The Maxwell Football Club announced Monday that South Carolina Football League senior defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway is among 90 nominees named to the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award.

Hemingway, a fifth-year player in the South Carolina football program, hails from the Palmetto State and has excelled as a versatile defensive lineman in his career. Hemingway can play both defensive tackle and defensive end (especially in the Gamecocks’ 3-3-5 set). He has worked most of his time as a tackle and is poised to have a great year as part of a strong defensive tackle rotation for position coach Travian Robertson.

The Bednarik Award has been given to the best defensive player in college football (FBS level only) every year since 1994. It is named after legendary linebacker Chuck Bednarik of the Penn Quakers and Philadelphia Eagles, who is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Below is the full list of players on the Bednarik Award preseason watch list:

Akron Zips defensive end CJ Nunnally
Deontae Lawson, linebacker for the Alabama Crimson Tide
Malachi Moore, safety of the Alabama Crimson Tide
Arizona Wildcats cornerback Tacario Davis
Landon Jackson, defensive end for the Arkansas Razorbacks
Eugene Asante, linebacker for the Auburn Tigers
Boise State Broncos defensive end Ahmed Hassanein
Bowling Green Falcons cornerback Jordan Oladokun
BYU Cougars defensive end Tyler Batty
Dontay Corleon, defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bearcats
Peter Woods, defensive player for the Clemson Tigers
Clemson Tigers linebacker Barrett Carter
BJ Green, defensive end/outside linebacker for the Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Travis Hunter
Tre Freeman, linebacker of the Duke Blue Devils
East Carolina Pirates cornerback Shavon Revel
Florida Gators linebacker Shemar James
Patrick Payton, Florida State Seminoles defensive end
Joshua Farmer, Florida State Seminoles defensive tackle
Mykel Williams, defensive end for the Georgia Bulldogs
Smael Mondon, linebacker of the Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Bulldogs safety Malaki Starks
Sebastian Castro, defensive player for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Jay Higgins, linebacker for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Nick Jackson
Jeremiah Cooper, safety of the Iowa State Cyclones
Cobee Bryant, cornerback for the Kansas Jayhawks
Austin Moore, linebacker for the Kansas State Wildcats
Maxwell Hairston, cornerback for the Kentucky Wildcats
Deone Walker, defensive tackle for the Kentucky Wildcats
Louisville Cardinals cornerback Quincy Riley
Louisville defensive end Ashton Gillotte
Harold Perkins, defensive end/outside linebacker for the LSU Tigers
Memphis Tigers linebacker Chandler Martin
Rueben Bain, Jr., defensive end for the Miami Hurricanes
Francisco Mauigoa, linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes
Matt Salopek, linebacker for the Miami (OH) RedHawks
Will Johnson, cornerback for the Michigan Wolverines
Mason Graham, defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines
Kenneth Grant, defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines
Cody Lindenberg, linebacker for the Minnesota Golden Gophers
Johnny Walker, Jr., defensive end/outside linebacker for the Missouri Tigers
Navy Midshipmen linebacker Colin Ramos
Davin Vann, NC State Wolfpack defensive end
Nash Hutmacher, defensive tackle for the Nebraska Cornhuskers
Kaimon Rucker, defensive end for the North Carolina Tar Heels
Power Echols, linebacker for the North Carolina Tar Heels
Xander Mueller, linebacker for the Northwestern Wildcats
Benjamin Morrison, cornerback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Howard Cross III, defensive tackle for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Xavier Watts, Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety
Ohio State Buckeyes cornerback Denzel Burke
Jack Sawyer, defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes safety Caleb Downs
Danny Stutsman, linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners
Billy Bowman, Jr., safety for the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma State Cowboys linebacker Nick Martin
Collin Oliver, linebacker for the Oklahoma State Cowboys
Jason Henderson, linebacker for the Old Dominion Monarchs
Princely Umanmielen, defensive end for the Ole Miss Rebels
Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon Ducks cornerback
Abdul Carter, defensive end/outside linebacker for Penn State Nittany Lions
Kevin Winson, Jr., Penn State Nittany Lions safety
Pittsburgh Panthers safety Donovan McMillon
Dillon Thieneman, safety at Purdue Boilermakers
Elijah Roberts, defensive end for SMU Mustangs
South Alabama Jaguars safety Jaden Voisin
Tonka Hemingway, defensive lineman for the South Carolina Gamecocks
Marlowe Wax, linebacker for the Syracuse Orange
Namdi Oblazor, TCU Horned Frogs linebacker
James Pearce, Jr., defensive end/outside linebacker for the Tennessee Volunteers
Jahdae Barron, defensive player for the Texas Longhorns
Nic Scourton, defensive end for the Texas A&M Aggies
Shemar Turner, defensive player for the Texas A&M Aggies
Ben Bell, defensive end for the Texas State Bobcats
Maxen Hook, safety for the Toledo Rockets
Patrick Jenkins, Tulane Green Wave defensive tackle
Lee Hunter, UCF Golden Knights defensive tackle
UNLV Runnin’ Rebels linebacker Jackson Woodard
Bear Alexander, defensive tackle for the Southern Cal Trojans
Junior Tafuna, defensive tackle for the Utah Utes
Utah State Aggies safety Ike Larsen
CJ Taylor, linebacker for the Vanderbilt Commodores
Jonas Sanker, safety of the Virginia Cavaliers
Antwaun Powell-Ryland, defensive end for the Virginia Tech Hokies
Aeneas Peebles, Virginia Tech Hokies defensive tackle
Jasheen Davis, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, defensive player
Ricardo Hallman, cornerback for the Wisconsin Badgers
Hunter Wohler, safety of the Wisconsin Badgers
Jordan Bertagnole, defensive tackle for the Wyoming Cowboys