Nixon Named To Paul Hornung Award Watch List

BOULDER—Senior K.D. Nixon is one of 50 players named to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Thursday. The award is presented to the most versatile player in college football.

The award began in 2010 and Nixon is the fourth CU player to earn a mention on the watch list, joining Donovan Lee (2016), George Frazier (2017) and Laviska Shenault (2019).

Nixon is returning for his senior season and has been a versatile player since his freshman season. His 89 receptions and 1,128 receiving yards are both top 25 in CU history, and he has seven touchdowns receiving. His 758 kick return yards (33 returns) ranks 15th in CU history. He has also run the ball both from the various receiver position's he's lined up in and out of the Wildcat formation with 17 rushes for 31 yards and one touchdown. He needs just 64 more all-purpose yards to become the 49th player in school history to reach 2,000.

His freshman season, he was also a special teams standout aside from his kick return duties, picking up the second-most special teams points on the team with 22, including leading the team with seven forced fair catches and seven times he was first downfield interrupting the play on the punt and kickoff units. In all, he has played in 35 career games with 19 career starts.

The National College Football Awards Association is in the midst of two weeks of watch list announcements. The final day is Friday with the Maxwell Award.

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