Cohen named to Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List
August is here, and while it may not quite be football season yet, it is absolutely WATCHLIST SEASON. Every year, all of the national player awards put out a preseason list of the guys to watch (hence the name “watchlist”), which is usually pretty darn expansive.
The first of these for the Miami Hurricanes in 2023 is OT Javion Cohen, who was named to the Outland Trophy watchlist on Tuesday.
In 2022 for his junior season, Cohen was selected as second team All-SEC by the conference’s coaches. Cohen started 10 games for the Crimson Tide and saw time off the bench in Alabama’s remaining two regular-season games. Cohen played a total of 554 snaps, recorded 17 knockdown blocks and surrendered just 1.5 sacks on the season. He also allowed four pressures and four quarterback hits while committing just three penalties on the year.
Cohen was also selected as one of the offensive players of the week by the Alabama coaches for his play in the Iron Bowl. Then in the off-season he decided to transfer to Miami.
The Outland Trophy is the third-oldest major college football award, created in 1946 when Dr. John Outland presented the Football Writers Association of America with a financial contribution to initiate the award. The Outland Trophy has been given to the best interior lineman in college football ever since. Dr. Outland, an All-American at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1890s, eventually took up practice in Kansas City, Missouri. An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Outland believed linemen did not get the credit they deserved and wanted an award to recognize them.
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