UCF junior quarterback Blake Bortles added to his list of preseason honors by earning a spot on the Davey O’Brien watch list.
The award is given to the nation’s best quarterback and is considered the most prestigious national quarterback trophy in college football.
Blake Bortles and Stephen Morris(Miami) were the only two quarterbacks from the state of Florida to be named to the watch list and one of two players in the AAC, the other being Louisville Heisman candidate Teddy Bridgewater.
Bortles is coming off of a breakout sophomore season, as his first season as a full-time starter he threw for over 3,000 yards and is entering the season on a streak of 174 pass attempts without an interception.
Bortles has had quite the impressive offseason, as this is his third major preseason award watch list he has been named to including the Maxwell Award watch list and the College Football Performance Awards Quarterback Trophy Watch List.
