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Arnold had notable offers from South Florida, Marshall, Charlotte, FIU, UMass and others.

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Hampton had notable offers from Liberty, App State, Tulsa, and Georgia Southern. Tallied 48 catches for 712 yards and 10 touchdowns during his junior season.

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Horton had other notable offers from South Florida, Memphis, Boston College, Charlotte, James Madison, Liberty, and Georgia Southern. Will likely project as a safety with secondary coach Von Brown being his main recruiting contact on the staff.

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Hilltoppers recently landed their second QB commitment in the 2024 class in First Coast (Fla.) signal-caller Rodney Tisdale, Jr., @DerrickDeen breaks down his strengths and weaknesses

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The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced the 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List including 94 players from 69 different schools with WKU linebacker JaQues Evans featured on the list.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the top defensive player in college football, voted on by members of the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Evans was WKU's leading tackler in 2022 with 106 takedowns, including 14 tackles for loss and nine sacks. The sophomore linebacker also broke up four passes, hurried the quarterback eight times and recovered two fumbles. In WKU's bowl-clinching victory against Rice, Evans returned a fumble for a touchdown, one of the WKU defense's six touchdowns on the season, which led all of college football. Evans and the Hilltopper defense also forced 32 turnovers on the season, which was the best mark in the country. He hit double-digit tackles on three games throughout the year, his season-high being 15 against North Texas. Evans was named to CUSA's First Team at season's end for his big year.

Finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy will be announced on November 15 with the winner being unveiled December 4 at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet in Charlotte, N.C.

The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced the 2023 Outland Trophy Watch List awarded to the most outstanding interior offensive lineman in college football with WKU offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie featured on the list.

The list consists of 91 players representing all 10 Division I FBS conferences and independents.

Leslie started all 14 games on the season for WKU, including the team's 44-23 victory over South Alabama in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Leslie helped lead an offensive line unit that gave up only 14 sacks on the season. That mark was 10th best in all of college football, and second in Conference USA. Before the season started, he was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, and he earned C-USA Honorable Mention honors at the end of the year.

The recipient of the Outland Trophy will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, live on ESPN in December. The official presentation to the winner will be made at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner on January 10, 2024.