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Alex Bayer Named to John Mackey Watch List
July 10, 2012 | Football
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Bethpage, N.Y. -- Alex Bayer, a member of the Bowling Green State University football team, has been named to the Preseason John Mackey Award Watch List, announced by the Nassau County Sports Commission, sponsored by Briarcliffe College on Tuesday, July 10.
Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2012 John Mackey winner will be presented live on December 6, 2012 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show, 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. Other key dates include the announcement of the 2012 Mackey semi-finalists on November 12, 2012 and the announcement of the 2012 Mackey finalists on November 19, 2012. All future announcements can be found at www.johnmackeyaward.org.
Bayer, a junior, started all 12 games in 2011, finishing the year with 20 catches for 242 yards and two touchdowns. Bayer's best game came in week three versus Wyoming where he finished with 62 receiving yards on three catches versus the Cowboys. A week later he caught a four-yard touchdown pass in a 37-23 win at Miami.
Bayer has started 16 and played in 24 games as a Falcon. For his career he has 42 catches for 540 yards and three scores.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists eleven NFL players as alumni: 2006 Super Bowl Champion Dallas Clark ('01) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two-time Super Bowl Champion Daniel Graham ('02), Kellen Winslow II ('03) of the Seattle Seahawks, 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) of the of the Chicago Bears, Fred Davis ('07) of the Washington Redskins, Chase Coffman ('08) of the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Aaron Hernandez ('09) of the New England Patriots, D.J. Williams ('10) of the Green Bay Packers and the 2011 John Mackey Award recipient Dwayne Allen of the Indianapolis Colts.
Bethpage, N.Y. -- Alex Bayer, a member of the Bowling Green State University football team, has been named to the Preseason John Mackey Award Watch List, announced by the Nassau County Sports Commission, sponsored by Briarcliffe College on Tuesday, July 10.
Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2012 John Mackey winner will be presented live on December 6, 2012 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show, 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. Other key dates include the announcement of the 2012 Mackey semi-finalists on November 12, 2012 and the announcement of the 2012 Mackey finalists on November 19, 2012. All future announcements can be found at www.johnmackeyaward.org.
Bayer, a junior, started all 12 games in 2011, finishing the year with 20 catches for 242 yards and two touchdowns. Bayer's best game came in week three versus Wyoming where he finished with 62 receiving yards on three catches versus the Cowboys. A week later he caught a four-yard touchdown pass in a 37-23 win at Miami.
Bayer has started 16 and played in 24 games as a Falcon. For his career he has 42 catches for 540 yards and three scores.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists eleven NFL players as alumni: 2006 Super Bowl Champion Dallas Clark ('01) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two-time Super Bowl Champion Daniel Graham ('02), Kellen Winslow II ('03) of the Seattle Seahawks, 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) of the of the Chicago Bears, Fred Davis ('07) of the Washington Redskins, Chase Coffman ('08) of the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Aaron Hernandez ('09) of the New England Patriots, D.J. Williams ('10) of the Green Bay Packers and the 2011 John Mackey Award recipient Dwayne Allen of the Indianapolis Colts.
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