2024 Gene Upshaw Award Watch List
The Gene Upshaw Award is a Division II football award presented to the best offensive or defensive lineman. It is named after the late Pro Football Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw, who played his entire career with the Oakland Raiders and later served as the executive director of the NFL Players Association. Listed below are the top 120 candidates for the award.
| Jeff Felton | OG | Allen |
| Jake Long | OG | Angelo State |
| Noah Plsek# | OG | Angelo State (Redshirt Junior) |
| C.J. James | OG | Augustana |
| Preston Kellogg | OT | Augustana |
| Will Davis | DL | Augustana |
| Cade Barrett | EDGE | Bemidji State |
| Jake Gannon# | OC | Bemidji State |
| Marco Cavallaro | DT | Bemidji State |
| Stephen Hoffman# | DL | Bemidji State |
| Will Lemire | OL | Bemidji State |
| Marcus Hansen# | EDGE | Bemidji State (Redshirt Junior) |
| Israel Nwokocha | EDGE | Benedict |
| Mylic Ritche | EDGE | Black Hills State |
| Giovanni Cancro | DT | Bloomsburg |
| Jacorey Long | EDGE | Carson-Newman |
| Gabe Clark# | OL | Central Missouri |
| Kardell Thomas$ | OG | Central Missouri |
| Weston King | DT | Central Missouri |
| Noah Dobson | OL | Central Oklahoma |
| Axel Isackson | OT | Central Washington |
| Chase Loidhamer | EDGE | Central Washington |
| Slade Edwards# | OC | Central Washington (Redshirt Junior) |
| Hunter O’Connor# | EDGE | Chadron State |
| Donovan McCollister | OL | Charleston |
| James Hess | EDGE | Colorado School of Mines |
| Cody Ramming | DL | Colorado State-Pueblo |
| James Turrentine | DT | Colorado State-Pueblo |
| Makeah Scippio | EDGE | Colorado State-Pueblo |
| Austin Alward | EDGE | Davenport |
| Geemontae Peck# | DT | Davenport |
| Zach Slapnicker | OT | Davenport |
| Demario Martin | EDGE | Delta State |
| Gavin Campbell | OT | Delta State |
| Jaelon Brown# | OG | Delta State |
| Nolan Troyer | OC | Delta State |
| Guy Gilyard | OT | East Stroudsburg |
| Raymond Christas | OC | East Stroudsburg |
| Noah Sage | OG | Emory & Henry |
| Sherman Deaton# | OL | Emporia State |
| Joseph Petryszak Jr. | OL | Fairmont State |
| Michael Todd Jr. | OT | Fayetteville State |
| Shi Gaskin | EDGE | Fayetteville State |
| Travis Miracle | OL | Ferris State |
| Bryce George# | OL | Ferris State (Redshirt Junior) |
| Yoesph Carter | OL | Findlay |
| Myles Menges | EDGE | Fort Hays State |
| Janorris Robertson | EDGE | Fort Valley State |
| Leonard Scott | DL | Frostburg State |
| Yasir Holmes | EDGE | Frostburg State (Redshirt Junior) |
| Gabe Brown# | OL | Grand Valley State |
| Jack Gilchrist | DT | Grand Valley State |
| Kyler Blake-Jones | OC | Grand Valley State |
| Niles King# | EDGE | Grand Valley State (Redshirt Junior) |
| Dre Hall# | EDGE | Harding |
| Gage Price | DT | Harding |
| Wesley Coleman | DT | Harding |
| Blaise Smith | OG | Henderson State |
| Brandon Bishop | OT | Henderson State |
| Gary Lewis# | EDGE | Henderson State (Redshirt Junior) |
| Nick Affholter | OC | Hillsdale |
| Maurice Feazell | EDGE | Indiana (PA) |
| Elin Jones | EDGE | Johnson C Smith |
| Adam Kase# | OG | Kutztown |
| Ryan Schernecke | OT | Kutztown (Redshirt Junior) |
| Andre Jefferson#!$ | DT | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| Brandon Onuorah | OL | Limestone |
| Luke Bond | OL | Limestone |
| Cody Brown | DL | Minnesota State-Mankato |
| Deontae Veney | OT | Minnesota State-Mankato |
| Marshall Foerner#!$ | OT | Minnesota State-Mankato |
| Maven Kretche#!$ | EDGE | Minnesota State-Mankato |
| Zach Roggow | OC | Minnesota State-Mankato |
| Aiden Williams#!$ | OT | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Drew Hennessey | EDGE | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Justin Hull | OG | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Landon Carter | EDGE | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Jake Seidel | OL | Missouri S&T |
| Brandon Johnson | DT | Missouri Western State |
| Davon Colon | EDGE | New Haven |
| Colby Taylor | EDGE | Newberry |
| Damari Joyner | OL | Newberry |
| Jamae Blank# | EDGE | North Carolina-Pembroke |
| Jacob Schloe | OT | Northern State |
| Derec Weyer | OT | Northwest Missouri State |
| Jake Fisher# | EDGE | Northwest Missouri State |
| Jake Sitsler | OT | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Mikey Gonzalez | EDGE | Ouachita Baptist |
| Rovell Carter | DT | Ouachita Baptist |
| Carson Berenyi | DT | Saginaw Valley State |
| Connor Cracchiolo | OL | Saginaw Valley State |
| Harold Irby III | DT | Saginaw Valley State |
| Leonard Henry IV | EDGE | Saginaw Valley State |
| Austin Spille | EDGE | Saint Anselm |
| Saevion Gibbs | DT | Shaw |
| Ty Lucas# | OL | Shepherd (Redshirt Junior) |
| Munchie Johnson | DT | Slippery Rock |
| Caleb Franklin | DT | South Dakota School of Mines |
| Colton Grier# | OL | Southern Arkansas |
| Dawson Scott | EDGE | Southern Arkansas |
| Xavier Henderson | DT | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| Ramon Diaz | OG | Texas Permian Basin |
| Frank Mulipola# | EDGE | Texas Permian Basin (Redshirt Junior) |
| Aaron Barnett | EDGE | UIndy |
| Ryan Ritchie | OL | UIndy |
| Tyler Nielsen | OL | Upper Iowa |
| Fred Norman Jr | OT | Valdosta State |
| James Robinson | OG | Valdosta State |
| Bruno Onwuazor# | OT | Virginia State |
| Isaac Anderson | DT | Virginia Union |
| Chase McCoy | DT | Washburn |
| Jett Janssen# | OL | Wayne State College |
| Davonta Jackson | EDGE | West Alabama |
| Byron Puryear# | EDGE | West Florida |
| Stevie Byron | OT | Western Colorado |
| Keating Hinkley | OG | Western Oregon |
| Tommy McKedy | OL | Western Oregon |
| Daniel Morrison | DL | Wingate |
| Marquise Fleming# | EDGE | Wingate |
| Camar Kyle | EDGE | Winston Salem State |
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