ORLANDO – The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, has released the 2021 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List and UCF's Jaylon Robinson was among those honored on Thursday.
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football's outstanding receiver, not merely college football's outstanding wide receiver.
The semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, Biletnikoff Award winners, and other former receivers.
Receivers are frequently added to the watch list as their season performances dictate. Actual, not potential, performance is the basis for inclusion on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
Robinson burst onto the scene in his first season on the field with the Knights in 2020, finishing the campaign with 55 receptions for 979 yards and six touchdowns, starting all 10 games at receiver. He caught six balls for 105 yards in his debut at UCF and went on to go over 100 yards receiver in each of his first four games as a Knight.
A Fort Worth, Texas native, Robinson averaged 17.8 yards per catch last season and earned first-team all-conference honors from the American Athletic Conference. He was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Weekly honorable mention list three times and finds his named on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List for the second straight year.
Knights on Preseason Watch Lists
- July 19: Dillon Gabriel, Maxwell Award
- July 20: Dillon Gabriel, Davey O'Brien Award
- July 22: Jaylon Robinson, Biletnikoff Award
Robinson and the Knights will open preseason camp in less than two weeks and will begin the 2021 season on Thursday, Sept. 2 against Boise State at the Bounce House.