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KNOXVILLE — Tennessee junior tight end Mychal Rivera has been named to the midseason watch list for the John Mackey Award, given to the nation’s top tight end. Rivera has been among the national leaders in receptions and receiving yards among all tight ends with his 19 catches for 248 yards. He is second on the Vols in catches and third in receiving yards.
Rivera equaled entire 2010 season total for catches (11) and passed yards total (112) in third game of 2011 season. He set a new career-high 85 yards on five catches vs. Georgia (10/8) and made a career-best six catches vs. Cincinnati (9/10) for 54 yards. That total of six was the most my a UT tight end since Chris Brown in 2007.
Rivera’s yardage total against Georgia was the most by a tight end since Jason Witten hauled in 125 yards in the 2002 Citrus Bowl.
Witten was a semifinalist for the Mackey Award in 2002 while Luke Stocker was one last season in 2010
Here is the full release:
BETHPAGE, N.Y. – The 2011 John Mackey Award midseason watch list has been released by the Nassau County Sports Commission. Given annually to the best collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2011 John Mackey winner will be presented live at the Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on December 8, 2011 on ESPNU. Other key Mackey Award dates include the announcement of the 2011 Mackey semi-finalists on November 14, 2011 and the announcement of the 2011 Mackey finalists on November 21, 2011. All future announcements can be found at www.johnmackeyaward.org.
The John Mackey Award midseason watch list is an update from the preseason watch list. This list is meant to draw attention to tight ends in contention for the annual award based on their performance in the first half of the active season.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists ten NFL players as alumni: Dallas Clark (’01) of the 2006 Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, two-time Super Bowl Champion Daniel Graham (’02), Kellen Winslow II (’03) of the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, two-time Super Bowl Champion Heath Miller (’04) of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Marcedes Lewis (’05) of the Jacksonville Jaguars, 2008 Super Bowl Champion Matt Spaeth (’06), Fred Davis (’07) of the Washington Redskins, Chase Coffman (’08) of the Cincinnati Bengals, Aaron Hernandez (’09) of the New England Patriots and the 2010 John Mackey Award recipient D.J. Williams of the Green Bay Packers.
2011 John Mackey Award Midseason Watch List
Dwayne Allen Clemson Jr
Tim Biere Kansas Sr
George Bryan NC State Sr
Orson Charles Georgia Jr
Jack Doyle W. Kentucky Jr
Drake Dunsmore Northwestern Sr
Michael Egnew Missouri Sr
Tyler Eifert Notre Dame So
Gavin Escobar San Diego St So
Joseph Fauria UCLA Jr
Coby Fleener Stanford Sr
Matt Furstenberg Maryland Jr
Crockett Gillmore Colorado St So
Ladarius Green Lousiana Sr
Ryan Griffin Connecticut Jr
Cooper Helfet Duke Sr
Ryan Otten San Jose St Jr
Jacob Pedersen Wisconsin So
Nick Provo Syracuse Sr
Kyler Reed Nebraska Jr
Mychal Rivera Tennessee Jr
Evan Rodriguez Temple Sr
Austin Seferian-Jenkins Washington Fr
Jake Stoneburner Ohio St Jr
Luke Willson Rice Jr
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