Ten Big 12 football student-athletes were among the 70 named to the 2010 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List.  

Conference players include Aldon Smith, DE (Missouri), Prince Amukamara, CB (Nebraska), Jared Crick, DT (Nebraska), Travis Lewis, LB (Oklahoma), Jeremy Beal, DE (Oklahoma), Sam Acho, DT (Texas), Curtis Brown, CB (Texas), Aaron Williams, CB (Texas), Von Miller, LB (Texas A&M) and Brian Duncan, LB (Texas Tech).

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded annually to the nation's best defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Players may be added or deleted to the Bronko Nagurski Watch List during the season. Each week during the 2010 season, the FWAA will choose a Defensive Player of the Week. If that player is not on the Watch List, he automatically will be added. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on November 18.

The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be on Dec. 6 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Besides the 2010 winner being announced, the banquet will also celebrate the winner of the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, presented by CSX Intermodal. Defensive tackle Mike McCoy, a standout for Notre Dame, is being honored from the FWAA's 1969 All-America team.