Courtesy of the John Mackey Award
MANHASSET, N.Y. – The 2010 John Mackey Award preseason watch list has been released by the
Nassau County Sports Commission. Given annually to the best collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by
vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2010 John Mackey winner will be announced on December
9, 2010.
NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey is considered to be the best to have played the tight end position. A tight end by
whom all others are measured, Mackey was a role model on and off the field as demonstrated by his Super Bowl
Championship, his commitment to community and his place in history as the first President of the NFLPA.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists nine NFL players as alumni: Dallas Clark ('01) of the 2006 Super
Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, two-time Super Bowl Champion Daniel Graham ('02) of the Denver Broncos, Kellen
Winslow II ('03) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two-time Super Bowl Champion Heath Miller ('04) of the Pittsburgh
Steelers, Marcedes Lewis ('05) of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Matt Spaeth ('06) of the of the 2008 Super Bowl Champion
Pittsburgh Steelers, Fred Davis ('07) of the Washington Redskins, Chase Coffman ('08) of the Cincinnati Bengals and the
2009 John Mackey Award recipient Aaron Hernandez of the New England Patriots.
2010 JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST
Dwayne Allen, So., Clemson
Jeffery Anderson, Sr., UAB
Tim Biere, Jr., Kansas
George Bryan, Jr., NC State
Ryan Deehan, Jr., Colorado
Drake Dunsmore, Jr., Northwestern
Charlie Gantt, Sr., Michigan State
Cameron Graham, Sr., Louisville
Marcus Green, Jr., Mississippi State
Virgil Green, Sr., Nevada
Ryan Griffin, So., Connecticut
Ben Guidugli, Sr., Cincinnati
Joe Halahuni, Jr., Oregon State
Blake Hammond, So., Western Michigan
Brett Huffman, Sr., Duke
DC Jefferson, So., Rutgers
Andrew Jones, Jr., Missouri
Lance Kendricks, Sr., Wisconsin
Kevin Koger, Jr., Michigan
Brian Linthicum, Jr., Michigan State
Kavario Middleton, Jr., Washington
Anthony Miller, Jr., California
Kyle Rudolph, Jr., Notre Dame
Eric Peitz, Sr., Colorado State
Zach Pianalto, Sr., North Carolina
Konrad Reuland, Sr., Stanford
Weslye Saunders, Sr., South Carolina
Lee Smith, Sr., Marshall
Luke Stocker, Sr., Tennessee
Aron White, Jr., Georgia
DJ Williams, Sr., Arkansas
Alston Umuolo, Sr., San Diego State