News and Notes Hosford named to Patrick Mannelly Watch List

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Luke Hosford Named to Patrick Mannelly Award Preseason Watch List LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas long snapper Luke Hosford was named to the Patrick Mannelly Award Preseason Watch List, the organization announced on Monday. The award is annually presented to the best FBS long snapper. Hosford, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is one of 30 long snappers named to the preseason watch list, including one of four representatives from the Big 12 Conference (Kansas, TCU, Utah, West Virginia). As a redshirt senior, Hosford has played in 37 career games as a Jayhawk, serving as the primary long snapper in all 13 games in 2023 and all 12 games in 2021. The Patrick Mannelly Award, created in 2019, benefits Bernie’s Book Bank, a non-profit organization located in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Hosford becomes the second Jayhawk to be named to the Patrick Mannelly Award Preseason Watch List, after Logan Klusman was named to the Watch List in 2020, before he was named a semifinalist for the award. The ten semifinalists will be announced on November 11, 2024, before narrowing down to the three finalists, which will be announced on November 25, 2024, and the winner selected at the live award ceremony in Lake Bluff, Illinois on December 14, 2024. Hosford is the third Jayhawk to be named to a Preseason Watch List on Monday, after Devin Neal and Jalon Daniels were named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Monday. Name School Austin Brinkman West Virginia Austin Riggs Rutgers Beau Gardner Georgia Ben Anderson Oklahoma Brent Matiscik TCU Byron Floyd Buffalo Cayson Pfeiffer Wisconsin Christian Johnstone Appalachian State Colby Cox Memphis Dylan Black Oregon State Eli Stein Arkansas Ethan Hudak Tulane Hank Pepper USC Hunter Rogers South Carolina Jacob Garcia Utah State JT Greep Utah Julian Ashby Vanderbilt Kneeland Hibbett Alabama Luke Elkin Iowa Luke Hosford Kansas Nicholas Marino Florida Atlantic Philip Florenzo Clemson Rocco Underwood Florida Ryan Wintermeyer San Diego State Slade Roy LSU Travis Drosos UCLA Tucker Dunn Ball State Tyler Duzansky Penn State Will Halkyard Northwestern William Wagner Michigan

 

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