Preseason honors continue to pile up for TCU defenders Moehrig, Wallow
Another day, another watch list for TCU standout defenders Trevon Moehrig and Garret Wallow.
Moehrig and Wallow were named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list on Tuesday, an award that recognizes the nation’s top defensive player. TCU has never had a player win the award.
Moehrig, a junior safety, is rated as the nation’s top safety by Pro Football Focus. He allowed two of 17 contested targets to be caught. He finished the 2019 season with 62 tackles, four interceptions and 11 pass breakups while tying for the team lead with two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
Moehrig is also on the watch list for the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award.
Wallow, meanwhile, is coming off a junior season in which he led the Big 12 with 125 tackles, including 18 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. The 125 tackles were more than double TCU’s next leading tackler — Moehrig with 62.
Wallow is also on the watch lists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, Bednarik Award and Butkus Award.
The last Big 12 player to win the Nagurski Trophy was Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh in 2009.
The freaks
TCU had two players land on Bruce Feldman’s ‘College Football Freaks List’ with Moehrig and safety Ar’Darius Washington. Feldman, a writer for The Athletic, puts together an annual list of college football players who display rare physical abilities.
Moehrig is No. 33 on the list. The 6-foot-2, 208-pounder has a bench press of 400 pounds, squat of 600 pounds, power clean of 420 pounds and a vertical of 38 inches.
Washington is No. 23 on the list. The 5-foot-8, 179-pounder can bench press more than double his weight (370 pounds) and square more than triple it (640 pounds). He also has a power clean of 370 pounds and a 39-inch vertical.
