Louisville’s Jackson looks to repeat

Boynton Beach grad high on watch list for second Maxwell.

season watch list this week.

The Maxwell Award honors college football’s top player. Jackson, a Louisville junior and former Boynton Beach standout, won the award last season.

If he wins it again this College football’s top year, he would join Tim player in 2016 is returning Tebow (Florida, 2007-08) to the field in 2017 with sim- and Johnny Lattner (Notre ilar intentions. Dame, 1952-53) as the only

Heisman Trophy-winning two-time winners. Tebow quarterback Lamar Jackson now is playing baseball in was one of 85 players named the New York Mets organito the Maxwell Award pre- zation.

Jackson had a record-set- ting season for the Cardinals in 2016, accumulating 4,928 total yards while accounting for 51 touchdowns — 30 pass- ing and 21 rushing.

He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Player of the Year and won the Walter Camp Player of the Year award.

The Maxwell Award preseason watch list includes a handful of players from Florida schools.

They are: South Florida quarterback Quentin Flowers, Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois, Florida State safety Derwin James, Miami running back Mark Walton and Florida quarterback Malik Zaire, a graduate transfer from Notre Dame.

The Maxwell semifinalists will be revealed Oct. 30, and the finalists Nov. 20. The winner will be announced Dec. 7.