finalists for the Joe Moore Award. The Tiger offensive line played a key role in LSU being in the only FBS team to finish in the Top 10 nationally in both rushing and passing yards per game last season.

Campbell, a native of Monroe, La. who prepped at Neville High School, has started 26 games and earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2023. As a freshman in 2022, Campbell earned second-team All-SEC honors as well as being selected as a Freshman All-America.

He’s been named a preseason All-America by Walter Camp.

He’s played every offensive snap in 15 of 17 games against SEC opponents and the Tigers
have averaged 39.8 points and 496.6 total yards with Campbell in the lineup.

Jones, a product of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, took over as the starter at right tackle in week 3 of the 2022 season and has only missed one game since breaking into the lineup. He’s played every offensive snap in 16 of 17 SEC games that he’s appeared.

He earned second-team All-SEC honors in 2023 after picking up Freshman All-SEC accolades as a rookie in 2022.

Harold Perkins, one of college football’s top defensive playmakers, has been named to
the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Football Writers Association of America announced.

The Nagurski Trophy is presented annually to the nation’s top defender by the Charlotte Touchdown Club. LSU’s Glenn Dorsey won the award in 2007.

Perkins, now in his third season with the Tigers, has established himself as a game-wrecker on the defensive side of the ball. In two years, he’s tallied 26 tackles for loss and 13 sacks. He’s also forced seven fumbles and intercepted a pair of passes. He has 147 career tackles.

Perkins showed his versatility last year in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Wisconsin when he scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run in the 35-31 LSU victory. It was Perkins’ first offensive snap as a Tiger.

Perkins, who also excels in the classroom, earned first-team All-SEC honors as a true freshman in 2022 followed by second-team recognition last year. He earned SEC Academic Honor Roll status in 2023 as well as First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2022.

As a rookie, Perkins was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week twice, SEC Freshman of the Week once and was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the road win over Arkansas.

The following is a listing of each preseason award along with the watch list release date:

Release Date      Award                                                  LSU Players Represented
July 29                  Maxwell Award                                QB Garrett Nussmeier, WR Kyren Lacy
July 29                  Patrick Mannelly Award                LS Slade Roy
July 30                  Nagurski Trophy                              LB Harold Perkins
July 30                  Outland Award                                 Nation’s Most Outstanding Interior Lineman
July 31                  Thorpe Award                                   Nation’s Best Defensive Back
August 1              Hornung Award                               Nation’s Most Versatile Player
August 1              Wuerffel Trophy                               Nation’s Award for Community Service
August 2              Lou Groza Award                            Nation’s Top Placekicker
                                Ray Guy Award                                Nation’s Top Punter
August 5              Walter Camp Award                       Nation’s Most Outstanding Player
August 6              Doak Walker Award                       Nation’s Premier Running Back
August 7              Biletnikoff Award                             Nation’s Outstanding Receiver (no matter position)
August 8              Davey O’Brien Award                    Nation’s Best Quarterback
August. 9             Mackey Award                                  Nation’s Most Outstanding Tight End
August 9              Rimington Trophy                            Nation’s Top Center
August 12            Bednarik Award                               College Defensive Player of the Year
August 13            Butkus Award                                   Nation’s Best Linebacker

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