Colorado State wide receiver Rashard Higgins, left, missed the Hawaii game. (Steve Stoner, Loveland Reporter-Herald)
I’m not a big fan of “watch lists,” especially if they come off as ridiculously inclusive and attempts to get press mention, and I try to only selectively pass along news of them.
But the news the last three days about Colorado State sophomore wide receiver Rashard Higgins has been more than just throwing his name onto a long list.
On Monday, he was named a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the top wide receiver in the country, and on Wednesday, he was named one of 15 “players to watch” for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. Both of those awards are prestigious and legitimate.
The five finalists for the Camp Award will be announced on Dec. 3, so this amounts to a list of semifinalists.
Frankly, the only surprise is that it’s Higgins instead of senior quarterback Garrett Grayson on the Camp list, but Higgins has been tremendous this season and certainly is deserving. He and Alabama’s Amari Cooper are the two wide receivers on the list.
Here’s the full list of 15:
QB J.T Barrett – Ohio State
QB Trevon Boykin – TCU
QB Rakeem Cato – Marshall
WR Amari Cooper – Alabama
RB Melvin Gordon – Wisconsin
WR Rashard Higgins – Colorado State
DB Gerod Holliman – Louisville
RB Duke Johnson – Miami (Fla)
QB Marcus Mariota – Oregon
QB Bryce Petty – Baylor
QB Dak Prescott – Mississippi State
QB Blake Sims – Alabama
LB/RB Shaq Thompson – Washington
QB Jameis Winston – Florida State
LB Scooby Wright – Arizona
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or twitter.com/TFrei
