The Walter Camp Award, given annually to college football's best player, has released its preseason watch list, and 11 from the Big 12 made the cut.

Here they are, on the final award watch list of the preseason.

• Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
• Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State
• Seth Doege, QB, Texas Tech
• Tony Jefferson, S, Oklahoma
• Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma
• Tyler Lockett, WR/KR, Kansas State
• Nigel Malone, CB, Kansas State
• Alex Okafor, DE, Texas
• Joseph Randle, RB, Oklahoma State
• Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
• Kenny Stills, WR, Oklahoma

Impressive showing for the Big 12 on the list, with a lot of players from a lot of positions. I still don't quite understand, once again, how Tavon Austin makes the list and Stedman Bailey doesn't. But what's done is done.

I was a little surprised to see Lockett on the list, but he's arguably the Big 12's best kick returner, so I'm not arguing his inclusion.

Texas' Colt McCoy won the award in 2008 and 2009, the last Big 12 player to do so. Stanford's Andrew Luck won the award last season.

Oklahoma and Texas are tied for the Big 12's most Camp Awards, with three. That's a tie for third nationally.

Need to catch up on all the awards watch lists?

Here you go:

• Rimington Trophy--best center
• Bednarik Award--best defender
• Maxwell Award--best player
• Mackey Award--best tight end
• Lou Groza Award--best kicker
• Outland Trophy--best interior lineman
• Thorpe Award--best defensive back
• Butkus Award--best linebacker
• Lombardi Award--(it's complicated)
• Biletnikoff Award--best wide receiver
• Davey O'Brien Award--best quarterback
• Doak Walker Award--best running back
• AFCA Good Works Team